The course was held at Oxxean facilities and lasted 36 hours. This initiative allowed participants to level up their knowledge and acquire new tools that allow them to optimize their processes, improve decision-making and innovate.

The representative of Transportes McDowell, Verónica Ruiz, thanked AquaChile for the opportunity: “This course has been a tremendously enriching experience that has not only expanded my knowledge on the subject, but has also strengthened my skills to apply them in the workplace and also with collaborators. We hope to continue having these training opportunities that AquaChile presents to us in these spaces that are fundamental for our growth as an SME and also to be a contribution to the industry.”

Meanwhile, Carlos García, from an aquaculture service company, said: “The course helped us a lot to realize the administrative deficiencies, since it is a fundamental part. We are very focused on the operational issue and we somewhat neglect the financial and administrative part, which are important. It gave us the tools that we can use, it gave us support alternatives and, at the same time, it allowed us to interact with different companies, share knowledge, strengths, weaknesses. And it allows us to make more informed decisions or how to look for more information to improve the financial area and, it results in us having better management.”

Source: Aqua

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the Brazilian authorities agree on the conditions for the export of aquaculture products to Brazil. Already from 15 September, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority will be able to issue health certificates for products from aquaculture to Brazil.  

The health certificate covers all species and products from aquaculture, from fillets to whole, gutted fish, all forms of preservation, including smoked products. Aquaculture facilities that have suspected or proven ILA or PD will not be able to export to Brazil.

"The Norwegian Food Safety Authority works with market access for Norwegian seafood and agricultural products abroad. A number of countries that Norway exports to have requirements for food and input product safety, animal health, animal welfare, fish health, fish welfare and plant health, and Brazil is among these. Through negotiations, which have been ongoing since 2021, we have now reached an agreement on a certificate for products from aquaculture, and that is pleasing for the Norwegian seafood industry", says Ingunn Midttun Godal, managing director of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

Brazil is the sixth most populous country in the world with over 200 million inhabitants. The country is betting on increased seafood consumption, and is one of the most important markets for farmed salmon from Chile.

Sao Paulo --Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tetsushi Sakamoto attended a food event in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, trying some dishes using Japanese fishery products to promote them.

Japanese food culture is established in Brazil, which has the biggest community of Japanese descent outside Japan. Brazilians are increasingly interested in Japanese food in line with the growing popularity of trips to the Asian country.

Japan has been hit by China's import ban on Japanese fishery products. China, which used to be a big importer of such items, began the measure last year in response to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s discharges of tritium-containing treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea.

Tokyo sees Brazil as a promising market and aims to expand sales of fishery products there.

During the event, Sakamoto tried oysters from Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures. "The taste of raw oysters spreads throughout the mouth," he said. "I feel as if I were swimming in the sea."

Source: Jiji Press

Sernapesca published its well-known Report with health background for freshwater and seawater, which summarizes the productive and health situation during 2023.

In terms of production, the distribution of farms operating by species, 64% corresponded to Atlantic salmon farms, 28% to coho salmon farms, and 7% to rainbow trout farms. Compared to 2022, active farms decreased by 0.3% and 19% for Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout, respectively, and coho salmon farms increased by 25%.

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Although aquaculture is generally considered a private, business sector activity, it depends on shared resources and ecosystem services, “and therefore requires collaborative management of risks and resources.” It is on this premise that FAO believes that co-management of aquaculture is essential to improve the production of aquatic foods in line with its vision of “Blue Transformation.” In this sense, it considers that in order to guarantee the continued contribution of aquaculture to the production of nutritious aquatic foods, it is necessary to manage shared access to key resources -

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19-20 SEPTEMBER, HILTON REYKJAVÍK NORDICA HOTEL – The 5th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Conference, which runs alongside the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition gets underway.

The Fish Waste for Profit conference focuses on a growing and potentially extremely lucrative sector, the reutilisation of fish processing by-products.

Estimates reveal that 43% of fish and shellfish resources end up as wastage.

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India’s Department of Fisheries has designated the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) as a Centre of Excellence for seaweed cultivation.

As a result, the Mandapam Regional Centre of CMFRI in Mandapam, Tamil Nadu will serve as a hub for research, development, training and capacity building in seaweed cultivation.

The centre will promote sustainable seaweed farming practices and address key challenges in the area with an aim to enhance India’s role in the global seaweed industry.

Source: TheFishSite | Read the full article here

Norway continues to invest in the energy exploration of its continental shelf and in this line, the Ministry of Energy has announced that applications have been received from 21 companies in relation to the announcement of the round of licenses for the best-known exploration areas of the Norwegian continental shelf.

"It is very gratifying that companies still have great faith in the opportunities that lie in further exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf," said Minister Terje Aasland, who added that this is the way to "stop the expected decline in production in the 2030s.

Source: IndustriasPesqueras | Read the full article here

19-20 SEPTEMBER, HILTON REYKJAVÍK NORDICA HOTEL – The 5th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Conference, which runs alongside the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition gets underway.  

The Fish Waste for Profit conference focuses on a growing and potentially extremely lucrative sector, the reutilisation of fish processing by-products. 

Estimates reveal that 43% of fish and shellfish resources end up as wastage. The conference brings together experts and pioneers in the field to discuss, debate and make progress on  maximising return on investment from potentially discarded parts of the catch, turning them into high value products for food and non-food sectors. 

The conference is supported by the Iceland Ocean Cluster, IFFO, the marine ingredients organisation and Matís, the Icelandic government owned, non-profit, independent research company. Delegates will hear from key leaders in the Iceland Ocean Cluster and Matís together with a wide range of speakers across the sector, from as far afield as Canada and Scotland. 

New for this year are sessions on research and development of new products and a “Dragons Den” style session for start-up and emerging companies looking to promote their ideas and gain traction in the industry. 

Over 150 attendees are expected at the event. 

The Primorsky Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fishery has registered 599 batches of crab weighing 17 thousand tons for export to the Republic of Korea.

In the first eight months of 2024, the Primorsky Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fishery issued 599 INN certificates for the export of crab to the Republic of Korea, confirming the legality of the origin of aquatic bioresources and, accordingly, the possibility of their export. An INN certificate is issued for each batch planned for export.

From January to August of this year, the total weight of crab batches inspected and cleared for export from Primorsky Krai to the Republic of Korea amounted to 16,996 thousand tons, including 1,995 thousand tons in August.

According to the Procedure for issuing a certificate of origin confirming the legality of the origin of live, chilled, frozen crabs, shrimp and products thereof imported into the territory of the Republic of Korea, approved by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation dated 09.06.2023 No. 560, all batches and types of crab are subject to confirmation of the legality of origin when exported. The powers for INN certification are assigned to the territorial departments of the Federal Agency for Fisheries.

Source: Press Release