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

The Ministry of Fisheries received three new patrol boats funded by the World Bank under the Tongafish Pathway to Sustainable Fisheries Project. The handover ceremony took place last Friday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Sopu.

Representing the World Bank, CEO of the Ministry of Finance, Ms. Kilisitina Tuaimei’api, handed over the patrol boats to Lord Fohe, the Acting Minister for Fisheries.

“These vessels will significantly bolster our efforts to ensure compliance with maritime laws and protect our marine environment,” said Lord Fohe during his keynote address.

The patrol boats are equipped with advanced technology to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, support maritime safety, and conduct environmental assessments. The boats will be deployed across Tongatapu, Vava’u, and Ha’apai, enhancing Tonga’s maritime enforcement capabilities and contributing to regional marine conservation.

Due to the presence of incidental fauna and bycatch rates above the permitted thresholds, the Implementing Authority decided, based on the INIDEP Report, to close the present subareas.

The subareas affected by this measure are the following:

• Subarea 5, delimited between latitudes 42°00’S and 43°00’S, and longitudes 60°00’W and 61°00’W.
• Subarea 7 – West sector, delimited between latitudes 43°00’S and 44°00’S, and longitudes 62°30’W and 63°00’W.
• Subarea 8, delimited between latitudes 43° and 44° S, and longitudes 61° and 62° W.
• Subarea 14, delimited between latitudes 45° and 46° S, and longitudes 62° and 63° W.

Source: pescare

A key meeting was held to coordinate efforts in the fishing and aquaculture sector in the face of adverse weather conditions.

This Friday, the Interinstitutional Committee on Environmental Contingencies (CIICA) met, chaired by the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) and made up of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA), the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior, the Undersecretariat of Fisheries (Subpesca), Directemar and Senapred, with the participation of the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), with the objective of effectively coordinating institutional efforts to address environmental contingencies in the fishing and aquaculture sector.

The committee, which has been operating for five years, was convened to begin a proactive analysis of the spring-summer season, the time of year when favorable environmental conditions for the development of harmful algal blooms can occur.

The event was led by the National Director of Sernapesca, Soledad Tapia Almonacid, who highlighted the work carried out in the last season, where the environmental contingencies registered were able to be attended to in time:

Source: Aqua

This year, the second edition of the Aquaculture 4.0 Forum will discuss trends and opportunities in digital and precision aquaculture, also aimed at family farming and startups, with the participation of speakers from Chile and Canada.

The event, organized by Embrapa Digital Agriculture and Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture, will be held on September 25 as part of the International Fish Congress (IFC) and Expo Brasil 2024, held in Foz do Iguaçu/PR, from September 24 to 26.

The Forum begins on the second day of the congress, at 8:30 a.m., with the main plenary session that will feature the presence of Clênio Pillon, director of Research and Innovation at Embrapa, addressing digital transformation in the field, agro 4.0 and its impact on aquaculture. Aquabyte representative Gabriel de Moura will talk about the importance of artificial intelligence in aquaculture, and Adolfo Alvial, executive director of the Aquaculture Innovation Club and Orbe XXI, will talk about technological developments in aquaculture in Chile.

The event will feature a presentation of development experience in municipalities reached by actions of the Center of Sciences for Development in Digital Agriculture, Semear Digital, led by Embrapa Digital Agriculture and funded by the São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Fapesp).

Source: Embrapa Advisory

A few weeks ago, deputies Marcia Raphael and Mauro González, the executive director of the Salmon Council, Loreto Seguel, and the president of SalmonChile, Arturo Clément, appealed to the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR).

This questioned the powers of the Undersecretariat of the Environment in matters such as approving management plans and issuing favorable prior reports in the aforementioned key procedures for aquaculture concessions that it operates in protected areas.

Author: Jonathan Garcés / SalmonExpert | Read the full article here

The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) launched the Protecting Seafood Trade Report 2023, today, Thursday 12 September 2024.

The report highlights the important work the SFPA carries out to protect and enable the import and export of seafood. Irish seafood exports in 2023 were valued at €550 million. As Ireland’s competent authority for seafood trade compliance, the SFPA undertakes a range of activities critical to enabling Ireland’s seafood economy.

Author: Oliver McBride / TheFishingDaily | Read the full article here

Loch Duart prides itself on being one of the last remaining independent, non-multinational Scottish fish-farming companies.

That independence gives the company a freedom that its larger, often publicly traded competitors don’t have, such as the ability to specialize on operating small-scale, low-impact farms and focus on certain products and markets, according to Loch Duart Managing Director Mark Warrington. The company’s salmon are raised in low-density, low-energy, sheltered sites that use a bespoke fish feed and feature minimal fish handling. 

Author: Cliff White / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here

MPs have attended an event in Westminster to learn more about the economic and environmental benefits of Scottish salmon.

The breakfast briefing, hosted by Western Isles MP Torcuil Crichton, brought together several new politicians as well as long-serving MPs.

Scottish salmon is the UK’s largest food export, with international sales increasing by 41 per cent in the first half of 2024

Source: FishFocus | Read the full article here