Ship building is progressing. In fact, Spain has established itself as the second country with the most units contracted or delivered in the European Union and the tenth in the world. The first 2020 data points to an 18% increase in the number of units under construction. In total, 53 ships representing just over 2,000 million euros and 11.5 million working hours.

Last year, specifically, 25 ships were hired, representing a workload equivalent to 4.5 million hours in the sector as a whole, including shipyards and auxiliary industry. Galicia concentrates almost half of those contracts (12), while immediately behind are Asturias (8) and the Basque Country (5).

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The EU imports more than 60% of all fishery products consumed, while aquaculture growth rates lag far behind the rest of the world

Tuna, cod and salmon. These are the three most consumed species in the European Union. The former is mainly sold canned and the latter is the main aquaculture species consumed on the community market. Of total EU consumption, aquaculture represents about a quarter (26%); the rest comes from fishing. The data comes from a report of the Research Service of the European Parliament in which data is collected from different sources such as FAO, Eumofa or Eurostat.

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Grocery stores and delivery services in the United Kingdom are expanding after experiencing very strong food sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overall food sales increased 7.3 percent on a like-for-like basis and 3.8 percent on a total basis for the past three months through June, according to British Retail Consortium-KPMG Sales Monitor.

U.K. shoppers also bought more than GBP 4 billion (USD 5.1 billion, EUR 4.4 billion) worth of seafood in the period between 12 June, 2019 and 2020, representing a rise of 4.6 percent year-on-year, according to the latest Nielsen ScanTrack data published by trade body Seafish.

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

Is a Trident Seafood Subsidiary

The crab-flavored kamaboko plant, which was newly established in Onagawa-cho by Mangoku no Kane (Onagawa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture), a subsidiary of Trident Seafood Asia, Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo), has been operating since May 11. According to Trident Seafood Japan, which plays a part in sales, the new plant is "focused on thorough hygiene management and quality improvement." Currently, it operates with two lines and 45 people. It plans to produce 500 to 600 tons in the first year.

Source: Minato Shimbun

The Port Authority of Vigo considers that both culture and training are two priority issues within the Blue Growth strategy in which the Port Authority of Vigo is working with the aim of defining concrete actions, among which conservation and putting in value of the cultural and natural heritage linked to the port environment. This project contemplates the inventory of the maritime-port heritage of the Ría de Vigo, its categorization and cataloging using digital tools and its subsequent dissemination to bring it closer to citizens, thus contributing to better management of the conservation of assets.

The working groups of Training and History and Maritime-Port Culture have held a meeting in which they have reviewed these aspects but also the status of the “MarENet” project, an initiative coordinated by the Campus del Mar of the University of Vigo and which has aimed at strengthening cooperation between academic institutions and companies in the marine environment.

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Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is developing an “Aquaculture 5.0” farm in the USA that will produce up to 950 tonnes of shrimp a year.

“It will be the most sustainable and reliable technology for culturing shrimp. Homegrown shrimp, our subsidiary in the USA, undertakes technologies that will culture shrimp anywhere in the world and in any season,” said Robins McIntosh, executive vice president at CPF.

While shrimp farms are normally located near the coast, the Homegrown shrimp farm will be at an inland location, using artificial sea water.

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The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) today launched an ongoing rapid-response funding programme to support Scotland’s aquaculture sector through the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Scottish Government-backed agency is welcoming applications from collaborative partnerships between businesses and academic researchers, for a fast-tracked process that will help the aquaculture sector adapt to a new commercial and operational reality in the months and years ahead.

The innovation centre will provide a package of up to £50,000 to successful applicants, with business partners expected to match or exceed the investment through financial and in-kind contributions.

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Supplies of live cod from coastal fishermen have been so abundant that Royal Greenland’s factory and the wellboat used for live fish collection have struggled to keep up.

The live cod season has been so strong that factory trawler Sisimiut has been brought in to take some of the live cod, relieving the pressure on the company’s factory in Maniitsoq, which has a capacity to process between 300 and 400 tonnes per week.

‘Around a hundred fishermen currently have about 2000 tonnes of live cod in net cages along the coast, from Maniitsoq in the north to Paamiut in the south. As there is a lot of fish and these are long distances, the well boat Maniitsoq can’t keep up with transporting the fish to the factory in Maniitsoq. 

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A German registered fishing vessel has been detained by the Irish Naval Service off the northwest coast.

The boat was detained by the LÉ William Butler Yeats approximately 250 nautical miles northwest of Malin Head.

It was detained over alleged breaches of fishing regulations.

The boat is being escorted to port and will be handed over to gardaí.

It is the seventh vessel detained by the Naval Service this year.

LÉ William Butler #Yeats engaged in boarding ops yesterday at the edge of the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone, deep in the North Atlantic. #P63 detained the vessel as a result of alleged breaches of fishing regulations. ???? ????

The #IrishNavy is currently recruiting #JoinOurTeam pic.twitter.com/c5wCxkVTGg

— Irish Naval Service (@naval_service) July 17, 2020

The new engines of the future mega-ships of the French shipping company CMA CGM

Bureau Veritas has certified the new engines for the future mega-ships of the French shipping company CMA CGM, which will be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Ships will reduce their CO2 emissions by 20% and will not generate fine particulate matter contamination. The certification of the WinGD X92DF dual fuel engine was carried out through a virtual ceremony in which the CEO of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, was present.

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