The spot price of Norwegian farmed salmon rose by several kroner last week, but is still firmly rooted in the 60s, much lower than the average for what has been a strong year.

According to salmon data supplier Akvafakta, the spot price rose by NOK 3.74/kg in week 46 to NOK 68.60 (£5.72) per kilo.

That price is NOK 11.59/kg above the same week last year.

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Solicitor, Falkland Islands former Attorney General and SAERI Chair Peter Judge MBE, together with David Lyall have been reappointed to the Board of the Marine Management Organization. MMO has a wide range of responsibilities, which include implementing plan-led marine management, licensing marine works, and managing UK fishing fleet capacity and UK fisheries quotas.

Peter Judge was the Attorney General of the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands from 2014 to 2017.-->

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey confirmed the reappointment of  Peter Judge MBE and David Lyall to the Board of the Marine Management Organization (MMO).

Peter Judge has been reappointed for four more years until 31 October 2026 and David Lyall has been reappointed for three more years until 31 October 2025. Peter and David were both initially appointed to the MMO on 1 February 2019.

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The initiative intends to implement this standard in the 22 types of bags currently intended for retail portions, for the United States and Mexican markets.

According to the Global Plastics Outlook report published this year by the OECD, the world produces twice as much plastic waste as it did two decades ago, with only 9% of the total successfully recycled. Figures that call for action, not only for consumers, but also for industries, including aquaculture. That is why, within the framework of its sustainability strategy, Salmones Camanchaca has focused on migrating towards packaging that allows reducing the carbon footprint, promoting recycling, using new materials and eliminating single-use plastic.

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The Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries (Fiab) welcomes the recent decision of the Italian Government to communicate the suspension of the plastic tax, which was scheduled to enter into force in 2023 and which, in its fourth extension since it was announced, postpones your application without setting a new schedule. Spain would thus be the only country in the European Union that would have a tax of these characteristics, as of next January 1, if the repeated requests for its postponement made to the Spanish Government by FIAB and other organizations in the chain are not heard. of value of the container.

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The seafood packaging market will expand by 5%. In 2022, the global seafood packaging market generated revenue of $10.888 billion. The factors driving the growth of the market are the consolidated awareness of consumers about the benefits of eating fish and the increasing choice of ready meals.

An analysis by Research Nester also focuses on the decade 2023 - 2033, forecasting a CAGR of 5% and a turnover that will almost double to 18,095 million dollars.

In the seafood industry, the quality and type of packaging are very important to preserve the nutritional values and freshness of the product, and the confirmed global trend towards sustainability is driving the use of recyclable packaging.

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Japan’s major seafood companies are feeling both negative and positive effects from a weakening of the country's currency.

Japanese importers must pay more to purchase seafood and transportation, and are having a hard time passing on higher costs to consumers, as Japan’s wages have been flat for over two decades. However, profits repatriated from the United States look larger when reported in yen.

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A record week for the lock netters* on Kvænangen and some mackerel from the Møre coast reports Norges Sildesalgslag for week 46 of 2022.

The coastal fleet using seine fishing for NVG hering had a good week says the Sildelaget website. Camilla Klævold, Communication Advisor with Norges Sildesalgslag says:

“It has been boiling well in Kvænangen this week and never before has such a large quantity been locked up in one week.

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The Chief Executive of the Norwegian Seafood Council, Christian Chramer, has warned that the industry is facing tougher times ahead.

Three weeks ago the industry hailed October as another record-breaking month for both salmon and other fish exports.

But this week Chramer reminded Norway’s fish farmers and fishermen that global economies were tightening, which he said was worrying.

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