By the end of October 2023, Vietnam's squid and octopus exports continued to decline. By the end of October 2023, Vietnam's squid and octopus exports reached 537 million USD, down 15% over the same period. Exports to major markets have yet to show signs of recovery.

EXPORT TURNOVER 537 million USD↓ 15%

Consto and Grieg Seafood Finnmark have signed a contract for the construction of a smolt plant in Lebesby municipality in Finnmark.

Consto has been awarded the overall contract for the project and will be responsible for the construction technical delivery as well as the coordination of all performing professional groups. Included in the assignment is the construction of a quay adjacent to the new facility. In the project, Consto will collaborate with Pure Salmon Technology, which has been given responsibility for the process engineering facility.

"We are sincerely grateful that Grieg Seafood has chosen us as a partner in this exciting and forward-looking project. We look forward to a good collaboration with Grieg Seafood and Pure Salmon Technology", says project owner and general manager of Consto Anlegg Nord, Fredrik Alver Okkenhaug.

Consto has very successfully completed several large industrial projects in recent years, and this collaboration with Grieg Seafood marks a natural continuation of the ongoing investment within the industrial segment.

The start of construction is set for April 2024, and the construction period is two years.[...]

Source: Consto PR

Nanban shrimp successfully transported using a drone

A drone carrying about 2.2 kilograms of fresh Nanbang shrimp landed at a depth of about 400 meters off the coast of Niigata and Sado Island was airlifted between the Etsusa Strait in the Sea of ??Japan (a distance of about 56 kilometers), and then transported by Shinkansen to the Tokyo metropolitan area. A logistics demonstration test approved by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for delivery to restaurants was conducted on the 22nd. The four parties involved were Sado City and Niigata City, JR East Niigata City Create Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Niigata City, president: Hiroyuki Kotake), and drone operator AIR WINGS LLC (Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, president: Kenta Hayashi). The public and private sectors are working together to aim for commercialization in 2026.

The drone used was a fixed-wing airplane type (manufactured by Kukaikai Co., Ltd.), weighing approximately 12.5 kg, width approximately 3.5 meters, length approximately 2.4 meters, and height approximately 0.95 meters. . It is equipped with an obstacle avoidance function, and if a flight route is set in advance, it can fly autonomously while maintaining a stable altitude of approximately 120 meters.[...]

Source:  The Suizan-Keizai Daily News (translated from original in japanese)

Another Ghanaian fisheries observer has disappeared again. Samuel Abayitey was aboard a tuna vessel, 'Marine 707'. 

His work was part of a government effort to regulate over-fishing and other illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices by some trawlers, which has driven small pelagic fish, the staple diet of the coastal region, to the verge of collapse.

Since his disappearance about two weeks ago, there hasn’t been any information from the crew manager, the Fisheries Commission, the vessel owners, or other relevant stakeholders.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has confirmed the incident to JoyNews. The Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Moses Annim, says the ministry is investigating the matter.

“It has come to our attention, and we have launched an investigation into the matter. We will get to the bottom of the matter,” he stated.[...]

Source: The Herald Ghana

Characterized by a strong dispersion of actors involved in production, valorization and marketing, the Normandy algae industry wishes to become more structured, with a real stake in upstream volumes.

Smel (Syndicat Mer Énergie et Littoral) has been carrying out this desire since 2019. “But to network businesses, public authorities, professional organizations and research centers, there is work!" deplores Sébastien Pien, project manager at Smel. "Everyone has better things to do than develop this sector, it's a shame. We transmitted the mission of structuring the actors to Bioeconomy for Change, a competitiveness cluster".

The first tool that was put in place is a collaborative platform, open to all, which allows the different stakeholders to indicate their needs in expertise and equipment or, conversely, to display their partnership offers. For example, a need for dryers was identified, which allowed an algae producer to meet a start-up with a view to carrying out tests from 2024.

More generally, Normandy has strong potential: an extensive coastline rich in algae, notably ulva and sargassum (unfit for human consumption), a political will demonstrated by the Aquaculture for the Future plan supported by the State and a will of businesses in the territory.[...]

Author/Source: Vincent Schumeng/PDM (translated from original in french)

The Council of the European Union approved on Monday 27 November the regulation on autonomous tariff quotas – which make it possible to suspend customs duties – for fishery products for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026. Russia will not be able to benefit from them

The objective of this regulation is to ensure the competitiveness of the European Union (EU) fish processing sector. Tariff quotas are exceptions to the customs tariff which make it possible to totally or partially eliminate customs duties on a type of goods, for a specific period and a given quantity. They were put in place by the EU to safeguard its production and maintain a constant supply for the processing industries.

Although the new regulation, which will apply for the period 2024-2026, has not yet been published, the EU Council announced that Russian products had been excluded.  Taking into account the deterioration of relations between the EU and Russia and in order to ensure consistency with the EU's position in the framework of external action, the Council decided not to allow fishery products from Russia to benefit from exemption from duties or most favored nation treatment  , its press release indicates.[...]

Author/Source: Mélanie Chartier/Le Marin (translated from original in french)

The Norwegian Government is pressing ahead with its plan to appoint a Council to set the price norms that will be used as a basis for the new salmon tax.

The new tax, which is expected to net up to £400m a year for the Norwegian exchequer, is being fiercely opposed by the country's aquaculture sector.

Finance Minister Trygve Vedum said that the Council will be appointed before the Christmas break.

Author: Vince McDonagh / FishFarmer | Read the full article here

In front of a euphoric crowd shouting "freedom, freedom, freedom," economist Javier Milei gave a 13-minute speech as President-elect of Argentina, in which he reiterated his promise to get the neighboring country back on the path to being a power. world.

In that sense, Argentina's main bilateral trade surplus is with Chile. During 2022, the positive balance of Argentine foreign trade with Chilean territory exceeded US$ 4,150 million, with great potential to expand.

Author: Jonathan Garcés / Salmonexpert | Read the full article here

The Andalusian Government has just opened the application period for aid aimed at compensating for the temporary stoppage of coquina extraction in the Gulf of Cádiz, within the framework of the management plan for this shellfish species. The aid budget amounts to a maximum amount of 360,000 euros, 70% co-financed with funds from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (FEMPA) and 30% with funds from the Regional Government of Andalusia. Specifically, the aid will compensate for the period of temporary cessation of activity from October 3, 2023 (closing date of the Production Areas of the Gulf of Cádiz for the capture of this species) until December 3, 2023.

Source: Industrias Pesqueras | Read the full article here

Irish Fish Producers Organization CEO Aodh O’Donnell has accused Iceland of deliberately pursuing a policy of overfishing over the past decade while it fixes a unilateral mackerel quota almost three times greater than that of Ireland.

Iceland is “plundering” mackerel stocks for use in fishmeal production as part of its effort to establish claims on stocks through self-allocated quotas, according to O’Donnell, who said 120,000 metric tons of mackerel was landed by Icelandic vessels in Norwegian ports for fishmeal production in the last quarter alone.

Author: Mark Godfrey / SeafoodSource | read the full article here