A German company has revealed details of its plans for a climate-proof floating recirculating fish farming system (RAS) which it claims can solve the problems facing offshore farms and will be cheaper than terrestrial RAS facilities.

Frankfurt-based Next Tuna has designed the RASxFloater in collaboration with Norwegian company Seafarming Systems, a specialist in closed and semi-closed floating containment which jointly developed the Aquatraz semi-closed system used by salmon producer Midt-Norsk Havbruk (now part of SalMar ).

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Grow or disappear. It is the dilemma that Conxemar claims to face, which, at the doors of the XXIV edition of the International Frozen Seafood Products Fair, has presented its roadmap to protect the future of the second most important seafood industry fair in Europe and guarantee their permanence in the city of Vigo.

The association takes a step forward in its continuous demand for more exhibition space by proposing to the administrations with powers – Xunta de Galicia and Concello de Vigo – 

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, calls for an emergency fund to face decarbonization. Crespo explains in Brussels that the 200 trawlers generate 3,000 jobs in the Andalusian autonomous community

Crespo has shown the determined support of the Andalusian Government for the Andalusian fishing sector in the face of the 2030 Trawl Fishing Action Plan and has defended its interests in Brussels, as he did in the meeting held with those responsible for the DG Mare de the European Commission (EC).

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US aquaculture expert Megan Sorby, formerly Operations Manager at Kingfish Maine, is planning a new land-based project. She aims to farm red drum, a popular game fish in the United States that is now in short supply.

Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also known as redfish, channel bass or a variety of other names, is found along the US Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Salmon farmer Bakkafrost Scotland made an operating loss of £30 million last year, a smaller deficit than the £45m operating loss made in 2021, according to its newly published annual report for 2022.

Revenue in 2022 – a year of record high prices - was £157m, £3m more than the year before, despite harvest volume dropping from 29,673 gutted weight tonnes in 2021 to 23,800 gwt.

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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2022 Key Points

Sea fish and shellfish landings in 2022

• The fishing industry value has increased from last year but hasn’t returned to 2019, pre-pandemic levels. The value of landings has risen less than general inflation between 2019 and 2022:
• Scottish vessels landed 429 thousand tonnes of sea fish and shellfish with a gross value of £617 million in 2022. An increase of four per cent in the real value and a two per cent decrease in the tonnage compared to 2021.

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U.S. President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on 27 September to prioritize the restoration of fish to the Columbia River Basin.

“Today, President Biden is directing all relevant federal agencies to utilize existing authorities and available resources – and assess what additional authorities and resources may be needed – to restore these wild fish populations and help ensure that the United States upholds its treaty and trust responsibilities to the Tribes,” the White House said in a statement.

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Ocean catches are the leading raw materials for Zhoushan's export aquatic products processing enterprises, especially squid and tuna, which occupy an absolutely dominant position.

Squid production was 321,800 tons, with an output value of 3.667 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.33% and 15.04% respectively (including 35,800 tons of Argentine squid, with an output value of 807 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 37.21% and 29.31% respectively; the Southeast Pacific squid production was 286,100 tons, with an output value of 2.861 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.56% and 40.14% respectively);

Photo: Zhoushan seafood cargo port

Tuna production was 50,200 tons, with an output value of 857 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 75.73% and 74.02% respectively (internally, tuna longline production was 21,300 tons, with an output value of 544 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 55.58% and 49.56% respectively; The net output was 28,900 tons and the output value was 314 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 94.30% and 142.92% respectively)

Source: Zhejiang Zhoushan International Agricultural Products Trade Center (translated from original in chinese)

The integration of wine and beer residues is considered a viable nutritional and functional additive in fish feeds.

Recently, the University of Cádiz shared the findings from the UBAGALAC project. This project has been focused on exploring new ingredients to enhance the quality of feeds in aquaculture since 2020. The initiative has been coordinated by Dr. Juan Miguel Mancera from the University of Cádiz and Dr. Francisco Javier Moyano from the University of Almería.

In this regard, the University of Cádiz states:

The proposal and development of UBAGALAC arise from the growing interest in incorporating ingredients with biological activity into fish feeds, which can benefit the health and resilience of fish against adverse effects such as environmental stress, declining water quality, and potential diseases. These bioactive compounds, with antioxidant and/or immunostimulatory functions, have diverse natures (terpenes, carotenoids, phenolic compounds, etc.) and are often naturally present in many byproducts of the agri-food industry, including those generated in the production of alcoholic beverages (such as wine and beer).

Source: NutriNews

The move gives Océano control of a business with annual sales of around $50m.

Peru-based Océano Seafood has extended its footprint into the US market through the acquisition of peer Sea Fresh USA for an undisclosed sum.

The move gives the Lima-headquartered business control of a business with annual sales of around $50m, deepens its supplier network and diversifies its product offering.

Sea Fresh, founded in 1981 and based in Rhode Island, is a fishing and processing firm with docking operations – Handrigan Seafoods – and a processing facility in its home state. It is best known for its fresh and frozen squid which is sold to both retail and foodservice customers.

Océano, which has been one of Sea Fresh’s customers, was founded in 1997 as a fishmeal company but has diversified into fishing, processing, and selling squid, flying fish roe, mahi, Argentine red shrimp, octopus, tuna, bonito and anchovy.

The company has five processing facilities in Peru and 1,100 workers. It sells its produce under the A-1 brand.

More than 75% of its sales are in Asia while 17% of its produce is exported to Europe. Its sales to North America account for 7% of its total.

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