Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka of Fiji has announced the signing of a memorandum of agreement for American tuna vessels. The Fijian Cabinet has approved the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between some Pacific governments and the US Government regarding fishing access conditions for 2024, says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

In a subsequent statement to the Council of Ministers, he stated that the MOU allowed US tuna vessels, fishing under the Fisheries Treaty, to continue fishing in the EEZs of the Pacific island parts in 2024.

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Of the quota assigned for the third quarter, 2,362.7 tons will be for purse seine vessels in the Gulf of Cádiz and 27,246 kilos in the Cantabrian Sea and the Northwest.

The General Secretariat of Fisheries has published a resolution with the initial and provisional quotas of anchovy or anchovy in the national fishing grounds of the Cantabrian Sea and the Northwest and Gulf of Cádiz, as well as the individual quotas of the vessels in the purse seine census of the Cadiz coast during the period July 1, 2024 to September 30.

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Aldi is recalling frozen shrimp sold under the Golden Seafood brand over fears it contains vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria.

The recall was issued in coordination with the French government on 24 June after vibrio was found in one lot of 400-gram bags of the shrimp sold between 18 March and 5 June 2024. The affected bags of shrimp have a sell-by date of 22 October 2025 and a lot number of VN 089 V 101NTSF17 ALDIFR 23057B.

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Launched earlier this year, the Tilapia Welfare Egypt project has successfully trained 120 farmers in techniques for assessing and improving the welfare of their fish.

Run by FAI in partnership with Ethical Seafood Research (ESR) and officially launched in February 2024, the Tilapia Welfare Egypt project aims to provide Egyptian fish farmers with the tools and knowledge needed to assess and improve tilapia welfare and enhance fish performance. Over 120 Egyptians working in the nation’s burgeoning aquaculture sector have now successfully completed the training course.

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Production of common mussels for eating increased by 13% from 9,092 tonnes in 2022 to 10,311 tonnes in Scotland in 2023, the highest level of ever recorded, according to the Scottish Government’s newly published Scottish Shellfish Farm Survey 2023.

However, the number of common mussel-producing sites with sufficient spat settlement for production purposes decreased from 88 to 54.

Most of the table mussels (8,694 tonnes) were grown in Shetland, which also produced 2,085 tonnes of the 2,526 tonnes of mussels produced in Scotland for on-growing.

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The rate of catch is beginning to grow

By June 25, 2024, according to the industry monitoring system of Rosrybolovstvo (TSMS), the catch by all Russian users reached 2.44 million tons - 1.7% more than the level of 2023 for the same period

Including production:

• Far Eastern basin – 1.85 million tons (+3%)
• Northern basin – almost 256 thousand tons (+5.5%)
• Western basin – 48 thousand tons.
• Azov-Black Sea basin – 15.5 thousand tons
• Volga-Caspian basin – 46 thousand tons.

In the exclusive economic zones of foreign states, conventional areas and the open part of the World Ocean, the Russian fleet produced more than 218 thousand tons.

As of June 24, the total load of fish terminals in the Primorsky Territory was 21% (23.5 thousand tons of fresh frozen fish products in storage).

There are 28 vessels with 29.3 thousand tons of fish products approaching the seaports of Primorsky Krai, including one vessel with salmon (2.7 tons). Fresh frozen catches of pollock (10.2 thousand tons), herring (0.079 thousand tons) and cod (1.04 thousand tons) are delivered to the ports.

Source:  Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo)

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements by Salmon Evolution ASA ("Salmon Evolution" or the "Company") on 18 June 2024, regarding the successful private placement of approximately NOK 365 million and the increase in bank facilities with NOK 675 million.

The Company has taken the final investment decision for Indre Harøy phase 2 and has accordingly signed an agreement with Artec Aqua and Hent, in which the phase 2 grow-out project moves into the construction phase. Mobilization will commence shortly, with planned construction starting during Q3 2024. In parallel the Company is proceeding with the planning and engineering for the additional tank capacity. As previously communicated no final decisions or agreements are entered into for this part of the phase 2 project.

“We are now creating a foundation for substantial profitable growth, and with phase 2 in full operation we will have a strong cash-flow generating platform with significant annual investment capacity”, CEO of Salmon Evolution ASA, Trond Håkon Schaug-Pettersen said.

The European sector grouped in EAPO and Êuropeche is "deeply disappointed" by the partial agreement reached between the United Kingdom, Norway and the Faroe Islands on the distribution of mackerel fishing opportunities in the northeast Atlantic. The joint quota for the three states is 739,386 tonnes. "This agreement does not resolve the critical problem of catches exceeding the Total Allowable Catches established in accordance with scientific advice. Instead, it rewards the establishment of excessive and inflated unilateral quotas by some parties in recent years," he maintains. .

In this sense, it urges all coastal States to resume their consultations on a "comprehensive exchange agreement" that should reflect "genuine and sustainable interests." 

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A consultation to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the common fisheries policy (CFP) has been started by the European Commission with the aim to gather evidence and different perspectives from a range of stakeholders, including individuals, the fisheries and the maritime sectors, NGOs and other organisations, and national administrations from member states.

Results of these consultations, alongside other analyses and studies will be used to assess the CFP’s performance in achieving its objectives, its economic implications, and its relevance in the context of emerging needs. 

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Nomad Foods, the company behind some of Europe’s iconic frozen food brands including Birds Eye, Findus, iglo, Ledo and Frikom has today announced the results of its eighteen month industry-leading study, exploring if frozen food storage temperatures can be increased, leading to significant carbon emission reductions and cost savings, without impacting product safety or quality.

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