Latest Fishing News
March 24-30, 2020
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US to Set Aside $300 Million Aquaculture and Fisheries Aid Package
The bill is designed to stimulate the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has led to widespread shutdowns intended to slow the spread of the virus.
The funding will be made available to: “Tribes, persons, fishing communities, aquaculture businesses not otherwise eligible for assistance under part 1416 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations for losses related to COVID–19, processors, or other fishery-related businesses, who have incurred, as a direct or indirect result of the coronavirus pandemic, economic revenue losses greater than 35 percent as compared to the prior 5-year average revenue.”
The funding is likely to remain available until 30 September 2021.
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American Samoa's Tuna Cannery Exempt from Gathering Restriction
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga's emergency declaration limits gatherings to no more than 10 people, orders schools closed, and enforces staggered working hours.
But a special exemption was made by the governor for the Starkist cannery which, with more than 2000 workers, is the territory's largest employer.
The company said its staff worked shifts, undergo health checks before they start, and have stepped up hygiene practices.
The governor said that measures would be taken to close the cannery if the coronavirus spread throughout the Pacific.
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(Source: Radio New Zealand).
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US Supermarkets Seeing Record Seafood Sales
As Americans rush to stock their pantries due to shelter-in-place orders in numerous states and cities, U.S. grocers are realizing record seafood sales.
Grocery retailers and delivery companies are also on a major hiring spree, as demand for food and non-food items such as toilet paper outpace supply. Total U.S. sales of consumer packaged goods soared 44 percent for the week ending 14 March, compared to the same week last year, according to new Nielsen data.
Amazon said it is hiring around 100,000 new employees nationwide, while Instacart said it would be adding 300,000 new positions, and Walmart plans to add 150,00 positions, according to US News & World Report.
Frozen seafood sale surged 52.4 percent to nearly USD 1.6 billion (EUR 1.4 billion) for the week ending on 14 March, according to Nielsen data supplied to SeafoodSource, while shelf-stable (canned and pouched) seafood sales spiked 53.4 percent to nearly USD 6.8 billion (EUR 6.2 billion).
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(Source: Seafood Source).
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Seafood Suppliers Forced to Adjust to Rapidly Changing Market Conditions
U.S. seafood suppliers are working to quickly shift from foodservice to retail and direct-to-consumer channels as they deal with the immediate impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on their businesses.
Filer, Idaho-based Riverence Holdings LLC, which acquired farmed trout producer Clear Springs Foods in February, is realizing a significant loss in business due to its heavy focus on the foodservice sector, according to Riverence Director of Communications Gabe Watkins.
“We have experienced a massive change to our sales because of foodservice going away,” Watkins told SeafoodSource. “It is an interesting time to be a local producer with an absolutely full supply of fish…It is a different dynamic around us and we are subject to that.”
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(Source: Seafood Source).
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Fish Canning Industry in Peru Could Generate 270,000 New Jobs
The Peruvian fish canning industry can generate some 270 000 more jobs in the midst of this national emergency, because it is able to meet national demand, said the expert in fishing law, Jesús Véliz.
He indicated that in Peru more than 3 million canned fish are consumed per year, which represent sales above USD 120 million, and only 30% of this total is a national product that in turn generates 116,000 jobs.
"If the remaining 70% can be produced, it would increase more than 386 000 jobs in the sector and more than USD 400 million in sales per year," he stressed.
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Apia, Samoa Officially on Lock Down
Samoa is now officially on lock down.
The government said people or organisations who don't adhere to new Covid-19 lockdown requirements will face finds.
Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi said the last flights from Fiji, New Zealand and American Samoa had arrived and all passengers are now under 14 days quarantine.
The flights from New Zealand and Fiji were mostly scholarship students ordered home by government after the closure of their educational institutions.
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