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Other Media | Fish Focus: What prospects lie ahead for Vietnamese pangasius exports to the EU in 2025?

EUROPEAN UNION
Friday, February 07, 2025

The EU has been one of the largest consumers of Vietnamese pangasius over the past decade. However, data from Vietnam Customs reveals a gradual decline in EU imports of pangasius from Vietnam over the last five years.

In 2015, the EU ranked second among the largest importers of Vietnamese pangasius, trailing only the US, with export turnover reaching USD 285 million. A decade later, in 2024, the market has fallen to fourth place, surpassed by China & Hong Kong, the US, and CPTPP member countries.

Source: Fish Focus l Read the full article here

 


Other Media | Fish Farmer: Kames rolls out MòR brand identity

UNITED KINGDOM
Friday, February 07, 2025

Steelhead trout producer Kames Fish Farming has a new brand for its fish:  “MòR Atlantic Trout”.

The family-run company said: “The brand aims to reach out to chefs and restaurants and connect customers to what they are eating, celebrating the uniqueness of this fish and the provenance behind it.”

Mòr is Scottish Gaelic for “big” or “great”. The brand aims to emphasis the size and superior nature of the steelhead trout from Kames’ own broodstock programme, while stressing “Atlantic” identifies the fish as raised in the sea, with the clean water and strong currents of the Inner Hebrides – differentiating the product from river-based trout which can be associated with a muddy flavour.

Author:  Robert Outram / Fish Farmer l Read the full article here

 


IN BRIEF - Rosrybolovstvo Announces Crab Quota Auction

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Friday, February 07, 2025

Rosrybolovstvo will hold an electronic auction on February 26 to distribute shares of crab catch quotas.  Bids will be accepted through the Russian Auction House (JSC) electronic platform from 00:00 (Moscow time) on February 6, 2025, to 08:00 (Moscow time) on February 21, 2025.

Two lots, each representing 50% shares of catch quotas, are being re-auctioned with a 10% reduction in the starting price. These lots include:

  • Red snow crab in the Primorye subzone
  • Red snow crab in the West Sakhalin subzone
  • Snow crab angulatus in the East Sakhalin subzone
  • Snow crab angulatus in the North Okhotsk subzone

Successful bidders will be required to invest in the construction of two medium-tonnage (over 50 meters) crab fishing vessels.

Auction details and documentation are available on the following websites: GIS Trading, ETP RAD, and the Rosrybolovstvo website (in the "Auctions" section).

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo)


Other Media | La Voz de Galicia: Nueva Pescanova launches a business plan to increase sales and consolidate its return to profits

SPAIN
Thursday, February 06, 2025

It reviews its commercial strategy, with a focus on the United States market, for which it appoints a consultant
 
Nueva Pescanova wants to leave losses behind and consolidate the return to profits recorded in 2024 with a new strategic and business plan, which is already being implemented in 2025, and which the company includes in the audited accounts for the year ending in March 2024, in which the incorporation of the new CEO, Jorge Escudero Hurtado, and the renewal of the top management took place.

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

Other Media | Industrias Pesqueras: EU coasts reduced marine litter by 29% in five years, but more efforts are needed

EUROPEAN UNION
Thursday, February 06, 2025

The amount of marine macro litter (items larger than 2.5 cm) distributed on EU coasts has decreased by 29% in the period 2020-2021 compared to 2015-2016, according to the report "EU Coastline Macro Litter Trend". While the largest reduction in percentage terms is observed in the Baltic Sea (45%), major efforts in the Mediterranean and Black Sea have led to large reductions in absolute numbers of litter items on beaches, according to the report collected by the European Commission.
 
Source: Industrias Pesqueras l Read the full article here

Other Media | The Fish Site: Seafood Task Force appoints new leaders to drive supply chain transparency

WORLDWIDE
Thursday, February 06, 2025

The Seafood Task Force - a trade association seeking to increase supply chain transparency in the global seafood industry - has announced the appointment of two new Co-Chairs as it looks to expand the reach of its operations.

The Seafood Task Force (STF) was established in 2014 to restore global industry confidence, following concerns about social and environmental abuse in global tuna and shrimp supply chains. It is made up of over 40 commercial members across the seafood supply chain, including retailers, brands, food service companies and their partners.

Source: The Fish Site l Read the full article here

 


Other Media | SalmonBusiness: ASC-certified fish to face NOK 2 per kg surcharge under new tax plan

NORWAY
Thursday, February 06, 2025

Norway proposes surcharge on ASC-certified salmon.

Norway is considering a surcharge of NOK 2 per kilogram on farmed salmon certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), as part of a broader revision of the country’s aquaculture tax framework. The proposal, which does not extend to other certification schemes, could affect more than 40% of Norwegian salmon farms.

Source: SalmonBusiness l Read the full article here

 


Other Media | fishfarmingexpert: Salmon farmers seek to have retailers' damages claims thrown out of court

NORWAY
Thursday, February 06, 2025

Norwegian salmon farmers who deny price fixing allegations have asked the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal to throw out claims by several UK supermarkets for £675 million in damages, arguing it does not have jurisdiction to hear the case, Global Competition Review (GCR) has reported.

The lawsuits, filed in March last year by Asda, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Ocado, Morrison’s, Aldi and Co-op, are based on an ongoing European Commission investigation.

Source: fishfarmingexpert l Read the full article here

 


IN BRIEF - Okhotsk Sea: Bad Weather Can't Stop the Herring Boom!

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Thursday, February 06, 2025

Severe weather hampered fishing operations in the Far East last week, with a large cyclone impacting all regions, particularly the Shelikhov Gulf and the Kamchatka-Kuril and North Kuril subzones. Many vessels endured storms for three to four days.

Despite the challenging conditions, Far Eastern fishermen have achieved strong results in some fisheries. As of February 2, 2025, the pollock catch reached 269,000 tons, with 55 vessels actively fishing, according to the Federal Fisheries Agency's monitoring system.

Pacific herring has seen a particularly successful season, with a catch of nearly 110,000 tons, exceeding 2024 levels by over 115%. Ten vessels participated in the herring fishery.

Cod catches in the Far Eastern basin reached 14,500 tons, matching the 2024 level.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia has implemented fishing restrictions in the West Bering Sea and Karaginsky subzones. Order No. 29, dated January 21, 2025, prohibits longline fishing until March 31, 2025, and bottom trawling and seine netting until April 15, 2025 (excluding scientific research and control catches).

In Primorsky Krai, refrigerator occupancy for fish product storage was 39% as of February 2. Thirty-one vessels carrying over 26,000 tons of fish products were en route to port.


IN BRIEF - Capelin surveys this week in line with previous survey

ICELAND
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

The pelagic fishing vessels Polar Ammassak and Aðalsteinn Jónsson have, in cooperation with the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI), been conducting capelin surveys southeast and east of Iceland from Monday to Friday this week.

The aim was to repeat the measurements of the main capelin migration in that area to compare to the measurements from the week before. Both vessels covered the entire area along different routes and therefore these are two independent measurements of the abundance there.

The preliminary results of the measurements indicate a slightly lower estimate of the fishable biomass than in the week before. It is therefore clear that the results will lead to an unchanged advice of no capelin fishing for the fishing season 2024/25. MFRI plans to go on RV Árni Friðriksson to search for capelin north of Iceland around next weekend.

The figure to left shows the tracks of Aðalsteinn Jónsson (blue) and Polar Ammassak (pink) 27-31 January 2025, where the perpendicularly lines with the tracks represents capelin density. The figure to right indicate with colour-scale the capelin density.

Source: Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (Iceland)


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