Higher export revenues do not always lead to correspondingly bigger profits, Renate Larsen, the CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Council has cautioned.

The Seafood Council yesterday announced a new national export record of NOK 120.8 billion (£10bn) for 2021, a year in which Covid restrictions were still commonplace in many countries.

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Four days of mobilization are those carried out by the Naviera Orca Chile Workers' Union, settling on the outskirts of the EMPORMONTT port of Puerto Montt, to demonstrate and show its discontent after not reaching an agreement with the company in the framework of its last negotiation collective.

"We regret that our employer has not wanted to reach an agreement, we are requesting a salary increase and improve our working hours,"

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Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca harvested 15,002 tonnes (whole fish equivalent) of Atlantic salmon with an average weight of 4.5 kg in the fourth quarter of last year, along with 1,842 tonnes WFE of coho salmon with an average weight of 4.4 kg, the company said in a trading update today.

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Bangladesh has seen its sales of black tiger shrimp surge in the last six months, following repetitive crashes over the course of many years due to the strong competition from vannamei producers in other countries, The Business Standard reported on 5 January.

The South Asia nation exported black tiger shrimp worth USD 268.95 million (EUR 237.7 million) in the first six months of the 2021-2022 fiscal year

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EUMOFA has published some of the main results of the latest Eurobarometer survey on EU consumption habits in relation to fishery and aquaculture products (ASF). A survey that was carried out by Kantar Network on behalf of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG Mare), and in which 26,669 people from different social and demographic groups in the 27 EU Member States responded between March 16 and April 12, 2021.

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The North Western Waters Advisory Council has sent its recommendations to the Director-General of DG MARE, Charlina Vitcheva regarding the whelk fishery in the English Channel.

The NWWAC Focus Group on Whelk met during October and December 0f 2021 and decided to issue advice on a general frame work for managing the whelk fishery in the Channel (ICES 7d and 7e).

The Focus Group says in the letter to the Director-General that the whelk fishery in the Channel is currently in development 

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The challenge of managing and treating the waste generated by fishing gear will only be solved with cooperation and through the development of a common specific protocol. Only in this way would guarantees increase "proper management, as well as the amount of material managed", Cepesca stressed after presenting the results of its "RED-USE" project, focused on analyzing how fishing nets and gear are managed. once they have finished their useful life. 

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Aqualines' project to develop and build half ship, half airplane planes in the port of Bayonne is taking shape. The company plans to present the building permit for its facilities at the Saint-Bernard terminal in January.

Aqualines wants to build his incredible flying boats in Bayonne.

This young company will settle in the port area of Bayonne with the ambition of developing and later building ground effect vessels. 

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Seabeds are in good health where trawl fisheries are sustainably managed, according to an innovative world-wide study of the impacts of bottom trawling.

The first study of its kind, by Bangor University with collaborating research institutes, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS w/c 3.1.22) builds on recent international collaboration. 

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The United Nations is formally recognising the crucial role artisanal aquaculture and fisheries play in global food security by launching an international year.

A recent webinar hosted by the FAO marked the start of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA). The gathering boasted a diverse set of panellists from a coalition of groups and hopes that the International Year will help empower and acknowledge those who participate in the small-scale sector.

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