The Provincial Maritime Service of the Civil Guard of A Coruña seized 22.7 kilograms of king crab and 3.5 kilograms of lobster in Malpica. The events occurred when the guards were carrying out a regular service, and they observed how a man arrived in a vehicle. After parking it on the esplanade where the fishing nets are deposited, he went down and picked up two black baskets that were hidden by a net, and put them in the trunk of the car.

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

Reykjavik, Iceland-based Marel showcased a number of new products at Seafood Processing Global, the processing wing of Seafood Expo Global – which ran from 25 to 27 April in Barcelona, Spain – but Marel Global Sales Director Diego Lages told SeafoodSource one new machine stood out from the rest.

The company’s new 2750 salmon-filleting machine, Lages said, was its “jewelry of the crown” at the show

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

Norway: The so-called Ship Of The Year will be awarded on Tuesday, June 6, with highly innovative ships, after the readers of Skipsrevyen magazine left their proposals.

The Ship of The Year jury has selected the three nominated boats after readers of Salmonexpert's partner media Skipsrevyen have submitted a number of proposals. Now you can vote for your favorite here.

The Ship of the Year 2023 will be awarded on the first day at Nor Shipping on Tuesday, June 6.

Author: Helge Martin Markussen / SalmonExpert | Read the full article here

Burela is synonymous with fishing. Its market invoices an annual average of 70 million euros. The port of the town of Lugo ended 2022 with 17,000 tons of seafood sold through 319 ships from 60 different ports, through the Armadores de Burela (ABSA) company, made up of 51 ships. In this context, the celebration of the 19th edition of the Expomar Fair, which returns after its cancellation in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, brings together the sector in a key location for its activity.

Source: IndustriasPesqueras | Read the full article here

SalMar, the world’s second largest producer of Atlantic salmon, today announced a first quarter operational profit (EBIT) of NOK 1,884 million (£140m), up by 49% year on year.

SalMar’s Q1 EBIT for 2022 was 1,262 (£95m). The results reflect a year in which SalMar acquired the NTS group, owners of Norway Royal Salmon.

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

NGOs and processors celebrate culmination of 15 years of fishery improvement work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery

World’s earliest FIPs progress to third-party verification of sustainability.

Last week, the American Shrimp Processors Association entered the U.S. Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery into sustainability assessments under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Certified Seafood Collaborative (CSC) Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) certification programmes, two of the world’s leading wild fishery sustainability standards.

Source: FishFocus | read the full article here

HÀ N?I — China's unilateral suspension of fishing activities in the waters under Vi?t Nam's sovereignty in the East Sea is void, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The ban is a violation of Vi?t Nam's sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction in the East Sea, the ministry affirmed in a document recently sent to People’s Committees of the coastal cities and provinces.

The MARD said the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has enforced this year's temporary fishing ban from 12:00pm (China time) on May 1 to 12:00pm on August 16 in the waters north of 12 degrees north latitude, including the Gulf of Tonkin.

In light of the situation, the MARD asked the People's Committees of coastal cities and provinces to promptly inform fishermen about China's temporary fishing ban.

They were urged to encourage fishermen to continue their normal production activities within the waters of Vi?t Nam and instruct them to form groups and teams when going out to sea to support each other, and promptly report any violations by foreign fishing vessels in the Vietnamese waters to competent agencies.

Mitsubishi Corporation's consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2011 remained at the same level as the previous fiscal year, a record high

30.8 billion yen in profit from Cermaq's shareholdings/Mitsubishi Corporation consolidated for fiscal year ending March 2011, same level as previous year

General trading company Mitsubishi Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President Katsuya Nakanishi)'s consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 show that profits from its equity stake in the Cermaq Group, a subsidiary engaged in salmon farming, processing, and sales, were on par with the previous fiscal year. 30.8 billion yen was recorded. It was the highest level since the 2014 acquisition, which was recorded in the previous term. According to Mitsubishi Corporation, as selling prices increased.

Source: Minato Yamaguchi (Translated from original in japanese)

Two crude oil tankers collided with fishing vessels 20-25 nm east off Ulsan, Korea, Japan sea, in the morning

Crude oil tanker SM Navigator collided with 39-ton fishing vessel at around 0300 LT, fishing vessel remained under way and returned to home port under own power. SM Navigator is cruising off Ulsan since May 5, she continued cruising. Tanker left Ulsan on May 5, so she should be in ballast.

Tanker Swan collided with 34-ton Korean fishing vessel at 0440 Seoul time, fishing vessel was seriously damaged but managed to get to her home port under own power. SWAN was allowed to continue voyage, she’s bound for Nakhodka.

Shrimp can be said to bring blessings to Indonesia. From shrimp, Indonesia is able to reap enormous economic benefits.

Yes, shrimp does have a big contribution in driving the Indonesian economy. Because, shrimp is one of the prima donna commodities owned by Indonesia. Most of Indonesia's income from exports of fishery products is even obtained from shrimp.

Regarding shrimp exports, Indonesia is also one of the big players. Indonesia is ranked fourth in the world.

"Shrimp is an excellent export for Indonesia. So there is USD 5 billion in the value of our fisheries exports and 40% of it is contributed by this shrimp export," said Indonesian Vice Presidential Spokesperson Masduki Baidlowi, as reported by Okezone.com .

"And Indonesian shrimp is one of the biggest (export commodities) (the world) fifth number, one is Ecuador, right, number two is India, number 3 is Vietnam, number 4 is us (Indonesia), and number 5 is Thailand. ,” added Masduki Baidlowi.