IN BRIEF - American Seafoods Announces Launch of Community Partnership Program to Support Western Alaskans
UNITED STATES
Monday, August 05, 2024
Program will grant $150,000 per year to select organizations, building on more than two decades of donations that total more than $2 million
Deadline to apply is September 16, 2024, with grants to be awarded on October 2, 2024
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Seafoods Group (“American Seafoods” or “the Company”), a global leader in sustainable proteins and one of the world’s largest at-sea processors of wild Alaska pollock and wild Pacific hake, announced today the launch of the American Seafoods Community Partnership program. The program, formerly known as the Western Alaska Community Grant Program, provides donations to select organizations and groups in Western Alaska to fund community projects that address food security and other pressing social needs.
This rebranded initiative demonstrates the Company’s long-standing commitment to supporting Western Alaskan communities. As part of the launch, American Seafoods is increasing its donation total from $90,000 per year to $150,000 per year with $75,000 total to be awarded every six months. Since 1997, American Seafoods has granted more than $2 million to organizations and programs in Alaska.
HERE is a link to the release that was issued for more information
The January mackerel fishery is progressing well with productive marks of high-quality fish being located by the Scottish fleet.
Fishing to the west of Shetland, the fleet have been catching good-sized mackerel, which are in strong demand from the markets.
Ally West, co-skipper of the Fraserburgh-registered Resolute and vice-chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association said:“There have also been plenty of small fish to the north-east of the core fishing area, but these have not been fished. It is good to see these smaller fish and it means good recruitment is coming through in the stock.
“Mackerel quality has been very good and we have encountered plenty of fish and demand from the markets is high.”
The Resolute has been landing its catches into Pelagia Shetland in Lerwick, as well as Egersund, Norway.
Robert Duthie, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association, said demand was especially good from the Japanese and other Far Eastern markets, which were exhibiting encouraging growth.
The winter mackerel season will come to an end within the next fortnight, after which some of the Scottish fleet will work a short fishery off Norway for Atlanto-Scandian herring and for blue whiting to the west of Ireland. The next major pelagic fishery will be for MSC certified North Sea herring, which will commence in mid-summer, with the autumn mackerel fishery following thereafter.
Danish fishermen achieved notable success in 2024, landing 96,350 tons of herring valued at 610 million kroner, according to Svend Boye Thomsen of Fiskeritidende.
This marks a significant improvement over 2023, when landings totaled 82,913 tons with a value of 519 million kroner. The figures represent a 16% increase in volume and a 17% rise in total value year-on-year.
The average price per kilogram also showed a slight uptick, reaching 6.33 kroner in 2024 compared to 6.26 kroner in the previous year.
A majority of the herring was caught in the northern part of the North Sea, with most of the catch being landed at Skagen, a key hub for the Danish fishing industry.
Basque shipowners, whose boats are moored in Senegal, see only one alternative: going to fish in Costa Rica or Ecuador, after having held negotiations yesterday with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, in order to return to work.
Thus, the shipowners have held negotiations with Panama, to make bait and then fish in Costa Rica or go fishing in Ecuador.
In fact, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is going to start negotiations so that the Basque tuna fleet can operate in waters in Costa Rica and Ecuador, given the impossibility of doing so in Senegal, after the conclusion of the fishing agreement between this country and the European Union (EU).
The EU-funded FutureFoodS project has just closed the deadline for its first transnational call for proposals entitled “Transforming Food Systems: reshaping food system interactions, fostering food innovations and empowering sustainable food choices”. The call is part of the project team's efforts to make food production and consumption in Europe more resilient and sustainable.
The FutureFoodS partnership has a vision to create healthy, safe, environmentally friendly and economically viable food systems for Europe.
Its mission is to mobilise research and innovation in Europe to accelerate the transition to circular food systems that work within the boundaries of the planet.
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Could the returning US president threaten Scottish salmon’s success in the US?
Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president kicked off with what some are calling an unexpected show of restraint. Instead of immediately implementing the hefty tariffs promised during his campaign, Trump issued a presidential memorandum on his first day in office, calling for a comprehensive review of unfair trade practices.
While this move has delayed any immediate action, it signals the beginning of what is expected to be a tumultuous period for global trade, with potential repercussions for Scotland’s prized salmon export market.
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America’s second largest seafood restaurant operator is about to move into Britain.
Captain D’s has signed a 20-unit multi-franchise agreement for the UK. It is expected that the first restaurant will be in the London area, opening later this year.
The development is part of a long term wider plan to expand into Europe, with the UK as the stepping stone.
The chain’s menu includes battered white fish, shrimp, salmon and deep fried oysters.
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer l Read the full article here
Ragn-Sells commits to new factory in southern Sweden
A plant that can recover phosphorous from both sewage and fish farm sludge is to be built by Sweden-based recycling company Ragn-Sells.
The company said more than 11,000 tonnes of phosphorus – an important resource that currently has be mined and is mostly imported from outside Europe - are wasted by the Norwegian aquaculture industry each year.
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AquaBounty Technologies, a land-based aquaculture company, is auctioning off all its equipment after closing its last remaining farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada
The sale includes an array of assets such as a new, uninstalled salmon aquaculture plant, LHOs, disc filters, pumps, blowers, new HVAC systems, electrical components, and a pre-engineered metal building (PEMB).
The company had spent over a year attempting to raise capital, including efforts to sell its farms and equipment. However, insufficient cash flow to sustain operations ultimately forced AquaBounty to announce its closure in December 2024.
The online auction, conducted in partnership with Gordon Brothers, is scheduled to run from February 4 to February 11.
Some of the items available for sale include:
Pre-engineered metal building of about 200,000 SqFt not erected;
Two hyperclassic HCM/2500-36-20HP mixers;
Thirteen new Daikin Roof Top HVAC systems;
Forty new NP Innovation 22-series frame-type disc filters;
Thirty new InnovaSea fingerling, pre-growout and growout LHO Tanks;
Eighty new Allen Bradley Centerline 2100 MCC sections;
Thirty-nine new in crate grundfos vertical multi-stage centrifugal pumps – models CRN10-7 and CRN10-8
Next month, all Pacific Island fisheries ministers will gather in Honiara, Solomon Islands, to push forward discussions aimed at mobilizing fisheries resources across the region.
This was announced by Prime Minister James Marape following his return from Palau last Friday.
Prime Minister Marape said the upcoming meeting reflects a strategic initiative aimed at uniting Pacific nations to harness their fishing resources more effectively.
He underscored that the meeting is part of a broader government plan to strengthen the region's fisheries sector.
He highlighted that Papua New Guinea [PNG], the Solomon Islands, and Micronesian nations are all deeply engaged in these ongoing discussions.
This collaboration among Pacific nations marks a significant step toward strengthening the region’s control over its natural resources, creating economic opportunities for local communities, and enhancing the sustainability of fisheries in the Pacific.
The Fishing and Aquaculture subsector under the Ministry of Agriculture was allotted $1.3B of the $104.6 billion allocated to the ministry in the national budget for 2025.
Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh told the National Assembly that last year the sector recorded an estimated expansion of 1%. This was attributed to the growth that occurred in both the marine and aquaculture production. However, this year the sector’s growth is “expected to strengthen to 5.8 percent, driven largely by increased aquaculture production.”
To this end he informed that “a further $1.3 billion is budgeted for 2025 to support fisheries and aquaculture development.”
For 2024 the production of shrimp expanded by an estimated 8.5%, outweighing the 2.2% contraction that was estimated for the production of fish. “While improvements were observed in the production of artisanal and industrial finfish, the production of red snapper contracted,” the minister said.
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