Welcome   Sponsored By
Subscribe | Register | Advertise | Newsletter | About us | Contact us
   


Permits will be auctiones with validity for 20 years to fish 50,000 tonnes of horse mackerel. (Photo: Stock File)

Bidders in first horse mackerel auction double expected number

Click on the flag for more information about Chile CHILE
Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 01:00 (GMT + 9)

More than double the number of interested parties, compared to what the government had forecast, showed up to compete in the unprecedented tender for a significant volume of horse mackerel, one of the three main fisheries in the country, and which last year exported about USD 96 million.

A total of 58 actors from the sector, including industrialists, small businesses and artisanal fishermen submitted their proposals for this auction that is being held for the first time since the current Fisheries Act (2013), El Mercurio reported.

The "loot" in dispute consists of transferable licenses valid for 20 years for a total of 50,000 tonnes of horse mackerel, a volume valued -- according to the price of the product on the beach -- at USD 15 million, a figure that could vary upwards if the offers are competitive. The allocation will be performed between this Tuesday and Thursday.

"We have seen great interest from different actors in being able to enter the horse mackerel fishery throughout Chile. We have received more bids than we had thought, therefore, we consider that this auction has been satisfactory," says Pablo Berazaluce, Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA).

This tender was activated because the horse mackerel fishery reached the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), that is to say, it is a resource that is healthy and exploited in a sustainable manner. An example of this is that Chile retained a 64.6 per cent participation in catches of this resource at the last January meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), held in Australia. That percentage is equivalent to some 317,000 tonnes for this year while in 2018 it will rise to around 360,000 tonnes.

The ongoing auction corresponds to 15 per cent of the fraction of the industrial fishing companies, for this reason, a part of the interested parties are companies of that sector, says the head of SUBPESCA Division of Fishing Development, Alejandro Gertosio. The others are artisanal fishermen and small firms, he adds. Until last Friday, the Undersecretariat was reviewing whether the bids submitted by the interested parties were in order to follow the economic proposal opening phase.

Gertosio said that originally they expected that between 20 and 30 bidders made their offer, but eventually they were 58, of which about 50 would meet the requirements to continue in the race this week. Those interested make their offers in UTM per each ton.

The tender contemplates two large batches. One considers 40 per cent of the volume and smaller companies and industrialists can participate. The other 60 per cent is reserved exclusively for smaller companies, which worried the traditional industrialists, who asked that only 10 per cent of the resources should be auctioned to small actors.

The quotas obtained via tender are called Type B Fishing Tradable Licenses and are transferable rights with a validity of 20 years. That term was one of the factors that aroused the fishermen’s interest.

In the Biobío Region, 35,000 tonnes of horse mackerel will be tendered; in the northern zone, some 7,800 tonnes; while in the south and in the centre-north they will be 4,900 and 1,600 tonnes, respectively.

The schedule of the tender considers that on Tuesday the horse mackerel quotas of Regions III and IV will be allocated. On Wednesday the auction of the area between regions V and IX will take place.

Thursday, meanwhile, is the turn of regions II and XV, ending the process that same day with zones XIV and X.

Source: Marco Gutiérrez V. / El Mercurio

Click here to see the full news from El Mercurio (Spanish)

Related article:

- First time horse mackerel auction to be performed

editorial@seafood.media
www.seafood.media


 Print


Click to know how to advertise in FIS
MORE NEWS
China
Mar 29, 07:40 (GMT + 9):
Southeast Pacific Squid Index: Giant squid (dosidicus gigas)
Canada
Mar 29, 07:10 (GMT + 9):
Cooke Aquaculture Named One of Atlantic Canada’s Top Employers
France
Mar 29, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
Other Media | The Fishing Daily: French Minister Urges Dialogue Over UK Expansion of Marine Protected Areas
Thailand
Mar 29, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
Thai Union Collaborates to Achieve Zero Wastewater Discharge and Establish an Industry Learning Center
Russian Federation
Mar 29, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
Russia and China Combat Illegal Fishing: Electronic Certificates of Legality for Catches
United Kingdom
Mar 29, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
Brexit costs Scotland up to USD 126.09 million-a-year in lost salmon exports
Japan
Mar 29, 03:00 (GMT + 9):
Driftnet fishing for salmon and trout starts early. Agreement with Russia
Russian Federation
Mar 29, 01:00 (GMT + 9):
Will the Russian Far East be the country with the most snow crabs in 2025?
Viet Nam
Mar 29, 01:00 (GMT + 9):
Shrimp exports from Ecuador are facing many challenges
Australia
Mar 28, 21:10 (GMT + 9):
IN BRIEF - At WTO, Australia seeks details on India's fisheries plan
Croatia
Mar 28, 21:00 (GMT + 9):
IN BRIEF - Cromaris business results in 2023
United States
Mar 28, 07:20 (GMT + 9):
AQUA Cultured Foods Partners with Ginkgo Bioworks to Optimize Alt-Seafood Production
United States
Mar 28, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
Seafood Expo Global Announced Finalists of the 2024 Seafood Excellence Global Awards
Norway
Mar 28, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
Borealis and AKVA group launch groundbreaking Polarcirkel™ workboat hull crafted from renewable feedstock-based plastic
Viet Nam
Mar 28, 07:00 (GMT + 9):
China & HK imported 75 million USD of Vietnamese pangasius



Lenguaje
FEATURED EVENTS
  
TOP STORIES
Clipfish challenges in Brazil: Port bureaucracy stops millions worth
Brazil More and more clipfish containers are being stopped in Brazilian ports. - Complicated regulations make market access challenging, to say the least, say Norwegian exporters who risk large losses. Bra...
Catches in the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea
Russia Fed. Situational update as of 03/24/2024 Source: Stockfile FIS Sea of Okhotsk (pollock) According to OSM data in the Sea of Okhotsk, pollock catch (industrial and coastal fisheries) as of March 24, 20...
Productive Development of the Fishing Activity
Peru Fishing Sector Bulletin - January 2024 The landing of hydrobiological resources registered a negative interannual variation of 62.7%, as a result of the lower landing of fishing resources for indirec...
NGO Sues UK Government Over International Fishing Quotas
United Kingdom Blue Marine Foundation, a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health, has launched legal proceedings over the government’s decision to set fishing opportunities, for more than half UK st...
 

Maruha Nichiro Corporation
Nichirei Corporation - Headquarters
Pesquera El Golfo S.A.
Ventisqueros - Productos del Mar Ventisqueros S.A
Wärtsilä Corporation - Wartsila Group Headquarters
ITOCHU Corporation - Headquarters
BAADER - Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH+Co.KG (Head Office)
Inmarsat plc - Global Headquarters
Marks & Spencer
Tesco PLC (Supermarket) - Headquarters
Sea Harvest Corporation (PTY) Ltd. - Group Headquarters
I&J - Irvin & Johnson Holding Company (Pty) Ltd.
AquaChile S.A. - Group Headquarters
Pesquera San Jose S.A.
Nutreco N.V. - Head Office
CNFC China National Fisheries Corporation - Group Headquarters
W. van der Zwan & Zn. B.V.
SMMI - Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Co., Ltd. - Headquarters
Icicle Seafoods, Inc
Starkist Seafood Co. - Headquearters
Trident Seafoods Corp.
American Seafoods Group LLC - Head Office
Marel - Group Headquarters
SalMar ASA - Group Headquarters
Sajo Industries Co., Ltd
Hansung Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
BIM - Irish Sea Fisheries Board (An Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
COPEINCA ASA - Corporacion Pesquera Inca S.A.C.
Chun Cheng Fishery Enterprise Pte Ltd.
VASEP - Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters & Producers
Gomes da Costa
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. (Headquarters)
NISSUI - Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. - Group Headquarters
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization - Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (Headquarter)
Hagoromo Foods Co., Ltd.
Koden Electronics Co., Ltd. (Headquarters)
A.P. Møller - Maersk A/S - Headquarters
BVQI - Bureau Veritas Quality International (Head Office)
UPS - United Parcel Service, Inc. - Headquarters
Brim ehf (formerly HB Grandi Ltd) - Headquarters
Hamburg Süd Group - (Headquearters)
Armadora Pereira S.A. - Grupo Pereira Headquarters
Costa Meeresspezialitäten GmbH & Co. KG
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Headquarters)
Mowi ASA (formerly Marine Harvest ASA) - Headquarters
Marubeni Europe Plc -UK-
Findus Ltd
Icom Inc. (Headquarter)
WWF Centroamerica
Oceana Group Limited
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. - Headquarters
Friosur S.A. - Headquarters
Cargill, Incorporated - Global Headquarters
Benihana Inc.
Leardini Pescados Ltda
CJ Corporation  - Group Headquarters
Greenpeace International - The Netherlands | Headquarters
David Suzuki Foundation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada -Communications Branch-
Mitsui & Co.,Ltd - Headquarters
NOREBO Group (former Ocean Trawlers Group)
Natori Co., Ltd.
Carrefour Supermarket - Headquarters
FedEx Corporation - Headquarters
Cooke Inc. - Group Headquarters
AKBM - Aker BioMarine ASA
Seafood Choices Alliance -Headquarter-
Austevoll Seafood ASA
Walmart | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Supermarket) - Headquarters
New Japan Radio Co.Ltd (JRC) -Head Office-
Gulfstream JSC
Marine Stewardship Council - MSC Worldwide Headquarters
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Headquarter)
Genki Sushi Co.,Ltd -Headquarter-
Iceland Pelagic ehf
AXA Assistance Argentina S.A.
Caterpillar Inc. - Headquarters
Tiger Brands Limited
SeaChoice
National Geographic Society
AmazonFresh, LLC - AmazonFresh

Copyright 1995 - 2024 Seafood Media Group Ltd.| All Rights Reserved.   DISCLAIMER