IN BRIEF - EU to provide USD 135M fishing industry grant
CAMBODIA
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
The EU will provide the Cambodian government with a more than USD 100 million grant to promote the country’s fisheries sector, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday.
The announcement was made on the Prime Minister’s Facebook official page after he met with outgoing EU Ambassador to Cambodia George Edgar.
The grant is set to be officially signed on Wednesday.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries spokeswoman Srey Vuthy told The Post that the EU will provide a USD 135 million grant to be used for two projects.
Korshags launches frozen land-based salmon sourced from Salmon Evolution.
Swedish seafood company Korshags Food has launched a frozen land-based salmon product supplied by Norwegian producer Salmon Evolution, as part of its strategy to expand the use of alternative raw materials within the seafood category.
The Falkenberg-based company said the product would broaden distribution of land-based farmed salmon through a frozen format designed for higher volumes and wider retail reach.
Source: SalmonBusiness | Read the full article here
Twenty-three people have been rescued by helicopter crews in Ontario, Canada, after the ice shelf they were standing on broke, sending the group floating into Lake Huron.
Ontario Provincial Police said on social media that the rescue began around noon (16:00 GMT) on Sunday after "winds and current moved the ice shelf away from shore" approximately 2km (1.2 miles).
The rescue involved two helicopters making multiple trips to pluck people off the shelf as it continued to fracture into more pieces in the Owen Sound, about 200km north-west of Toronto.
Author: Max Matza / BBC | Read the full article here
A recently-released investigation by Greenpeace in collaboration with the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, alleges the Indonesian tuna industry is engaging in environmentally destructive fishing and labor rights abuses.
A report on the investigation, “Forced to the Bottom: Squeezing Indonesian Fishers and Oceans for Dirty Tuna Profits,” alleges 17 different fishing vessels and multiple processing companies engaged in labor rights abuses, including instances of forced labor and debt bondage. It also alleged five processing companies – PT Aneka Tuna Indonesia, PT Samudera Mandiri Sentosa, PT Sinar Pure Food International, PT Pahala Bahari Nusantara, and PT Intimas Surya
Author: Chris Chase / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here
As part of its strategic plan to support the international promotion of Galician seafood products, the Galician Ministry of the Sea is promoting them at the 51st Foodex Japan, which begins tomorrow, March 10, in Tokyo and runs until Friday the 13th. Four companies will be present: Cerqueira Canned Goods, Ramón Franco, Portomar Canned Goods, and Cíes Pasteurized Foods.
This trade fair is one of the world's leading food and beverage events, making it a strategic meeting point for producers, distributors, and importers from the Asian country.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here
If Europe wants to begin strengthening its self-sufficiency and reducing its dependence on third parties in terms of supplying marine protein to markets, it will be “essential to explore the potential of aquaculture,” especially considering that the growth capacity of wild catches is limited by the “finite” nature of resources.
However, achieving the full deployment of aquaculture will require reviewing the current model at all levels, both productive and regulatory.
This was stated by the Director-General for Fisheries of DG MARE, Charlina Vitcheva, at the meeting “Towards a 2040 Vision for a Prosperous Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector,” held in Brussels as part of the European Ocean Days, organized by the European Commission.
Source: iPac.aquacultura | Read the full article here
Preparations for the conference commemorating 50 years of salmon farming in Chile continue to progress ahead of the event scheduled for May 28 in Puerto Montt. The conference will bring together industry representatives, authorities, academics, and suppliers.
Organized by Mundo Acuícola, the event aims to create a space for reflection on the development of the industry over the past five decades, as well as to outline the challenges that will shape the future of Chilean aquaculture.
The initiative is also sponsored by the Salmon Council, an organization that brings together major producers in the sector and has supported this industry commemoration.
Source: MundoAcuícola | Read the full article here
The Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool (SCEPT), and the multi-partner collaboration which is seeing it play a key role in driving seafood industry decarbonisation, have been recognised in two key industry awards over the past week.
The SCEPT was named Best Carbon Initiative in the Waitrose Supplier Award and was a finalist in the North Atlantic Seafood Forum’s inaugural Sustainability Award.
The free, online tool has been developed by Seafish in collaboration with the UK Seafood Federation (UKSF) and other partners to help seafood businesses measure and reduce their carbon footprints.
Less of all approved agents against salmon lice was used last year, and the use of two of them was reduced all the way down to zero. Even for the already marginal use of antibiotics, consumption was lower in 2025 than the year before.
This is shown by the annual statistics that the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) presents on the basis of reports from pharmaceutical wholesalers and feed companies.
The Institute of Public Health is also collaborating with the NMBU Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the preparation of the statistics.
In its report, the NIPH points out that the use of medicines against salmon lice has varied greatly in the period 2016–2025.
Author: Pål Mugaas Jensen / fishfarmingexpert | Read the full article here
At the beginning of 1983, 70 Galician vessels operated in the Boston squid and jumbo squid fisheries, with two seasons a year and good profitability, especially for squid. They were eventually expelled after Spain joined the EEC for the alleged "non-compliance" with trade agreements with Washington, although the sector always attributed the veto to Felipe González's anti-NATO stance in 1981.
But there were many more. Vessels such as Altamar, Campa de Torres, Cieisa Once, Cieisa Doce, Nuevo Mundo, Sobroso, Ciudad de Cristal, Flipper, and Piñeiro Correa. "The squid fishery was very profitable," added another businessman consulted. Minor repairs and crew changes were carried out on New York docks, with “extreme care” to ensure that not a single lobster had slipped in among the cephalopods, “not even a leg in the galley.”
Galician fishing, expelled from the Boston fishing grounds
Around 70 Galician fishing vessels operated in the Boston fishing grounds for squid and cuttlefish. Their expulsion from North American waters forced the fleet to seek alternatives in the Southern Cone or South Africa.
Author: Lara Graña / Faro de Vigo | Read the full article here
The price of fresh Norwegian salmon has continued to slide over the past week as industry leaders met to debate the future direction of the sector at theNorth Atlatic Seafood Forum in Bergen.
According to Statistics Norway, prices were down for the second week in succession (week 9, 23 February to 1 March) to NOK 81.34 per kilo (£6.31) – a decrease of 4.2%.
This means they have fallen by almost NOK 20 per kilo since the start of the year.
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here
CAMBODIA
SWEDEN
Korshags launches frozen land-based salmon sourced from Salmon Evolution.
CANADA
Twenty-three people have been rescued by helicopter crews in Ontario, Canada, after the ice shelf they were standing on broke, sending the group floating into Lake Huron.
INDONESIA
A recently-released investigation by 
JAPAN
As part of its strategic plan to support the international promotion of Galician seafood products, the Galician Ministry of the Sea is promoting them at the 51st 
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However, achieving the full deployment of aquaculture will require reviewing the current model at all levels, both productive and regulatory.
CHILE
Preparations for the conference commemorating 50 years of salmon farming in Chile continue to progress ahead of the event scheduled for May 28 in Puerto Montt. The conference will bring together industry representatives, authorities, academics, and suppliers.
UNITED KINGDOM
The Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool (SCEPT), and the multi-partner collaboration which is seeing it play a key role in driving seafood industry decarbonisation, have been recognised in two key industry awards over the past week.
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This is shown by the annual statistics that the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) presents on the basis of reports from pharmaceutical wholesalers and feed companies.
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But there were many more. Vessels such as Altamar, Campa de Torres, Cieisa Once, Cieisa Doce, Nuevo Mundo, Sobroso, Ciudad de Cristal, Flipper, and Piñeiro Correa. "The squid fishery was very profitable," added another businessman consulted. Minor repairs and crew changes were carried out on New York docks, with “extreme care” to ensure that not a single lobster had slipped in among the cephalopods, “not even a leg in the galley.”
The price of fresh Norwegian salmon has continued to slide over the past week as industry leaders met to debate the future direction of the sector at the
