Latest Fishing News
11-17 January 2022
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Ecuador Expands Protected Area Around Galapagos Islands
Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso announced Friday that his government will expand protected waters off the Galapagos Islands to include a migratory corridor for sharks, turtles, fish and marine mammals.
The presidential decree will create more than 23,000 square miles of newly protected ocean around one of the planet’s most biodiverse marine ecosystems — a place where penguins and tropical fish swim with sea turtles and sea lions, as migrating hammerheads and tuna maneuver through the cold waters to mate, spawn and feed. The protections will extend north to Costa Rica’s southern maritime border.
The new reserve will “protect the submarine mountains” that extend northeast of the Galapagos archipelago toward Costa Rica’s Cocos Island, and keep long-lining and other fishing out of an area that animals use as a “subway” to traverse this environmentally rich area, said Gustavo Manrique, Ecuador’s environment minister.
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US Fresh, Frozen Seafood Retail Sales Set Records in 2021
Sales of frozen and fresh seafood in the U.S. hit all-time highs in 2021, primarily driven by inflation.
Retail seafood sales hit new highs in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic buying sprees and more consumers eating at home, but 2021’s sales totals eclipsed the previous year, IRI and 210 Analytics said in a new report. Fresh seafood sales rose 4 percent compared to 2020 and 30.8 percent versus 2019, reaching USD 7.1 billion (EUR 6.3 billion). Frozen seafood sales rose 2.8 percent compared to 2020 and 40.8 percent versus 2019, reach USD 7.2 billion (EUR 6.4 billion).
“Fresh and frozen seafood retail sales reached new records in 2021, boosted by robust demand as well as inflation,” 210 Analytics Principal Anne-Marie Roerink told SeafoodSource. Continue reading here (Source: SeafoodSource).
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IOTC Publishes 2022 Yellowfin Tuna Catch Limits
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has, on the recommendation of its scentific committee, set the catch limit for yellowfin tuna at 287,140 metric tons (MT) in 2022.
IOTC Executive Secretary Christopher O’Brien said in early January that 24 of the commission’s members have been allocated varying catch limits in line with committee recommendations, with the European Union, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Yemen taking the lion’s share of the yellowfin tuna catch allocations.
O’Brien said the published 2022 catch limit list for yellowfin tuna is provisional, because the 2021 catch data – used to calculate the 2022 catch limits – will not be available until June 2022 for all gears except longline, and until December 2022 for longline. Continue reading here (Source: SeafoodSource).
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Boston Seafood Show Will Go On Despite Cancellations
Earlier this week Peter Pan Seafood of Alaska said it was pulling out because of fears over the spread of the Omicron version of coronavirus, sparking fears that others could soon follow.
Cermaq has also announced in the past 48 hours that it will not attend.
But the show organisers have received several messages of support from several big companies and have re-affirmed that the 40th edition of what is officially called Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America will take place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre between March 13th and March 15th. Continue reading here (Source: Fish Farmer).
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Tonga Assesses Damage After Tsunami, With Drinking Water and Ash Among Concerns
Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, which is isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash.
Australia’s Minister for the Pacific Zed Seselja said initial reports suggested no mass casualties from Saturday’s eruption and tsunami but Australian police had visited beaches and reported significant damage with “houses thrown around.”
“We know there is some significant damage, and know there is significant damage to resorts,” he said in an interview with an Australian radio station, adding that Tonga’s airport appeared to be in relatively good condition. Continue reading here (Source: NBC News).
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USDA Amends Temporary Permits for Tuna Canners
In an agency notice dated Dec. 21 and publicly released this month, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it’s amending temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and StarKist Seafood Co. to market test canned tuna.
The FDA noted previous amendments made to the two companies permits going back to 2014 were last amended earlier this year.
Under the new notice, FDA said temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods now allow the test product to be manufactured at one additional plant location in Mexico.
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Ecuador Increases 51% Annual Oil Sales in 2021 and Improves Those of Shrimp and Tuna
Ecuador in 2021 increased annual oil exports by up to 51% and considerably improved shrimp exports, in addition to increasing income from coffee, tuna, fish and flowers, which are among its main sales products, the Central Bank (BCE) reported on Sunday.
The South American country, whose dollarized economy depends on crude oil, increased oil sales by 51%, from 4,685 million dollars in 2020 to 7,090 million between January and November 2021, according to the most recent report of the entity.
On his side, shrimp exports rose 24%, from 3,824 million to 4,755 million dollars.
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Catalyst for Growth of Vietnam's Tuna Exports
The three-digit growth rate of Vietnam’s tuna exports to Mexico and Israel is considered a catalyst for a strong increase of over 16 percent of the country’s total tuna export value in 2021.
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), Vietnamese tuna is now available in 140 countries around the world. Export of the product earned the country 757 million USD last year, up 16.6 percent year-on-year.
Notably, tuna sales to Mexico and Israel soared by 143 percent and 201 percent against the previous year, respectively. Continue reading here (Source: Vietnam+).
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Current MGO Price Indications
*Prices are indications only.
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USD2.87/gallon | USD760/KL |
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USD2.80/gallon | USD740/KL |
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USD2.65/gallon | USD700/KL |
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USD2.53/gallon | USD668/KL |
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USD3.05/gallon | USD805/KL |
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USD2.75/gallon | USD728/KL |
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USD2.21/gallon | USD584/KL |
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USD3.98/gallon | USD1051/KL |
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USD2.60/gallon | USD687/KL |
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Pago Pago, American Samoa |
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USD2.72/gallon | USD719/KL |
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USD2.58/gallon | USD682/KL |
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USD2.72/gallon | USD718/KL |
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USD2.78/gallon | USD734/KL |
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USD2.95/gallon | USD781/KL |
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