IN BRIEF - Soc Trang subsidises satellite fees for fishing vessels
VIET NAM
Monday, January 20, 2025
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is rolling out a new policy to subsidise satellite subscription fees for fishing vessel monitoring devices, part of a resolution passed in December 2024 by the provincial People's Council.
Accordingly, the policy, effective from January 2025 for two years, provides financial assistance to vessel owners, each with no more than 300,000 VND (11.84 USD) per month. Eligibility is restricted to vessels of 15 metres or more in length, registered in the province, and equipped with such monitoring devices as mandated.
Vessel owners must also present a range of required certifications, including vessel safety, registration, fishing licenses, and food safety compliance.
Subsidies will not be granted to vessels involved in illegal fishing activities, such as crossing maritime boundaries or disabling monitoring devices, except in unavoidable circumstances.
Local fishermen view the policy as a relief measure, noting that it helps reduce operating costs and encourages compliance with fishing regulations, supporting efforts to address the European Commission’s “Yellow Card” warning on Vietnamese seafood exports.
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.
Each year, different foreign fishing fleets operate off the coast of Chile in search of resources. Among these, the “red squid” fleet stands out, which crosses the Strait of Magellan, where this species is available seasonally, both in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific
The Chilean Navy, through the General Directorate of Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine (Directemar), together with the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca), maintains active and permanent surveillance to control maritime traffic in national spaces, with special attention to the transit of fleets of foreign vessels, which annually move from the Atlantic Ocean to the fishing zones in the zone (ZEE).
In its year-end report, the Maritime Police highlights that several criminal networks dedicated to trafficking in protected species, such as the elver, and bivalve poaching have been dismantled
The Portuguese Maritime Police seized 48 tons of illegal Japanese clams last year, according to a report published by the National Maritime Authority. The increase is 38 tons compared to the previous year (10 tons) and reveals the problem that this resource has become, which is growing in the Tagus River estuary, in front of Lisbon.
Source: La Voz de Galicia l Read the full article here
Land-based salmon-farming company Laxey has signed an agreement with Marel for processing equipment and software at its planned salmon slaughterhouse – the third agreement the company has made in as many months.
Earlier in January, Laxey selected the AKVA Group to provide equipment for its planned land-based salmon farm in Iceland. Laxey – originally called Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon – was initially planning a 10,000-metric-ton (MT) salmon farm but has since upgraded those plans to a 32,000-MT facility.
The AKVA Group contract was itself just two months after it announced an agreement with BAADER for processing equipment.
Author: Chris Chase / SeafoodSource l Read the full article here
Norwegian salmon producers Bue Salmon and Bolaks Group have announced a new strategic partnership to optimise the efficiency of operations for both companies.
The three-year agreement entails Bue Salmon receiving smolt from Sævareid Fiskeanlegg, where Bolaks is the majority shareholder. The smolt will be reared to post-smolt at Bue Salmon’s land-based facility in Bulandet before being delivered to Bolaks’ sea sites for grow-out.
Through the agreement, Bue and Bolak hope to establish a predictable and efficient value chain with short production cycles, strengthening the operations of both companies.
Source: The Fish Site l Read the full article here
Drop in air freight market pushes salmon prices further down.
The Chinese New Year celebration is reducing demand for large salmon.
“It has dropped significantly in recent weeks. The biggest fall has been for 5+ kg salmon, as the market for air-shipped fish has shrunk. Next week, Monday packing is the key—if you miss that, you’re too late for Chinese New Year. You need delivery to Oslo no later than Wednesday to make it''
Author: Aslak Berge / SalmonBusiness l Read the full article here
Satellites provide scientists important data they use to manage and protect fisheries and marine mammals.
A view from a satellite over Earth’s ocean and an aerial view of a blue whale.
NOAA’s use of satellite data to predict the weather is well known. Now, we are using satellites to track how the ocean is changing over time, and how that will impact fisheries and marine life. We can monitor the ocean’s temperature, salinity, currents, and even microscopic organisms in the water.
Satellites can give us insights into these oceanographic drivers and processes much faster than traditional methods like ship surveys. They can help us develop models to predict where and when marine animals will be in the ocean. In fact, satellite images are so detailed, we can actually see and count individual whales from space! This information can help us better manage those species.
In this week’s podcast, we hear from Ryan Vandermeulen, NOAA Fisheries satellite remote sensing coordinator. He’s passionate about satellites and making satellite data more accessible to the average citizen. Listen to him talk about what’s in store for the next generation of satellite technology, and hear the music he created based on satellite images of phytoplankton blooms.
With a surface area of ??90,000 m2, when it is completed in 2028, it will have a capacity of more than 100,000 tons of products
The biotechnology company for the production and transformation of the insect Tenebrio molitor, celebrated this Wednesday, January 15, in Salamanca, the symbolic act of laying the first stone of what will be the largest insect farm in the world. In it, the company's managers, its founders Adriana Casillas (CEO) and Sabas de Diego (CTO) were supported by institutional representatives and leaders of the sector in what is considered "a decisive step towards the future of the biotechnology industry."
Source: iPac.acuicultura l Read the full article here
Southeast Pacific Squid Index: Giant squid (dosidicus gigas) China
In order to continuously enhance the ability to control squid resources and price influence, and conduct more accurate resource assessment and forecasting, the China Ocean Fisheries Association to...
VIET NAM
UNITED STATES
SOLOMON ISLANDS
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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.
CHILE
Each year, different foreign fishing fleets operate off the coast of Chile in search of resources. Among these, the “red squid” fleet stands out, which crosses the Strait of Magellan, where this species is available seasonally, both in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific
PORTUGAL
In its year-end report, the Maritime Police highlights that several criminal networks dedicated to trafficking in protected species, such as the elver, and bivalve poaching have been dismantled
ICELAND
Land-based salmon-farming company 
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The three-year agreement entails Bue Salmon receiving smolt from Sævareid Fiskeanlegg, where Bolaks is the majority shareholder. The smolt will be reared to post-smolt at Bue Salmon’s land-based facility in Bulandet before being delivered to Bolaks’ sea sites for grow-out.
CHINA
Drop in air freight market pushes salmon prices further down.
SPAIN
With a surface area of ??90,000 m2, when it is completed in 2028, it will have a capacity of more than 100,000 tons of products
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