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EUROPEAN UNION
Friday, June 11, 2021
The European Commission yesterday adopted the communication "Towards a more sustainable fishing in the EU: current situation and guidelines for 2022". The document shows that, in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, "EU fisheries are becoming increasingly sustainable", supporting "the transition to a healthy and environmentally friendly EU food system" and guarantees “a continuous source of income for EU fishermen”. Despite the coronavirus crisis, "the socio-economic results of the sector continue to be good, in part due to the rapid support of the Commission," emphasizes the Community Executive.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | read the full articlehere
The Freire Shipyard has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to build four new vessels for naval support missions. They will be 47 meters long, have a top speed of 12 knots, and an endurance of up to 10 days, with a crew capacity of 16.
Each vessel will be equipped with two main cranes on the main deck and an auxiliary crane for supplies, allowing for autonomous loading and unloading operations. It will also have a folding ramp for vehicle access from the stern.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here
As part of their ongoing lawsuit to block Spain’s allowance of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, conservation NGOs Oceana and ClientEarth presented their evidence about the practice before Spain’s National High Court 19 February.
The two groups sued the Spanish government in 2024, alleging that the nation was systematically allowing commercial fishers to conduct bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPA), which they argue is prohibited under European Union law.
Spain is legally obliged to safeguard its marine protected areas, which is incompatible with allowing destructive fishing gear within their boundaries
Author: Nathan Strout / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here
Norwegian salmon farmer Grieg Seafood, which sold its farms in Canada and in Finnmark, Norway, to Cermaq for £738 million in December, made an operating profit of NOK 152.8m from its remaining farming operation in Rogaland in Q4 2025.
The result was a 34% increase compared to the NOK 114.2m made in Q4 2024, Grieg wrote in its Q4 2025 report.
Operational EBIT per kilo increased by 47% to NOK 20.7 (Q4 2024: NOK 14.1) for the farming operation, and by 135% to NOK 19.4 (NOK 8.3) for the Grieg Seafood Group. Average harvest weight increased to 4.8 kilos
Source: fishfarmingexpert | Read the full article here
The peak fishing season for chub mackerel (over 250 grams per fish) in the waters off Kyushu by the West Japan Purse Seiner fleet (large and medium-sized) is drawing to an end. This month's (1st to 18th) catches were as good as the same period last year, but the fat content has dropped slightly. Sources in the fishing area say, "We're finally nearing the end of the fishing season. From March, we expect to shift to focusing on yellowtail."
This month's combined catch of the fish in Nagasaki City, Matsuura City in Nagasaki Prefecture, Karatsu City in Saga Prefecture, and Fukuoka City was approximately 44,000 boxes (each box weighing approximately 16 kg), a good catch on par with the same period last year. Source: Minato-Yamaguchi
Coast Guard Was Able to Return All the Catch from the Illegal Gear to the Sea
The Galician Coast Guard Service carried out its largest operation of the year against the use of traps, a prohibited fishing method in Galicia used for octopus fishing, last Saturday in waters near A Guarda. According to the Galician Ministry of the Sea, the operation resulted in the removal of 523 devices and the recovery of 67 kilos of octopus, which were returned to the sea. The operation also coincided with the weekly rest day.
The operation took place between three and four miles off the coast of A Guarda and led to the discovery of two sets of these traps deployed on the seabed.
Source: La Voz de Galicia | Read the full article here
The Technological Platform for Fisheries, launched by the Ministry of the Sea in collaboration with the Galician Agency for Technological Modernization (Amtega) in 2004, “is consolidating itself as a key tool in the digitalization of the sector.” This is revealed in the report presented this Monday to the Galician Government Council, which compiles the actions recorded by this system in each year, highlighting its functionality “insofar as it offers various services in the field of production and marketing to help in data collection, thus facilitating resource management and guaranteeing its traceability in accordance with current legal requirements.”
Source: iPac.acuicultura | Read the full article here
The salmon farming industry is gearing up for the first of the big seafood conferences, which launches next week.
There will be plenty for them to discuss, with renewed concerns over President Trump’s latest tariff tactics and the general state of the market.
The three-day North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF), run by Pareto Securities, which opens in Bergen on Monday, is recognised as the world’s leading conference for senior executives in the global seafood industry.
Each year in the first week of March, more than 1,000 CEOs, experts, investors, and analysts gather in the coastal city for three days of discussion, offering insight and inspiration.
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here
EU-funded initiative named MULTIPLY is uniting 17 partners to develop 10 microalgae-based alternatives for everyday products, aiming to reduce reliance on fossil and food-based resources.
Launched in June 2025, the Horizon Europe project brings together specialists from across Europe to develop and scale ten microalgae-based solutions for five industrial sectors.MULTIPLY is developing ten products designed to show how algae can serve diverse markets:
Food: natural colours and protein-rich ingredients
Feed: a salmon feed component enriched with microalgal compounds
Cosmetics: personal-care oils and esters
Lubricants: bio-based esters engineered for high-performance applications
Biomaterials and packaging: compostable films, paper coatings and other packaging solutions based on algal oils and starch.
Source: The Fish Site | Read the full article here
Lerøy Seafood Group reports $56.4 million farming EBIT in Q4 as prices improve late in quarter.
Lerøy reported operational EBIT of NOK 564 million ($56.4 million) in its farming segment in the fourth quarter of 2025, down year-on-year, but said biological performance was better than expected and production costs declined quarter-on-quarter.
The company said salmon and trout prices improved significantly towards the end of the quarter following a year characterised by low market prices.
Source: SalmonBusiness | Read the full article here
Vladivostok – According to the Primorsky branch of Rosselkhoznadzor, from January 1 to February 18, 2026, approximately 7 600 tons of live crab were exported from Primorsky Krai to China and the Republic of Korea.
Veterinary experts carried out safety assessments for 255 shipments, confirming compliance with import standards in both countries. The consignments included spiny crab, blue crab and Kamchatka crab, all harvested in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan and cleared with the necessary health certificates before shipment.
Russian crab remains in high demand across East Asia: overall exports to China in **2025 reached about 45 800 tons, up 10.4 % year-on-year, giving Russia over a 34 % share of China’s crab imports.
Industry data also show that revenue from Russian crustacean exports grew in 2025, with live and fresh crabs accounting for a significant portion of total export earnings, especially in China and South Korea.
Despite broader geopolitical tensions and past enforcement actions against illegal crab trade in the Russian Far East, regulated exports continue to expand in legitimate channels under strict veterinary control. Rosselkhoznadzor says all current shipments meet the importing countries’ sanitary and phytosanitary norms.
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The European Commission yesterday adopted the communication "Towards a more sustainable fishing in the EU: current situation and guidelines for 2022". The document shows that, in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, "EU fisheries are becoming increasingly sustainable", supporting "the transition to a healthy and environmentally friendly EU food system" and guarantees “a continuous source of income for EU fishermen”. Despite the coronavirus crisis, "the socio-economic results of the sector continue to be good, in part due to the rapid support of the Commission," emphasizes the Community Executive.
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As part of their ongoing lawsuit to block Spain’s allowance of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, conservation NGOs Oceana and ClientEarth presented their evidence about the practice before Spain’s National High Court 19 February.
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Norwegian salmon farmer 
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The Galician Coast Guard Service carried out its largest operation of the year against the use of traps, a prohibited fishing method in Galicia used for octopus fishing, last Saturday in waters near A Guarda. According to the Galician Ministry of the Sea, the operation resulted in the removal of 523 devices and the recovery of 67 kilos of octopus, which were returned to the sea. The operation also coincided with the weekly rest day.
The Technological Platform for Fisheries, launched by the Ministry of the Sea in collaboration with the Galician Agency for Technological Modernization (Amtega) in 2004, “is consolidating itself as a key tool in the digitalization of the sector.” This is revealed in the report presented this Monday to the Galician Government Council, which compiles the actions recorded by this system in each year, highlighting its functionality “insofar as it offers various services in the field of production and marketing to help in data collection, thus facilitating resource management and guaranteeing its traceability in accordance with current legal requirements.”.png)
There will be plenty for them to discuss, with renewed concerns over President Trump’s latest tariff tactics and the general state of the market..png)
Launched in June 2025, the Horizon Europe project brings together specialists from across Europe to develop and scale ten microalgae-based solutions for five industrial sectors.MULTIPLY is developing ten products designed to show how algae can serve diverse markets: 
Lerøy Seafood Group
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
