Spain’s Profand appoints board of directors, Caladero name disappears
Profand has completed a corporate restructuring after the entry, last September, of the investment arm of Banca March, Corporacion Financiera Alba
China’s 14th five-year plan targets aquaculture, fishing boost
The plan comes as China cracks down on pollution from aquaculture and tightens domestic fisheries management
US House passes trade competitiveness bill with SIMP expansion provisions
The US House of Representatives has voted, 222-210, to pass HR 4521, the America Competes Act, including a provision that would expand SIMP to cover all species
Icelandic surveys suggest this season’s capelin quota will drop 100,000t
Surveys conducted through the second half of January suggest that the spawning stock stands at 1.1m metric tons, which would mean a quota of around 800,000t
Norway’s pelagic exports drop for January, capelin fishing off Iceland remains tough
Exports of herring were down 46% in volume terms for January, with mackerel down 39%, due to lower catches year-on-year
Fishing bodies urge EU to protect coastal jobs in Med
Officials from the Directorate-General on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries did not attend the meeting of the Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries
Seafood firms join push to cut SIMP parts out of fast-moving China bill
The late-added SIMP measures 'will impose requirements on seafood companies so complex that much of the supply chain is likely to grind to a halt in response'
Norway mackerel export prices kick off 2022 at two-year high
Prices for 600g-or-under mackerel from Norway have started the year at or near NOK 18/kg, while frozen herring export prices have been falling since the turn of the year
Namibian gov’t demands $213m in back taxes from Samherji
Namibian authorities claim this figure was owed by Samherji subsidiaries to the government before the Fishrot corruption scandal broke in 2019
Faroese also gain MSC for their share of Icelandic capelin
Now catches of Icelandic capelin by Iceland, Norway and the Faroese can all carry the MSC label
