The employers' association suggests a series of fiscal and support measures and sees Brazil as a possible way to mitigate the damage, provided that tariffs are lowered.

Given the US president's game with tariffs, the Spanish fishing association, Cepesca, has raised the need to adopt urgent measures to counteract the impact of these tariffs on trade. The suggestions were presented by the organization's secretary general, Javier Garat, in a meeting he held on Tuesday with the People's Party (PP), when the fishing industry and the world were convinced that the 20% tariffs would go into effect this Thursday.

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China-based seafood traders and processors said they are frustrated with recent escalations in a trade war between the U.S. and China, which saw U.S. President Donald Trump raise the tariff on Chinese imports to 125 percent hours after China boosted the duty on American goods to 84 percent.

Beiyang Jiamei Seafood Co CEO Peng Song, which operates the Seamix Seafood brand, said his company is “experiencing a hard time” due to tariffs.

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An algal bloom reported off the north coast of Denmark last week may be heading for the southern Norwegian coast, the authorities have warned.

This potentially damaging development for fish farmers is not yet a direct threat, but the danger is getting closer.

HUI, the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, said the concentration of the algae Pseudochattonella in the south is still so low that it does not yet pose a threat to fish. The weather over the next few days should determine how the situation will develop.

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Shareholders reaffirm strong confidence in First Water’s sustainable land-based aquaculture project.

First Water, a company specialising in sustainable land-based salmon farming in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a share capital increase amounting to EUR 39 million. The capital raise was led by existing shareholders, including Stoðir hf., FW Horn slhf., Framherji ehf., Lífeyrissjóðurverslunarmanna, Brú lífeyrissjóður, Líra ehf., and LSR.

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Innovasea strengthens RAS design capabilities with new hire

Innovasea has expanded its recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) design team with the appointment of Miguel Martin, a specialist in large-scale RAS projects. The company announced the hire on Wednesday.

Martin joins from Norwegian firms Nofitech and Pure Salmon Technology, where he contributed to salmon farming projects across Norway, Scotland, Japan, the Faroe Islands, Brunei, and the United States. He brings close to a decade of aquaculture experience, including both facility management and RAS design.

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Norwegian family-owned salmon farmer Eide today announced that Roger Sørensen, chief executive of fish health, welfare, and environment services provider Åkerblå, is to become CEO of its floating closed containment project Watermoon.

Eide said with over 10 years at the helm of Åkerblå – where he led the company’s growth from 14 to over 550 employees – Sørensen is one of the most experienced and respected leaders in Norwegian aquaculture.

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++ REPORT ONLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH ++

I. INTRODUCTION

Cephalopods, invertebrate animals present in most marine ecosystems, exhibit great diversity in their life cycles (Anderson and Rodhouse, 2001) and represent a challenge of high complexity when evaluating their population status (Arkhipkin et al. 2021). Their ecology evolves through interactions between species and their physical environment (ambient), from their embryonic phase until reaching the adult phase (Vidal and Shea, 2023).

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