The ship, 30 meters long, will be owned by the State of Chile, destined for the Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture and operated by the Fisheries Development Institute, whose delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2024.

On Tuesday, November 15, the Ceremony of the Keel Laying Milestone of the Fisheries and Oceanographic Research Vessel currently under construction was held at the ASENAV Shipyards in Valdivia.

The activity was headed by the Undersecretary of Fisheries Julio Salas, the Executive Director of IFOP, Gonzalo Pereira; the Presidential delegate of the Los Ríos region, Carla Peña; the Regional Governor, Luis Cuvertino; the Economy, Development and Tourism Seremi, Alejandra Vásquez; the zonal director of Fisheries, Daniela Cajas; maritime authorities and workers and executives from ASENAV shipyards, led by its general manager, Heinz Pearce.

Chile wants to increase the consumption of fish products and promote legal fishing. To this end, the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service created the "Blue Seal" Responsible Consumption Program, aimed at commercial establishments, restaurants or direct marketers of fishery products, interested in supporting legal fishing to promote this distinctive.

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The Spanish tuna fleet requests effective control of fishing capacity and effort in the Atlantic Ocean, given the threat posed by the uncontrolled entry of Asian fleets into the tropical tuna fishery for the sustainability of the stocks.

The tuna sector makes this request before the celebration this week of the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). It also requests that the Bigeye Total Allowable Catch (TAC) be increased to 75,000 tonnes, since this species is recovering after years of application of management measures, and reduce the current ban on fishing with fish concentrating devices ( FAD) set at 72 days.

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Chicken grown from cells in bioreactor is first alternative to be judged safe by US food watchdog

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a significant step towards allowing the sale of so-called “cultured” meat and fish by issuing a “no questions” letter to California company Upside Foods, which produces chicken meat by growing cells in bioreactors.

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Inflation continues to depress U.S. seafood sales, but the sales drop in October was less than in previous months.

Shelf-stable seafood prices soared 12.5 percent, while frozen seafood prices spiked 10.2 percent, and fresh seafood prices rose 4.2 percent. Fresh shellfish prices declined by 2.7 percent, according to new data from IRI and 210 Analytics.

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A radical rethink is needed in the fishing industry to ensure that more fish trimmings can be utilised by the aquafeed sector*.

Trimmings – also referred to as co-products – are viable offcuts (eg entrails, fins, scales, heads, tails) from other fish-processing activities. They can be salvaged and ground into fishmeal to be used in animal and aquaculture feed to reduce the burden on virgin meal from wild stocks.

The use of trimmings in this way represents a major circularity benefit to the salmon industry, making use of waste that is often disposed of at sea by fishing vessels or from processing plants.

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Norway’s five largest salmon companies have turned down a “clear the air” meeting with senior government ministers today over the ground rent tax controversy.

Instead they have asked to be represented by the main employer organisations, Seafood Norway and Seafood Companies (Sjomatbedriftene).

The proposed tax will be limited to farms producing more than 4,000 to 5,000 tonnes, which is why the invitation went out to the big players.

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The European Commission has adopted this Tuesday, November 15, the Communication "Towards a strong and sustainable algae sector in the EU", a "pioneering" initiative to unlock the potential of algae in the European Union.

A Communication in which 23 actions are proposed in order to create opportunities for the industry and help it become a "robust, sustainable and regenerative sector capable of satisfying the growing demand of the EU".

And it is that according to the data that the Commission is considering, the EU is one of the largest importers of seaweed products in the world

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The marketplace "La Pescadería Artesanal", an initiative of the retail employer Fedepesca and which concentrates traditional fishmongers from Madrid, Murcia, Castilla y León and Aragón that sell their products online in a single portal, advances in its commitment to consolidate its sea. Thus, the marketplace has launched a new packaging that consumers will receive when they place their orders. The initiative also has other elements and informative supports that users can find in traditional fishmongers. 

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