That the year that Nueva Pescanova just closed was not going to be good was no secret. Alimarket, based on an analysis of the sector that will be made public tomorrow, advances in this information the estimates of turnover and losses that would have been recorded by what to date continues to be the main Spanish fishing group. Although the company has maintained a low profile since Jorge Escudero took the helm, the management wanted to explain to Alimarket some keys to its current positioning.

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The Consumer Union of Galicia (UCGAL), the Consumer Union of Euskadi, the Consumer Union of Cantabria and the ConsumES Confederation have agreed to join the project that integrates twenty organizations to denounce misleading labeling in plant-based products.

The organizations that lead the initiative had already addressed the Minister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, and of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, to show their concern in relation to misleading labeling on plant products. based that aim to imitate fish and seafood, in order to advance in compliance with the regulations that regulate them without, for the moment, having obtained a response from the former.

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A collaboration between Tokyo, Japan-based seafood company Maruha Nichiro and Osaka Shoin Women’s College in Higashiosaka has created unique canned herring and sardine products targeting the convenience market.

The partnership started after Shin-ichi Fukumaru, a sales development manager at Maruha Nichiro, read a newspaper article about a joint project between Professor Shingo Hamada’s food studies class at Osaka Shoin and a local high school, which resulted in the development of innovative herring recipes.

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Seed to Surf a Canadian alternative seafood company - aims to ride the wave of growing enthusiasm for plant-based ingredients, announcing plans for significant expansion across North America.

Bringing a fresh approach to the industry, the company seems to be seeking to carve out a niche for up-market alt-seafood products. The current offerings of the company include tinned snow crab, made from enoki mushrooms, and a play on smoked whitefish which is made, rather creatively, from celery root.

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Norwegian salmon farming group Grieg Seafood ASA has confirmed the recruitment of Elizabeth Barlow as the new Regional Director of its Newfoundland, Canada, operations.

Barlow brings nearly 30 years of operational and management experience from the aquaculture industry and government to Grieg Seafood Newfoundland.

Barlow has previously held senior management positions in Mowi Canada East and the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

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The adoption of VietGAP aquaculture standards has been instrumental in raising public awareness of water environment management.

Hanoi's agricultural sectorhas supported fish farmers to develop and expand aquaculture models in line with VietGAP standards. This has resulted in high economic efficiency, clean and safe products, and reduced environmental pollution and production costs

After earning a low income from traditional fish farming, Le Van Phuong's family in Trung Tu Commune (Ung Hoa District) switched to VietGAP aquaculture on their 2.7-hectare farm with the help of local agricultural extension officers. Phuong has found that VietGAP fish are healthier and require less feed than before. He has also been able to stop using antibiotics to treat and prevent fish diseases.

A one-hectare VietGAP aquaculture model was also established on Do Thi Thu Ha's farm in Dai Ang Commune (Thanh Tri District) with the support of the Hanoi Agricultural Extension Center.

Source: https://en.vietstock.vn/

A documentary film by Javier Linares narrates in audiovisual language what is behind a can of tuna to attest to the sustainability of the fishery

A few years ago a documentary put the fishing industry in the eye of the hurricane. Seaspiracy, directed by the British Ali Tabrizi and broadcast by Netflix, denounced "unsustainable fishing" and attacked the consumption model, discouraging the consumption of fish. It began with the story of the filmmaker as a child, camera in hand recording the ocean, and he continues to blame fishing for having destroyed his romantic vision of the sea.

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The Basque-French fishing fleet has been included in the list of those that will have to be subject to a ban to protect cetaceans

The bolincheros, already affected by the drop in the horse mackerel quota, have been included in the list of fleets affected by the one-month ban to combat accidental catches of cetaceans.

The bolincheros, already affected by the drop in the horse mackerel quota, have been included in the list of trades affected by the closure of fishing for a month to fight against accidental captures of cetaceans.

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The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries has announced the revocation of all existing snow crab fishing permits, effective January 1, 2025.

This move follows a decision made in December 2023 to limit participation in snow crab fishing, aiming to improve profitability and reduce environmental impact.

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Norwegian salmon producer SinkabergHansen has announced a name change, rebranding the company as Sinkaberg.

The announcement was made on Thursday, June 13. Along with the new name, the company, which produces more than 35,000 tons of salmon a year, has introduced a new logo and other branding updates.

Despite the change Sinkaberg is clean to stress continuity.

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