The fisherman who went missing from a Norwegian freezer-trawler in the Barents Sea on Tuesday evening has been named as 26-year-old Jo Aron Rogne from Longva in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Authorities believe the man fell overboard from the 56-metre Ålesund-based freezer-trawler ‘Langenes’ which was located in the Barents Sea between north of Bjørnøya on Tuesday evening, 15 November, when the alarm was raised.

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Steakholder Foods Ltd (formerly MeaTech 3D) has filed a provisional US patent application based on the formation of layers of crosslinked tissue, with the international deep-tech food company stating that this “breakthrough methodology achieves the characteristic tender flakiness of cooked fish”.

It advises that the structure is formed from several layers – to give the flaky texture with loose bonding between adjacent layers. This creates the unique structure of the fish.

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Four hundred liters of diesel has leaked into Sognefjord – Norway’s longest fjord – from the two closed cages from fish farming supplier FiiZK that were damaged on Wednesday.

The cages did not have any fish in them when the accident happened at trout breeder Osland Havbruk’s facility in Sørevik, in Hayanger (Høyanger) municipality (see map), on the south side of the Sognefjord.

Early Wednesday, FiiZK reported, somewhat succinctly and cryptically, that two closed cages, delivered to Osland Havbruk, had “suffered unexpected damage”

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Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca increased earnings by more than 600% in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2021.

Camanchaca, which farms Atlantic and coho salmon, had EBITDA – a measure of operating profit – of US $25.6 million, up from $3.6 m in Q3 last year.

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The webinar will be held in Chinese and English via the Zoom platform, and simultaneous interpretation will be available.

The Marine Ingredients Organization (IFFO) will hold a webinar on 29-30 November, open to IFFO members and non-members free of charge, where they will discuss market trends for flour and oil of fish, with specific focuses in China, Peru, Mexico and Europe.

The first session will start on November 29 at 15:00 Beijing time (8:00 Central European time). IFFO's Dr Enrico Bachis will focus on global markets for fishmeal and fish oil

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The fleet is short of crew, but Opromar receives requests from several countries

Without Asian, African or South American manpower, a large number of long-distance, high-altitude, coastal and even inshore ships could not supply such a healthy and essential food as fish. They cover, above all, deck positions, but many shipowners still find it difficult to find bridge and engine controls.

It is not surprising that in this context the Organization of Fisheries Producers of the Port and Ría de Marín (Opromar) declares itself "surprised by the success" of the digital contracting platform that it launched two years ago.

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Japan has designated four days a month as "Fish Days" in an attempt to reverse declining sales of the island nation's staple food.

Japanese consumers are losing their taste for seafood as dietary trends change, putting pressure on the country's massive fishing industry.

Fish consumption has plummeted in Japan over the past 20 years, as meat consumption increases.

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More than 20 countries and the European Union have adopted 21 measures to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources in the Mediterranean and the Black seas.

Following a week of intense discussions, the members of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), adopted a series of binding recommendations and resolutions addressing regional priorities on 14 November 2022.  

Author: Jason Holland / SeafoodSource | Read the full article here

The production of shrimp in Asia is likely to experience minimal growth in 2023, according to Gorjan Nikolik, who also argues that prices are unlikely to improve much from their current level.

Rabobank’s chief seafood analyst explains that the combination of global recession coinciding with a glut of shrimp hitting the market has caused prices to slide in the second half of 2022 – largely in line with forecasts made at the end of H1.

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Icelandic salmon farmer Ice Fish Farm has posted a third quarter operating profit of NOK 54 million (£4.5m), well up on Q3 a year ago when the company’s profit was just NOK 10m (£850,000).

Turnover in the July-September period was NOK 178m (£15m), more than double the NOK 64m (£5.4m) total 12 months earlier.

Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here