First Nations that rely on salmon farming in their traditional territories in British Columbia have asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to grant six-year renewals for farm licences due to expire next month.

The coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS) has also invited Trudeau and BC premier David Eby to participate with First Nations in a review of the implementation of plans to “transition” the province’s salmon farming from the existing open net pen method.

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Norwegian salmon exports were back on track in value terms last month, reversing the fall seen in March.

The value growth, however, was just 2% up on April last year, totalling NOK 9.9bn (£726m), an increase of NOK 222m (£16m).

The month-on-month rise last month followed the first drop in salmon prices for three years, recorded in March.

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Angulas Aguinaga continues with the development of its 2020-2025 strategic plan, whose final objective when it was launched was to achieve sales of €450 million at the end of that last year. Difficult, very difficult. Although it managed to grow at an annual rate of 10% in the last three years - something very complex considering that in 2022 its increase was 2.3% - it would still be about €75 million short of the goal, therefore which would require new acquisitions.

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A new version of the MarinTrust programme has come into force from 1 May 2024.

New applicants will now be audited against Factory Standard (Version 3),  with a transition period of one year allowing current certificate holders to prepare. From 1 May 205, it is expected that all companies will be certified against the new version.

There are currently 172 sites in 30 different countries complying with the MarinTrust Standard. 

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking seafood suppliers to bid on contracts to supply salmon, catfish, and walleye for domestic food distribution programs. The deadline to submit bids is 9 May.

The USDA is seeking to buy 117,040 cases of canned pink salmon, 36,000 pounds of wild frozen salmon fillets, and 72,000 pounds of frozen walleye fillets.

In the agency’s solicitation for bids on catfish, it said it is seeking bids on 240,000 pounds of oven-ready breaded catfish strips and 152,000 pounds of raw unbreaded catfish fillets for a total of 392,000 pounds.

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The European Commission adopts a limited extension of the state aid crisis instruments to support the agricultural and fishing sectors. In this regard, the European Commission has announced a modification to the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (MTCT) for state aid to extend certain provisions aimed at addressing persistent market disruptions in the agriculture and fishing sectors.

This decision responds to the continued challenges faced by farmers and the fishing sector due to market disruptions caused by various factors, including Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Lindquist is to formally join the company on 1 September 2024.

Icelandic land-based salmon farmer Laxey has announced the appointment of Rustan Lindqvist Lindquist as the new Director of Aquaculture.

Lindquist, who has already started working with Laxey as a consultant on technical design and plans, brings a wealth of experience from his previous roles in the industry, the company said in a LinkedIn post on Friday.

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TORONTO - CULT Food Science Corp., a disruptive food technology platform pioneering the commercialization of lab grown meat and cellular agriculture to reshape the global food industry, is pleased to announce that the Company has closed the non-brokered private placement ("Private Placement") of units ("Units") previously announced on April 17, 2024 for gross proceeds of C$800,000 through the sale of 16,000,000 Units at a price of C$0.05 per Unit.

Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company (a "Common Share") and one common share purchase warrant (each a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable into one Common Share at a price of C$0.06 per share for two (2) years from the date of issue.

The proceeds from the Private Placement are intended to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four month and one day hold period from the date of issue pursuant to National Instrument 45-105 – Prospectus Exemptions.

PowerOne Capital Markets Limited acted as a finder in connection with a portion of the Private Placement. In connection with the Private Placement, the Company paid aggregate cash finder's fees of $36,750 and issued 735,000 finder's units (each, a "Finder Warrant"), each Finder Warrant being exercisable into one Unit at a price of $0.05 for a period of two (2) years from the date of Closing.

Global volumes of tuna sold with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)’s blue ecolabel grew by almost 10% year on year from 196,363 metric tonnes in 2022-23 to 217,300 mt in 2023-24, according to data from the MSC.

Volumes sold are up almost 60% in the two years from 2020-21 when global sales were just 137,600 mt.

Most tuna carrying the MSC certified label is tinned but the data also includes sales of wet tuna from the fish counter, frozen, in ready meals or pet food.?

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A new, low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) sensor system could help the aquaculture sector in developing countries fight against the effects of climate change by enabling fish farmers to detect, monitor, and manage water quality in real time.

Aqsen Innovations has partnered with CENSIS – Scotland’s innovation centre for sensing, imaging, and IoT technologies – to advance the development of its sensor system, Aquasense. This can be adapted to test for a range of variables in water, such as temperature, oxygenation, salinity, and the presence of chemicals such as chlorine.

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