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Hey. Long time no see friends. TL;DR The API is now a powerful new tool to help you access and utilize fishery information. We’ve made it ridiculously easy for anyone to ensure the sustainability and legality of your seafood supply chain. Check out the blog post (that we spent far too long formatting, for your reading pleasure.) 🎣 #seafood #traceability #duedilligence #fisheries #maliburum 🍹 https://lnkd.in/gegX9W8n

New strategy ensures Barramundi stock is in abundance 🐟🐟 Media release by Northern Territory Seafood Council: Seafood plays a significant role in our Australian lifestyle, is key to a healthy diet, and is central to the social and food culture of many Australians. ‘In supplying the iconic wild caught Barramundi, industry is committed to ensuring sustainability,’ said Northern Territory Seafood Council, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Katherine Winchester. ‘Through innovation and the best available science, industry’s goal is to deliver the highest quality seafood and world-leading sustainability. This includes adopting a best-practice approach to operational fisheries management. ‘Despite the highly selective nature of gillnets used for harvesting Barramundi and King Threadfin, the Seafood Council acknowledges concerns about unintended bycatch from this gear type. Innovations are set to be rolled out during the 2024 Barramundi season, with extensive research on reducing interactions further, as well as, a program of electronic and real time monitoring to provide transparency and accountability. Whilst the sustainability of Barramundi stocks is not in question, the ongoing review of the Barramundi fishery has recognised the need to maintain a high level (abundance) of Barramundi across the fishery. An innovative interim commercial harvest strategy has been implemented to ensure that abundance is not negatively impacted by commercial effort. Standard commercial harvest strategies aim to deliver maximum catch or economic returns. Whilst the harvest strategy only impacts commercial operations, it is entirely driven by the objectives of maintaining high abundance levels, an objective agreed by all stakeholders. The Seafood Council, industry and all stakeholder representatives collaborated in the development of these important initiatives through the Barramundi Fishery Management Advisory Committee (BFMAC) a governance structure established by the Northern Territory Government - Fisheries Division to consult on how we best manage the fishery for all Territorians. The Seafood Council acknowledges the role of all stakeholders in supporting the NT Fisheries Division to finalise the development of these important strategies. We remain committed to finalising the review process for this iconic fishery and note the importance of maintaining a collaborative and open process. View full media release here >> https://lnkd.in/g3gACrhR Photo supplied by Wild Barra Fisheries 🐟

Media Release - Northern Territory Seafood Council responds to Territory Labor’s election commitment to ban gill nets to boost recreational fishing The Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC) strongly opposes Chief Minister Eva Lawler’s announcement to ban the use of commercial gillnets to boost recreational fishing in the Northern Territory. The policy is aimed at grabbing votes from a noisy minority and lacks economic or scientific credibility. ‘The consequence of this decision is to undermine the objectives, policies and procedures that the Government has tasked the NT Fisheries to implement,’ said Northern Territory Seafood Council, Chief Executive Officer, Mr Daniel Capps. ‘It is a cavalier approach that risks good governance based on transparency and accountability. ‘Policy developed for political expedience undermines the Government and erodes investor confidence. ‘This policy will harm the livelihoods of professional fishers, including Aboriginal Coastal Licence holders, and reduce the availability of wild-caught Barramundi and King Threadfin for Territorians and visitors. ‘So, what influences have resulted in the Lawler Government making this choice? It certainly isn’t data or science – her own Department have confirmed that Barramundi stocks are in pristine condition. ‘Further, most of the key recreational fishing areas are closed to commercial Barramundi fishing. There is no evidence that banning gillnets will boost recreational fishing,' said Mr Capps. When governments make policy on the run there can be unintended and disastrous consequences. The NT Government should support those in a sector that is facing difficulties due to external factors, with sound and well considered Government objectives and policies. The Northern Territory Seafood Council is committed to the following: • Ensure the sustainable delivery of seafood to the community; • Continue to support agreed policies and decision-making frameworks for the sector; • Continue to advocate for contemporary management arrangements to be implemented and supported by verifiable research; • Continue to support evidence-based resource-sharing arrangements to ensure fisheries are managed sustainably and that conflict between users is minimised; • Engage with members, Traditional Owners and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the highest standards of fishing practice that retains the iconic value and quality of our public resource; and • Working with the Northern Land Council to negotiate commercially viable access arrangements with Traditional Owners. The NTSC supports the Government’s commitment to economic development and investment attraction. Policy delivered as a response to noise from minority groups will not provide a stable jurisdiction for such investment.

It is necessary to develop more detailed and consistent regulations on seafood production for export in line with the implementation of solutions towards sustainable and responsible fishing practices #Vietnam https://lnkd.in/gKpxKw_q

🍣 Eunha Fisheries x Sushiro: A Fresh Take on Sushi 🐟 Eunha Fisheries, our esteemed parent company, has just leveled up the sushi game by partnering with Sushiro, the largest sushi chain around the globe. This collaboration is all about bringing top-notch frozen flatfish from the shores of Busan to sushi enthusiasts everywhere. What's the big deal? It's all in the tech! Eunha Fisheries uses cutting-edge automation to ensure the flatfish remains as fresh as the ocean breeze by the time it lands on your sushi plate. This innovation not only keeps the taste and texture on point but also showcases Korean expertise in the global food arena. And here's where it gets interesting: you can find our products far and wide, from the bustling aisles of Costco and E-Mart to the digital carts of Coupang and Market Kurly. Yes, we're pretty much everywhere you're looking for quality seafood. So, next time you're savoring a piece of sushi, take a moment to appreciate the journey it's been on. Thanks to Eunha Fisheries, that bite is more than just a meal; it's a testament to innovation and tradition coming together, right from Korea to your plate. Stay tuned for more as Eunha Fisheries continues to redefine what's possible in the world of sushi. 🌐 🔗 [Read the full article here]; https://lnkd.in/gxWBSdbX

Vilanculos in the province of Inhambane opens fishing season for more than four thousand tons. SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2023 BY SALVADOR BALOI After three months of closure, the district of Vilanculos, in the southern province of Inhambane, reopened the artisanal fishing season for the 2023/2024 period on Friday (September 1).. According to official data provided by the District Services for Economic Activities (SDAE), quoted by Revista Terra, the plan for this year is just over four thousand tons (4,067.4), corresponding to an increase in production of 10% compared to last year. The official opening of the season was marked by a seafood fair on Saturday (2) which, according to official sources, ?aimed to publicize the seafood preserved by the fence and ensure that there are no post-catch losses due to a lack of buyers? The Vilanculos district has a coastline of more than 150 km, exploited by around 2970 artisanal fishermen (in particular), who make up ten Community Fishing Councils and one association. Among the seafood that identifies the Vilanculos district are oysters, shrimp, lobster, crab, octopus, and many varieties of fish, mostly sold on the national market. Article by MZNEWS pic for illustration

FISH CONSUMPTION FALLS BY 15.6% IN 2022 The Spanish fishing sector, represented by the #Spanish #Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca - Confederación Española de Pesca), has once again drawn attention to the continuous decline in the consumption of #fishery products in Spanish households. #fish #shellfish #seafood https://lnkd.in/eG8jRD23

From fortune cookies to fortune-telling fish: our work for the Global Tuna Alliance’s international campaigns in 2022-23 has built on a theme of prophecies and portents. What underpinned our campaign for sustainable tuna management in the Western-Central Pacific is the uneasy truth that while all tropical tuna stocks are currently healthy, without harvest strategies, their futures are left to fortune. This brought us to our campaign tagline: “Secure a future fortuna” - wordplay that not only nods to the Roman Goddess of fortune, but sends a clear message to decision-makers that major tuna buyers, such as the Partners of the GTA, are looking for long-term security to make long-term commitments to source their tuna from the region. And this wasn’t just a campaign concept - we brought Fortuna to life in a palm-size novelty product. You may recognise the red miracle fish, a familiar prize from Christmas crackers and birthday goodie bags. We took our own “Miracle Fortunas” along to a meeting of the Western-Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and distributed them among delegates and attendees: the movements of the Fortuna fish matching up to a series of GTA’s asks, fused with traditional fortunes that were written on our customised prophecy cards. Not only was this a standout way of delivering the seafood market’s message, but with so much progress on harvest strategies, Fortuna’s presence and prophecies must have had a clear impact.

Vilanculos in the province of Inhambane opens fishing season for more than four thousand tons. SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2023 BY SALVADOR BALOI After three months of closure, the district of Vilanculos, in the southern province of Inhambane, reopened the artisanal fishing season for the 2023/2024 period on Friday (September 1).. According to official data provided by the District Services for Economic Activities (SDAE), quoted by Revista Terra, the plan for this year is just over four thousand tons (4,067.4), corresponding to an increase in production of 10% compared to last year. The official opening of the season was marked by a seafood fair on Saturday (2) which, according to official sources, ?aimed to publicize the seafood preserved by the fence and ensure that there are no post-catch losses due to a lack of buyers? The Vilanculos district has a coastline of more than 150 km, exploited by around 2970 artisanal fishermen (in particular), who make up ten Community Fishing Councils and one association. Among the seafood that identifies the Vilanculos district are oysters, shrimp, lobster, crab, octopus, and many varieties of fish, mostly sold on the national market. Article by MZNEWS pic for illustration

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗙𝗜𝗦𝗛 (𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗡𝗔𝗠)? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳. 𝐈𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐓𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 "𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆", 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍? 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗙𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟭-𝟮𝟯, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗡𝗔𝗠? ***𝘐 𝘢𝑚 ℎ𝘰𝑝𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘵ℎ𝘢𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 25𝑡𝘩 𝘢𝑛𝘯𝑖𝘷𝑒𝘳𝑠𝘢𝑟𝘺 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑉𝘪𝑒𝘵𝑓𝘪𝑠𝘩 𝘍𝑎𝘪𝑟 𝑤𝘪𝑙𝘭 𝘣𝑒 𝑎 𝑦𝘦𝑎𝘳 𝘵ℎ𝘢𝑡 𝑤𝘦𝑙𝘤𝑜𝘮𝑒𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝑎𝘳𝑔𝘦 𝘯𝑢𝘮𝑏𝘦𝑟 𝑜𝘧 𝘪𝑛𝘵𝑒𝘳𝑛𝘢𝑡𝘪𝑜𝘯𝑎𝘭 𝘤𝑢𝘴𝑡𝘰𝑚𝘦𝑟𝘴 𝘵𝑜 𝑒𝘹𝑝𝘭𝑜𝘳𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝘪𝑐𝘩 𝘴𝑒𝘢𝑓𝘰𝑜𝘥 𝘳𝑒𝘴𝑜𝘶𝑟𝘤𝑒𝘴, 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘰𝑚𝘮𝑜𝘯 𝘩𝑜𝘮𝑒 𝑜𝘧 𝘈𝑠𝘪𝑎𝘯 𝘴𝑒𝘢𝑓𝘰𝑜𝘥.*** Another year has come, this year's VIETFISH seafood fair marks the 25th anniversary of this grand seafood event in the third-largest seafood exporting country in the world. When this fair was established, it attracted many merchants in the seafood industry including exporters and importers to gather here to look for each other as well as to "SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? " But then, especially when COVID swept through, it cooled down the picture that Vietnamese exporters had painted for VIETFISH, the fair became "emptier" than in previous years. Exporters such as India, Indonesia, Korea, etc. are more present than importers coming to find quality and reputable supplies. Take a typical example: MEKSEA is the Platinum sponsor for Vietfish over many years and has invested extremely grandly in its booth, but the rate we welcome customers has gradually decreased. But that's not why we feel "bored" with VIETFISH, but it is the motivation for us to spread more to the international seafood community and say: Please come here, even though you have never been here before. never been intention but try coming here once, you will feel "it is true that the country is one of the top seafood exporters in the world", they have a variety of seafood products, especially nutritional value products extremely high but the price is extremely suitable. This is where you can find items that you "intended" to sell but didn't know where to start. This is where you can connect with "REAL" and "REPUTABLE" exporters instead of having to find these things on the INTERNET, but it brings many risks because it is impossible to authenticate the person sitting in front of the computer screen that we're working - "Who are they?" P𝐥e𝐚s𝐞 𝐚t𝐭e𝐧d i𝐭 𝐚n𝐝 𝐭h𝐞n c𝐨m𝐞 𝐛a𝐜k h𝐞r𝐞 𝐚n𝐝 𝐠i𝐯e m𝐞 𝐲o𝐮r c𝐨m𝐦e𝐧t𝐬 𝐨n t𝐡e V𝐈E𝐓F𝐈S𝐇 𝐲o𝐮 𝐚t𝐭e𝐧d𝐞d, 𝐡o𝐰 𝐰a𝐬 𝐢t? #MEKSEA #VIETNAM #SEAFOOD #VIETFISH #SEAFOOD #SHOW #MEKONG #PLATINUM #FISH #QUALITY #SUPPLIER