The Andalusian Government Council has given the green light to the decrees that modify the structures of ten of the ministries of the Andalusian Government, including those of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development; and that of Sustainability and Environment.

The decree that modifies the organic structure of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development redistributes some of its powers after having assumed, at the end of last July, those of use, management and sustainable conservation of marine resources.

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Japanese land-based salmon producer Proximar Seafood will be testing nanobubbles to alleviate water turbidity at its RAS system facility near Mount Fuji. The problem has not had a direct impact on fish health or performance.

“Recently, Proximar has been experiencing an increasing amount of total suspended solids (TSS) in the production tanks at the grow-out facility. This has led to turbidity and limited visibility, both for the fish and for the collaborators monitoring them on site,” the company wrote in a Q2/H1 2024 report.

“As a short-term measure, feeding has been reduced. To solve the long-term problem, Proximar is currently installing ozone treatment equipment, in addition to nanobubble technology which will also be tested in the coming weeks,” they detailed.

Quality customer

Proximar will begin its first commercial harvest in September and already has a first sales agreement with a “quality customer.”

According to the company, the deal confirms Proximar's price expectations and a significant cost advantage of local production in Japan.

Author/Source: Pål Mugaas Jensen / SalmonExpert

China had introduced a ban on Japanese seafood following Tokyo's go-ahead to releasing treated nuclear water from the Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Japan’s prime minister said that his government will support the fishery industry, which has been hit by a Chinese ban on Japanese seafood imports.

Fumio Kishida’s announcement on Saturday came during a visit to a fish market in the city of Iwaki in the Fukushima province to commemorate one year since Tokyo began releasing treated nuclear water.

"The government needs to take all possible measures to mitigate the impact of the import ban that China introduced in response to the water discharge, and that ministers concerned will hold a meeting next week to present the outline," NHK quoted Kishida as saying

He added that government will take full responsibility for the discharge from a crippled nuclear plant, a process which could take decades to finish.

Saying China’s ban lacks scientific basis, he urged Beijing to scrap the measure.

Source: trtworld

Cepesca, fishing associations and CTAG will reuse nets for the automotive and aeronautical industries. These entities have launched: “Nets of Spain”, which seeks to create a certification for the management of gear that has reached the end of its useful life “promoting its return to the circular economy”

The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) will develop and implement a national certification to manage and recycle fishing gear and nets through innovative processes for their return to the circular economy. The Redes de España project, advanced by Cepesca, seeks to comply with the European framework on single-use plastics “through the establishment of a system for the collection, transport and valorisation of discarded fishing gear that guarantees the entities producing the waste its traceability and reintroduction to the market”, achieving the goal of zero waste.

The project seeks to raise awareness about the problem of single-use plastics, the care of marine habitats and the circular economy "incorporating gender approaches and the inclusion of disadvantaged groups through communication and dissemination actions to society."

Source: EuropaAzul

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is calling for aid worth 17 million euros to finance the production and marketing plans of fishery producer organisations and their associations at national and transnational level, in 2024. The extract of the order has been published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 24 August.

The production and marketing plans carried out by these organisations allow for the collective management of work, with the aim of guiding their strategy and guaranteeing the sustainability of fishing activities. They constitute the main instrument through which these organisations exercise their role in the application of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and allow them to meet the objectives assigned to them by the Common Organisation of Markets in Fishery and Aquaculture Products (CMO).

The 17 million euros with which the call is endowed are distributed in two annual instalments, 7,050,000 euros in 2024 and 10,105,000 euros in 2025. In addition, of the total amount, it is expected that approximately 7.05 million euros will be granted as an advance to improve the liquidity of the organizations and thus enhance the execution of their plans, without the need for a guarantee.

Source: mapa.gob

According to the industry monitoring system of the Federal Agency for Fisheries (Federal Service for Fisheries and Oceanography), the catch of fish and other aquatic bioresources by all Russian users exceeded 3.33 million tons by August 23, 2024.

Including the following mined:

• Far Eastern basin – 2.53 million tons
• Northern basin – almost 338.7 thousand tons (+4.2%)
• Western basin – 54 thousand tons.
• Azov-Black Sea basin – 21.6 thousand tons
• Volga-Caspian basin – 49.7 thousand tons.

In the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, conventional areas and the open part of the World Ocean, the Russian fleet extracted about 319 thousand tons.

Products from fresh catches are supplied to the country's domestic market on a priority basis.

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries (translated from original in Russian)

This Monday, August 26, Aqua 2024 kicks off in Copenhagen. It is co-organized by the EAS and WAS and is held every six years (the last one in Montpellier in 2018). This year, it will do so under the motto “Blue Food, Green Solutions” and with the exhibition center of the city of Copenhagen, the Bella Arena, as its venue.

The five-day event, which runs until Friday, August 30, will consist of the scientific conference, which will consist of 60 sessions covering all aspects of aquaculture research; a trade show, industrial forums and workshops (a total of 12), events for students and networking meetings.

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The northern bonito from the Organisation of Artisanal Producers of the Principality of Asturias (Opasturias-OPP90) was the star this weekend at the XXXI Campomar Fair in Tapia de Casariego, with the celebration of a free tasting in which 500 portions were distributed, as well as information and cooler bags, ideal for keeping fresh the fish that customers buy in markets and squares. In addition, the OPP took advantage of its premiere at the event to publicize the work of the organization and the fishery products caught by its fleet.

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Bergen, Norway-headquartered Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) posted slight dips in revenue and operational EBIT in Q2 2024, but the firm saw quarter-over-quarter biological and earnings improvements, especially in the operations of Scottish Sea Farms, of which it owns 50 percent. 

LSG CEO Henning Beltestad said the company performed well in a quarter characterized by declining salmon prices, increasing its average harvest weights from 3.9 kilograms to 4.7 kilograms in the period.

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North-Island College – a British Columbia-based institution – has announced a new $1.2 million programme for the development of a seaweed industry workforce.

“This seaweed industry pilot is a forward-thinking approach to skills training and economic development, focussed on preparing our communities for the future," said Lisa Beare, minister of post-secondary education and future skills, according to the North Island Gazette.

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