UMITRON PTE.LTD. (Singapore) and Umitron Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa, Tokyo) announced the launch of "UMITRON FARM," a production management service for aquaculture businesses. It can automate and visualize cost management and feed efficiency calculations. There is also a campaign where the annual usage fee of 60,000 yen (excluding tax) will be free for the rest of the year if you apply by the end of December.

Umitron Farm records items such as feeding amounts and drug dosages, which are essential for growth management and can automate and visualize calculations for cost management and feed efficiency. If you are using Umitron's smart feeder "Umitron Cell," the data linking function can automatically record feeding amounts, further reducing the burden of data recording for fishery operators. [....] 

Thai Union Group PCL, the global seafood leader, opened its first Thai Union Global Shop at the Phenix Food Wholesale Hub in Bangkok.

The opening was led by Mr. Thanachote Boonmechote, Managing Director of the Thai Union’s Shrimp Business, and Ms. Panitta Mingsoongnern, Senior Marketing Manager. They hosted distinguished guests including Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Phumtham Wechayachai, Tourism and Sports Minister Sermsak Pongpanich, Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, Mrs. Wallapa Traisorat, CEO and President, Asset World Corp. PCL, and Mr. Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, CEO and Managing Director, Thai Beverage PCL, along with representatives from the Phenix project team.

The Thai Union Global Shop is a one-stop destination offering products from the Company’s three core businesses including ambient, frozen and chilled, and value-added and others. The shop facilitates connections between buyers, sellers, and entrepreneurs from around the world

Source: ThaiUnion

PESHAWAR: The Aquaculture industry has the potential to generate billions of US dollars through exports besides the provision of support of employment to the youth of rural areas in the country and a source of income for the investors.

Talking to this scribe, Omar Hayat Khan, an expert on aquaculture and the environment stressed the need for diverting the political attention of both federal and provincial governments towards aquaculture and fisheries to attract investment by providing the enabling environment to investors.

Presently, he said the aquaculture activities in Pakistan are either subsistence level or on a small scale and commercial aquaculture has yet to take time to develop for export as compared to the sector in Iran,  Turkey, and India.

All these neighboring countries are not only producing fish and fisheries products for home consumption as well as surplus for exports. This has been made possible by providing an enabling environment to the private sector for investment and development of aquaculture activities on a commercial level.

Source: Business Recorder

The Fisheries Research and Education Agency Development and Investigation Center is currently conducting a test operation and a survey to expand sales channels for the underutilized "dosuika" (Magister Armhook Squid), which inhabits the Yamato Seamount area of the Sea of Japan. As there is a shortage of squid raw materials for processing due to a chronic shortage of Japanese 'common' squid (todarodes pacificus), the center is exploring the possibility of using dosuika as a raw material for processing.

The mantle of a dosuika is about 15 cm long and weighs about 150 grams. According to the center, until now, offshore bottom trawling in the same area in the summer to catch northern red shrimp.

Source: Minato-Yamaguchi

The value of fishing production marketed in the 25 Andalusian fish markets has approached 105 million euros between January and May 2024, an amount that represents an increase of 6.7% compared to the amount obtained in the same months of 2023. (98.3 million). This amount includes both the sale of nearly 17,500 tons of fresh products for more than 69.8 million euros, as well as the marketing of frozen fish and seafood (2,260 tons for 23.7 million), bivalve mollusks (89 tons and almost 540,000 euros) and trap products (more than 1,000 tons valued at 10.7 million).

Source: IndustriasPesqueras | Read the full article here

The Ministry of Production of Peru (Produce) has authorized the start of the second fishing season for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) in the south of the country, in the maritime area between 16°00' LS and the southern end of the maritime domain of Peru. For this campaign the authorized TAC is 251,000 tons.

The owner of Produce, Sergio González, pointed out that to capture this TAC the campaign will begin this Monday, July 1, 2024 at 00:00 and will conclude on December 31, 2024, or once the maximum limit has been reached total allowable catch.

Source: Ipac | Read the full article here

The Cornish Fish Producers Organisation (CFPO) has unveiled a comprehensive manifesto detailing their key priorities for the next UK government. Emphasising the critical role fishing plays in coastal communities, the CFPO highlights the sector’s importance to food security, tourism, and hospitality, and its significant economic contribution.

Stressing the importance of good cooperation between the two side, the CFPO said:

“Cornwall’s fishing industry needs the next government to work with us on a meaningful approach to fishing. 

Source: TheFishingDaily | Read the full article here

Norway-based salmon farmers Mowi and SalMar have been named among the world’s 500 most sustainable companies by TIME magazine and German data firm Statista.

Mowi is the world’s biggest salmon producer, with farming operations in Norway, Scotland, Chile, the east and west coasts of Canada, Iceland, the Faroes, and Ireland.

SalMar farms in Norway and Iceland, and is co-owner of Scottish Sea Farms, along with fellow Norwegian salmon farmer Lerøy.

Author/Source:Magnus J. Marøy / Fishfarmingexpert | Read the full article here

The Marine Stewardship Council is addressing the challenges that have arisen and been identified from the practical application of Version 3 of the Standard.

Although the Version 3 of the Fisheries Standard was the result of a four-year intensive process of consultation and policy development, with important progress in several environmental areas, significant challenges have arisen in its implementation. 

Source: FishFocus | Read the full article here 

The event, which will take place around the temporary pavilion “Qué faena!”, winner of the 2024 edition of the TAC Architecture Festival and based on the structure of a punt, promises to be an intense day full of activities for all audiences.

The Organization of Galician Mussel Producers (Opmega) will hold an outreach and promotion event next Friday, July 5, in Vigo, framed in the program of activities of the TAC Festival, organized in collaboration with the City Council of Vigo.

The event, which will take place around the temporary pavilion “Qué faena(r)!”, winner of this edition of the architecture festival and based on the structure of a punt, promises to be an intense day since the organization has taken into account the diversity of the potential audience to program different activities.

The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will continue until 7:00 p.m.

The day's agenda will begin with an institutional event, followed by the reading of a manifesto by Opmega producers, reaffirming their commitment to sustainable mussel management and ocean conservation.

Subsequently, there will be a tour of the large-format exhibition designed for the occasion, while different outreach and entertainment activities related to Opmega's work will take place.