Ali Al-Shaikhi, the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s National Fisheries Development Programme (NFDP), announced that the kingdom is on its way to becoming a leading global aquaculture producer on 4 June.

The remarks were made during an interview with Al-Ekhbarya, an Arabic news and current affairs TV channel. According to reporting in The Saudi Gazette, Al-Shaikhi said that Saudi Arabia would reach its aquaculture production goal after joining the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), the largest international organisation in the sector.

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The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia (NS) have announced funding support to the Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment (the Centre) through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF).

On behalf of the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister Murray and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton-Canso, and the Honourable Steve Craig, Nova Scotia Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, announced a total contribution of over $2 million to help the Verschuren Centre with the development of a land-based oyster hatchery. 

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Chile is to apply different regulations to salmon farms in protected areas as part of an attempt to encourage them to relocate, the country’s Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Julio Salas, has said.

The move is part of a roadmap with short, medium, and long-term commitments that is being prepared by the Chilean government to remove salmon farms from areas such as national parks.

Author: Marcelo Pérez / Fishfarmigexpert | read the full article here

The Nordea Bank loan was related to the Benchmark Genetics salmon egg facility in Salten, Norway. The new green loan remains as ring-fenced debt without recourse for the remainder of the Benchmark Group and has a marginally lower interest rate.

The conversion of the loan into a green loan required the Company to meet key ESG criteria, including water management and the use of sustainable raw materials from deforestation-free sources.

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Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, has told the country’s parliament that fish farming must become more sustainable, but also that farming companies must have legal certainty for their investments.

He divided his government’s challenges into five axes: social rights, better democracy, justice and security, inclusive growth and the environment.

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May, saw more than 73,000 tonnes of North Sea herring caught by the Norwegian fleet.

The month of May has been unusually good for North Sea herring and exceeded everyone’s expectations, writes Norges Sildesalgslag.

Almost 73,000 tonnes have been registered in the record and well over 60% of the quota has been fished. In a normal year, it is the month of June that tends to be the main month for North Sea herring.

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Over more than a million square kilometers of the northeast Atlantic, to the west and southwest of Scotland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, the fishing grounds of Gran Sol extend, legendary for their storms and for their fishing wealth. By that name are also known other community located to the west of France and south of the North Sea, east and northeast of Scotland. There, where the storms occur, more than a hundred ships of Galician capital fish, a third of them flagged, above all, in France and the United Kingdom, the latter flag being flown by the Piedras when yesterday it sank to the southwest of Ireland .

Author: Salvador Serantes / La Voz de Galicia | read the full article here

The Spanish fleet that operates in Atlantic waters in Senegal will be able to return to fishing. The signing of the licenses, by the Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy of this African country, Alioun Ndoy, has taken place after several weeks of negotiations between the Spanish administration and the European Commission, and between the latter and the Government of Senegal, indicates the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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The Spanish Fisheries Confederation ( CEPESCA ) and the company Gravity Wave have signed a collaboration agreement to advance in the treatment and subsequent revaluation of fishing nets and gear at the end of their useful life.

The agreement has been signed within the framework of Cepesca’s REDUSE-II project which aims to contribute to the future implementation of a responsible management model for fishing nets and gear that incorporates the criterion of extended producer responsibility for the treatment and sustainable processing of materials

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They are aiming for first harvest in 2024.

“Project execution has been excellent, and we are very satisfied with the progress at the construction site. With the first inlay of eggs and start of first feeding completed, we are gradually evolving from a pure project company to a farming company. The project continues to run according to the original plan,” Chairman of the board, Ragnar Joensen, says.

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