Myanmar earned more than US$278.9 million from fishery exports during the first nine months of the 2025–2026 financial year (April–December), according to the Department of Fisheries.

Over 227,000 metric tonnes of seafood were exported to more than 40 countries, including China, Thailand, Bangladesh and Japan, through both maritime routes and land border trade channels.

Of the total volume, more than 113,500 metric tonnes were shipped by sea, generating an estimated US$177.5 million. A further 114,000 metric tonnes, valued at about US$101.36 million, were exported to neighbouring countries via land borders.

In the previous 2024–2025 financial year (April 2024–March 2025), Myanmar’s fishery exports totalled around 400,000 metric tonnes, earning approximately US$421 million.

Key export products include hilsa, rohu, river catfish, seabass, eel, shrimp and crab, according to the Myanmar Fisheries Federation. The sector is supported by more than 140 cold storage facilities nationwide, with

Nissui announces board and executive changes.

Japanese seafood giant, the Nissui Corporation, has announced a series of changes to its board of directors and executive officers, following a resolution at a board meeting held on 19 January.

The company said chairman of the board Shingo Hamada will retire from his role as representative director upon the expiry of his term as a director. His retirement is scheduled to take effect at the conclusion of Nissui’s 111th ordinary general meeting of shareholders on 25 June.

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Chile is expecting modest salmon export growth this year, but that prediction was made before President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against other salmon producing countries.

Chile is unlikely to be paying higher tariffs at least until later in the year.

The Chilean salmon industry is forecast to grow by around 4.2% in 2026, says analyst Cristian Delgado, a PhD student in Economics and Business and academic at the San Sebastián University on the Patagonia Campus.

The prediction is based on projections from the Chile Central Bank.

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Russia has fully transitioned its fishing fleet to domestic satellite systems for vessel monitoring, abandoning foreign networks as of January 1, 2026.

According to the Federal Agency for Fisheries, fishing vessels now transmit location data exclusively via Russian orbital constellations—Gonets, Yamal, and Express—to the Industry Monitoring System (IMS).

The move follows Order No. 250 of the Ministry of Agriculture, which ended the use of British Inmarsat satellite stations as technical monitoring equipment on ships. Authorities say the switch reduces the risk of vessels being disconnected from foreign satellite networks and strengthens uninterrupted operational oversight.

The transition, launched on May 13, 2024, lasted 18 months and involved the complete replacement of foreign-made shipborne monitoring stations with domestic ones. The new requirements apply to vessels with a gross tonnage over 80 tons and engine power exceeding 55 kW.

According to Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Fisheries Monitoring and Communications System Center, tests conducted in December 2025 showed that Gonets stations were more than twice as reliable as Inmarsat equipment in 2025. He added that the domestic system also significantly lowers communication costs for shipowners.

Source: Federal Agency for Fisheries

Organic certification body, the Soil Association, has launched a consultation about proposed changes to its standard for Scottish farmed salmon.

Last year the charity, which is the UK’s largest and most recognised certifier of organic produce, warned it would withdraw from the sector if meaningful progress was not delivered by summer 2026.

It has proposed a series of changes to its salmon standard following what it says is extensive research, including consultation with aquaculture experts, and these proposals are now available for anyone with an interest in salmon farming to comment on before the closing date on March 15.

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Aquaticode and Cooke ESPAÑA enter agreement to develop and implement AI phenotyping for sea bass and sea bream. Hatcheries producing sea bass and sea bream have traditionally relied on manual visual assessment to identify weak or unviable fish at an early stage. This process is labour-intensive, highly variable, and provides little biological accuracy at the earliest life stages.Aquaticode has entered into an agreement with Cooke ESPAÑA to develop a new AI-based phenotyping product line aimed at supporting earlier and more consistent decision-making in bass and bream hatcheries. 

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East Coast Shellfish Association Executive Director Robert Rheault said he spent his recent holiday season reacting to a U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) outbreak alert he calls “ridiculous.”

On 23 December, the CDC put out an alert that said 64 cases of salmonella had been linked to raw oysters across 22 states, with 20 hospitalizations and zero deaths.It was an announcement not of an outbreak but of an investigation. In fact, what they found was it does not meet the FDA’s definition of an outbreak by any imagination which would be two sick people having food from a common source,” Rheault said. “In any case, of the 65 people who came down with this very rare strain of salmonella, 22 of them claimed they had had oysters in the past two weeks.

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During 2024, Ventisqueros strengthened its Sustainable Schools Program, benefiting 14 rural schools in the municipalities of Hualaihué, Quemchi, Quinchao, Puerto Varas, Chaitén, and Ayacara in the Los Lagos Region. Developed in partnership with Fundación La Semilla, the initiative promotes early environmental education, school innovation, and community development in remote areas.

The program includes environmental workshops, educational fairs, agroecological activities, the delivery of supplies, and ongoing technical support, enabling each school community to develop its own projects through the Sustainable School Funds (FES). Thanks to this support, schools have made progress in recycling, energy efficiency, school gardens, cultural heritage preservation, sustainable infrastructure, and environmental education, generating tangible improvements in their surroundings.

A key milestone was the progress made by four schools toward Environmental Certification from the Ministry of the Environment (SNCAE), recognizing their ability to integrate sustainable practices into school management.

The initiative also includes educational visits to Ventisqueros’ fish farms and hatcheries, strengthening the connection between education, territory, and responsible aquaculture. Through this work, Ventisqueros reaffirms its commitment to sustainability built through education and projected toward the future.