The construction of the Olupale freezer trawler for Seacope Freezer Fishing, a company owned by Copemar, in Armón Navia Shipyards is progressing from strength to strength. This vessel, which will operate in Namibia, will carry machinery designed and manufactured by Ibercisa Deck Machinery on board. It is the third order for this fleet that has been made in the last two years.

Specifically, Ibercisa has supplied two electrically operated drag winches with a nominal power of 320 kW and 36 tons; net drum of more than 30 tons, malleteros, lanteons, winches for the launching and turning of the codend; as well as auxiliary winches and anchoring and mooring.

Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A major fishery off New England will be slowed down considerably in September in an attempt to protect the fish’s population.

Atlantic herring are the target of a large fishing industry. They’re used for food as well as bait. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the inshore Gulf of Maine’s fishery for herring will be effectively shut down until Sept. 30.

The fishery is being shuttered for the month because fishermen are approaching a quota limit, the agency said. The shutdown began Aug. 23.

The herring fishery has been subject to tighter quotas in recent years because of concerns about the health of the fish’s population. Fishermen typically caught more than 100 million pounds of the fish per year earlier this decade, but caught only 24.7 million pounds last year.

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A determination to educate its customers on the importance of eating locally produced seafood has got new U.K. fishmonger business Cormacks Seafood off to a flying start.

Opened on 28 July in Totnes, Devon, the start-up shop is one of many seafood businesses in the United Kingdom to have turned its head to the domestic market using locally landed fish and shellfish. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, around 80 percent of the country’s seafood was exported, while most of the seafood consumed in the market was imported.

Author: Jason Holland / SeafoodSource |  Read the full article here

The Norwegian state has lodged an appeal after losing a court case involving Hav Line’s farmed salmon factory ship Norwegian Gannet, which was used by Mowi Scotland during a period when it was harvesting more fish than its processing facilities could handle.

In November 2018, on the day before the vessel’s naming ceremony, the then fisheries minister Harald Nesvik reversed the Norwegian Food Safety Authority’s decision that Hav Line’s operation to harvest and process fish and take them directly to a distribution centre in Denmark was legal.

Author: Ole Andreas Drønen / fishfarmingexpert | Read the full article here

Frontfish UK provide professional cleaner fish transportation. They specialise in small, regular collections and deliveries which have been found to significantly improve the fishes adjustment period to their new environment, as well as returning a very high survival rate.

They have over 30 years experience in live fish transportation covering a wide variety of species. Over the last six years specifically wild and reared ballan wrasse and lumpsuckers for numerous salmon farm companies.

Author: Janice Johnston / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here

The 29th edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global will take place on 27-29 April 2021 at Fira Barcelona, Gran Via venue, in Barcelona.

Every year, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, continues to break records in terms of total attendance and exhibit space. The last edition, in 2019, hosted more than 29,000 seafood buyers and suppliers from around the globe with over 2,000 exhibiting companies, making it the largest and most successful event in the expo’s history.

 

Mowi subsidiary confirms virus.

In a press release, Mowi subsidiary Northern Harvest Sea Farms (NHSF) writes that the suspect detection of Infectious Salmon Anaemia virus (ISAv) at its Cinq Island Cove marine site located off the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, has been confirmed.

The Quarantine Order that was issued by the Department of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture for Cinq Island Cove upon suspect detection remains in effect.

Source. SalmonBusiness | Read the full article here

Interest in tank-based shrimp production systems has been increasing in recent years in North America and Europe, while it's also slowly gaining traction in tropical regions too.

Factors driving this trend include proximity to markets and the ability to offer fresh product to consumers. This strategy reduces the need for cold chain middlemen, in both developed and less-developed regions. Questions of resource availability, especially land and water (in this case brackish or saline water) have also sparked interest in tank-based shrimp farming in tropical regions.

Author: Prof C Greg Lutz / The Fish Site | Read the full article here

Every year, the heart of the GOAL conference is always the presenters and speakers. Virtual GOAL will be no different in that respect.

We're excited to announce this year's program features more than 40 hand-picked speakers from 15-plus countries providing insight on the trends shaping the future of responsible aquaculture production and sourcing.

Our speakers are experts in subjects ranging from production forecasting, disease management, sustainability, the seafood marketplace, and more.

This year’s program consists of eight separate sessions plus an opening session running from Tuesday, Oct. 6, to Thursday, Oct. 8.

Already a GAA member? Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) will provide you with log-in credentials to the GOAL 2020 conference platform and application next month.

Not a GAA member? Join GAA to access the functionality of the virtual event and receive all GAA member benefits. Individual membership is only $50. Reach out to Jason Trott to get started.

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Companies expect a change in trend in the third quarter

The value of Vietnamese pangasius exports fell by 29.8% in the first half of June compared to the same period in 2019, to 612.3 million dollars. The cause, the pandemic. The US and the ASEAN markets have been the ones that have registered the most with a 51.2 and 57.6% respectively, followed by the EU and China-Hong Kong markets with 36.2 and 11, 3% respectively in the value of exports. The pangasius companies expect that, starting in the third quarter of 2020, business activities will gradually stabilize in some markets, including the two largest importers (China-Hong Kong and the United States).

Source: Indistrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here