August 2008 - LATEST TRENDS

Groundfish prices are going through the roof, as demand is very strong, while the supply situation is very difficult. This is particularly true for Alaska pollack and cod.

Hake catches in South America were very limited this year, due to reduced catch quotas. As a result, prices have been moving up in the last few months.



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A presentation on alternative resources for bioenergy. The presentation suggests 2 ways to produce bioenegy from aquatic resources (algae and fish waste)....[cont]

Please contact Tony Piccolo (FIIU), for further information.

Pakistan Room (FAO)
31 July 2008

The aquaculture company (APROMAR) is a national professional organisation, which includes almost all the aquaculture companies in Spain.

Global production from aquaculture is growing substantially and provides increasingly significant volumes of fish and other aquatic food for human sonsumption, a trend that is projected to continue....[cont.]

Contains information from around the world on prices, production, processing, consumption, imports, and exports for Crab.

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Globefish Research Programme,
Volume 95 - July 2008

By Camillo Catarci

The market structure in these countries is very simple, relying mainly on domestic production. The main product from is fresh fish and crustaceans....[cont]

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Global Technical and Trade Conference on Shrimp

6 - 9 November 2008, Guangzhou, China
For further information please visit the website

Globefish Research Programme,
Volume 94 - July 2008

By Helga Josupeit

The most important octopus fisheries and markets are located in Japan, Republic of Korea and in the northern Mediterranean countries. Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is the main species produced, it is highly desirable and commands high prices. Quite important in commercial terms is also the baby octopus (Eledone spp.) fisheries in Asia....[cont]

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Presentation on Small-scale fisheries producers and globalization made by

Audun Lem, FAO
Rohana Subasinghe, FAO
Michael J. Phillips, NACA

July 22-25 - Nha Trang, Viet Nam

Key players in the fisheries negotiations submitted papers emphasising their positions just in time for the mini-ministerial taking place in Geneva during the week of 21 July - this despite the fact that ministers will not be discussing fisheries subsidies....[cont.]

August 2008
Norwegian exports of frozen mackerel in the first 3 months of this year showed a similarly slow start to the year as in 2007, with only 24200 tonnes compared with 24500 tonnes for the same period of 2007. Full year figures for 2007 were 339000 tonnes....[cont]

DSB ADOPTS RULINGS IN “SHRIMP” CASES FILED BY THAILAND (DS343) AND INDIA (DS345) At its meeting on 1 August 2008, the Dispute Settlement Body adopted the panel and Appellate Body reports in the cases filed by Thailand and India concerning the US measure known as the “enhanced continuous bond requirement” on imports of shrimp....

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August 2008
The upward trend in Alaska pollack prices is impacting the world groundfish market. Decreasing catch quotas led to a 16% increase on prices during the first half of the year. Some producers are reporting a three fold increase in surimi raw material prices based on Alaska pollack and are looking for alternative species....[cont.]

July 2008
Tuna for canning continued to be in short supply worldwide. The current import price in Bangkok is about US$2000/MT for frozen skipjack, the highest in history. Fishing efforts in the Indian Ocean have switched to skipjack with only small amounts of yellowfin being caught;....[cont]

July 2008
Spain and Italy which have experienced a constant expansion of their shrimp imports in recent years, recorded a sudden decrease at the beginning of this year with only 26 000 tonnes imported by Spain (a 24% drop in volume and a 29% drop in value compared to the same period last year)....[cont.]

July 2008
A pair of articles focusing on the fats in fish from the July 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association is puzzling consumers and health professionals alike....[cont.]

Presentation given by

Mr. Grimur Valdimarsson
Director
Fish Products and Industry Division

FAO, Rome
July 21, 2008

NOAA announced today that seven stocks have been removed from the overfishing list and no new stocks added in their annual report to Congress on the status of fishing stocks.
[cont.]

US Seafood Consumption Declines Slightly in 2007

The average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007, a one percent decline from the 2006 consumption figures of 16.5 pounds, according to a NOAA´s Fisheries Service study....[cont.]

CONSENSUS is an initiative that works towards sustainable European aquaculture by building sustainable aquaculture protocols that are based on low environmental impact, high competitiveness and ethical resposibility with regard to biodiversity and animal welfare.

CONSENSUS on the web.

The Food and Agriculture programme of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched its new programme of Fish Marketing Information for Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in an inception workshop held on July 11th 2008 in Banda Aceh...[cont.]

IIFET 2008
July 22-25 - Nha Trang, Viet Nam

Audun Lem, FAO
William Emerson, FAO

August 2008 - LATEST TRENDS

Groundfish prices are going through the roof, as demand is very strong, while the supply situation is very difficult. This is particularly true for Alaska pollack and cod.

Hake catches in South America were very limited this year, due to reduced catch quotas. As a result, prices have been moving up in the last few months.



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July 2008
A survey based on a representative sample of 5 000 US households indicates that consumer confidence dropped sharply in June, to a level which is the fifth-lowest ever. This is just another indication of the current status of the US economy, but, how much this can effectively affect shrimp consumption, is not very clear....[cont.]

July 2008
Estimates reveal that consumption of fish oil worldwide will be similar to that of last year, with slight variations on its use but with similar production levels. The current high price for vegetable oil has an impact on higher prices for fish oil, regardless of its use....[cont.]

July 2008
Octopus trade is well controlled by the African countries, especially Morocco, being the owners of the octopus resource. Slight discounts on octopus are likely to materialize in the near future, but overall the market is well balanced....[cont.]

200 experts met between July 8-11, 2008 at FAO in Rome, to discuss the challenges climate change poses to marine fisheries and the vast amount of people who depend on them for food and income.

Some of the impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture are already being felt..Click here to read more

Exporting Seafood to the EU

The document provides a guideline on how to export seafood products to the EU. It describes, inter alia, the required EU system of official assurances, the main regulations and requirements for the Competent Authorities and operators along the value chain....[more]

By Francisco Blaha, FIIU

Compiled by INFOFISH,


The Manual on Processing, Pagkaging and Presentation of Value-added Tuna products is the outcome of the project, "Promotion of Processing and Marketing of Value-added Tuna products from island countries in the Asia-Pacific".



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International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade

22-25 July, 2008 - Organized by Nha Trang University (NTU) Nha Trang, Vietnam

For more information please visit the IIFET website

At the generous invitation of the City of Bremen, the FAO Fish Products and Industry Division convened a Consultative Industry Forum on February 12, 2008. The Forum comes from FAO’s mandate to engage with industry to gain a better understanding of representatives’ perspectives on selected issues....[cont.]

This collection of four CD-ROMs provides the identification of wild capture and aquaculture fish and fishery products found on European markets. [more]