IN BRIEF - More than three years in prison for a skipper and a sailor for carrying 1,700 kilos of hashish
SPAIN
Saturday, December 02, 2023
Huelva (EFE).- The Provincial Court of Huelva has sentenced the skipper and a sailor of a fishing boat to three years and five months in prison each after they were surprised when they were transporting more than 1,700 kilos of hashish on the boat destined for to the fishing port of Isla Cristina (Huelva).
The sentence, to which EFE has had access, considers them responsible for a crime against public health, for which it also imposes two fines of 12 and 9 million euros each.
It is considered proven that the accused, the first as a skipper and the second as a sailor of a fishing vessel, sailed around 09:10 a.m. on October 28, 2022 towards the Fishing Port of Isla Cristina, carrying 54 bales in the hold of the vessel. of burlap with hashish, about 35 kilos each.
Upon realizing the presence of security forces and stocks in the port and to avoid police action, they changed their course by anchoring the ship in the middle of the Isla Cristina estuary and disembarked in a small boat, with which they sailed in the opposite direction. towards the shipyard area, where they were intercepted.
The Civil Guard inspected the ship and found hidden in its hold a total of 54 bundles of burlap weighing 1,768 kilos that would have fetched a price of 3.6 million euros on the illicit market.
Brussels will provide €23 million over four years, allowing 30 European purse seiners and eight longliners to catch up to 55,000 tonnes annually.
The European Union and Seychelles have renewed their Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement through a new protocol that will allow the EU fleet to resume tuna fishing operations in the waters of the Indian Ocean archipelago. The treaty will be in effect for four years, from 2026 to 2030, and entails a total European financial contribution of €23 million.
The agreement will benefit up to 30 tuna purse seiners and eight surface longliners, which will be able to apply for authorizations to fish for highly migratory species within Seychelles' exclusive economic zone.
Japan-based seafood giant Umios (formerly Maruha Nichiro) has decided to split up its subsidiary Taiyo A&F (TAFCO) and take on the aquaculture and processing portion of the business.
The transaction, effective 1 October, was approved by Umios’ board of directors on 28 July. Because TAFCO was already a wholly owned subsidiary of Umios, certain details of the transaction are omitted from public disclosure.
Umios said that TAFCO was already previously separated into a three-segment structure comprising fisheries, aquaculture, and processed foods.
Author: Chris Chase / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here
The University of Chile’s veterinary pharmacology laboratory has restored all its operations following a fire at its facilities in February.
Farmavet provides testing used in Chile’s official monitoring programmes for aquaculture and agricultural exports. Its services include identifying veterinary-drug residues, chemical contaminants and marine biotoxins.
The laboratory retains its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and operates more than 70 analytical methods, of which over 50 are accredited. Its results are used in official programmes run by Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, Sernapesca, and the country’s Agriculture and Livestock Service.
Source: SalmonBusiness | Read the full article here
Fish farming marine services company Inverlussa today issued a statement following the death of one its crewmen following a fall on a vessel in Scapa Flow, Orkney, last Thursday.
Neither the name of the deceased, nor the vessel he was crewing, have been released.
Mull-based Inverlussa is Scotland's biggest supplier of marine services to the salmon farming sector. Last week’s tragedy came just a day after it announced the acquisition of a 60% shareholding in Shetland’s, LCL Shipping Limited, increasing the size of its owned fleet to 23 vessels, and the number of people on its payroll to 146.
Source: fishfarmingexpert | Read the full article here
ForoAcui (Forum on Marine Resources and Aquaculture of the Galician Rías) reaches its 28th edition this year, having established itself as the premier gathering for discussing the challenges facing Galician aquaculture and shellfish harvesting. The event, scheduled for October 1 and 2 in O Grove (Pontevedra), expects to bring together between 200 and 250 participants—including researchers, business representatives, government officials, industry professionals, and students—to focus on four major discussion panels: research; shellfish harvesting and inshore fishing; aquaculture; and business and marine resource management. These details were shared by the event organizers during a meeting with the Xunta de Galicia’s Director General for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Technological Innovation.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026-2035 report was presented in Rome a few days ago; this document serves as an international benchmark for assessing the medium-term evolution of agricultural, fisheries, and aquaculture markets at national, regional, and global levels. Among other aspects, it analyzes consumption, exports, and prices of aquatic products over the coming decade.
According to the report, global consumption of aquatic animal products for food is expected to rise faster than consumption for other uses by 2035, driven primarily by Asia, while consumption in Europe is projected to see a slight decline.
Source: iPac.acuicultura | Read the full article here
The Research LK 62 has just completed three trips for MSC certified North Sea herring and encountered good marks of fish, which were landed into Peterhead.
Skippered by Gary Williamson, the 79m vessel left Lerwick on 12 July for her first trip and completed three tows for a total of 180 tonnes on grounds 45 miles south-east of Fair Isle, with the fish averaging a decent 190g in weight. The herring was landed into the Lunar processing facility at Peterhead.
Heading straight back to sea after landing, the Research then ventured to a fishing area slightly closer to Fair Isle, achieving 470 tonnes for three tows.
Thailand has become the latest Asian country to consider launching its own salmon farming industry.
The country has been a major buyer of salmon and trout, mostly from Norway, for several years.
With imports running at up to 50,000 metric tons a year and worth £180m, Thailand is now the second largest importer of Atlantic salmon in Asia, after China.
Thailand’s climate and coastal structure does not permit sea pen aquaculture, so any development will be centred around recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here
The European Union Seafood Alliance (EUSeA) is calling on Brussels to give aquatic foods a central role in Europe’s evolving protein strategy, arguing that fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing are essential to achieving food security, strategic autonomy and sustainable food systems.
The appeal follows the publication of the European Commission’s Action Plan for the resilience, strategic autonomy and sustainability of the EU protein system and the new EU Strategy on Livestock.While welcoming the renewed focus on strengthening Europe’s food resilience and reducing strategic dependencies, the Alliance says the initiatives overlook one of the continent’s most important sources of high-quality, sustainable protein.
The domestically produced longline processor Marlin, built at the USC Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg, has set sail for its home port of Murmansk. It will undergo fishing trials in the Barents Sea before loading gear to begin commercial operations.
Constructed under the state investment quota program ("keel quotas") for the company Globus—founded by a collective farm partnership in the Arkhangelsk region—the vessel will target cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), halibut, and wolffish across the Barents, Norwegian, and North Seas. Longlining provides an environmentally friendly harvesting method that preserves seabed habitats.
The Marlin can catch up to 25 tons of fish per day, featuring a freezer hold capacity of 600 tons of finished products. Equipped with an automated, full-cycle factory for deep processing, freezing, and storage, the vessel has already successfully completed all factory, mooring, and sea trials.
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Brussels will provide €23 million over four years, allowing 30 European purse seiners and eight longliners to catch up to 55,000 tonnes annually.
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The University of Chile’s veterinary pharmacology laboratory has restored all its operations following a fire at its facilities in February.
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The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026-2035 report was presented in Rome a few days ago; this document serves as an international benchmark for assessing the medium-term evolution of agricultural, fisheries, and aquaculture markets at national, regional, and global levels. Among other aspects, it analyzes consumption, exports, and prices of aquatic products over the coming decade..png)
The Research LK 62 has just completed three trips for
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Thailand has become the latest Asian country to consider launching its own salmon farming industry.
The European Union Seafood Alliance (EUSeA) is calling on Brussels to give aquatic foods a central role in Europe’s evolving protein strategy, arguing that fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing are essential to achieving food security, strategic autonomy and sustainable food systems.
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