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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
CH4 Global - producer of a seaweed-based methane-reducing cattle feed additive - has today announced a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation to expand the reach of the company across Asia-Pacific markets.
The landmark partnership will focus on expanding commercial sales of CH4 Global’s Methane Tamer feed supplement in Australia, including the development of new product forms. The companies will also collaborate to validate and introduce Methane Tamer in Japan, where the country's 4 million cattle represent a significant opportunity for the reduction of methane emissions.
Additionally, the companies aim to establish a supply chain for Asparagopsis seaweed production - Methane Tamer's key ingredient - within Asia.
Source: The Fish Site l Read the full article here
They demand aid to cover part of the duration of the ban that the sector will have to comply with
In 2020, when there was a historic drop in catches and turnover of octopus in Galician fish markets, the Consellería do Mar began studies to find the cause of this crisis. Whether it finished them or not is something that the BNG does not know, which yesterday, in the Fisheries Commission of the Parliament of Galicia, defended the need to resume them, conclude them or undertake them again.
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After the first allocation of autonomous tariff quotas granted by the European Community, Anfaco-Cecopesca regretted that the amount allocated to tuna loins was insufficient and was exhausted, and stated that this forced the factories to pay an 8.04% tariff, making the process more expensive and compromising the price of canned fish. In this regard, it insisted on the need to increase the quantity for this product to 55,000 tons.
According to the president of the National Fisheries Chamber (CNP) of Ecuador, Bruno Leone, the request by Anfaco-Cecopesca is "unacceptable" and he urges that the quota mechanism be eliminated in the European Community.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to purchase USD 50 million (EUR 48 million) worth of Alaska pollock in 2025 in support of the federal government’s food bank and nutrition programs.
ASMI noted that the purchases will help the Alaskan pollock sector, which is struggling with low prices and other challenges.
Alaska’s pollock fishery harvested nearly 1.3 million metric tons (MT) of fish in 2024, just shy of the amount allocated for the fishery by regulators. The pollock B season was closed early in September 2024 after two pollock trawlers accidentally harvested 2,000 Chinook salmon, triggering the fishery’s bycatch limit. The incident resulted in 50,000 MT of quota left in the Gulf of Alaska.
Author: Nathan Strout / SeafoodSource l Read the full article here
The Vietnam Pangasius Industry Report 2015 - 2024, conducted by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and released in January 2025, is expected to provide businesses, importers and state management agencies with an overview of important developments in the production and export of Vietnamese pangasius over the past 10 years.
In addition to highlighting the achievements, the report will also identify existing problems and analyze the opportunities and challenges that the pangasius industry will face in the future.
During the period from 2015 to 2024, the pangasius industry has witnessed strong growth, not only in production output but also in export turnover. With sustainable growth and stable export volume, pangasius has become one of Vietnam's key export products, bringing important foreign currency to the national economy.
However, the pangasius industry is also facing significant challenges, including environmental issues, fierce competition from other countries, and international trade barriers. This report will analyze in depth the factors affecting the development of the industry, and propose practical solutions and recommendations for the pangasius industry to continue to develop in a sustainable and effective manner.
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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