A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a new benchmark testing tool that could help to better validate the predictions of the dispersion of sea lice in water and enhance fish health.

The project, known as SAVED – Sustainable Aquaculture: Validating Ectoparasite Dispersal (Models) – recently received a funding boost from the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC). 

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The Council of the European Union has officially adopted a comprehensive set of updated fisheries measures within the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) area.

This new regulation integrates into EU law the latest management, conservation, and control measures agreed upon for the NEAFC area. Additionally, it includes specific control measures for certain pelagic species, agreed upon during recent coastal states consultations.

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Chilean salmon farmer Blumar plans to re-hire some of the 760 people who lost their jobs when a Magallanes processing plant it shared with Multi X was destroyed by fire earlier this year, reports Fish Farming Expert's Chilean sister site, Salmonexpert.cl.

Following the blaze at the Entrevientos facility in Punta Arenas, the company temporarily had to transport live salmon north by boat to Chiloé for primary processing, and then by truck to Talcahuano for secondary processing. 

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The fishing sector plans to appeal the ruling of the Supreme Court by which the request of the Platform in Defense of Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems to annul the maritime space planning plans (POEM) was rejected, in relation to zoning of the areas destined for the implementation of offshore wind farms.

The Platform criticizes that not being able to have all the means that prove that the precautionary principle has been violated when establishing where the mills will be located "represents a clear violation of article 24 of the Constitution." Therefore, he will request the annulment of the sentence.

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The University of Santiago de Compostela joins forces with 14 other institutions from 6 European countries to address the development of new solutions to reduce and mitigate the effects of climate change in the marine environment. The MORAI project - 'Multiscale ocean models and information for climate risk assessment and impact mitigation', is coordinated by the Technical University of Athens (Greece), will be developed over the next 42 months and has a budget of 8 million euros.

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Sales of whale meat products slump in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Maruko Shoji files for bankruptcy; sales of whale meat products slump in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi [Shimonoseki] Maruko Shoji (Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, President Masaru Furuta), which manufactures and sells whale products, filed for bankruptcy on the 19th at the Shimonoseki branch of the Yamaguchi District Court. 

The company was unable to improve its debt situation and decided to give up on continuing its business. The company also entrusts the storage of its products to a refrigerated warehouse owned by the company and notified the depository in writing on the same day.[...]

Source: Minato-Yamaguchi (translated from original in Japanese)

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the world’s most recognised ecolabel for sustainable seafood which can be seen on everything from tinned fish to tuna steaks, is excited to announce that, for the first time ever, the MSC UK Product of the Year Award at this year’s MSC and ASC UK Awards will be judged exclusively by a public vote.

All voters will be in with the chance of winning a paddleboard from B-Corp certified Red as a first prize, as well as either a £200 or £100 voucher for Cornish-based clothing company Finisterre, as second and third prizes.

Voting is now open until the end of the day on Friday 30st August. To participate, voters must visit https://www.msc.org/uk/awards/product-of-the-year-2024 for their chance to help crown the winner.

The MSC is an international non-profit organisation which sets globally recognised, science-based standards for sustainable fishing and assurance in the seafood supply chain. The annual MSC UK Awards are held to celebrate excellence in sustainable fishing and seafood across the United Kingdom. Up until 2024, the MSC UK Product of the Year category has been judged by an expert panel of representatives from across the seafood sector. The new public vote will directly engage consumers, highlighting the wealth and diversity of sust

Thootukudi: 29 women, including five from Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu and 16 female employees from Odisha State, fainted due to an alleged ammonia gas leak in a private fish processing plant on Friday.

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In this case, an ammonia gas cylinder exploded due to an electrical accident in the plant, due to which ammonia gas spread throughout the fish processing plant, five women from the Kumbakonam area of Tamil Nadu and 16 women from Odisha state who were working there, fainted.

People experienced suffocation and eye irritation and fainted. Following this, more than 29 female employees were admitted to two private hospitals in Thoothukudi, namely AVM Hospital and Rajesh Tilak Hospital and Arulraj Hospital, by Nila See Put Company vehicles and ambulances.

Thalamuthu Nagar police are investigating the incident. Further details are awaited.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience program announced that it is recommending $18 million in funding for a Yurok Tribe-led project to restore critically important segments of multiple upper Klamath River tributaries following the removal of four dams.

“This collaborative project seeks to complement and significantly expand upon ongoing work to rebuild Klamath salmon stocks post dam removal,” said Frankie Myers, the Vice Chairman of the Yurok Tribe. “We have always said that large-scale restoration needs to accompany dam removal to bring our fish runs back from the brink. We sincerely thank NOAA for proposing this pivotal investment in the Klamath Basin.”

If funded, the four-year project will create approximately 150 acres of prime fish and wildlife habitat in up to five heavily altered cold-water tributaries between Jenny Creek in California and Spencer Creek in Oregon. The Klamath tributaries slated for restoration once sustained substantial salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey populations prior to the dams. Special attention will be paid to Shovel Creek because it historically supported the largest quantity of these culturally and ecologically invaluable fish species.

GUIYANG, July 21 (Xinhua) -- With the launch of a new cargo route linking Guiyang and Moscow earlier this month, the number of international cargo routes connected to southwest China's Guizhou Province has reached four. This expansion is creating a more efficient and convenient air passage for trade.

Guizhou is known for its mountainous landscapes in China, which poses challenges for road and rail transportation, necessitating the need to develop air traffic.

Guizhou Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone, with Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport as its core, was established in 2014. Besides the newly-opened route, it also operates the other three freight lines linking the provincial capital with India's Kolkata and Delhi, as well as Karachi in Pakistan.

Loaded with Russian seafood products such as snow crabs, king crabs, and sea urchins, the IL-76 cargo plane departed Moscow for Guiyang on July 13, and returned with 40 tonnes of Chinese goods, mainly electronic products.

The route is currently customized according to the market. But the operator said that if the operation is well received, the round flights will become regular starting from September, which will drive Guizhou's annual import and export trade volume to around 3 billion yuan (about 420.7 million U.S. dollars), with a cargo throughput of around 15,000 tonnes.