IN BRIEF - 3 Dead after Fishing Vessel Capsizes in Waters off Gunsa
SOUTH KOREA
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Three people are dead after a fishing vessel capsized in waters off Gunsan city in North Jeolla Province.
The city’s coast guard said on Monday that it rescued all eight crew members of the fishing boat in waters off Gunsan after receiving a report at around 7:36 a.m. about the boat accident.
Authorities said though the entire crew was rescued, three of the members, including the boat’s Korean captain and chief engineer as well as a foreign crewmember, were pronounced dead at the hospital.
Photo : YONHAP News = Gunsan Coast Guard
The remaining five crewmembers, all of foreign nationality, were reported to be in relatively good health.
The coast guard is looking into the possibility that the boat capsized after it collided with a tanker carrying petroleum products based on testimony that the tanker was witnessed passing nearby the fishing vessel at the time of the incident.
A coast guard official said the identity of the deceased foreign crewmember has yet to be identified, adding that an investigation will be conducted on the incident once the survivors get treated for injuries.
With the aim of strengthening the presence of Chilean products in Southeast Asian markets, ProChile invited exporting companies and those with export potential from the Los Lagos Region, belonging to the seafood sector—such as salmon and mussels—and aquaculture solutions, to apply to the Second Chile-ASEAN Business Meeting 2026.
The event will take place between May 26 and 29, within the framework of THAIFEX, the most important food and beverage trade fair in Southeast Asia. The meeting will bring together Chilean exporters with importers, distributors, and international buyers from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines—markets that show a growing demand for seafood, aquaculture inputs, and technologies.
Galician waters are rich in many species of fish and shellfish. Some of the products that support hundreds of people are emblematic, helping to maintain populations in coastal areas and serving as food far beyond the region's borders. Perhaps one of the most characteristic resources is the octopus, the king cephalopod, which is vital in some markets around the world.
The UK market is not exactly one of them, nor was it common for these eight-legged creatures to be seen in its waters.
Author: Adrián Amoedo / Faro de Vigo | Read the full article here
Anti-fish farming groups in Canada have won a legal battle to maintain a ban on salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area of British Columbia.
The ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal upholds a June 2024 Federal Court decision which affirmed the Canadian fisheris minister's ability to refuse aquaculture licences in the Discovery Islands based on conservation concerns. Salmon farmer Mowi Canada West is understood to have appealed the 2024 decision.
Environmental law charity Ecojustice represented anti-fish farming groups the David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, Living Oceans Society, and Watershed Watch Salmon Society, and veteran anti-salmon farming activist Alexandra Morton, in the appeal.
Author: Gareth Moore / fishfarmingexpert | Read the full article here
Global marine ingredients output shows modest growth in 2025
Global production of fishmeal and fish oil showed a positive trend through most of 2025, supported by strong landings in Peru and higher output across several producing regions, according to market data from IFFO.
In Peru, the second fishing season in the North–Centre region ended with the anchoveta fleet landing almost the full 1.63 million metric tonne quota. IFFO said that while full-year data has yet to be confirmed, total 2025 production of fishmeal and fish oil is expected to be slightly lower than in 2024.
Source: SalmonBusiness | Read the full article here
From the established seaweed production hubs of Asia, to the emerging farms of the Western hemisphere, I have always been interested in identifying the gaps in farm technology that translate into opportunities for innovation.
Most recently, I spent months conducting deep fieldwork across the seaweed sectors of six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean – from Brazil and Chile, to St Lucia and Grenada. As I compared these developing regions with the mature markets I’ve studied in Asia, a striking realisation forced me to rethink the standard industry assumptions.
Author: Karlotta Rieve / The Fish Site | Read the full article here
The fishing fleet operating in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea continues its active season, focusing primarily on pollock and Pacific herring. Key issues related to season organization, safety, and scientific support are ?????????? addressed at the headquarters of the Federal Agency for Fisheries.
According to the industry monitoring system of Rosrybolovstvo, as of January 25, fishermen harvested 183,700 tons of pollock. Of this volume, 76,100 tons were caught in the Sea of Okhotsk, where 37 vessels were in operation.
The catch of Pacific herring reached 81,400 tons, including 72,500 tons taken in the North Okhotsk subzone by 18 vessels.
Since the beginning of the year, the cod catch in the Far East basin totaled 9,200 tons, with 3,800 tons harvested in the Sea of Okhotsk by 13 vessels.
As of January 26, total refrigeration capacity in Primorsky Krai stood at 38%, accounting for more than 48,000 tons of fish products. Additionally, 22 vessels carrying over 26,000 tons of fish products were en route to port.
Source:United Press Service of the Federal Agency for Fisheries
The Nodosa shipyard is reinforcing its historical ties with Galician aquaculture and returning to one of its founding niches: the construction of mussel boats for use in the Galician estuaries. The Marín-based company will build two new vessels—one for Proinsa in A Coruña and another for Barlovento in the Arousa estuary—in an operation that, in addition to contributing to the renewal of the mussel farming fleet, consolidates its workload for the coming years: the shipyard has five new vessels in its order book and an activity horizon until 2027.
José Fernández López, the Lugo native who founded Pescanova and was responsible for bringing the freezer trawler to the Spanish fishing industry, had just acquired the "ship of three lives," which had been anchored in the Rande inlet for some time awaiting scrapping after a tumultuous maritime history. Born “Alfonso XIII” at the La Naval Shipyards in Sestao (Spanish Naval Construction Company-Bilbao) as an ocean liner for the Compañía Trasatlántica Española (Spanish Transatlantic Company), its keel was laid in 1916 but it wasn't launched until 1920 due to the outbreak of the First World War.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here
A boom in the population of common octopus in Guernsey waters has wiped more than £500,000 off the value of local shellfish landings in a year, according to a new report.
The study by the UK Marine Biological Association (MBA) found the number of octopus landed by commercial fisheries in the region last year was almost 65 times higher than recent annual averages.
Dr Bryce Stewart from the MBA said the rise in octopus in Channel Island and UK waters, was due to warmer sea temperatures and mild winters.
Author: Harry Whitehead / BBC | Read the full article here
A local authority in eastern Iceland is exploring the possibility of establishing a regular ferry service between the fish farming town of Seyðisfjörðu and Scotland
Representatives of the local government say they want to make even better use of the ferry port in Seyðisfjörður, which has served that part of Iceland for a number of years.
According to Helgi Ásgrímsson, the northernmost ports of Scotland are well connected to Britain’s national rail system which runs into Europe.
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here
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SOUTH KOREA
CHILE
With the aim of strengthening the presence of Chilean products in Southeast Asian markets, 
UNITED KINGDOM
Galician waters are rich in many species of fish and shellfish. Some of the products that support hundreds of people are emblematic, helping to maintain populations in coastal areas and serving as food far beyond the region's borders. Perhaps one of the most characteristic resources is the octopus, the king cephalopod, which is vital in some markets around the world.
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The ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal upholds a June 2024 Federal Court decision which affirmed the Canadian fisheris minister's ability to refuse aquaculture licences in the Discovery Islands based on conservation concerns. Salmon farmer Mowi Canada West is understood to have appealed the 2024 decision.
PERU
Global marine ingredients output shows modest growth in 2025
WORLDWIDE
From the established seaweed production hubs of Asia, to the emerging farms of the Western hemisphere, I have always been interested in identifying the gaps in farm technology that translate into opportunities for innovation. 
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According to the industry monitoring system of Rosrybolovstvo, as of January 25, fishermen harvested 183,700 tons of pollock. Of this volume, 76,100 tons were caught in the Sea of Okhotsk, where 37 vessels were in operation.
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José Fernández López, the Lugo native who founded 
A boom in the population of common octopus in Guernsey waters has wiped more than £500,000 off the value of local shellfish landings in a year, according to a new report.
ICELAND
A local authority in eastern Iceland is exploring the possibility of establishing a regular ferry service between the fish farming town of Seyðisfjörðu and Scotland
