Industry Outlooks

Japan’s catches of smaller Pacific bluefin tuna this season are already very close to reaching the annual limit.

The Japan News reported that although the Fisheries Agency has been calling on fishermen to limit their operations, Japan’s total catches of Pacific bluefin tuna weighing less than 30 kg are now likely to exceed the limit mainly due to large catches in seas near the country.

Based on the agreement at the Western and

Pelagic fish exporters from Norway shipped 146,000 metric tons (MT) of herring and mackerel in the first-quarter of this year with a total value of NOK 1.7 billion (USD 197.9 million, EUR 186.7 million), with fillet products growing in demand.

According to the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), the Scandinavian country exported 42,000 MT of whole herring and 30,000 MT of frozen herring fillet products with a total value of NOK 795 million (USD

Iceland’s fishing fleet landed seafood with a total value of ISK 133 billion (USD 1.2 billion, EUR 1.1 billion) in 2016, a decrease of 12.1 percent compared to the ISK 151.3 billion (USD 1.3 billion, EUR 1.2 billion) in the previous year. 

During the 12-month period, the value of the country’s demersal, pelagic, flatfish and shellfish catches decreased by 9.9 percent, 19.6 percent, 7.9 percent and 12.9 percent respectively,

Catch revenues for the U.K. fishing fleet totaled GBP 920 million (USD 1.2 billion, EUR 1.1 billion) last year, up almost 20 percent from GBP 775 million (USD 969.4 million, EUR 898.9 million) in 2015, despite a small decrease in the total volume landed, according to the latest fleet economic performance estimates generated by the U.K. Seafish Authority.

The 2016 total was the highest annual value of landings (both

The Icelandic fishing fleet landed a total of 85,678 metric tons (MT) of seafood products last month, a decrease of 4 percent compared with February 2016, but up significantly on the 7,610 MT landed in January this year due to the two-month fishing strike.

According to the latest figures gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries and published by Statistics Iceland, the total demersal catch – “still affected by the fishermen’s strike” –

Global sales of fresh British Columbia (B.C.) farm-raised salmon reached a record CAD 746 million (USD 554.9 million, EUR 520.6 million) last year with exports to 12 markets valued at more than CAD 544 million (USD 404.6 million, EUR 379.6 million), according to new figures released by the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association.

In volume terms these exports totaled 55,711 metric tons (MT). Exports to the United States – the

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have approved revised specifications for the 2017 and 2018 fishing year for the Northern black seabass stock.

Based on a stock assessment that determined the fish stock is not being overfished, the 2017 recreational harvest limit for the black seabass stock from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Canadian border is 4.29 million pounds (1,946 metric

Of the total tuna catch in 2015, 76 percent came from stocks at healthy levels, a decrease of 1 percent from 2014, finds the latest International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) “Status of the Stocks” report.

The NGO highlights that the current percentage from healthy stocks figure, while in need of improvement, has stabilized recently following several years of decline: In 2011, 94 percent of the catch came from healthy stocks,

The Icelandic fishing fleet landed just 7,610 metric tons (MT) of seafood products last month, a decrease of 90 percent compared with January 2016, with large declines across all species as a result of the two-month fishing strike.

According to the latest figures gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries and published by Statistics Iceland, the total demersal catch fell 79 percent to 7,473 MT with cod and haddock landings down 74 percent and 69