Currently it cannot be verified that a product comes from legal fishing

The Vietnam Seafood Producers and Exporters Association (VASEP) has issued a statement in which it calls for the implementation of measures to "trace" the origin of fishery products, as well as adopt the recommendations of the European Commission to eliminate the yellow card. 

“To combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing), localities must continue to promote the effective implementation of the Fisheries Law, overcoming deficiencies in the control of fishing vessels entering and leaving ports.

Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here

Brooklyn, NY – Acme Smoked Fish has announced the appointment of Teresa Low to the new role of Chief Marketing Officer at the company. Low is an accomplished strategic marketer with more than twenty years of experience building global brands for Fortune 500 companies. At Acme, Low will lead strategic marketing initiatives for the trusted brand as it continues to expand.  Acme Smoked Fish products can be found nationwide in select supermarkets and independent specialty retailers.
 
Low joins Acme Smoked Fish from Winebow, a leading fine wine and spirits importer and distributor where she was the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations.  She also spent more than a decade at The Hershey Company, where she held various leadership roles across global marketing, innovation and business management.  Low holds an MBA in Marketing from the Haworth School of Business at Western Michigan University.

The move makes Grieg Seafood the first global salmon producer to invest in land-based salmon farming.

The joint venture Årdal Aqua will produce at least 3 000 tonnes of post-smolt annually and grow fish all the way to harvest size in a new land-based facility in Rogaland in Southern Norway. Grieg Seafood owns one third of the company.

Dated: Jan 20, 2021 -Grieg Seafood ASA

The Falkland Islands government has announced changes to its ITQ arrangements, offering current rights holders the option of a new 25-year rights period, even though the current rights remain valid for another decade.

The new 25-year rights come with conditions to applicants meeting a set of new set of eligibility criteria, including a requirement for any joint ventures undertaking fishing operations to be at least 51% Falklands-owned – an increase from the current of 25.1% minimum.

Author: Quentin Bates / FiskerForum | Read the full article here

How and why seaweed aquaculture should be promoted in Europe is the subject of a new recommendation from the EU’s Aquaculture Advisory Council.

There is a growing appreciation of the benefits – social, economic and environmental – that seaweed aquaculture can bring about and the new publication sets these out clearly and concisely.

Increased seaweed cultivation in EU waters gives substantial potential for a new source of biomass for food, feed and industrial uses. In addition, the production process provides relevant ecosystem services, such as nutrient and carbon sinks and habitats for marine microlife and fish reproduction.

Source: The Fish Site | Read the full article here

A new type of cultured seafood may find its way from the laboratory to dinner plates in the next year or two thanks to a $60m financing deal yesterday, involving the pioneering US company BlueNalu.
Based in San Diego, California, BlueNalu is a leader in the development of cellular aquaculture in which living cells are isolated from fish tissue, placed into culture media for proliferation, and then assembled into popular fresh and frozen seafood products.
The arrangement involves both new and existing investors, including leading names in the seafood sector such as Thai Union.

Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here

Minister for the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has said that he will be fighting tooth and nail at the European Fisheries Council meeting to get the best deal possible for Irish fishermen in the wake of a poor Brexit agreement for the fishing industry.

Speaking on the Donegal based Highland Radio Nine-til-Noon Show, he told presenter Greg Hughes that he was not happy that Ireland had lost fishing quota but insisted that it was better than the situation where there could have been a no deal.  He said:

“I had worked very closely, and the government had worked very closely with the fishing industry right throughout the process of the negotiations in terms of putting it at very strong national approach to both working with their European counterparts.

Source: The Fishing Daily | Read the full article here

Company maintains MSC certification for pollock

The fishing company Russian Fishery Company caught 323,000 tonnes of fish in 2020 "a record volume for the company," the company said in a statement.

This data exceeds last year's indicator by 3,150 tons. According to the official statistics of the Russian Government, in 2020 the country's fleet caught 4.97 million tons of fish, which implies that the RFC represented 6.5% of the total catches.

Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here

Salmones Camanchaca signed a contract with Naviera Orca Chile for the exclusive use of a new boat, of Norwegian origin and which has state-of-the-art technology for the transport of live fish.

In line with its sustainability strategy, in particular the care, safety and well-being of fish, Salmones Camanchaca signed a contract with Naviera Orca Chile for the exclusive use of a new boat, of Norwegian origin and that has state-of-the-art technology for the transport of live fish. This ship is being built by the Larsnes Mek shipyard. Verksted and will arrive in our country at the end of 2021, entering operations immediately.

Source: MundoAcuicola | Read the full article here

Brazilian soybean suppliers for the salmon industry, CJ Selecta, Caramuru and Imcopa / Cervejaria Petrópolis, will implement a 100% deforestation-free soy value chain. It is a "bold and historic" commitment that sets a new benchmark for sustainable supply chains and is in stark contrast to the large Brazilian soy traders, Mowi explains on his website. The measure affects all seeds that have been planted since August 2020.

As a result of the measure, the majority of the global farmed salmon industry, including the entire European salmon sector, will source soybeans from Brazilian suppliers whose soy value chains are 100 percent free from deforestation and conversion.

Source: iPac.acuicultura | Read the full article here