Down 16% Year-on-Year

In March 2025, Korea’s imports of chilled salmon totalled 1,137 tons, representing a 16% decrease compared to the same period in 2024 (1,357 tons).

According to the data, cumulative imports of chilled salmon from January to March 2025 amounted to 3,217 tons a 22.5% decline from the 4,154 tons recorded in the same period of 2024.This accounts for approximately 1.4% of the total seafood import volume of 234,669 tons

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Nissui has named organization veteran Teru Tanaka as its new CEO, effective May 2025. 

The appointment is intended to facilitate the swift implementation of its FY 2025 mid-year business plan, entitled “Good Foods Recipe 2, the company said in a release. Current President and CEO Shingo Hamada will become chairman of the board of directors. 

Tenaka has been with the company since 1988 and has held a number of leadership roles, including in Nissui’s Japanese sales division, its aquaculture business, and its marine products business, of which he is currently director and executive officer.

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New standard aims to reduce plastic waste from fisheries and aquaculture.

A new set of standards has been introduced to support the fisheries and aquaculture industries in designing equipment that can be reused, repaired, and recycled, according to a press release from Standard Norge.

The series, designated NS-EN 17988, provides a comprehensive framework for circular design in fishery and aquaculture equipment, covering the full product lifecycle. It includes six parts addressing requirements for design, labelling, circular business models, and digital tracking of components. 

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Researchers receive cutting-edge ZooSCAN and methane sensor to enhance plankton studies, climate change indicators, and investigation of mass strandings along the Chilean coast.

This includes a ZooSCAN, which enables the digitalization of historical zooplankton samples, giving new value to organisms collected over 40 years ago. This will facilitate new studies as well as the generation of climate indicators that represent changes in planktonic ecosystems along the Chilean coast over the last half-century. This equipment is integrated into the Digital Library of Marine Plankton project funded by CORFO (Chilean Economic Development Agency).

Furthermore, the Department of Oceanography and Environment (DOMA) also incorporated a methane gas sensor, a major greenhouse gas and a cause of significant mass strandings on the coast of Africa. This gas apparently influences the massive strandings occurring between the Gulf of Arauco and the Chacao Channel, impacting the natural mortality rate of important fisheries resources such as anchovy and common sardine.

Compatibility with CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) instruments and the rosette samplers on the research vessels Abate Molina and Dr. Barbieri allows for flexible mobility suitable for deep measurements along the entire coast of Chile. This will enable the monitoring of the presence of this gas in the water column as a result of climate change.

Focusing on genetics, management, and sustainability, Embrapa will launch a digital platform to empower family fish farming at IFC Amazônia.

Embrapa will actively participate in the International Fish Congress & Fish Expo Brazil (IFC Amazônia), held from April 23 to 25 in Belém, Pará. Researchers from four of Embrapa's specialized units will present their latest findings and innovations across various aquaculture domains. A key highlight will be the launch of a new digital platform specifically designed for rural extension agents, with the aim of strengthening family-based fish farming practices.

Researchers Fernanda O'Sullivan and Flávia Tavares, from Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture (Palmas-TO), will lead discussions on the production of native fish species in net cages, emphasizing the benefits of utilizing monosex female populations. Dr. O'Sullivan, who specializes in genome editing, explains that “monosex populations offer significant economic advantages in aquaculture due to the common occurrence of sexual dimorphism, where distinct technical differences exist between males and females. Cultivating the superior gender leads to accelerated yields. One effective method for obtaining monosex populations in fish is through the sexual reversal of the fry.”

Their presentation will highlight the case of tambaqui, a native fish extensively studied at Embrapa, where females exhibit significantly greater weight and, consequently, higher productivity compared to males.