Bornstein expands into Alaska processing with lease takeover
The plant in the city of Seward, Alaska, a community of 2,700 people on the Kenai Peninsula, will process salmon, halibut, black cod, cod and pollock, Bornstein Seafoods said
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
Alaska bill would continue, expand seafood production tax credit
Alaska Senate Bill 33 would renew the program again through the end of 2025 and extend it to include the pollock and cod fisheries, two of the largest fisheries in the US state
Three crew from sunken Intershell vessel recovering from severe hypothermia
The US Coast Guard and local rescue crews arrived to find the men clinging to an inflatable hose used to stir up the ocean bed in search of scallops and surf clams
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
As 2022 begins, 17 tuna stocks fail MSC standards, says ISSF
Only six out of 23 major commercial tuna stocks worldwide are successfully avoiding overfishing and maintaining target stock biomass levels
UK ‘women in fisheries’ network launches
'Women work as female fishermen, in fisheries associations, they are fleet managers, policymakers and charity workers', the organization stated
Slow catches, strong demand drive H&G cod prices toward $5,000/t for China
Prices for H&G Atlantic cod are continuing to increase, with fishing slow and demand strong; the current level is the highest the price has been since 2008.
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
