Tavish Scott, chief executive of Salmon Scotland, said:

“We support regulation based on fact, evidence and sound science. The Scottish Government commissioned Professor Russel Griggs to conduct an independent regulatory assessment; his recommendations were all accepted by ministers and were for better, more streamlined regulation.

“Now the sector faces not that, but more regulation. Additionally for a new regulation, SEPA cannot explain how it will measure success.

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More orders for the end of the year

Lower prices for crabs, including those from Russia, have led to more active crab shipments at the end of the year, when demand is high. When we interviewed several trading companies, manufacturers, and processors, we found that "crab sales have increased by 50% compared to the previous year" (manufacturers) and "We have received many additional orders, resulting in an increase of 50% compared to the initial order volume up to around September."

There were a number of responses such as (processor) indicating that the business is doing well. Domestic consumption of both snow crab and red king crab is likely to increase at the end of this year.[...]

Source: Minato Yamaguchi (translated from original in japanese)

According to an international study, carried out in particular by a biologist from the CNRS, the ocean has a carbon dioxide storage capacity almost 20% greater than previous estimates, in particular thanks to plankton.

The ocean stores, through phytoplankton, 20% more carbon than previously estimated, according to a scientific study published Wednesday December 6 by the journal Nature . This is an estimate which is very robust and which reinforces the role of ocean biology in long-term carbon capture , Frédéric Le Moigne, oceanographer and marine biologist at CNRS, co-author of this study, told AFP . with Chinese and American researchers.

The new estimate amounts to 15 billion tonnes per year, an increase of around 20% compared to the estimates mentioned by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) in 2021, according to a press release from the CNRS. This storage is carried out thanks to phytoplankton, which transforms CO 2 into organic tissue by photosynthesis. Some of this phytoplankton, when it dies, sinks from the ocean surface in the form of marine snow.

To measure these marine snow flows, the researchers based themselves on existing databases of carbon concentrations in the ocean measured by oceanographic vessels, explains the researcher.

Source: AP

Yesterday at noon, international and Chilean leaders demonstrated outside the Ministry of Economy in rejection of the project of the head of the portfolio Nicolás Grau and President Gabriel Boric to open maritime cabotage in our country and the use of foreign ships and equipment.

In this way, in an unprecedented way, the global president of the International Transportation Workers Federation, ITF, Paddy Crumlim, delivered a letter of warning and rejection of the project to open maritime cabotage, as a measure of solidarity and support for Chilean merchant marine workers' organizations.

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

The average price per liter of fuel in Spain stood at 85 cents in the month of October, ahead of the 78 paid by the French fleet and the 82 paid by the Italian fleet. Spain is only one cent below the average price in the United Kingdom, which was 0.86 euros per liter according to the latest data collected by Eumofa. However, compared to September prices, all countries except Spain registered slight decreases: -5% in France; -4% in Italy and -3% in the United Kingdom. In Spain, on the other hand, a slight increase of 1% was recorded, according to the average prices of the reference ports for Eumofa, which are Vigo and A Coruña

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Smoked salmon is now making a comeback in many European markets after sales dropped off during the pandemic, says the Norwegian Seafood Council.

With Christmas less than three weeks away the peak season for smoked salmon sales is now approaching, with Poland leading the way in that growth.

Poland is Norway’s largest processing market for Norwegian salmon, both fresh and cured.

Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | read the full article here

Norway exported 22,910 metric tons (MT) of salmon in week 48 of 2023, up from 22,316 MT exported in the corresponding week of 2022, and up from the 22,141 MT exported in week 47 of 2023, the Oslo Børs Fish Pool Price Status reported.

The average price of a kilogram of Atlantic salmon farmed in Norway has increased NOK 5.18 (USD 0.47, EUR 0.44), or 6.59 percent, over the past week, according to The Nasdaq Salmon Index.

Author: Bhavana Scalia-Bruce / SeafoodSource | read the full article here

• A series of bespoke tours of Scotland’s leading food and drink businesses for buyers
• Part of the country’s largest global food and drink trade event, Showcasing Scotland
• 1:1 meetings between suppliers and buyers are the focus of the event which generated £60m in sales when it was last held in 2019.

Buyers from across the UK are being invited to sample the very best of Scotland’s produce and hear the stories of producers through a series of tours and the country’s largest 1:1 global sales meeting event.

Source: FishFocus | read the full article here