Morocco is the world's leading exporter of canned sardines and due to its importance in terms of catches, 64% of the total, the species occupies a very important place in the activity of the Moroccan maritime fishing sector. This country is the world's leading exporter of canned sardines with 152,137 tons, reaching almost 5,900 million dirhams (more than 500 million euros) in 2022, according to data from Morocco Foodex.

The economic importance of the sardine fishery in Morocco is not limited to catches, but also extends to the processing, canning, freezing and sale of fresh fish, so it also plays an important role in the growth of Moroccan exports of seafood products.

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546 nautical miles (993 km) were traveled where forty researchers were mobilized, in addition to logistics personnel, and five tons of scientific cargo were transported.

After sailing aboard the ship Betanzos, of the DAP company, from January 2 to 15, one of the maritime campaigns of the LIX Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ECA 59) coordinated by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACh) ended successfully.

Dr. Lorena Rebolledo, scientific coordinator of this campaign in the Southern Ocean, pointed out that eleven scientific projects were supported

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The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA)has declared its members will cease buying North Atlantic blue whiting if upcoming negotiations dont' bring its total allowable catch (TAC) back into recommended levels.

Skretting, Cargill, and BioMar, all major aquafeed companies that are NAPA members, said without any action by coastal states to reduce fishing pressure on North Atlantic blue whiting, they will stop buying the species completely. The three businesses said that sustainable feed is essential to the sustainable development of aquaculture – and the current lack of sustainable fishing pressures on the species poses a problem.

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Microalgae grower will use carbon dioxide from fertiliser maker to improve production of key ingredient for fish alternative

Development of a smoked salmon analogue made from microalgae will be accelerated by a collaboration between two Israeli companies.

SimpliiGood, which grows and uses spirulina to make a variety of food products, will use carbon dioxide produced by international fertiliser manufacturer Haifa Group as part of the collaboration

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As expected, it was a week with a lower quantity than the two previous weeks. In total, we have registered 11,100 tonnes. The best entry day was Friday with 3,100 tonnes.

Of the week’s quantity, the coast has contributed 6,200 tonnes, from ring seines 3,300 tonnes and trawls 1,600 tonnes. The smallest boats that set locks on Kvænangen finished their fishing the week before this.

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Burela producers call for action before the damage is irreversible

The paradox is served. Bottom longlining, the gear that has the least impact on the seabed of those prohibited between 400 and 800 meters in 87 areas of the northeast Atlantic, is the one that has suffered the most damage of all. And the skewered hake, a demersal species where it exists, the most affected by an execution regulation designed to protect deep-sea species, such as sea bream, ling, palo or black scabbardfish.

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The Port of A Coruña has registered an overall growth in port traffic of over 25%, its third best year. In the year 2022, 14.9 million tons of merchandise were moved in the Coruña docks, compared to 11.8 million in 2021, which implies "the greatest growth in the Spanish port system," says the Port Authority.

Despite the fact that, in general, all sectors are recovering, the fishing sector closed 2022 with similar figures to 2021. In fresh fishing, it fell by -0.88%, going from a total of 28,331 tons to 28,082. remains concerned about the great obstacles it faces, such as the price of fuel and, above all, the European Union's quota policy, which seriously affects species with great prominence in the Lonja de A Coruña", maintains port.

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Mowi’s salmon farm off the island of Muck has become its 26th Scottish site to earn Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) accreditation in the space of around three and a half years.

Until July 2019, Mowi Scotland’s practice of growing around half of its smolts in freshwater lochs made ASC certification of marine sites impossible because the ASC’s Salmon Standard required smolts to be raised in on-land facilities.

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Pak Asdar Marsuki is working closely with seaweed farmers in South Sulawesi, where MARI Oceans – a community development vehicle – is trialling new technologies in a bid to optimise farming operations.

MARI Oceans tries to support on-farm business development, starting from providing seeds, financing, production facilities, then providing knowledge, and upgrading the skills of farmers. MARI also provides facilities for harvesting, post-harvesting, providing facilities for processing to packing, and inclusive market intermediation. Eventually, I hope to be able to have a processing unit as well, which could provide added value.

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Funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), a project focused on the development of algae-based fish substituteshas been working since 2021 to turn the colours, flavours and texture of algae into an alternative to animal protein.

The scope of the so-called “Seafood Algternative” project, led by the joint-venture Seafood Reboot, is large, and has already managed to produce alternatives to smoked salmon and canned tuna.

French SME Algama SAS is coordinating the project. This company has already achieved success with the delivery of its vegan mayonnaise

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