State fisheries officials are advising commercial harvesters to confirm their market prior to fishing, as Prince William Sound purse seine fisheries are anticipated to close for the season next Friday, Sept. 15.

Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G) Cordova office noted Tuesday that the Valdez Fisheries Development Association had reported that its Solomon Gulch Hatchery coho salmon run entry and broodstock numbers are behind anticipated levels.

Waters of the Eastern, Northern and Northwestern districts of Prince William Sound were open to commercial purse seine fishing for daily 12-hour periods from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Wednesday, Sept. 13, as well as those of the Montague, Southeastern and Southwestern districts.

ADF&G said the next scheduled seine fisheries announcements were anticipated on Wednesday, Sept. 13.

Source: The Cordova Times

NTT Corporation recently announced a three-step plan, in partnership with Regional Fish Institute, to use RAS facilities to produce fish and shellfish that have been fed on home-grown algae, setting up a joint venture called NTT Green & Food Co.

Following last month's announcement, the Japanese-headquartered international tech company – which generates over $100 billion in annual revenue – explained the rationale behind the initiative.

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Guðmundur Gíslason, the CEO of Ice Fish Farm, has given notice to the board of directors, that he wants to resign his position to further focus on developing the company’s future sales strategy.

Gíslason has headed the Icelandic company from its early stages and through to a period of strong growth.

He told the board: “Being CEO for Ice Fish has been an incredible journey together with great colleagues in high growth rate and the establishment of a new and sustainable industry in Iceland over the past 12 years.

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

The fishermen of L'Escala (Girona) have protested this Saturday with a popular sardine against the new sardine fishing regulation of the Ministry of the sector, a quota that, they claim, "endangers" the "survival" of the purse seine sector. .

At the event, a manifesto of support for the fishing sector was read, which explains the rejection of the fishermen's brotherhood, the Catalan Government and the coastal municipalities of the area to the new Government legislation.

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Accountability.Fish, an organization that focuses its activity on the control of fisheries governance, is advancing its objective of shedding more light on the closed-door deliberations in RFMOs and their influence on the guidelines of regional fisheries organizations. The NGO has released its ORP “tracker” analyzing in detail the conclusions of the last CIAT meeting in Victoria, Canada.

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Aldi opened its 1,000th?store in the U.K. on 7 September and committed to a new long-term target of eventually operating 1,500 stores across the country.

The discount chain is now Britain’s fourth-biggest grocer, and 1 in every 10 pounds spent at British supermarkets goes through its tills, the company said. The grocer was also the fastest-growing retailer for the fourth month in a row in July, with sales increasing by 21.2 percent in the month compared to the same period a year prior, data consulting company Kantar reported.

Author: Christine Blank / SeafoodSource | read the full article here

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Customer Services (VDACS) - International Marketing Division sponsored a seafood promotional event bringing in international chefs, food critics and writers to visit a blue catfish processing plant on Aug. 30 in Hampton, Va.

The group toured the processing plant of L. D. Amory Company Inc. one of only three blue catfish processing plants in the state.  Meade Amory of Armory Seafood explained to the group that during the 1970s and ‘80s blue catfish were introduced to the James, Rappahannock and York river basins as a new recreational fish by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Blue cats are native to Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers.

The catfish quickly spread throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed into nearly every major tributary and are now being seen in North Carolina waters too, says Amory.[...]

Author/Source:  Larry Chowning/National Fisherman

Only two of the crew of five satisfied the Participant Act's requirements for residence. It was one too little. As a result, a catch value of three quarters of a million was confiscated.

The Directorate of Fisheries  carried out an inspection upon landing from the fishing vessel Agderbåten Astrid at Myre Fiskemottak AS on 28 February this year. As part of the control, it was investigated whether the requirements of the Participating Act for the crew's place of residence were met

Here Astrid arrives at the fisheries reception where the inspectors from the Directorate of Fisheries are waiting. Photo Directorate of Fisheries/fiskerimagasinet -->

Advance notice of confiscation was read on the same day that the directorate sent it, without any objections to the notice. As a result of this, the Directorate of Fisheries decided in July to confiscate the value of the catch harvested on the trip in question, a total of NOK 754,422.75 (U$D 70,635).[...]

Author/Source: Terje Engo/fiskerimagasinet (translated from original in norwegian)

Never extinguish the light of fisheries' SANKO Group supports Japan's fisheries with all its might every day.

SANKO MARKETING FOODS Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Shigehiro Nagasawa; Securities Code: 2762; hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), which is engaged in both the food and beverage business and the marine products business, has been operating in Japan on a daily basis. In order to contribute to the fishing industry in Japan, we are working as fishermen on the coast to revitalize production areas.

This time, they will set up a consultation desk at the Toyosu Market wholesaler (Sogo Foods Co., Ltd.) and promote the active use of local ingredients at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Afu cafeteria, our own stores, and fishery retailers.

Recently, the Chinese Antarctic scientific expedition team discovered a sea area rich in marine biological resources on the edge of Antarctica , which can be called the "sea granary" of Antarctica.

According to reports, there are at least 10 species of fish, 2 species of birds, and several species of seals and whales living in this sea area. Among them, Antarctic krill reserves are particularly abundant, estimated to be as high as 1 billion tons.

Krill are considered a keystone species by scientists, vital to the Antarctic food chain and a major source of nutrition for whales, seals, penguins, seabirds, squid and fish.

At the same time, Antarctic krill has extremely high nutritional value and has a tonic effect on weak bodies, pregnant women and children. Because of its large biomass and high nutritional value, Antarctic krill is known as the "gold mine of the sea" and is regarded as the "future granary" for mankind to alleviate the resource crisis.

Today, as global marine life faces threats from human activities, Antarctica's ecosystem remains pure and stable due to its scarcity. Scientists call for sustainable management and protection of this precious resource to ensure its long-term use and create a better future for future generations.

Source: Zhejiang Zhoushan International Agricultural Products Trade Center (translated from original in chinese)