ALDI U.K. is partnering with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to promote several MSC-certified seafood products in its stores.

The rapidly expanding grocery chain, which will add 500 locations in the next few years, sells the largest volume of MSC-certified products compared to any other U.K. supermarket, the company said press release.

Author: Christine Blank / SeafoodSource | read the full article here

Public hearings to consider a licence application by Cooke Aquaculture for two new farm sites in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia will take place in February next year, the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board has announced.

The hearing dates have been set as February 05, 2024 to February 09, 2024.

Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd (KCS), a Cooke subsidiary, is seeking approval for an existing site boundary amendment at Coffin Island and two new marine finfish aquaculture licenses and leases for the cultivation of Atlantic salmon in Liverpool Bay at Brooklyn and Mersey Point, Nova Scotia.

Source: FishFarmer | read the full article here

Rosselkhoznadzor (The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision) suspended the supply of fish products to Russia from the Belarusian manufacturer RitMark LLC. The reason for the temporary restrictions is the import of products from raw materials of unknown origin, the department reports.

Rosselkhoznadzor, in connection with the ongoing supply of fish products to Russia from raw materials of unknown origin from the Belarusian production workshop of RitMark LLC, has decided to introduce temporary restrictions on the import of goods from this enterprise.

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Earlier, the Service informed the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus about the identified facts of the import into Russia of salmon fish products of RitMark LLC, made from raw materials supplied to the republic from Denmark. At the same time, the Danish competent authority did not confirm the authenticity of the issued veterinary certificates. 

In total, from June to August 2023, out of 11 imported shipments, 6 were found to have counterfeit documents.[...]

Many local restaurants aren't getting their fish from local fishers. The San Diego Fishermen's Association got a $300,000 federal grant to change that.

People who have been around San Diego for several decades will remember the familiar sight of scores of tuna boats docked along the Embarcadero.

But, by the 1980s, the industry had moved to the calmer waters of the western Pacific, and the tuna boats disappeared.

San Diego Fishermen's Working Group President Pete Halmay is shown speaking with KPBS reporter John Carroll at the G Street Pier on Sept. 11, 2023./Photo: Jacob Aere/KPBS -->

There is still a fishing industry in San Diego, and some fishermen here still catch tuna. But today it’s much more diverse.

“We got 150 to 200 boats in San Diego Harbor.  We harvest about 50 species of fish, and we don’t have a really organized way of marketing it to the public," said Pete Halmay, the president of the San Diego Fishermen's Working Group, part of the San Diego Fishermen's Marketing Association.

Recently, the association started working with the San Diego Regional Policy and Innovation Center to secure a $300,000 grant from the U.S Department of Agriculture to boost the local fishing industry.[...]

Author/Source: John Carroll/kpbs.org

The past year has been something of a roller-coaster ride for St. Mary’s residents with regard to the newly re-opened fish plant. After the initial excitement of receiving a crab processing license last year, the town has met some frustrating setbacks this season. However, things are finally looking up again for the town, said Mayor Steve Ryan.

Obtaining the processing license was a major and protracted ordeal for St. Mary’s last year. The Province has long had a moratorium on the creation of new licences because of the overcapacity created in the 1970s and 1980s, when politicians handed out processing licences like bingo cards, which contributed to the conditions that caused the cod moratorium.

So, it was questionable whether St. Mary’s would even get a licence. In fact, the plant had had licences to process several species, but as the ownership of the facility changed hands over the years, the licences were eventually lost. With a new owner in place for the plant, Mayor Ryan and others lobbied hard to get a crab processing licence back for St. Mary’s because of the economic benefits that plant jobs would bring to the community.

This year, with the licence finally in place, came a new obstacle: the stalemate between the province’s harvesters and processors over the price to be paid for crab at the wharf.[...]

Author: Alexandra Brothers, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Shoreline News/thespec.com

Earlier this year, both the State and Federal Governments imposed bans on commercial fishing, and recently held a secret meeting to propose additional bans that would impact Queenslanders.

The government has introduced bans on commercial fishing practices, including the prohibition of Gillnets from the Great Barrier Reef by mid-2027 and reductions in the allowable catch limits for Spanish Mackerel.

David Bobbermen, CEO of the Queensland Seafood Industries Association, told Peter Gleeson on Drive, “Under the veil of secrecy the Queensland Government has been working away, toiling away, trying to put the knife in the back of Queensland commercial fisherman yet again…”

“From the department’s own website there will be at least 300-400 direct and indirect fulltime equivalent jobs lost…it represents nearly $20 million a year to the regional towns and communities throughout Queensland, so it’ll be quite devastating…” Mr. Bobbermen continued.

Author/Source: Peter Gleeson/4BC

The Peruvian Ministry of Production (Produce) has established a complementary catch limit of 22,000 tons for horse mackerel (Trachurus murphyi), intended for larger scale fishing vessels this year. The start of extractive activities for the aforementioned fleet is scheduled for September 15.

Furthermore, according to the regulations, the complementary catch limit may be adjusted based on biological, fishing and/or environmental factors, as determined by the Peruvian Sea Institute (Imarpe).

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When the message about a possible breach of the loan conditions arrived on August 24, the Atlantic Sapphire share price fell from approx. NOK 4.5 (US$0.42) to approx. NOK 2.1 (US$0.20).

In recent days it has continued to fall and the closing price on Monday was NOK 1.5 (US$0.14).

The DNB SMB fund has reportedly already sold most of its portfolio. Meanwhile, a week ago, the financial newspaper reported that the investment company AS Clipper, controlled by the Steensland family, had abandoned the company after three years of intermittent activity.

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Salmon farmer Nova Sea has announced it is to continue with plans to build a new slaughterhouse at Lurøy, in Nordland at a cost of NOK 2bn (£150m).

The company had put the project on hold after the announcement of the salmon tax in Norway.

Nova Sea CEO Tom Eirik Aasjord said: “ We have now gone through a year of great uncertainty as a result of the ground rent tax.

Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | read the full article here