The Seafarers’ Charity is honoured to announce that His Majesty King Charles III has become our new Patron, succeeding Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This announcement was made today by Paul Butterworth, Chair of Trustees, at the charity’s Annual Meeting held at the prestigious Fishmongers’ Hall in London.
Since its inception in 1917, The Seafarers’ Charity has been supported by the Royal Family in its mission to tackle seafarer hardship in all its forms, both at sea and on land.
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Negotiations impact around 700 members of Industri Energi working in companies such as BioMar, Pelagia, Skretting, MOWI Feed, and EWOS.
Norwegian workers union Industri Energi (IE) and the country’s Seafood Federation (Sjømat Norge) have successfully concluded central wage negotiations for the fish meal and fish feed industry, resulting in a new wage agreement.
Minimum wage rates will be increased by NOK 13.64 ($1.29/€1.19) per hour.
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Target, Walmart, and Amazon Fresh are the latest grocery chains in the U.S. to lower prices, after Southeastern Grocers and Giant Food announced initiatives to lower prices this spring.
Walmart said it rolled back prices on nearly 7,000 items in its stores.
While food price inflation has declined since last year, Walmart US President and CEO John Furner acknowledged years of rising prices are taking a toll on U.S. consumers, as well as the company’s bottom line.
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It will take place between May 16 to August 15, 2024.
On May 16, the scientific vessel Dra. Barbieri set sail from the Port of Valparaíso to carry out the "Direct evaluation of yellow shrimp, red shrimp and nylon shrimp between the Regions of Antofagasta and Biobío" the project leadership is led by the Researcher Carolina Lang. The captain of the ship is Rolando Cabrera, and the head of the cruise ship is the fishing engineer Bernardo Leiva.
Gonzalo Pereira, Executive Director of IFOP, expressed “this is a new milestone for the Dra. Barbieri ship, which set sail on the first crustacean research cruise, between Antofagasta and Santa María Island in the south of Chile, a total of 20 participating people among the crew, researchers from the direct evaluation department as well as from the oceanography and environment department and scientific observers.
For us, this cruise is tremendously important because we are beginning a new stage, in which we have two scientific vessels carrying out parallel research work, which previously had to be done alternately either with the Abate Molina or with leased vessels. I have to highlight that this first cruise has the participation of the pilot Ailyn Miranda.”
The Court of Appeals of Punta Arenas has decided to suspend the liquidation of the Norwegian capital company Nova Austral, after Ewos presented a de facto appeal against the resolution of the Court of Letters and Guarantee of Porvenir that had declared the bankruptcy of the production company. salmon.
The resolution of the appeal court, composed of ministers Jorge Kusanovic and Caroline Turner, and the Court's prosecutor, Pablo Miño, accepted an order not to innovate requested by Ewos, which has temporarily paralyzed the liquidation process of the salmon farm.
This decision represents significant relief for the company's 3,600 workers, who would be affected by bankruptcy.
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In a few months it goes from diversifying towards the modern refrigerated fishmonger to reducing its activity
The frozen seafood sector is witnessing the financial difficulties of another operator, this time of a processor that also had everything ready for its diversification into the modern refrigerated fish market in trays. In the last edition of Conxemar he talked about his latest developments in this regard and now, just a few months later, his activity depends on an agreement with the bank.
We reveal the evolution of this company, which came to have a notable presence in chains such as Dia, Carrefour and Alcampo
New figures released by Greenpeace UK reveal the extent of industrial fishing and shipping in the Sargasso Sea.
The overall volume of vessels of any type crossing the Sargasso has increased by more than 30% since 2018. The vast majority of fishing activity, 97%, consists of drifting longlines associated with high levels of bycatch of marine mammals, turtles, seabirds and sharks.
Net and rope maker Garware Technical Fibres has introduced what it says is the first rope made entirely from recycled materials into the Chilean aquaculture market.
Garware Chile business associate Marcos Jofré said the Renew Rope demonstrated the company’s commitment to Chile’s Clean Production Agreement (CPA), circularity and the reduction of plastic waste, contributing to sustainability throughout the life cycle of the products.
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The Seafarers’ Charity is honoured to announce that His Majesty King Charles III has become our new Patron, succeeding Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This announcement was made today by Paul Butterworth, Chair of Trustees, at the charity’s Annual Meeting held at the prestigious Fishmongers’ Hall in London.
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More than 46,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Icelandic government to outlaw open net-pen salmon farming in the country’s fjords.
