Måsøval Eiendom, the main shareholder in Ice Fish Farm, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Icelandic fishing company Ísfélag Vestmannaeyja over its  Iceland-based salmon operation.

A separate holding company, Austur, has been created to manage the joint ownership.

Last November Fish Farmer reported that Måsøval was seeking a suitable partner for the business.

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

Opemipo Oyebadejo, who’s a senior farmer and fish expert at Orisha Farms, aims to expand the cage-based farming of tilapia and catfish in Nigeria.

Briefly describe your aquaculture career

I’ve been in the aquaculture industry for four years now. In 2018, I started my journey as an intern with SejFarms Ventures, which was during the penultimate year of my undergraduate studies. 

Author: Laïla Akhtar / TheFishSite | read the full article here

Seafood investor Bluefront Equity ramps up its efforts to digitise the seafood industry by investing in aquatech company Spillfree Analytics AS, which support fish farmers with analysing and improving feeding processes and growth potential.

Spillfree develops and offers decision support and services for biological optimisation and feeding in aquaculture production. The company’s tools and tailor-made software is developed together with fish farmers and is built on years of practical experience and competence from the aquaculture industry.

Source: FishFocus | read the full article here

Brexit appears to have added to tensions in the busy fishing waters in the west Atlantic, with tempers rising intalks between the European Union and Norway and a rise in enforcement actions by Irish authorities against British vessels.

Data provided to SeafoodSource by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), a state agency that monitors all vessels operating within the Irish exclusive economic zone with the support of the Irish Naval Service

Author: Mark Godfrey / SeafoodSource | read the full article here

Farmed coho salmon from Miyagi Prefecture was landed for the first time this year at the Ishinomaki fish market on the 3rd, and was traded at a high price of over 1,100 yen per kilo.

Coho salmon from Miyagi Prefecture landed for the first time at the Ishinomaki Fish Market (5:30 am on the 3rd) -->

Although there were concerns about the impact of the decline in the price of the competing Chilean product, the popularity of the Miyagi product, which is excellent in freshness and quality, is exceptional. The spread of the new coronavirus has subsided, economic activity has become active, and the supply of fresh fish has generally decreased. While some buyers were worried about the negative spread, producers said, "Amid high prices, this is the best encouragement."

A farmer at Ayukawa Beach in Ishinomaki City landed 7.1 tons (approximately 5,000 fish). All of them are ice-cold products, and Ishinomaki Fish Market put up a bid as its own brand "Kinka Gin", which is quickly processed with clean and sterilized seawater ice. The weight of one fish was mainly 1.2 to 1.5 kilograms.

Source: Suisan Keizai (translated from original in japanese)

According to the sectoral monitoring system, over the past week, prices for frozen fish in the wholesale segment of the domestic market have been either decreasing or remaining stable.

In the Far East, prices for Pacific cod and flounder remained unchanged - 220 and 70 rubles. per kg., the cost of pollock decreased by 1% - to 97 rubles. per kg.

In the North-West, the price of haddock fell by 1.9% to 152 rubles. per kg. The cost of Atlantic herring decreased by 1% - to 96 rubles. per kg. The price of Atlantic cod and mackerel remained at the level of the previous week - 255 rubles. and 167 rubles. per kg, respectively.

In the central regions, Atlantic herring fell by 1.7% to 115 rubles. per kg. The cost of the rest of the popular assortment of frozen fish remained at the level of the previous week. Atlantic mackerel was sold at a price of 168 rubles, pollock - 118 rubles, capelin - 90 rubles.

Source:  Federal Agency for Fishery

The Alaska House of Representatives passed a resolution to protect Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery on Wednesday. House Joint Resolution 5 calls for state and federal agencies to defend Alaska’s troll fisheries from a lawsuit that seeks to hold them accountable for the decline in killer whales in the Puget Sound area. The legislation passed on a 35-to-1 vote.

Rep. David Eastman, serving District 27 in Wasilla, was the only “no” vote.

The complainant is the Wild Fish Conservancy, a conservation organization based in Washington. Their official position is that terminating Southeast’s king salmon troll fishery might allow Chinook salmon to migrate back down the coast through key hunting grounds of the Southern Resident killer whales.

The resolution to protect Alaska’s troll fishery was introduced by freshman Rep. Rebecca Himschoot of Sitka, who sits on the House Special Committee on Fisheries.

Many of the region’s local governments have passed similar resolutions opposing the lawsuit, including Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Sitka. 

Author/Source: Shelby Herbert, KFSK - Ketchikan

The trade turnover between Russia and China from January to February grew at an annual rate of 25.9%, exceeding $33.68 billion, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China announced this on Tuesday.

As follows from the published data, exports from China to Russia increased by 19.8% over two months and amounted to about $15.03 billion. Imports of Russian goods and services increased by 31.3%, to about $18.65 billion.

Thus, the positive balance of Russia from January to February reached $3.62 billion, having nominally increased almost three times compared to the same period in 2022.

The main part of the cost of goods imported from the Russian Federation to China falls on oil, natural gas and coal. Other key imports from Russia include copper and copper ore, timber, fuel and seafood. China exports a wide range of products to the Russian Federation, a significant share of which is smartphones, industrial and specialized equipment, children's toys, shoes, vehicles, air conditioners and computers.

According to Chinese customs data, trade between Russia and China in 2021 grew by 35.8%, reaching $146.88 billion. In 2022, it increased by 29.3%, to a record $190 billion.

Source: People's Republic of China

The main product, "Crab cream croquette made by a crab shop", uses red snow crab caught in Japan, and is particular about the rich flavor of fresh crab and the smoothness of the cream, which is unique to the crab shop. croquette.

In addition to the same product for mass retailers, the "Sanin Gohobi Croquette", which has been selected as a return gift for Yasugi City's hometown tax payment, is a popular product on major mail-order sites. This product uses only red snow crab from Tottori Prefecture, and the cream is made from Shimane Prefecture milk, and is filled with plenty of crab meat.

Source: News Nissyoku

Stakeholders in the aquaculture industry are lamenting the increasing cost of fish feed and materials in the market.

According to the Chief Executive of the Chamber of Aquaculture Ghana, Jacob Adzikah, the cost of fish feed has gone up by about 200%.

Again, the rising cost of ingredients such as maize and soya beans have resulted in the sector relying heavily on imports to produce feed for their fishes.

Speaking to Joy Business, Mr Adzikah said the high cost of feed accounts for the rising price of fish.

“These days the price of tilapia and cat fish are rising very fast and we need to take some drastic decisions to prevent this continuous increase in the prices of fish feed materials”, he said.

Source: myjoyonline