Navantia seeks to increase its productivity by more than 15% and save 20% in costs and deadlines with new technologies

If there is a message about the Spanish naval sector in which shipyards, technologists and administrations coincide, it is the urgency to undertake the digital transformation that promotes the construction of ships in a more competitive, sustainable and cost-saving way. This was made clear at a conference organized by Siemens in Ferrol, at its Naval Sector Center of Excellence (Cesena), in which both public shipyards —Navantia— and private ones —represented in Pymar—, the Ministry of Industry, the Xunta and the Council.

Source: La Voz de Galicia | Read the full article here

Several of Japan’s leading fishpaste product manufacturers raised prices beginning in February, and might have to do so again.

Japan’s top fishcake maker, Tokyo-based Kibun Foods, raised the prices of its fishpaste products and some side dish products by 8 percent across the board starting from 28 February. The company noted in its annual report that factors negatively affecting domestic profits were higher than expected, such as increases in raw material, transportation, packaging, and energy costs.

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

Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms’ work to set the benchmark for sustainability in its sector has been recognised with a UK award.

The Association for Renewable Energy & Clean Technology (REA) last night named the salmon producer the winner of its Sustainability Award at its annual ceremony, held at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens.

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Grieg Seafood has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund and the Norwegian Institute of Nature Research to show how companies can report nature-related risks in aquaculture.

Together with the WWF and Norwegian financial service company, Storebrand Asset Management, Grieg has published a case study, Nature-related risk reporting for investors, to show how currently available information on salmon farming can be used to inform investors in the salmon farming sector about the impact of a company’s operations on the natural environment.

Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | read the full article here

With positive expectations, the five national companies that participated together with ProChile in the largest aquaculture fair in Brazil: Aquishow 2022, held a few days ago in the city of San José de Río Preto, Sao Paulo, returned to Chile.

Álvaro Camargo Jr., from the Commercial Office of ProChile in Sao Paulo, highlighted the good reception achieved by Chilean companies in that country, where the experience and development achieved by Chile in terms of aquaculture was valued.

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The Vigo Port Fishing Shipowners Cooperative (ARVI) reported this week, at the ordinary meeting of the Port and Navigation Council of the Vigo Port Authority (PAV), on the situation in which the sector finds itself, highly affected for the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, among others. For this reason, he explained that they will ask the Government of Spain for extensions in the discounts on diesel and the exemption of port taxes until the end of the year.

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In response to Minister David Parker’s recent announcement about the national roll-out of cameras on commercial inshore fishing vessels, Seafood New Zealand (SNZ) Chief Executive Jeremy Helson says the most important questions still remain unanswered.

“The industry has been working in partnership with MPI on this programme since its early days. We have been very clear in our conditional support for cameras, and our recommendations for how they should fit into a larger strategy for sustainable fisheries management.

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The Norwegian Seafood Council is targeting a small garden city in England for a special campaign to promote seafood sustainability.

Letchworth in Hertfordshire was Britain’s first garden city. It has been selected for a pilot project which, the Seafood Council says, is very different from its ordinary marketing activities. Both farmed and wild-caught produce will be involved in the campaign.

Anette Grøttland Zimowski, who is responsible for international PR at the Seafood Council said: “This is a pilot project that is very different from our ordinary marketing activities.

Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | read the full article here

A lawsuit alleging false advertising on the part of Cooke Aquaculture has been dismissed after a District of Columbia Superior Court Judge found the plaintiff did not present enough evidence to support the claim.

The lawsuit filed on June 28, 2020 alleged that Cooke’s advertisements that touted the company’s practices as “sustainable” and “ecologically sound,” and that its salmon are “naturally raised” under “optimal” animal welfare standards constitute false advertising.

Author: Liza Mayer / SalmonBusiness | read the full article here

June 2022 Fareham UK, Kopavogur Iceland – The 2022 Icefish exhibition opened its doors yesterday, welcoming exhibitors, attendees and VIPS from around the globe.

The exhibition, which runs from 8-10 June, began yesterday with the Opening Ceremony, in the presence of invited guest, Benedikt Árnason, Minister of Fisheries, formally opened the exhibition in the absence of the Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture, Svandís Svavarsdóttir.
Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, Events Director,Mercator Media thanked guests and the vital partners of the exhibition, Kópavogur City Council and the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture for their continued support of the exhibition over the years.

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