Researchers are aiming to recreate the unique aroma of salmon using plants to support the development of alternative seafood products.

The work is being led by Dr Sirli Rosenvald from Estonia’s Centre of Food and Fermentation Technologies (TFTAK), whose team will take samples of salmon and unpick the fish’s complex scent “molecule by molecule”.

They will then identify which chemicals are associated with the distinctive aroma, before creating a series of scent profiles and working with a panel of sensory experts who will decide which most closely resembles the mouth-watering smell of salmon hitting the pan.

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Recent pricing data suggest that China’s demand for seafood remains weak.

Average seafood prices rose by 2.8 percent year-on-year in September, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. That’s the same rate as the increase in the overall consumer price index but well below the overall rise in food price inflation, at 8.8 percent, driven largely by a surge in pork and vegetable prices.

Uncertainty over logistics, due in part to strict COVID controls, is “adding salt to the wound,” Yuan said.

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TEHRAN – The Sixth International Fisheries Industry Exhibition (IFEX 2022) will be held from Nov. 20-23 at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds.

This exhibition will be held with the aim of exchanging information and developing economic and technical cooperation in the field of fisheries, strengthening and improving distribution systems and facilitating commercial and technical communication, marketing and recognizing commercial and production facilities in the domestic and international arena, and creating a platform for the export of fishery products, presenting improvements internally and externally in the field of the fisheries industry, promoting of technical knowledge in production, processing and marketing, generating employment, introducing new capacities.

A total of 112 companies active in the fields of fishing equipment, fish processing, packaging, aquatic feed, machinery, ornamental and aquarium fish breeding, export-oriented fishery products, refrigeration facilities and equipment, aquaculture and related downstream operations, water purification equipment and tools, efficiency and development of mechanization, algae and leeches, offshore fishing, distribution system, electronic aquatic market, banks and credit institutions, insurance and specialized publications, will showcase their latest products in this edition of the exhibition.

Major commercial fish stocks such as haddock and cod are at their highest level in decades despite NGO claims, says SFA

Stocks of key commercial fish such as haddock and cod are at their highest level in decades, despite NGO claims, says SFA

Stocks of Scotland's main commercial fish species, especially haddock and cod, are at their highest level in decades, according to new official assessments.

Although many environmental lobby groups claim that fish stocks are threatened, the reality is that the spawning stock biomass of haddock is the highest since 1972 and that of cod the highest since 1998.

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard is in addition to the other certifications St. Andrews has, including ORGANIC and Friends Of the Sea.

The 2023 mussel farming season is already underway and with it St Andrews, the country's largest mussel producer and the world's leading exporter, began renewing its sustainable certifications. One of the most important is the one granted by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, or better known as the ASC seal, which guarantees that St Andrews mussels have been produced responsibly from cultivation to final production. In this case, the certification will be valid from November 2022 until the end of 2025.

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Icelandic Fisheries Minister presents a draft for the protection of ocean areas from bottom fishing

Icelandic Fisheries Minister, Svandís Svavarsdóttir has submitted a draft regulation in a consultation portal on the protection of areas from demersal fishing.

The draft is based on a report that the Norwegian Marine Research Institute submitted to the Ministry in 2021 and discusses the protection of vulnerable benthic ecosystems in Iceland’s fishing territorial waters.

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Iceland Seafood International (ISI) is to close its Grimsby-based value added seafood business with the loss of around 90 jobs. The company said uncertainty following Brexit was partly to blame.

Although the company, which has extensive highly successful salmon operations in Ireland and Spain, the UK business has been struggling for some time. The company said it was eroding profitability and the board no longer felt justified in continuing with it.

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Last Thursday (17) the consolidation of Patagonic RAS was experienced as the most important international meeting on recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in the southern hemisphere.

Unlike previous years, the protagonist of the conversations and panels was the reality of producing Atlantic salmon post-smolts in closed systems in our country. Nelson León, Assistant Manager of Fresh Water at Salmones Austral, shared the experience of the Los Arrayanes fish farm. With a current capacity to produce 2,100 tons of biomass, these facilities are cultivating the first fish in salt water under the company's recirculation strategy, the first specimens of which are already in the sea.

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Cooke Inc, parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc of New Brunswick, Canada, has completed its acquisition of Australian Atlantic salmon and black tiger shrimp producer Tassal Group Limited.

Wholly-owned Australian subsidiary Cooke acquired all of the outstanding shares of Tassal for AUD 5.23 per share, equating to a total enterprise value of approximately AUD $1.7 billion.

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