Efforts by New Zealand King Salmon (NZKS) to win permission to farm 10,000 tonnes of fish in an offshore location reach a key stage later this month when the project, called Blue Endeavour, is examined at a hearing by Marlborough District Council.

The company, which currently has eight relatively sheltered sites in Pelorous Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel in the north of South Island, wants to site the farm several kilometres from shore in the Cooke Strait that separates NZ’s North and South Islands.

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The EU is serious about reaching agreements with the Arctic and opening a new juncture in its participation in this important area The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has returned after a visit to the Arctic in which it has asked the EU to focus in the region.

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament will work for “more EU in the Arctic and more Arctic in the EU”.

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Within the framework of the International Beach Cleaning Day, last Friday, September 24, Salmones Austral managed different activities in the areas where it is present. This is how in Punta de Lapas (Quellón), supplies were delivered so that different actors could collect the waste from the coastal edge, while in Cochamó items were donated with this same objective to the port captain and the cleaning was coordinated with mussel farmers from the area and other salmon companies, which was replicated in Calbuco and Achao.

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The fishing sectors of Europe and Morocco, united through the Joint Euro-Moroccan Commission of Fisheries Professionals, have been "concerned" after the ruling of the General Court of the EU, which yesterday ruled the annulment of the fishing agreement between the EU and Morocco. The reason, once again and repeating the episode of 2018, is its application in the adjacent waters of the non-autonomous territory of Western Sahara.

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Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey forecasts a production total of 236,000 tonnes. Meanwhile, organic production almost trebles.

According to figures from the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2020, production of farmed Atlantic salmon in Scotland was down 5.8 per cent to 192,129 tonnes in 2020, but the survey forecasts a production total of 236,000 tonnes for this year – the highest on record.

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Production of farmed Atlantic salmon in Scotland was down 5.8% to 192,129 tonnes in 2020 – but this was still the second highest level recorded. Farmed brown and sea trout numbers were also down, but rainbow trout saw a small increase.

The figures come from the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2020, published today by Marine Scotland Science. The annual survey also shows that there was a small decline in the number of staff employed in marine salmon production, which was down 1.27% to 1,630.

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The General Court of the European Union has ruled that EU approval of fisheries and agriculture agreements with Morocco must be rescinded in a case brought by the Polisario Front which has been fighting for Western Sahara’s independence from Morocco.

The court rules that Polisario is recognised internationally as representing the people of Western Sahara and that the EU had failed to ensure that the Saharawi people had consented before approving fisheries and agriculture agreements with Morocco.

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The volume of Atlantic salmon harvested in Scotland decreased by 11,752 tonnes (5.8%) to 192,129 tonnes (wet weight) last year, according to figures published by government agency Marine Scotland Science today.

The harvest figure is the second highest annual level of production recorded in Scotland, following 2019’s record of 203,881 tonnes.

The new technical measures are considered "nonsense" for the fishing sector, although for the EU, "this Regulation provides the necessary framework for the application of the CFP and contributes effectively to EU environmental legislation, through its application directly, but mainly by providing the Member States with the necessary instruments to adopt fisheries measures ”.

However, there are shortcomings in the implementation of the Regulation as regards its contribution to the protection of sensitive species and habitats, with some species on the brink of extinction, according to the EU.

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The General Court of the European Union will rule this Wednesday if the fisheries and agricultural agreements between the EU and Morocco that include Western Sahara are legal or, as the Polisario Front defends, should be annulled because they are contrary to international law by including a territory pending decolonization.

The sentence, which will be known from 11.00 am and may be appealed by either party within a period of two months and ten days.

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