The Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has led a team made up of scientists from 11 countries that has verified that, between 2015 and 2019, the Mediterranean experienced a series of marine heat waves that affected all regions of the basin , giving rise to mass mortality events throughout the analyzed period.

According to the work, published in the journal Global Change Biology, the populations of some 50 species were affected by these events on the Mediterranean coasts, from the Alboran Sea to the coasts of the Near East.

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Between January and June 2022, a historical amount of US$ 26,046 million was reached for non-copper goods and services. This is the highest amount recorded for a first semester since records are available, and it is also 37.2% higher than the same period in 2021. The last semester that non-copper shipments led in amount was the previous semester, when shipments for US$ 19,832 million.

If in the first quarter ProChile reported that salmon was the most exported product, the one that leads the amounts shipped in the first 6 months of the year is lithium, with US$ 3,628 million.

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Chilean salmon and trout farmer Salmones Antártica has submitted four projects to the government’s Environmental Assessment Service to relocate part of its operations in the Aysén Region. Each project involves an investment of USD 4.5 million (EUR 4.4 million), bringing total investment to USD 18 million (EUR 17.6 million).

Salmones Antártica, established in 1982, is owned by Nippon Suisan America Latina, which in turn is part of the Japanese holding Nippon Suisan Kaisha (Nissui). It has operations on Chiloe Island and in Puerto Aysen, Chile.

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A €20m scheme to help the Irish aquaculture sector overcome the impact of Brexit has been approved by the European Commission under EU State aid rules.

The scheme (equivalent to £17m) is aimed at “mitigating the adverse impact on employment in the coastal communities, by supporting the development of an alternative source of raw material supply for seafood processors and by enhancing the viability of aquaculture companies”, the European Commission said.

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The European Commission does not seem to be in the business of abandoning the path of dialogue, taking the upper hand and taking commercial measures as requested by both the European Parliament and the community fleet in the face of a new unilateral allocation of mackerel quota by Norway and the Faroe Islands for this 2022. "We do not have the competence to block these actions in an isolated manner," assured Fabrizio Donatella, the representative of the Community Executive invited to a meeting of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament to exchange points of view with the parliamentarians present there .

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Singapore’s Blue Aqua International has penned a MOU with Fisheries Development Oman to deploy Blue Aqua’s shrimp farming tech across the Sultanate’s aquaculture sites.

Blue Aqua International, a global leader in shrimp farming and aquaculture technology, announced an MOU with Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) to develop and expand the aquaculture sector in the Sultanate starting with a project in the city of Shinas.

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The UK government is being urged to use its UK Seafood Fund to prioritise the ‘wild catching’ sector, which operates mainly offshore but also in some inland waters.

The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee also recommended that the size of the fund, which was established in December 2021 to support UK fisheries following Brexit, be increased by 50% to £150m to March 2025.

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Today, Wärtsilä announces that it has completed its orderly exit from the Russian market following its announcement of scaling down activities in April 2022. All adjustments and closures of Wärtsilä’s operations were completed in accordance with local regulations. Throughout the various processes, Wärtsilä’s priority has been ensuring the safety and wellbeing of employees.

Wärtsilä continues to strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Human rights, safety and prosperity are very important for Wärtsilä. The company has fully committed to complying with all trade sanctions applicable to its operations from the beginning of the war, and it has now ceased all business operations in Russia across all business units.

As part of the exit, the Wärtsilä Digital Technologies (WDT) office in Saint Petersburg has been closed. In accordance with local regulations, a reduced team will conduct final procedures to complete the closure, however all operations have ceased. Wärtsilä has built new R&D capabilities outside of Russia to secure the uninterrupted delivery of customer commitments.

In May/June, Wärtsilä signed agreements to sell the Transas Navigator business and Wärtsilä Vostok LLC to the local management of the companies. Transas Navigator will operate as an independent company and will continue to serve its local customers. Wärtsilä does not provide or deliver any services or parts to the Transas Navigator business following the divestment.

A land-based steelhead farm in upstate New York has for the past few weeks been delivering its salmon to Singapore Airline’s in-flight catering arm at the JFK International Airport in New York.

Hudson Valley Fisheries, which began in a defunct indoor tilapia farm in the City of Hudson in 2014, delivers over 100 pounds to the airline weekly where they are transformed into appetizers and salad toppings for the airline’s intercontinental passengers.

Author: Liza Mayer / SalmonBusiness | read the full article here

After suffering consecutive losses in previous judicial authorities, the Supreme Court has thrown out the appeal from Biomar. The feed producer must now pay SuperSmolt patent holder STIM.

The lengthy dispute between STIM and Biomar is over, following a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court’s Appeals Selection Committee. The ruling from Borgarting Court of Appeal stands, where Biomar was ruled to have infringed on the SuperSmolt patents as well as breached the business code of conduct. 

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