December

• Strong evidence found linking mycobacteriosis to striped bass mortality

• FDA Draft Report Urges Consumption of Fish, Despite Mercury Contamination

• USDA Risk Management Agency Grant Opportunity Partnership Agreements to Develop Risk Management Tools and Education

November

• USDA ERS Releases Aquaculture Data

October

• Interim Rule Effective Date Delayed

September

• Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo 2008

• VHS Interim Rule Published

August

• APHIS Promotes Collaboration with VHS Education and Outreach Activities

• Farm-Raised Fish included in New Supplemental Ag Disaster Assistance Program

• Funding Opportunity for Aquaculture under Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program

• USDA Aquaculture Stakeholder Workshop Output Now Available

July

• Illinois Announces Emergency Regulations to Stop Spread of Fish Virus

• FDA APPROVES ANTIMICROBIAL FOR TWO NEW AQUACULTURE INDICATIONS

• BIG CHANGES ANNOUNCED FOR NAA Office relocates to Arkansas

June

• VHS Found in Ohio Inland Lake

• APHIS Registration Required to Ship Live Fish or Fish Eggs

May

• Ohio Issues Proclamation on VHS

April

• Farm Bill Conferees Propose Funding Cuts for Land-grant Research, Extension and Education

• Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Federal Order Amended

• USFWS Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Meeting Announcement

• FDA Public Hearing on Antimicrobial Resistance

March

• Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture

• USDA/ARS LAB to be Closed

• Inspection Fee Increases, New Requirements Proposed for Wildlife Trade

• USDA – ARS and CSREES Aquaculture Program Planning Workshop

• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Public Meeting on Generic Aquaculture Amendment

February

• Registration for Aquafeed Horizons Asia and the FIAAP Conferences closing February 22, 2008; presentation summaries now available

• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to Review Offshore Aquaculture Legislation

• Aquaculture National Program Annual Report for 2007

• USDA Grant Programs

• FDA Posts New Policy and Procedures on Drug-Pesticide Issues

• Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo 2008 Call for Symposia, Workshops and Technology Transfer Sessions

• Comments on Alternative Feeds for Aquaculture

January

• NOAA-NIST Sponsored Workshop

• Nutrition Information for Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish Downloadable/Printable Posters

• USDA-APHIS Outreach on VHS

• Comments Solicited on Aquaculture Feeds

• Summary of NOAA 2007 Aquaculture Summit

• Special Federal Session at Aquaculture America 2008