Scotland’s seafood marketing agencies and producers have once again teamed up to sell the nation’s fish and shellfish to the world

Three salmon farmers are among 17 companies exhibiting in the Scotland Pavilion at stand 2F601 at the giant Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona from tomorrow until Thursday.

Scottish Sea Farms, Loch Duart, and Wester Ross Salmon have once again booked stands at the Pavilion, and are being joined by salmon smokers, shellfish producers, and three businesses owned by Aberdeen’s International Fish Canners, as well as by marketing organisation Scottish Seafood.

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The Environmental Justice Foundation has joined 75 other organisations to urge the European Parliament to adopt regulation prohibiting products made through forced labour entering the EU market.

The International Labour Organisation’s latest report suggests a staggering US$63.9 billion in illegal profits are generated globally from forced labour exploitation per year, a crime which impacts 27.6 million people globally.

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Thanks to the FAO donation of tablets for dock inspectors

Argentina has announced a reinforcement of control and inspection in ports with a maritime coast, thanks to the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Undersecretary of Environment of the Nation. Thus, the National Dock Fisheries Inspectors have been provided with 80 tablets for taking and compiling information and starting in May, data loading and processing tests will begin, the Argentine government reported.

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With a productive capacity of 14 million Smolt per year, Cermaq Chile will begin the construction of the second stage of the PCC recirculation fish farm (Canal de Chacao Fish Farm).

The project, which includes cutting-edge technology in all its production phases, will allow the complete cycle of the fish to be carried out in Fresh Water, producing smolts from eye eggs, with a minimum average weight of 150 grams.

New PCC is one of Cermaq's most important projects not only locally, but also from a global point of view.

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Norway has a new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – just six months after the appointment of Cecilie Myrseth in the role.

Myrseth moves up to Trade and Industry as part of a number of new senior appointments which the Labour-Centre Party coalition government hopes will help restore its popularity.

She only took on the Fisheries job last October after the popular Bjørnar Skjæran was unceremoniously sacked in a major reshuffle.

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REHOVOT /PRNewswire/ -- Steakholder Foods Ltd. (Nasdaq: STKH), a pioneer in 3D-printed meat and fish technology and cultivated cell innovation, announced that it has received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq"), informing the Company that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).

The Company had previously announced on October 31, 2023, that it was notified by Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), as the closing bid price of the Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") had been below $1.00 for more than 30 consecutive business days.

On April 18, 2024, Nasdaq provided confirmation to the Company that for the last 10 consecutive business days, from April 4, 2024 to April 17, 2024, the closing bid price of the ADSs was $1.00 or greater, that the Company has hence regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and that the matter is now closed.

This action proposes the 2024-2026 specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Atlantic Mackerel specifications were set through a different action.

NMFS proposes the 2024-2026 specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. This action proposes to set the 2024 Illex squid and 2024-2026 longfin squid specifications and reaffirms the 2024 chub mackerel and butterfish specifications. 

The implementing regulations for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan require us to publish specifications every fishing year for each of these species and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The proposed specifications are intended to establish allowable harvest levels that will prevent overfishing, consistent with the most recent scientific information.

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Sustainability is on the agenda and we see that trade associations and salmon producing companies are on the path to calculating and publishing their carbon footprints. To support this salmon farming process, Garware Technical Fibers has created Renew Ropes: the first anchor rope made from 100% recycled materials, the use of which leads to a 50% reduction in the carbon footprint. “The introduction of 100% recycled ends shows our commitment to the Clean Production Agreement (CPA), circularity and the reduction of plastic waste, contributing to sustainability throughout the life cycle of the products. In addition, it has exhaustive quality control of its raw materials: 100% reprocessed copolymers so that it meets the required quality,” comments Marcos Jofré, Business Associate Garware Technical Fibers Chile.

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Profand holds its own and maintains its “leading position” in the Spanish and international fishing sector by closing 2023 with a turnover of 930 million euros, in line with the 932 million in 2023. In addition, the Vigo fishing company, which in 2023 marketed 112 000 tons of fish, completed last year its ambitious investment plan that began in 2021 with the strategic objective of expanding and strengthening its industrial capacity, and promoting the group's vertical integration strategy with Mercadona. In 2023, it invested 63.3 million euros in projects such as the acquisition of a new processing plant in Boston and the purchase of its first vannamei shrimp aquaculture production farm, in Ecuador, reinforcing its commitment to aquaculture after its investments in Greece .

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Phillips Foods plans to broaden its product range to include snow crab and lobster following the acquisition of two seafood companies in Eastern Canada.

The Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.-based crabmeat specialist recently acquired the Pêcheries Bas-Caraquet Fisheries facility in Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, as well as the assets of South Shore Seafoods in a restructuring deal encompassing multiple plants in the province of Price Edward Island as well as holding tanks in Nova Scotia.

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