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Growth in Protein Demand is Driving the Global Aquaculture Sector

21Sep

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Growth in Protein Demand is Driving the Global Aquaculture Sector

A new analysis from the San Antonio, Texas research firm Frost & Sullivan says innovation in aquaculture technologies and smart farming methodologies are revolutionizing the sector and generating billions of dollars in revenue streams. The company predicts that the market will garner $415.82 billion in revenue by 2030, up from $284.63 billion in 2021, an uptick at a compound annual growth rate of 4.3%. According to Frost and Sullivan research analyst Akheela Dhiman, the aquaculture industry has fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, after facing the most intense impact in the first half of 2020. Dhiman said that with reopening of hotels, restaurants and cafes since and recovery in global household demand have revived the aquaculture industry. To take advantage of t...

New OA, Hypoxia Report Delivered to Oregon Legislators

21Sep

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New OA, Hypoxia Report Delivered to Oregon Legislators

A new report delivered to Oregon legislators by the Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia says that impacts of ocean acidification and hypoxia are now predictable every summer. That steady increase in acidification is approaching or meeting levels problematic not only for oysters, but for crab, mussels, urchins, salmon rockfish and other species, according to the report from the Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH Council). The diverse stakeholder group provides science-based recommendations to legislators in Oregon. Since it was created by legislators in 2017, the OAH Council has worked to understand, mitigate and adapt to changing ocean conditions and associated negative impacts. Over the last two years, the OAH Counci...

Mature Snow Crab Struggling in Eastern Bering Sea, But Immature Numbers Rising

14Sep

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Mature Snow Crab Struggling in Eastern Bering Sea, But Immature Numbers Rising

A NOAA Fisheries analysis of the summer survey of Bering Sea crab stocks has concluded that in the wake of consecutive years of record warm temperatures numbers of mature male and female snow crab are still down, but there’s a significant increase in immature snow crab abundance, NOAA revealed Sept. 2. “Depending on how many of these young crabs actually survive to adulthood, this could be one bright spot for the fishing industry in a few years,” said Mike Litzow, survey lead and director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Kodiak Laboratory. “We are providing these early results to stock assessment scientists and resource managers to inform science and management discussions that will occur over the next few months to identify fishery management measures for the 2023 fishin...

EPA Extends Its Period of Consideration for Proposed Pebble Mine

14Sep

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EPA Extends Its Period of Consideration for Proposed Pebble Mine

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended its consideration period for proposed restrictions on mining at the proposed Pebble mine site in Southwest Alaska, this time until Dec. 2. The comment period was originally set to end in July, then continued to early September. While the comment period is now closed, the EPA is giving itself additional time to consider its decision. The crux of the issue is the potential adverse impact of the mine on the Bristol Bay watershed, home of the world’s largest run of sockeye salmon. The 2022 season was a record breaker for the millions of salmon caught in Bristol Bay, providing thousands of jobs to workers and millions of dollars to the industry and economy of Alaska. The EPA is currently faced with whether to withdraw proposed r...

Alaska Sea Grant Offering Strategy Session for New Seafood Harvesters

14Sep

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Alaska Sea Grant Offering Strategy Session for New Seafood Harvesters

Educational institution Alaska Sea Grant is planning a virtual and in-person strategy session on Friday, Sept. 30, for educators and training organizations whose goal is to teach newcomers to the seafood industry how to be successful in harvesting. The strategy session will be a discussion on findings of Sea Grant’s needs assessment and a chance to develop strategies to meet those needs. Attendees are welcome to participate at the Alaska Sea Grant office conference room in Anchorage or online via Zoom. Registration is required for both in-person and online participation. In-person space is limited, so those interested in being there in person are urged to register soon. Those attending via Zoom will receive a meeting link on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Sea Grant officials noted th...

Study Notes Potential Impact of Climate Change on Maritime Boundaries

14Sep

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Study Notes Potential Impact of Climate Change on Maritime Boundaries

A new study released Sept. 12 by University of Sydney researchers concludes that the rules for atolls and coral reefs in international law of the sea, already subject to interpretation due to their shifting nature, will be under greater stress as sea levels rise and ocean acidification disrupts reef integrity. These reef islands, found across the Indo-Pacific are already growing and shrinking due to complex biological and physical processes yet to be fully understood, and now climate change is leading to new uncertainties for legal maritime zones and small island states, according to the study, which was published in Environmental Research Letters. Thomas Fellowes, a postdoctoral research associate at the university and the lead author of the paper, called the situation “a perfec...

Fishing Industry Pinpointed as Common Culprit in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

14Sep

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Fishing Industry Pinpointed as Common Culprit in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A new study on the gigantic garbage patch floating in the North Pacific Ocean points to a major source of that trash: the fishing industry. To date the trash pile, also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, has accumulated some 80,000 tons of plastic waste and that estimate continues to climb, according to an article in Popular Science, which sites the study by six researchers from the Netherlands published in Scientific Reports. Most of that litter in the ocean is delivered by way of rivers that carry waste and human pollution from land to sea, but the origin of floating debris in offshore areas is not fully understood. An analysis of the garbage by the nonprofit project Ocean Cleanup found that 75-86% of the floating plastics come from offshore fishing and aquaculture ac...

IYS Research Continues on Salmon in Open Ocean

7Sep

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IYS Research Continues on Salmon in Open Ocean

Researchers participating in the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) are preparing to bring a team to Vancouver, Canada in October for a preliminary review of expedition findings on what happens to salmon in the North Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of Alaska. Organizers of the IYS Synthesis Symposium, slated for Oct. 4-6 in Vancouver, Canada, identified as the ultimate goal developing a roadmap for the resilience of salmon and people through 2030. Synthesis papers and presentations given during the symposium are to be used to identify critical knowledge or method gaps and potential solutions to inform that roadmap, they said. Lab work is ongoing as scientists from five international research vessels that participated in the IYS Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition betwee...

Alaska Symphony of Seafood Calls for Product for 2023 Competition

7Sep

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Alaska Symphony of Seafood Calls for Product for 2023 Competition

A call for product is out for the 2023 Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition, with judging in November in Seattle and the winners to be announced in February during an open house in Juneau, where invited guests include members of the Alaska Legislature. The deadline for entries is Oct. 21. Details and entry forms are the website of the event organizer, the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF), at https://www.afdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023ASOS_CallForProducts.pdf. Judging is in Seattle on Nov. 16, prior to the Seattle Open House, co-hosted by Northwest Fisheries Association at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center, with invited guests from the seafood industry, plus sponsors and news media. The next event is the awards ceremony in Juneau on Feb. 23, co-hoste...

Evolution of Alaska Pollock Fishery Discussion On Topic For Annual GAPP Meeting

7Sep

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Evolution of Alaska Pollock Fishery Discussion On Topic For Annual GAPP Meeting

Top officials with Arctic Storm Management Group and Glacier Fish Co. will discuss the evolution of the wild Alaska Pollock fishery in a panel discussion during the annual meeting of the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) on Oct. 17 at the Seattle Westin hotel. The idea of a panel to discuss the rise of the multi-million-dollar Alaska Pollock industry came from Bob Desautel, chairman of the board of GAPP and president and chief operating officer of Global Seafoods. Panelists include Wally Pereyra, chairman of Arctic Storm Management Group; Doug Christensen, president and chief executive officer of Arctic Storm; and Jim Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Glacier Fish Co. DeSautel said he felt the panel discussion detailing how far this fishery has come and the s...