The Japanese food franchise Sushimore and the French distribution chain Carrefour have reached an agreement to include spaces for the sushi brand in the cashier lines of supermarkets, according to the restaurant chain in a statement. These spaces will have the name ‘La Barrita de Sushimore’ and will be located “in the cashier's line, having maximum visibility”. The first of these spaces to start up has been the ‘Carrefour’ center in Gandía (Valencia). In the words of the CEO of Sushimore, Roger Antelo: "We multiplied the business options of our franchisees, conserving all the power of Sushimore delivery over the natural area of influence of that location. This agreement allows a notable reduction in the initial investment, for franchisees ”.

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Es una victoria para Sea Shepherd. Esta ONG, especializada en la preservación de los océanos, ha conseguido que el Gobierno francés sea condenado por su falta de protección de los delfines frente a las actividades pesqueras en el Atlántico, consideradas responsables de la muerte de cientos de estos mamíferos marinos protegidos, atrapados cada año accidentalmente en las redes.

Así pues, en una sentencia de 2 de julio, el Tribunal Administrativo de París consideró que el Estado había «retrasado la aplicación de medidas concretas en vista de los episodios recurrentes, desde el decenio de 1990, acentuados desde 2016, de exceso de mortalidad de cetáceos en la costa atlántica, en particular en el Golfo de Vizcaya», incumpliendo así las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de la legislación europea.

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The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos, reaffirmed yesterday in the Senate that the Government's objective is to achieve, by 2030, that 100% of the ports are electrified, at least with regard to their operations most relevant, originating from renewable energy, informs the institution through a statement. This Government's commitment to the electrification of the ports, including their docks, "is in line with the Strategic Framework of the port system of general interest that includes, as one of the important lines of management and planning, the environmental sustainability of the ports" .

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Nova Austral S.A. has entered into the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program with the certification of its Aracena 19 salmon farm site in Región de Magallanes in southern Chile, according to a 14 July announcement.

Starting late last year, Nova Austral’s new management team began taking the necessary steps to ensure that Aracena 19 would be ready for its audit in June 2020. SAI Global conducted the site’s audit last month, determining whether Aracena 19 satisfied BAP standards for environmental responsibility, social accountability, animal welfare, food safety, and traceability.

Author: Madelyn Kearns / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here

Climate change and unsustainable practices are threatening seaweed farming in Tanzania, an industry that employs over 25,000 farmers, of whom around 80 percent are women. To help address these challenges, The Nature Conservancy is partnering with Cargill, local governments and researchers to empower communities through increased productivity, environmental training and mentorship.

Along the Tanzanian coastline, seaweed aquaculture is an important industry to coastal women and also serves as an alternative livelihood to overharvested local fisheries. However, Tanzanian seaweed aquaculture has been stagnating recently, due to issues that include changing water-quality conditions and poor seedstock.

Author: Lucy Magembe / The Fish Site | Read the full article here

Canadian salmon farmer Cooke Aquaculture is taking action following a positive result for infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAv) at a site at McCallum on the southern coast of Newfoundland.

The site, run by Cooke subsidiary Cold Ocean Salmon Inc, contains six cages stocked with 340,000 Atlantic salmon.

“The company is making plans for fish removal using approved and biosecure standard operating procedures,” said Cooke in a statement.

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Japan recently released a comprehensive white paper on fisheries that contains extensive plans to boost its fisheries and fishing industry in the hopes of reversing negative trends.

Japan’s fishing industry has been in a long decline since the loss of access to the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United States, and a sharp reduction in quota for Russian waters in the early to mid-1980s. Those losses prompted a government-sponsored rationalization fleet reduction. Effort was shifted to sardines in Japanese waters, but the stock soon collapsed, never to return to such high levels.

The number employed in fishing has also been declining. 

Author: Chris Loew / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here

From Monday 20.07.2020 the prices will be as follows:

Recent changes show a decrease of 5,32 % in the fish meal indicator and 11,59 % in the oil indicator after the correction in the comparison between fish oil and rape seed oil. This will result in changes in the minimum prices of raw materials used for fish meal and oil purposes. These new prices will come into effect from 20. July. 2020.

Author:  Camilla Klævold

Source: Norges Sildesalgslag

The lighting company Signify, has presented its latest innovation in LED lighting for aquaculture, Philips Seacage 340W, which helps optimize growth results for land and marine salmon farming, while reducing the treatment of 50% sea ??lice; and that also shows results in other fast growing species such as sea bass and sea bream.

Light, Signify highlights, is a powerful tool to improve fish breeding and well-being. In this sense, and with an optimized contrast ratio, they explain, “Philips aquaculture LED lighting improves the feed conversion rate. With smooth scaling and low levels of attenuation it also reduces stress levels for fish, improving their well-being. "

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While world octopus production increased from 2008 to 2017 (+ 12%), Community production decreased (-40%). In 2017, the catches were 27,872 tons and represented 7% of the world catches. The EU is a major importer of octopus. In 2018, Spain and Italy were the main importers from third countries and mainly received frozen octopus from Morocco and Mauritania. Spain was also the main exporter of the EU, with the USA as the most important destination. The main producing countries of the EU are Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece. These countries accounted for 90% of the EU's catches in 2017. They were also the Member States with the highest apparent consumption of octopus in that same year.

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