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200 days until The 14th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition takes place! Over 65% of Spaces filled! The highly anticipated 14th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition (IceFish) celebrating 40 years will take place 18-20 September 2024 at the Smárinn, Fifan Halls Kópavogur, Iceland. A must-attend event for all commercial fishing, processing, seafood and aquaculture organisation. Processing and value added continues to be a big focus for the Icelandic fishing, seafood and aquaculture sector. The latest 2022 Icelandic catch statistics boasts an impressive increase of 23% to 1.4 billion tonnes over the past 12 months creating an air of optimism in the industry. Icefish 2024 couldn’t be at a better time. #icefish 🐟 #100percentfish

Actus Mer/Sea News: Managing a multi-species fishery in distant waters: the case of the Spanish-flagged purse seine fishery targeting tropical tuna in the Indian Ocean - Frontiers in Marine Science: According to the latest report on the state of World Food and Agriculture Organization fisheries and aquaculture (SOFIA, 2022), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) are among the five most caught finfish species of the world, with 2,827 and 1,569 thousand tons in 2020, respectively. The tropical purse seiners deploy large nets around tuna schools in the tropical waters of the world. This method targets three main tuna species, skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye (Thunnus obesus) tunas, which are mainly used for canning or frozen markets. This important fishery provides employment opportunities for many people in developing countries. Landings for the European long-distance fishery targeting tuna and tuna-like fishes from Indian Ocean, amounted to 303,638 tons valued at EUR 423.7 million (Prellezo et al., 2022), where the Spanish fleet of purse seiners targeting tropical tuna is the most important. The Spanish tropical purse seine fleet fishing in the Indian Ocean accounts for 26% of the skipjack and yellowfin tunas caught from Indian Ocean, which represent approximately 3% of worldwide catch for both species. http://dlvr.it/SsJ5wX

Earlier in December, Ole Høstmark from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries Fiskeridirektoratet (fiskeridir.no) and Ina Helene Ahlquist, Hanne Hjelle Hatlebrekke, and Rachel Tiller from SINTEF Ocean hosted a workshop in Tromsø with fishers and representatives from various fishers’ organisations. The goal of the workshop was to gain insights into the question: “What will enable the implementation of automatic catch registration on board fishing vessels?” Read more about the process at everyfish.eu/news 🐟 #fisheries #sustainability #horizoneurope #technology #everyfish #biodiversity #oceanscience #fisheriestechnology

Madagascar has recently released its inaugural fisheries transparency report, marking a significant milestone in efforts to enhance openness, democratization, and sustainability within its fisheries industry. The report, developed in accordance with the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), offers crucial insights into traditional, artisanal, and industrial fishing activities. It includes previously undisclosed details on laws, regulations, tenure arrangements, access agreements, and assesses transparency based on data accessibility across six thematic areas outlined by the FiTI Standard. ➡️ Learn about Madagascar's crucial steps towards improving Fisheries Transparency 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gYZBV5uC Credit: South Western Indian Ocean Tuna Forum (SWIOTUNA) #FisheriesManagement

Today, the workshop on financing the energy transition has started! The workshop is open to stakeholders that want to play a role in enhancing the financing environment to accelerate the energy transition in the fisheries, aquaculture and other related sectors. The discussions between stakeholders will then be the basis for a summary paper, which will draw up the most important issues, challenges, opportunities and findings. This initiative stems from the new stakeholder cooperation on the #EnergyTransition in the EU #fisheries & #aquaculture sector.🌊 👉 https://europa.eu/!PRFCg7

Privileged to deliver the opening address and welcome at the Awareness enhancing workshop (17-19October 2023) on Foresight studies for relevant fisheries and aquaculture contributions through the EU supported FishGov2 project with AU-IBAR and co-implementors AUDA-NEPAD. The aim of this 3-day workshop is to inform decision-makers on the results and recommendations from the Foresight analyses conducted by the team of experts from Rhodes University. With evidence-based policy reforms, AUDA-NEPAD aims to improve access to quality knowledge products for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture policies. Looking forward to hearing the results and discussing how these findings will impact our policy decisions going forward. #Fisheries #Aquaculture #Sustainability #PolicyReforms

Attention #fisheries & #aquaculture businesses 📅 On 23-25 April, the European Market Observatory for fisheries and aquaculture products will be at Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global 2024 🌐     Join the EUMOFA experts in Barcelona, where they'll be showcasing the latest in the fisheries and aquaculture market from Stand 4F700 in Hall 4.   The participants can follow two presentations: A study “Fresh European Seabass, with focus on the price structure along the supply chain in Spain, Greece and Italy”, will be presented in Spanish at 11:30 the Conselleria do Mar- Xunta de Galicia stand in hall 4. A presentation “The French shellfish sector in the EU market” will be delivered in English at 15:45 at the Business France stand in hall 3. EUMOFA is not just about market data, but also offers free scientific analysis focused on aquaculture and fisheries products - a perfect tool for the sector to make informed decisions that drive profitability and sustainability. https://europa.eu/!BvXFnm

Why partnerships are the key to our success! Without our incredible, supportive and strong research and funding partners, we would not be able to do what we're doing. Here are a few things we are working on right now that we could not do without such a strong team of supporters! 👉 Raft expansion 👉 Translocation 👉 Lobster health and biosecurity 👉 Our newly commissioned nursery 👉 Hatchery improvements 👉 Lobster grow-out research 👉 Market research To become the world's first successful commercially sustainable Tropical Rock Lobster aquaculture requires a lot of moving parts, something we simply couldn't do without the following partners - ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Onshore Lobster Aquaculture Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) University of Tasmania JSJ Seafood @Maxima Honey & Fox PFG FRDC - Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) Townsville Enterprise (TEL) #Ornatas #aquaculture #sustainable #TropicalRockLobster #partnerships

I will participating in a Workshop about the concept of the digital Twin of the ocean in the fisheries field in the Fishforum from 19th to 23th of February 2024

Even before starting my 2023 retrospective, fresh news about our recent paper on reef fisheries in Brazil. Happy to have been invited by the ReefSYN - Reef Synthesis Group. It has been supported by the Center for Synthesis in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SinBiose) of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Enjoy the reading, and please note that the number and diversity of species and the magnitudes of landings have been increasing over time, emphasizing that proper fisheries management is needed. #fish #fisheriesmanagement #fisheries #coralreefs #marinebiodiversity CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico USP - Universidade de São Paulo FAPESP IPBES