IN BRIEF - Frozen pollock imports decreased by 10% in March
SOUTH KOREA
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Frozen pollock imported into Korea in March 2024 amounted to 18,606 tons, a 10% decrease compared to the 20,677 tons imported in the same period in 2023.
Total imports amounted to 45,766 tons, down 13% from 52,891 tons in the same period last year, accounting for 19.4% of the total seafood imports of 236,154 tons.
As of March, 44,925 tons, or 98%, of frozen pollock were imported from Russia, 817 tons, or 1.8%, from the United States, and the remaining 24 tons were imported from China.
The import price by country was highest for the Chinese origin at USD 1.71/kg, the US origin at USD 1.20/kg, and the Russian at USD 0.96/kg.
The import amount of frozen pollock in March was USD 17.24 million, down 17% from USD 20.79 million in the same period of 2023, and the total import amount was USD 43.92 million, down 20% from USD 54.68 million in the same period last year. The average import price was USD 0.96/kg, 7% lower than the previous year's USD 1.03/kg.
Late May: Landings begin in earnest, demand is concentrated
[Miyagi] The average price of farmed coho salmon produced in Miyagi in late May (May 21-31) was 757 yen per kilogram. This is 1% higher (10 yen higher) than in mid-May. Landings have begun in earnest, with the total landing volume over a 10-day period exceeding 1,000 tons for the first time this season. However, with the season's cumulative production expected to fall short of the previous period, buyers' desire to purchase was stronger than usual, resulting in concentrated demand. The market price continued to rise.
The average size in late May was 1.5-2 kilograms per fish. Landing volume was 1,368, down 20% from the same period last year.
Source: Minato-Yamaguchi (translated from original in japanese)
The first bid for new Russian frozen snow crab (Opilio species) in 2024 was held on the 3rd in Busan, South Korea. According to several trading companies, 189 tons of air-blast frozen boiled section products (single price for L-4L sizes) were up for bid.
The entire amount was sold, and the winning bid price is thought to have been 22.8-22.5 dollars per kilogram, 50% higher than the same period last year. According to several trading companies, the domestic sales price (trading company price) for L-size (5 kg box) was 80% higher than the same period last year.
Source: Minato-Yamaguchi (translated from original in japanese)
Sernapesca highlights that this is the first report that contains the consumption of antiparasitics in a closed cycle, detailed both by company and by group of salmon farming concessions (ACS), “which allows us to advance in the implementation of Law 21,532, being a milestone for active transparency in our country because it sets new standards in aquaculture,” indicates the national director of Sernapesca, Soledad Tapia Almonacid.
The report confirms a new reduction in the consumption of antimicrobials in relation to annual use in freshwater and sea, and in a closed cycle during the year 2023.
Source: iPac.acucultura l Read the full article here
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From the end of May until the end of the season, the EFCA coordinates a bluefin tuna fishing control campaign within the framework of its joint implementation plan
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The change in consumer habits is one of the dynamics that companies pay the most attention to. In an ultra-competitive scenario like the current one, in which the neighbor is a rival but also the one who produces in the antipodes, the important thing is not where one is but how far one is capable of going and at what price one does it; Hence, the priority of companies is to be more efficient, save on costs and invest in logistics, all with the ultimate objective of building customer loyalty. In the case of seafood, in addition to competing with each other, they do so with many other protein foods that also fight to get into the shopping baskets.
Author: Jorge Garnelo / Faro de Vigo l Read the full article here
Scottish Sea Farms will this month stock salmon close to farmed sugar kelp at its Loch Spelve site to see how both its fish and the seaweed crop can benefit each other.
The farm, which had been fallowed, was chosen as a suitable testing ground in the collaboration between SSF and businessman and writer Guy Grieve, who ran the Ethical Shellfish Company from Mull and now plans to produce commercial quantities of sugar kelp, to be used in garden compost.
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Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer l Read the full article here
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Additionally, the Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based operator of around 550 restaurants may close more than 100 additional restaurants if it’s unable to renegotiate leases, according to bankruptcy documents.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Grace A. Robson is permitting Red Lobster to pay up to USD 49.8 million (EUR 45.7 million) toward pre-petition amounts owed to certain vendors for goods delivered to Red Lobster within 20 days of the company's bankruptcy filing, according to Seafax.
Author: Christine Blank / SeafoodSource l Read the full article here
The QRILL Aqua team from Aker BioMarine had an active and notable participation in the International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding 2024 (ISFNF) that took place between May 27 and 31 at the International Convention Center from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
This international meeting – which takes place biennially – brings together researchers, academics and representatives of the aquaculture industry to address various topics focused on the nutrition and feeding of aquatic animals.
Source: MundoAcuicola l Read the full article here
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