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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), a project focused on the development of algae-based fish substituteshas been working since 2021 to turn the colours, flavours and texture of algae into an alternative to animal protein.
The scope of the so-called “Seafood Algternative” project, led by the joint-venture Seafood Reboot, is large, and has already managed to produce alternatives to smoked salmon and canned tuna.
French SME Algama SAS is coordinating the project. This company has already achieved success with the delivery of its vegan mayonnaise
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been used as a conservation measure for decades, but critics continue to argue that evidence of their economic benefits is weak, particularly with regard to fisheries.
Given the challenges in establishing MPAs, including objections from fisheries and the frequently small size and sub-optimal location of protected areas, one would expect their economic benefits to be hard to detect.
My new study reviews 81 publications about MPAs in 37 countries. It shows their establishment has resulted in benefits to commercial fisheries in 25 countries and to tourism in 24. These benefits covered a diversity of ecosystems, including coral reefs, kelp forests, mangroves, rocky reefs, salt marshes, mudflats and sandy seabed habitats.
There were 46 examples of economic benefits to fisheries adjacent to a marine protected area. These include increased fish stocks and catch volumes, higher reproduction and larval “spillover” to fisheries outside the MPA. Other studies also reported larger fish and lobsters close to existing MPAs.
Despite claims in the research literature of fishery displacement due to the establishment of an MPA, it seems the benefits outweigh any temporary disruption of fishing activities.[continue...]
Author: Mark John Costello
Professor, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University | nationaltribune.com.au
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, would like to thank all the stakeholders for their invaluable contributions to the National Biodiversity Economy Strategy received during the Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba.
Working together, stakeholders developed a programme of action to address the challenges in the biodiversity sector. They identified key interventions which include sourcing financial support, gaining access to land for biodiversity projects, sourcing human capital development and scientific support, research, and securing market access for their products.
“Participants emphasised that an effective biodiversity economy must be based on growing and sustaining conservation land and seascapes that can sustain both non-consumptive and consumptive uses,”said Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Ms Barbara Creecy.
“Participants also argued that there are diverse successful approaches and enterprises associated with the biodiversity economy, many of which leverage value from otherwise marginal production land- and seascapes, and this diversity enhances ecological resilience and offers further potential for growth” the Minister added.
In the South African context, many participants said that the Biodiversity Sector as a whole urgently requires transformation.[...]
In February 2024, Vietnam's squid and octopus exports plummeted by 42%. Thus, cumulatively in the first 2 months of 2024, exports of squid and octopus decreased by 1%, reaching 89 million dollars.
The global bluefin tuna market is experiencing lower prices amid weakening demand in Asia.
Wholesale prices for imported bluefin tuna in Japan have fallen significantly in recent months. The wholesale price of imported fresh bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu market has fallen 23% from its peak in August 2023, reaching US$24.4/kg. Similarly, the wholesale price of imported frozen bluefin tuna fell to US$22.3/kg, representing a decrease of almost US$6.6/kg from the December 2022 peak.
Data from the Japan Fisheries Information Center (JAFIC) indicates a decline in consumption of frozen bluefin tuna. This trend is reflected in retail prices: in February, chu-toro sashimi (medium-fat tuna) imported from Malta sold in Tokyo supermarkets for US$5.32 per 100 grams, a significant reduction from 40% compared to December 2022 prices.
Consumption of bluefin tuna sashimi has declined in major Asian markets, including Japan, South Korea and China. This is also reflected in the 50% year-on-year drop in the average import price of Maltese bluefin tuna fillets, a major producer in the Mediterranean, to US$13/kg. Some importers attribute the drop in prices to the weakening purchasing power of South Korea, traditionally a competitive buyer of Mediterranean tuna.
Vietnam's fish paste and Surimi exports in February 2024 decreased sharply over the same period. By the end of February 2024, exports of this product group decreased by 14%, reaching 37 million USD.
A row is brewing over plans for a new post-smolt facility in the north of Norway – which will involve blowing up two small islands to make space for the construction.
The company behind the project is Gaia Salmon, which plans to produce between 8,000 and 10,000 tonnes of post-smolts weighing up to 800 grams annually, once the building is operational.
The site is at the Ross Islands at Traena in Nordland, where there are more than 477 very small islands. Gaia Salmon says the area involved covers about 12 to 14 football pitches in area.
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer l Read the full article here
In a bid to establish the tuna farming industry in the Philippines, an international research organisation has collected juvenile wild mackerel tuna with the aim of producing a captive-bred population.
As part of continued efforts to establish a tuna farming industry in the Philippines, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) has captured 17 wild mackerel tuna to be used as broodstock.
SOurce: The Fish Site l Read the full article here
The planned volume of fish catch in Russia by 2030 will be 6 million tons; last year it exceeded 5.3 million, which is already a record for the last 30 years, according to the head of the Federal Fisheries Agency, Ilya Shestakov, speaking recently at the International Exhibition and Forum “Russia”.
In addition, by 2030, according to the development strategy, the structure of fish production will also change: the share of deep processing of catches in the total volume should increase to 50%.
The approval of the EU Nature Restoration Law, one of the most controversial initiatives of the European Commission due to its impact on fishing activity given the objectives it sets to preserve the marine environment, has been blocked after Hungary's decision to join the group of seven critical countries (Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Belgium and Italy) and thus avoid a majority for the regulations to go ahead.
This law was included on the agenda by the Belgian Government, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, with the aim of showing the positions of each of the Member States.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras l Read the full article here
Sales and billing have fallen by a third in one of the worst campaigns in memory
Since Daniel Formoso has been the chief patron of Muros—and for two decades now—the professionals of his estuary have always opted for a two-month ban on octopus. They would like it to be a biological strike, which entails compensation to professionals for mandatory mooring, but they do not doubt that "they must be given rest", with or without subsidy.
Source: La Voz de Galicia l Read the full article here
Clipfish challenges in Brazil: Port bureaucracy stops millions worth Brazil
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