IN BRIEF - Kien Giang continues to take firm stand against IUU fishing
VIET NAM
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).
Leaders of local administrations, departments and agencies who have shown negligence in addressing IUU fishing will face strict penalties.
To ensure compliance, the province will intensify inspecting and monitoring the use of the vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on fishing vessels to guarantee that they operate round the clock, thoroughly deal with the vessels without registration, examination or licence, complete updating the fisheries database, boost seafood origin tracing via the eCDT software, and closely monitor vessels operating at fishery ports.
Since the start of this year, Kien Giang has recorded 10 cases involving 14 fishing vessels violating foreign waters for illegal fishing. Over 1,330 instances of fishing vessels losing connection signals from their VMS at sea have been identified.
The Standing Board attributed the problem to not only fishermen's limited awareness but also some Party committees, organisations, administrations, and officials' lack of responsibility or strong actions in the IUU fishing combat.
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You are invited to join “Raising Ambition and Accelerating Action to Protect High Seas Biodiversity”, a high-level event organized by the governments of Chile, Belgium, France, and Nigeria, together with the Bloomberg Ocean Initiative, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and the High Seas Alliance. This event takes place on the margins of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16).
During the event, governments will announce the latest signatures and ratifications of the new UN High Seas Treaty to protect biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), and call for accelerated action by nations to secure the 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force by the UN Ocean Conference in June 2025. Together with philanthropic organizations, they will also launch a series of new initiatives to fast-track the Treaty’s implementation, including a significant new funding pledge, a High Seas marine protected area (MPA) Accelerator, a government leadership collaborative, and a high-level influencers group to promote High Seas MPA action.
Tokyo — China has approved the resumption of ornamental nishikigoi carp imports from select Japanese aquaculture facilities, following a months-long suspension.
The export of nishikigoi carp from Japan to China had been halted since November last year after Beijing failed to renew the necessary import permits. To resume trade, China is now requiring Japanese exporters to register their aquaculture facilities in advance, as the previous registrations expired at the end of October 2023.
Following negotiations between the two governments, Japan's Fisheries Ministry announced that China has agreed to re-register six aquaculture facilities located in Niigata, Fukuoka, and Hiroshima prefectures.
This development comes after China relaxed its ban on Japanese fishery imports last month. The ban had been in place since Japan began discharging treated water containing tritium from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean in August last year.
The Peruvian Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) has announced the start of the second anchovy fishing season in the North-Center region, set to begin on November 1, 2024.
The quota for the season has been set at 2.51 million tons, marking an increase from the previous two seasons—2.283 million tons in 2022 and 1.682 million tons in 2023.
Minister of Production Sergio Gonzalez Guerrero highlighted the economic impact of the season.
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Four years on from the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, the U.K. seafood industry is still roughly GBP 1 billion (USD 1.3 billion, EUR 1.2 billion) behind where it was in 2019.
Prior to the U.K. officially leaving the European Union in early 2020, government officials promised seafood sector growth would continue to be supported. Despite the promises, multiple aspects of the industry are struggling, with some calling on the government for additional help as challenges continue to undermine the segment.
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The Spanish and Portuguese employers' associations will sign a joint declaration with UGT and FAI CISL (Italy) to «safeguard» the European industry
The Spanish canned food employers' association Anfaco-Cecopesca and Anicp (the Associação Nacional dos Industriais de Conservas de Peixe, its counterpart in the neighbouring country) will sign this Thursday with the unions UGT-FICA and UGT (from Spain and Portugal respectively) as well as FAI CISL (Italy) a joint declaration
The old company Pescanova SA, which has no activity, closed the third quarter with 85,000 euros of losses and in a situation of bankruptcy
The company Pescanova S.A, the former parent company of the current Nueva Pescanova, diluted to 0.21% within the group's capital, has closed the third quarter of its fiscal year (from June to August 2024) with a net loss of 85,000 euros, in contrast to the 551,000 euros of losses recorded in the same period of the previous year.
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The launch of the digital photobook Women of the Sea, Coast and Islands of the Aysén Region was held in the Aysén Region, with the presence of local and regional authorities, as well as female fishermen.
This book portrays the stories of women who have made fishing their vocation and source of livelihood. During the event, tribute was paid to the protagonists of the photographs.
Gonzalo Pereira, Director of the Fisheries Development Institute, highlighted the importance of fishing as an ancient trade and highlighted the essential role of women in keeping these traditions alive. The photobook is a tribute to their courage and dedication, capturing not only their work, but also the essence of those who defy the adverse conditions of the sea to support their families.
The author of the book, Dr. Alejandra Lafon, a marine biologist and photographer, commented that the work seeks to make visible the female participation in artisanal fishing, from Melinka to Caleta Tortel. Dedicated to all the women of the sea, the book arose from her desire to show the strong link of these women with the ocean and their daily work. "This book was created spontaneously, rooted in my contact with the fishing activity and desire to make visible their feminine side, to show their work and strong link with the sea,"said its author.
In the city of Rawson, expectations are high after the recent sighting of a significant concentration of shrimp just 45 minutes from the local port.
A boat that recently arrived confirmed the presence of these valuable crustaceans, fueling hopes that the local fishing industry could be facing one of its best seasons in years, according to El Chubut.
However, despite the encouraging outlook at sea, obstacles still persist on land. The fishing community awaits the resolution of the negotiations between businessmen and the United Maritime Workers Union (SOMU), a key agreement to begin both the prospecting and the fishing season.
The next few weeks will be crucial, as the success of the negotiations will not only define the future of this season, but could also mark a milestone for the local fishing industry if the necessary consensus is reached.
The Spanish fishing fleet dodged the blow of the increase in operating costs in 2022, a year in which the entire European sector hit rock bottom in terms of profitability. The annual update of the “Annual Economic Report on the European Union fishing fleet”, published by the EU's STECF (Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries), which has just been released and reflects the data for that year, indicates that in 2022 the national fleet improved its economic performance in all indicators. The value of catches reached 2,090 million euros, which implies an increase of 7%, despite the fact that the volume in live weight of production fell by 0.8%.
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The export of nishikigoi carp from Japan to China had been halted since November last year after Beijing failed to renew the necessary import permits. To resume trade, China is now requiring Japanese exporters to register their aquaculture facilities in advance, as the previous registrations expired at the end of October 2023.
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Four years on from the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, the U.K. seafood industry is still roughly GBP 1 billion (USD 1.3 billion, EUR 1.2 billion) behind where it was in 2019. 
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In the Baquerizo Moreno hall of the Guayaquil Convention Centre, the official start of this aquaculture event of worldwide relevance took place. The board of directors was composed of prominent representatives from the government and diplomatic spheres, such as Luis Alberto Jaramillo, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries; Jekaterina Dorodnova, Ambassador of the European Union in Ecuador; Mary Fisk-Ridder, Consul of the United States; Fang Hao, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of China; Marcelo Vélez, President of the Board of Directors of the National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA), and José Antonio Camposano, Executive President of the CNA. 
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This book portrays the stories of women who have made fishing their vocation and source of livelihood. During the event, tribute was paid to the protagonists of the photographs.
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The Spanish fishing fleet dodged the blow of the increase in operating costs in 2022, a year in which the entire European sector hit rock bottom in terms of profitability. The annual update of the “Annual Economic Report on the European Union fishing fleet”, published by the EU's STECF (Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries), which has just been released and reflects the data for that year, indicates that in 2022 the national fleet improved its economic performance in all indicators. The value of catches reached 2,090 million euros, which implies an increase of 7%, despite the fact that the volume in live weight of production fell by 0.8%.
