The general director of Conxemar, Yobana Bermúdez, participated this week in the third conference on sustainability of fishing resources held in Casablanca (Morocco), organized by the National Federation of the Industry of Transformation and Valorization of Fishing Products (Fenip) and the Swiss Import Promotion Program (Sippo), in collaboration with several Moroccan institutions and with the technical cooperation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean. An event that also included the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Mohammed Sadiki, and to which Conxemar was invited by Fenip.

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Based on its membership, which accounts for 55% of global marine ingredients production, The marine ingredients organisation, IFFO, has provided an update on the main trends observed from January to March 2024 in a selection of countries*.

The update says: “In Peru’s North-Centre, almost 50% of the 2.475 million mt anchovy quota has been caught during the first 23 days of the 2024 first fishing season. Peru’s quota setting is of critical importance considering that the country accounts for 20% of global fishmeal and fish oil production in an average year.

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Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry to thrive, has started formal consultation with its levy payers and the wider seafood industry on proposals for a new levy model.  

Levy is due on the first sale of seafood, both domestically landed and imported, in the UK. It is not charged on farmed salmon, trout, and freshwater fish species because these species are excluded by primary legislation. Nor is it currently charged on canned, bottled and pouched seafood products.  

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Despite a series of challenges this winter, the Lerøy Seafood Group has announced better than expected 2024 first quarter results.

Lerøy, which also owns one of Norway’s largest white fish trawler fleets, produced an operational EBIT or operational profit of NOK 842 million (£62m).

This is down from NOK 989 million (£73m) in Q1 last year, but the outcome is far better than what was being predicted by analysts.

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According to a summary by the Hokkaido Fisheries Federation, the number of scallops landed in Hokkaido in fiscal 2023 (April 2023 to March 2024) was approximately 406,700 tons, down 3% from the previous year.

Trends in scallop landings in Hokkaido (from April to March)

Although it was lower than the previous year for the second consecutive year, it maintained the high level of 400,000 tons that has continued since fiscal 2020. The average unit price fell 20% to 211 yen per kilogram, falling below the previous year's level for the first time in three years, due to a reaction to the previous year's rise in product prices and the impact of the release of ALPS-treated water into the ocean.

Looking at the quantity by region, in the main Okhotsk region, Kitami in the south has increased by 5% to 204,900 tons, the highest in recent years, while Wakkanai in the north has decreased by 11% to 119,500 tons, for a total of 2. % decrease to 324,400 tons, which was below the level of the previous year.

In the Funkawan area, although Muroran decreased, Hakodate increased, and the total decreased by 1% to 61,000 tons, about the same as the previous year.[continues...]

Source: The Suisan Keizai Daily News (translated from original in Japanese)

China overtook Korea in overall competitiveness in the shipbuilding industry in 2023, according to the report titled “Comprehensive Competitiveness of the Shipbuilding Value Chain and New Directions for Korea’s Maritime Strategy” released by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) on May 13. This marked the first time that China has beaten Korea in the shipbuilding sector since 2020 when the institute began to release related reports, according to BusinessKorea.

According to the report, China’s overall competitiveness stood at 90.6 in 2023, 1.7 points ahead of Korea’s 88.9, amid the world’s growing shipbuilding dependence on China and China’s, Japan’s, and Korea’s growing shares of the world’s shipbuilding market. Korea had an advantage over China in research and development (R&D), design, and procurement, but its gap with China narrowed and it lost ground to China in production. Korea was also overtaken by China in the aftermarket (AM) for ship maintenance and repairs and in the service and demand sectors, the institute analyzed.

Among single shipyards, Samsung Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, and HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries ranked first through fourth in terms of order backlogs in March. However, when looking at shipbuilding groups, CSSC, the largest state-owned shipbuilding group of China, topped the list by a wide margin. Other Chinese state-run enterprises such as COSCO and China Merchant were also in the top 10 club.

A delegation from the Port of Vigo, led by its president, Carlos Botana, traveled to Brussels this week to present a road plan on potential energy sources and the necessary prototypes to the EU Energy Transition Association (DG Mare). to facilitate the energy transition of the different maritime fleets.

This strategy for the decarbonization of the fleet tries to respond to the objective set by the European Commission within the framework of the European Green Deal, which seeks to promote the transition towards a sustainable and carbon-free economy.

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Pescapuerta began its adventure almost 70 years ago and it is said that "experience is a degree." So much so that, given the news that has been emerging in the sector in recent months, the Galician group maintains a very clear strategy, in which organic and prudent growth prevails over large operations and investments.

In this context, we give the keys and figures of its last year, in which, in addition, it has started a new line of business with its entry into the cultivation of vannamei shrimp.

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A new non-profit has been launched to promote sustainable and economically viable fishing in Namibia.

Launched on 26 April 2024, the Namibia Ocean Cluster brings together nine founders dedicated to promoting innovation, identifying markets for by-products and enhancing the socio-economic benefits of the country’s fisheries.

Supported by the World Economic Forum’s Ocean Action Agenda, the cluster is made up of Marine Stewardship Council-certified hake fishing companies Embwinda, Hangana, Merlus, Novanam, Pereira and Seawork, together with three non-fishing associate members, the Fisheries Observers Agency, Namibia Nature Foundation, and Sam Nujoma Campus - University of Namibia.

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