Emmanuel Samoglou is a journalist and writer based in Toronto, Canada who has been writing about fisheries and oceans for a decade. His work has taken him around the world, with the majority of that time spent in the South Pacific covering the region's tuna fisheries, geopolitics, and the effects of climate change.
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New Zealand Coastal Seafoods has recorded a big uptick in sales.
NZCS manufactures products including packaged cooked maw, abalone, bulk dried green shell mussels, and a range of nutraceutical ingredients that include powders and oils produced with oysters.
Its current revenue tally for the first half of fiscal 2023 hit NZD 2 million (USD 1.3 million, EUR 1.26 million) by the end of November, surpassing last year’s entire H1 sales by 27
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Ongoing research being carried out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is providing insight into historically poor chinook and chum salmon runs in the U.S. state of Alaska.
The latest research by NOAA is indicating that factors such as poor diet, changes in metabolism, and an increase in parasitic infection among chinook have likely contributed to bad runs on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers for the previous two years.
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Despite a slower fishing season thus far, 2022 is still being described as a strong year for Pacific halibut.
As of mid-November, Pacific halibut landings had reached 25.5 million pounds, according to an International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) report. With fishing set to close on 7 December, only 77 percent of the annual catch limit of 33.18 million pounds had been caught as of 15 November, according to the report.
The latest numbers
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is projecting another strong year for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishing in 2023.
Following a record-breaking 2022, the ADFG is forecasting a run of 51 million sockeye. Although that’s a 35 percent decrease from this year’s catch, next year’s estimate is still projected to be among the top five strongest in the last 20 years, and 40 percent greater than the average annual run recorded
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Low returns of wild salmon in the Canadian province of British Columbia over the summer have those involved in B.C.'s commercial fishery concerned about its future.
Wild salmon species failed to return in expected numbers in some rivers this year, most notably the Fraser River. And where there were reports of strong runs, a lack of commercial infrastructure limited the harvest.
According to the B.C. Salmon Marketing Council, wild
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British Columbia’s wild salmon industry is facing lower prices and a loss of access to premium export markets with the expiration of Marine Stewardship Council certification for three key species.
The demise of the industry’s ability to use the eco-label began in 2019, when the Canadian Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Society (CPSFS) self-suspended its MSC certification for B.C.’s sockeye, pink, and chum salmon fisheries. The
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Canadian fishery officers participating in a multinational maritime surveillance mission have uncovered a number of violations on the high seas of the North Pacific, including incidents of shark fishing.
Dubbed Operation North Pacific Guard, the annual international law enforcement operation also included law enforcement officials from the United States, South Korea, and Japan.
Canadian officers discovered an undisclosed number of violations,
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Recovery efforts from post-tropical storm Fiona continue in Eastern Canada, where thousands of lobster traps have recently been recovered in the Northumberland Strait.
Canadian harvesters and processors were hit hard in mid-September 2022 when the storm slammed into Canada's east coast, leaving thousands without power and causing nearly USD 500 million (EUR 512 million) in insured damages, according to one estimate, the CBC reported.
The storm
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A coalition Liberal-National government will introduce mandatory country- of-origin seafood labelling laws should it claim power in this month’s election in the Australian state of Victoria.
Bill Tilley, an elected member of Victoria’s Parliament and shadow minister for fishing and boating, said the changes will allow diners at pubs, cafés, restaurants, and other foodservice establishments to know the country of origin for
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A prototype for New Zealand’s first sustainable, land-based salmon farm is in the early stages of development.
Queenstown-based Mt Cook Alpine Salmon’s USD 9.7 million (EUR 9.7 million) recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) project, which has received significant government financial support, aims to create a 1000 metric ton (MT) “hybrid” facility that partially emulates its existing glacial-fed canal system for
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