The Pacific salmon catch in the Far East, as of July 7, exceeded 9 thousand tons. Pink salmon accounted for more than 65% of the total catch.

According to information provided by Fishnews, as of July 7, 9,372 tons of Pacific salmon were caught in the Far Eastern regions.

Kamchatka caught 5,225 tons, with the catch volumes of pink and sockeye salmon almost equal: 2,338 tons of sockeye salmon and 2,081 tons of pink salmon were caught, a Fishnews correspondent reports. Khabarovsk Krai is in second place in terms of catches: a total of 2,456 tons were caught here, including 2,440 tons of pink salmon. Sakhalin Oblast is in third place, where fishermen caught 705 tons of red salmon (sockeye), including 305 tons of chum salmon and 270 tons of pink salmon.

In the Magadan Region, 591 tons were caught. In Primorsky Krai - 622 tons, in Chukotka - 133 tons.

At the very start of the fishing season, the main catches traditionally come from sockeye salmon, but now pink salmon has already taken the first position. 5939 tons of it were caught. The total volume of sockeye salmon catch is 2589 tons. 923 tons of chum salmon were harvested. The remaining volumes come from chinook salmon, coho salmon and masu salmon.

Source: Fishnews (translated from original in Russian)

Plant biostimulants are substances or microorganisms that are applied to plants to improve nutrient efficiency, resistance to abiotic stress, and crop quality. Seaweed extracts are increasingly being considered as biostimulants, offering a natural alternative to chemical fertilizers in agriculture.

Each type of algae synthesizes certain polysaccharides, active substances of biostimulants, corresponding to its cellular structure and ecological niche. 

For example, brown algae contain cell walls with alginate and sulfated fucoidans, while red algae synthesize sulfated galactans such as agar and carrageenan. Green algae, on the other hand, produce glucans and xylans. The dominant sterols in algae depend on taxonomic differences. Brown algae contain abundant fucosterol, while red algae contain cholesterol derivatives and green algae are rich in phytosterols such as ergosterol. 

Brown algae are unique in that they produce phlorotannins, which protect against environmental stressors such as UV radiation, and mannitol, an osmotic normalizing substance that promotes plant health under stress. 

Source: agroxxi.ru (translated from original in Russian)

The coastal bonito has seen its catches reduced in this beginning of the coastal season in relation to those obtained last year. In the Asturian fish markets that have received important landings from the entire Cantabrian fleet, 481,021 kilos have been auctioned at an average of 6.73 euros. Last year at this time the price was 5.22 kilos. The increase in prices

If for the hookers the results obtained in the Verdel campaign were especially negative, the fleet headed towards the Azores to make up for the poor results.

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Argentina revalidated the equivalence system for the export of fishery products to South Korea after satisfactorily completing the audit carried out by the Asian country's health service to the health and safety control overseen by the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service ( Senasa).

According to the Argentine organization, at the final meeting, held at the Argentine organization's headquarters, the Korean inspectors rated the general state of hygiene and safety 

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Aker BioMarine has sold its feed ingredients subsidiary to U.S. private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP) and Aker Capital.

The acquisition agreement for the Lysaker, Norway-based biotech and krill-harvesting company’s feed ingredients unit is based on an enterprise valuation of USD 590 million (EUR 545 million). The acquiring party will be a newly established company – owned 60 percent by AIP and 40 percent by Aker Capital –

Author: Jason Holland | SeafoodSource | read the full article here

Fish farming certification organisation, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), has launched a redesigned Impact Dashboard that uses the latest data visualisation techniques to make it easier for users to view and collect information on ASC’s impact.

“Visualising data and allowing users to filter to geographies and years of interest and export chart images can help businesses, producers, and retailers make informed business decisions,” said Jill Swasey, the ASC’s director of impacts, monitoring and evaluation.

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Spanish seafood processor, Frime, S.A.U, a leading company in the innovation and sale of responsibly caught tuna, presents its new ‘Ready to Eat’ line, designed to improve efficiency, profitability and quality in the restaurant sector. This line introduces to the market the first and only marinated tuna, hot smoked, suitable for raw consumption with the maximum guarantee in food safety.

The new ‘Ready to Eat’ range includes four products: Tuna Tenderloin, Chunk, Tartar and Carpaccio. 

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A fishing company has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 after one of it's boats sank, causing the deaths of two men. The Joanna C was not stable enough to stay upright when its gear snagged on the seabed and the vessel sank rapidly, leading to the deaths of two Brixham fishermen.

Fisherman Adam Harper and crewmate Robert Morley died in the sinking, while skipper Dave Bickerstaff clung to a lifebuoy for four hours before he was eventually rescued. A Government report, published in 2022, found that modifications made to the Brixham-registered scalloper meant it lacked the stability to survive the snagging.

The liferaft on Joanna C did not inflate and so did not rise to the surface to provide refuge for the crew, which the 2022 report said "adversely" affected their chances of survival. In addition, the boat's rescue beacon was thought to have become tangled under the hull and did not activate for around 40 minutes.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said these modifications affected the stability of the boat, while left it unable to handle being caught on the seabed. A hearing, heard at West Hampshire Magistrates Court on Friday, July 5, heard that these "extensive changes" were not approved by the MCA and made the vessel non-compliance with the minimum stability standards. The vessel continued commercial operations however, without considering the impact and risks of the modifications.

Author: Shannon Brown

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A commercial fishing crewmember in Western Alaska died Friday after he was swept up in fishing gear and taken into the water, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

In a dispatch on Saturday, Troopers identified the victim as 21-year-old Corwin Wheeler of Wisconsin.

Troopers began a rescue effort shortly after noon Friday upon receiving a mayday call from a fisherman in Kvichak Bay, a body of water near Naknek, part of the Bristol Bay Borough.

The caller told troopers a crewman went over the side of his commercial fishing vessel.

By the time the Department of Public Safety’s vessel arrived at the vessel’s location, Wheeler was found and brought aboard.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers then “performed lifesaving measures for approximately one hour prior to pronouncing the crewman deceased.”

Next-of-kin procedures are complete.

Author: Nolin Ainsworth

The U.S. Supreme Court has made all of us a little freer by limiting the power of the executive branch — curbing administrative overreach by the vast number of government agencies that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

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In a landmark decision in Loper Bright vs. Raimondo, the court overruled its 1984 decision in Chevron vs. Natural Resources Defense Council. The decision had established a doctrine known as Chevron deference — that required courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of any ambiguities in federal statutes.

The misguided rationale underpinning Chevron deference was that agencies, staffed with experts in various fields, were better suited than judges to interpret and implement complex regulations. But over time, the power of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats metastasized — as exemplified in the Loper Bright case, which brought Chevron crashing down.

Fishing is a difficult, low-margin business. Although federal fishing laws said nothing about it, agency bureaucrats decided on their own to charge small fishing companies for regulatory oversight of their vessels. These costs were estimated to be “up to $710 per day, reducing annual returns to the vessel owner by up to 20 percent,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court’s opinion.

Author: Carol Platt Liebau and Frank Ricci