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February 19-24, 2020
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US Seafood Consumption Rises to Highest Level Since 2007, but Falls Short of USDA Recommendations
On average, Americans consumed 16.1 pounds of seafood in 2018, a slight uptick from the year before, according to the latest “Fisheries of the United States” report released by NOAA Fisheries on 21 February.
U.S. consumers ate more fresh and frozen seafood in 2018, contributing to the highest seafood consumption level seen since 2007, NOAA Fisheries found.
“We all know seafood is part of a healthy diet, and this report also estimates the amount of seafood Americans consume. Estimated U.S. per capita consumption of fish and shellfish was 16.1 pounds, and this is the highest since 2007. This is an increase of 0.1 pounds from the 16 pounds consumed in 2017,” NOAA Fisheries Chief Scientist Cisco Werner said of the findings during a 21 February press conference.
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Tuna is the Second Top Selling Canned Item in the USA
People have been finding ways to preserve food for centuries. The method of storing it in a can dates back to France in the early 19th century. The military was going hungry, and the government offered an award for anyone who came up with a sustainable way to preserve food. A young chef started using champagne bottles sealed with cheese and lime. He later experimented with tin cans, and the rest is history.
Fast-forward to the 21st century: canned food is so popular that most Americans use it even when they cook meals at home. As much as 98% of Americans keep canned foods in their kitchens — an average of 24 cans — and 86% of parents say they don’t go a week without using food from a can.
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(Source: 24/7 Wall Street)
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Monument Expansion Cut into Profits for Some Hawaii Longline Tuna Fishermen
The few dozen commercial longliners who targeted tuna near Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument before its expansion in 2016 lost about 9% of their revenue in the subsequent 16 months, according to a new study.
About 38 of the 150-vessel fleet based in Honolulu fished close to the monument’s boundaries around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with any regularity. But for those operators, the expansion brought their revenue down to $71,164 per trip compared to $76,385 on average before President Barack Obama quadrupled the monument’s size, the study says.
For the majority of longliners who didn’t fish around the monument to begin with, their revenues increased during the same time period.
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(Source: Honolulu Civil Beat)
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Mexico Concludes Bluefin Tuna Season Complying with its Catch Limit
The Government of Mexico informed that in compliance with its commitments to promote the sustainability of the sector, as part of a culture that results in legal and orderly fishing, the bluefin tuna fishing season has concluded without exceeding the catch limit.
The 2020 bluefin tuna fishing season ended with a production of 3,268 tons, without exceeding the catch limit, which shows the synergy between the federal government and the tuna industry, reported the National Commission for Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca).
Within the measures for the conservation and management of bluefin tuna, framed by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
(IATTC), it was specified that Mexico should not exceed the limit of 3,268 tons of the resource in the Eastern Pacific Ocean during the 2020 season.
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Source: Fish Information Services).
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Ecuador Approves National Tuna Action Plan
Ecuador’s Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries has issued a new Ministerial Agreement adopting the National Tuna Action Plan (PAN ATUN).
‘By issuing this Ministerial Agreement, the country once again demonstrates its commitment to the sustainable use of marine resources and to reinforcing strategic areas of the production chain with a view to eliminating illegal fishing,’ said Guillermo Moran, manager of TunaCons, a group composed of Ecuador’s five largest tuna companies.
‘This is the result of coordinated efforts between the country’s fishing authority, tuna guilds, civil society organisations and other players involved in the chain.’
The aim of this new public policy is to establish more efficient goals and strategies for preserving and certifying the sustainability of industrial tuna fishing. This administrative management tool is key to avoiding the permanent disruption of the life cycles of tuna and other associated species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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CNFC’s Sluggish Performance Raises Doubts about Chinese Fleet’s Profitability
One of China’s leading fishery firms is flagging poor results for 2019 due to a combination of reduced trawler subsidies, global oversupply of tuna, and a failed investment in an insurance firm.
CNFC Overseas Fishery Co Ltd, the listed arm of China National Fisheries Co, is flagging profits of between CNY 18 million and CNY 25 million (USD 2.5 million to USD 3.5 million, EUR 2.6 million and EUR 3.6 million), a drop of between 56 percent and 68.5 percent on 2018 results.
In a letter to investors, the company claimed “reduced subsidies for renovations of vessels” as a key reason for the results, alongside a CNY 200 million (USD 28 million, EUR 28.6 million) loss reported at Hua Nong Financial Services, an insurance joint venture which the firm has since exited.
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(Source: Seafood Source).
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