The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €27.5 million (DKK 204.4 million) Danish scheme to support the fishery sector affected by the effects of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
The aim of the scheme is to incentivise vessel owners to cease commercial fishing activities either (i) by scrapping their vessels or (ii) by decommissioning and retrofitting them for other activities.
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Spanish shipyards are bidding for large shipbuilding tenders. One of the most important is an 80 meter oceanographic vessel for the Netherlands for the NIOZ institute. The result of the tender is expected to be known shortly after the summer. Similarly, the Chilean Fisheries Development Institute, the IFOP, wants to commission the manufacture of a new 54-meter long vessel to replace the veteran Abate Molina, 43 meters long and 31 years old.
String Bio, a biotech innovator, has signed a strategic development agreement with Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global energy company Woodside Energy Group Ltd Woodside. Woodside has also decided to invest in String Bio's Series-B equity raise, joining other investors like Ankur Capital, Dare Ventures, Redstart, Zenfold Ventures and others in the $20 million raise.
The UK government, through Defra, has launched a consultation – open on July 6 and for a period of 12 weeks – to collect views and evidence on five candidate sites to establish a highly protected marine area (HPMA, for its acronym in English).
The areas that the British government has on the table – selected using ecological analyzes and advice from Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) –
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Despite the slowdown in growth rate, Vietnam seafood exports in June 2022 still brought in over 1 billion USD, equivalent to May 2022 and up by 23% over the same period last year. Thus, in the second quarter of 2022, the country’s seafood exports recorded sales of over 3.2 billion USD, nearly 36% higher than 2.4 billion USD in the same period in 2021.
By the end of the first half of this year, Vietnam’s seafood exports are estimated at nearly 5.8 billion USD, up 40% compared to the first half of 2021.
The Norwegian Minister for Fisheries and Marine Affairs, Bjørnar Skjæran has announced a consultation in relation to the work on a new quota report for the fishing fleet there.
The Labour Party and the Center Party announced in the Hurdal Platform that the government will prepare a new quota report that provides predictability for the fishing industry, and which ensures settlement, activity and profitability along the entire coast.
Source: The Fishing Daily | read the full articlehere
SalMar and Lerøy Seafood have become the latest large salmon farmers to report lower second quarter harvests.
In an Oslo stock exchange announcement yesterday, SalMar registered a total output for the April to June period of 32,400 tonnes against 36,600 tonnes 12 months ago.
Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | read the full articlehere
Thousands of salmon being transported by a wellboat that ran aground and partially sank in Chile have died, an inspection has confirmed.
The Heimdall, owned by wellboat operator Detroit, grounded in the vicinity of Tamar Island, near the western exit of the Strait of Magellan and about 195 kilometres west of Punta Arenas.
Author: Marcelo Pérez / Fishfarmingexpert | read the full article here
The company Nova Austral issued a public statement after the sanctions filed by the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA), where it revoked the Environmental Qualification Resolutions (RCA) No. 54/2010 of the Salmon Farming Center (CES) Cockburn 14; RCA No. 78/2010, of the CES Cockburn 23; and RCA No. 71/2003 of the CES Aracena 10; in addition to applying a fine of 1,300 Annual Tax Units (UTA).
The Corporate Reputation Business Monitor (Merco) has presented this week in an online event the 100 companies and the 100 leaders with the best reputation in Spain in 2022. Said rankings were born, according to Merco, after an exhaustive and detailed analysis of more than 46,368 surveys, 7 evaluations and 25 sources of information.
Mercadona (1st) heads the ranking of the most reputable companies in our country in the Merco Empresas ranking, followed by Inditex (2nd) and Grupo Social Once (3rd).
A foreign foundation owns Islands in the Falklands Argentina
Does the North American Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have any interest in protecting some islands of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas Archipelago? We will see, but you always have to be very caref...
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