IN BRIEF - Empowering Egyptian farmers for growth and success
EGYPT
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
In 2020, Mohamed Mansour, a tilapia farmer from Sharqia Governorate, was facing challenges on his 40-acre farm. He was experiencing a too-high feed conversion ratio, and could only get a single production round per year.
With the help of Skretting Egypt’s Sales Manager Hassan Ali, Mr. Mansour decided to switch over to using Skretting Egypt’s tilapia fish feed. This product is known fondly as the 'mango sack', as its vibrant orange colour is similar to the flesh of the local Egyptian mangoes. Soon, his FCR improved by 40% to 1.2.
Under the guidance of Hassan Ali and the Skretting Egypt team, Mr Mansour gradually expanded his farm. By 2024, his farm had reached up to 200 acres, achieving two production rounds annually. His farm was able to achieve maximum efficiency in production, which also enhanced his way of life.
Beijing Resumes Seafood Trade Halted Over Fukushima Water Discharge, Following Agreement on Monitoring and Certification.
BEIJING – China has agreed to resume seafood imports from Japan, ending a two-year ban imposed over the discharge of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The breakthrough was announced by Tokyo on Friday.
Japan's Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi confirmed that the agreement was reached during a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday. He stated that exports would restart once China completes its "necessary procedures."
The deal is underpinned by China's commitment to participate in water sampling missions as part of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring efforts. According to the Nikkei newspaper, the agreement also mandates that Japan register fishery processing facilities with Chinese authorities and ensures seafood undergoes inspection and certification to confirm the absence of radioactive substances, specifically caesium-137. China is anticipated to officially announce the resumption of exports from areas outside the Fukushima region soon.
Beijing initially halted Japanese seafood imports in 2023, expressing concerns that the release of treated wastewater posed a risk to its fishing industry and coastal communities.
Ammon News -His Majesty King Abdullah II visited Al Jafr Fish Farming Project, which is a Royal initiative that promotes development of the Southern Badia, and the creation of job opportunities for the local community.
The fish farm project raises fish for sale in the local market, with the first production starting in July. The project provides 60 job opportunities for area residents, who receive training and qualification through specialised programmes.
The project is located on a 2,000 dunum plot of land, and is operated by Takatuf for Agricultural and Industrial Investments, a partnership between the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army and Harmony Investments Company.
The European Union has reached a new fisheries cooperation agreement with Greenland that will allow EU vessels to access the rich fishing grounds in its waters in exchange for an annual financial contribution of €17.3 million. The pact, officially announced this week by the European Commission, strengthens bilateral fisheries and energy ties between the two parties and establishes catch quotas of up to 30,906 tons per year for the European fleet.
The agreement, which replaces the previous protocol and will be in force for several years, is part of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA) policy that the EU maintains with several countries and territories outside its EU area.
The port will assume the majority of the investment, but work will also be carried out on land.
It will be the operations center for the 16 Galician-owned squid trawlers.
All sailors who work or have worked in the fishing grounds of the southwest Atlantic, whether in Falkland or international waters, are familiar with Fipass (the acronym for Falkland Interim Port and Storage System), a huge floating structure that has served as a dock in Port Stanley for more than 40 years.
Last year, the Falkland Islands government entrusted this project to the historic shipyard Harland & Wolff, the same shipyard that built the ill-fated Titanic, but negotiations broke down before the contract was formalized; the Northern Ireland company is now a subsidiary of Navantia.
Author: Lara Graña / Faro de Vigo l Read the full article here
The Republic of the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and Panama have announced their joining of the Tuna Transparency Pledge, a global initiative led by international environmental NGO, The Nature Conservancy that addresses unsustainable and illegal tuna fishing practices at sea. Through the Tuna Transparency Pledge, signatories are aspiring to advance 100 percent on-the-water monitoring across all industrial tuna fishing vessels within their jurisdictions or supply chains by 2027—taking a bold yet achievable step in transforming the health and sustainability of our oceans.
Old fish farming nets repurposed to protect frontline infrastructure in Ukraine.
Old salmon farming nets from Norway are being repurposed into camouflage nets for use in Ukraine, according to a report by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.
Although Norwegian regulations require used aquaculture nets to be recycled domestically, some companies are sending discarded gear to Ukraine, where it is converted into protective coverings for trenches, tanks and infrastructure.
Source: SalmonBusiness l Read the full article here
Scottish fish farm sites that are no longer suitable for salmon farming could have a second life as halibut farms, aquaculture veteran Alastair Barge believes.
Barge has spent years running Otter Ferry Seafish, which is situated on the eastern shore on Loch Fyne and is one of just a handful of companies in the world producing halibut juveniles.
The fish are being produced for Otter Ferry Seafish’s new owner Amar Seafoods and are being shipped to its grow-out facilities in Norway and Atlantic Canada.
Author: Gareth Moore / fishfarmingexpert l Read the full article here
Opagac tuna fishermen say that environmental demands have driven the fleet out of the fishing ground, where Asian-owned vessels registered in African countries operate.
The Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (Opagac) considers the Atlantic lost to the European fleet. In a meeting with journalists, the organization's managing director, Julio Morón, stated that "it is only a matter of time" before European supermarkets stop offering Atlantic tuna caught by European vessels and sell only tuna from Asian fleets.
The explanation lies in the "expulsion" of the EU fleet in recent years, as a result of regulatory pressure on Europeans and, at the same time, the lack of effective control over compliance with management measures by Asian-owned fleets, but registered in African countries such as Ghana, Senegal, or Guinea.
Source: La Voz de Galicia | Read the full article here
The NGO Again Criticizes the Permission of "Destructive Fishing" in Protected Areas
Just days before the opening of the third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, taking place from June 9 to 13, Oceana is intensifying its campaign against trawling in marine protected areas. After launching a petition drive in the United Kingdom, the organization is now targeting the summit's host country and denouncing the high fishing pressure in terms of trawling to which some of France's most "emblematic" MPAs are subjected: 17,000 hours of "destructive fishing" by 100 fishing vessels, 70% French and the rest from other EU states—including Spain—according to the NGO's estimates based on data from Global Fishing Watch.
Source: Industrias Pesqueras l Read the full article here
Chile is the world's second-largest exporter of farmed salmon, and the biggest supplier to the US. In the south of the country a dispute continues over the large number of salmon farms that are located in supposedly protected areas.
The port city of Puerto Montt, more than 1,000km (600 miles) south of Chile's capital Santiago, is at the heart of the country's farmed Atlantic salmon industry.
At a processing facility on the outskirts of town workers kitted out in white suits, hairnets, facemasks, and blue plastic gloves and boots prepare fresh and smoked salmon for export to the US and Japan.
Author: Jane Chambers / BBC l Read the full article here
EGYPT
In 2020, Mohamed Mansour, a tilapia farmer from Sharqia Governorate, was facing challenges on his 40-acre farm. He was experiencing a too-high feed conversion ratio, and could only get a single production round per year.
CHINA
BEIJING – China has agreed to resume seafood imports from Japan, ending a two-year ban imposed over the discharge of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The breakthrough was announced by Tokyo on Friday.
JORDAN
GREENLAND
The European Union has reached a new fisheries cooperation agreement with Greenland that will allow EU vessels to access the rich fishing grounds in its waters in exchange for an annual financial contribution of €17.3 million. The pact, officially announced this week by the European Commission, strengthens bilateral fisheries and energy ties between the two parties and establishes catch quotas of up to 30,906 tons per year for the European fleet.
FALKLAND ISLANDS
All sailors who work or have worked in the fishing grounds of the southwest Atlantic, whether in Falkland or international waters, are familiar with Fipass (the acronym for Falkland Interim Port and Storage System), a huge floating structure that has served as a dock in Port Stanley for more than 40 years.
MARSHALL ISLANDS
The Republic of the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and Panama have announced their joining of the Tuna Transparency Pledge, a global initiative led by international environmental NGO, The Nature Conservancy that addresses unsustainable and illegal tuna fishing practices at sea. Through the Tuna Transparency Pledge, signatories are aspiring to advance 100 percent on-the-water monitoring across all industrial tuna fishing vessels within their jurisdictions or supply chains by 2027—taking a bold yet achievable step in transforming the health and sustainability of our oceans.
UKRAINE
Old fish farming nets repurposed to protect frontline infrastructure in Ukraine.
UNITED KINGDOM
Scottish fish farm sites that are no longer suitable for salmon farming could have a second life as halibut farms, aquaculture veteran Alastair Barge believes.
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The Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (Opagac) considers the Atlantic lost to the European fleet. In a meeting with journalists, the organization's managing director, Julio Morón, stated that "it is only a matter of time" before European supermarkets stop offering Atlantic tuna caught by European vessels and sell only tuna from Asian fleets.
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CHILE
Chile is the world's second-largest exporter of farmed salmon, and the biggest supplier to the US. In the south of the country a dispute continues over the large number of salmon farms that are located in supposedly protected areas.
