IN BRIEF - Lidl will introduce price parity between its plant-based range and its animal-based counterparts
GERMANY
Monday, October 30, 2023
The German distribution chain Lidl has announced that it will introduce price parity for the majority of its plant-based alternatives to foods of animal origin, which it markets under the 'Vemondo' banner.
In this way, the more than 100 plant-based products available on its shelves, which compete with the categories of consumer milk, yogurts, ice creams, cheeses, meat products and solutions, will have a price equivalent to that of their animal-based counterparts. This measure, which will reach the German market in the first instance, will be accompanied by standardization in the localization of the different families of plant-based products together with their competitors of animal origin, extending this new organization, which had already been testing in markets, like the Spanish, to its shelves to the 3,250 stores it operates in the German country.
Lidl faces these decisions in Germany after having carried out a study that has revealed that 43% of German consumers would buy more plant-based products if they were cheaper, while 29% would buy more if there were a greater number of options. available plant origin, all in a context, they explain, that places Germany as the main market for plant-based products in Europe, and the second in spending per capita.[...]
Source: Alimarket (translated from original in spanish)
Vietnam's seafood exports in the first 3 months of 2024 reached 837 million USD, up 5% over the same period in 2022. Japan, America, Korea, China & HK, Thailand, and Russia are the 6 largest import markets for Vietnamese seafood during this period.
Author/Source: Nguyen Ha / VASEP (translated from original in Vietnamese)
By March 2024, imports of frozen boiled whelk meat were 354 tons, down 12% from 403 tons in the same period last year, and the average import unit price was at USD 11.36/kg, up 8.5% from USD 10.47/kg in 2023.
The main exporters of its are the UK and Ireland, with 245 tons or 69.2% of the total coming from the UK and 109 tons imported from Ireland.
The total import value was USD 40.21 million, down from USD 42.2 million in 2023, and the average import unit price was formed at USD 11.36/kg, up 8.5% from USD 10.47/kg in the same period last year.
The average import unit price in the UK is USD 1.15/kg, and Irish is formed at USD 11.83/kg, and the use of frozen boiled whelk meat is divided into sales, manufacturing its own products, and re-export, but many of them are used to manufacture its own products.
“Everything that is preyed on at mile 201, from a biological point of view, is as if it were preyed on at mile 199, within the EEZ of Argentina”
“Argentina must work on the creation of a South Atlantic Conservation Commission. If progress is not made in regulating what is currently an environmental and human rights crime, soon we will not have species to protect because the fishing ground will have collapsed, something that has not yet happened by miracle." "Argentina is already a member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR/CCAMLR), where it votes and approves the allocation of capture quotas within the Georgias and Sandwich Islands, which are Argentine EEZ according to the National Constitution, therefore there is no aspect "that affects the claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas that prevents the creation of a fishing conservation and regulation area in international waters, where there is no sovereignty dispute, but there is an environmental tragedy."
Mentioned Milko Schvartzman, expert in marine conservation and illegal fishing.
Innovasea, a global leader in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, is now offering land-based aquaculture solutions to the Chilean aquaculture industry. For more than 30 years, Innovasea has been providing precision aquaculture tools and professional services around the world to support ocean and land-based aquaculture, including recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
Unloadings of fresh fishing in Spanish ports have stood at 26,071 tons in the first three months of the year, 15.8% less than in the same period of 2023, according to provisional data released this Tuesday by State Ports. Of the fishing ports, eleven recorded increases in landings in the first quarter and eleven decreases in catches.
In volume, the port of Vigo continues to be the first in downloads, with 6,631 tons and a decline of 7.6%; followed by Pasaia (Guipúzcoa), with 4,288 tons and a drop of 36.8%. For its part, A Coruña has dropped from 5,031 tons to 3,597.
The largest percentage increase in downloads has corresponded to the port of Malaga, with 136.9% compared to the first quarter of 2023, while the greatest decline has occurred in Ceuta, with 100% less (0 tons).
Following the publication of the report by the Environmental Justice Foundation, EJF, on the systematic abuses committed on board the Asian country's fleet in the southwestern Indian Ocean between 2017 and 2023, the Spanish tuna fleet grouped in Opagac has asked the European Union to take action. “If the EU allows imports of fish caught by this fleet for the consumption of European citizens, it is becoming an accomplice in this type of crime,” denounces Julio Morón, managing director of Opagac. "The time has come to act decisively against a fleet supported mainly by government subsidies, whose growth and practices are uncontrolled, as the EJF report corroborates, and which, furthermore, represents a serious threat to fish stocks and coastal communities in the areas in which it operates, generally economically vulnerable and highly dependent on its fishing resources.”
Source: Industrias Pesqueras l Read the full article here
A new network has been created to support the next generation of fishermen – the first of its kind in the UK.
The Young Fishermen Network has been set up by young fishermen from Cornwall.
It aims to encourage new entrants into the industry and champion career progression for existing commercial fishermen under 40.
Around 60 people attended the network’s inaugural event at a net loft in Porthleven Harbour this month. Author: Oliver McBride / The Fishing Daily l Read the full article here
New Label Rouge rules will enable bigger fish to be sold under prestigious mark
New rules have been agreed that will enable Scottish farmers to sell more prestigious ‘Label Rouge’ salmon in France and other European markets.
The French quality mark, which comes with a stringent set of standards, has been updated to allow farmers to implement modern solutions to improve salmon health and welfare while maintaining taste and quality. Changes includes the ability to export larger fish of between six and eight kilograms, paving the way for increased sales of premium salmon – particularly in the sushi sector.
Source: fishfarmingexpert l Read the full article here
The wild bluefin tuna fishery in southwestern Spain, which has a 3,000-year history dating back to ancient Roman times, will soon welcome a new catch.
The large-scale emplacement has already been completed and the first captures could be seen later this month. Tokyo Seafoods Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, president: Ryusei Yamakoshi), a specialized seafood trading company with the largest purchasing share, has been involved in this site for almost 40 years.
To make Japanese consumers more aware of the rare bluefin tuna caught in the Atlantic Ocean, the company plans to actively disseminate information through social networking sites (SNS).
According to Tsuyoshi Sugiura, director of the company's tuna group, Spain's natural bluefin tuna, which is caught in fixed locations on a large scale, is said to have "exceptional natural flavor and color appearance," and is mainly used in Sushi restaurants in Japan. It is said to have strong support not only from consumers but also from some food supermarkets.
STELLENDAM - The sister ships BL 936072 'Madeleine' and BL 937550 'Pax Dei II' together in the dock of Padmos in the Inner Harbor of Stellendam.
The identical cutters under the French flag were built by main contractor Padmos and put into service at the beginning of 2021 and in the summer of 2022 by the De Boer families from Urk and Wattez from France. The skippers of both vessels are the cousins ??of the same name, Teunis de Boer. The first vessel in this series was also for the T. de Boer & Zonen family: the UK 124, also skippered by Teunis de Boer.
A joint docking was planned for next month, but now the dock occupancy has been exchanged with the UK 224, which is undergoing a major refit including repowering at Padmos.
Last week we steamed again to the French home port of Boulogne. The ships fish almost exclusively in the Channel. Due to the strong wind, the majority of the fleet stayed ashore on Monday.
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