ASPA Transfers MSC Alaska Salmon Certificate to PSPA
The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) and the Alaska Salmon Processors Association (ASPA) have signed an agreement to transfer ASPA’s Marine Stewardship Council’s certificate for Alaska salmon to the PSPA. The agreement is for all Alaska salmon harvested in 2016 and beyond. The PSPA said the certificate will available to any Alaska salmon producing company that wants to be part of the client group on an equal cost-sharing basis. “Today’s agreement means that all Alaska salmon producers will have the choice to add the MSC certificate in markets where that program is preferred,” said Glenn Reed, president of the PSPA.
Cargill has struck a deal with Ecuadorian shrimp producer Naturisa to build a $30 million shrimp feed facility in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The facility is expected to be completed by 2017 and will produce 130,000 tons of shrimp feed annually. Cargill said the partnership will make it among Latin America’s top aquaculture feed producers. Cargill said the move into shrimp feed was driven by the shift in food production that has seen farmed fish surpass global beef production. "Combining Cargill's vast resources and global reach with Naturisa's expertise will allow the new organization to provide the best solutions to our customers and ultimately support the growth of Ecuador,” said Sarena Lin, president of Cargill's animal feed and nutrition business.
Louisiana’s Wildlife and Fisheries Commission will hold a meeting on Thursday this week to discuss opening the state’s fall shrimp season early. An early opening would move the start date ahead of the Commission’s next regularly scheduled meeting, which is set for August 6.
In other news NOAA says the implementation of some type of catch share program is likely in the Gulf of Alaska. Catch shares would be implemented as part of a plan to craft a bycatch reduction program for the Gulf’s trawl fishery according to NOAA.
Finally, data from the ADF&G shows this season’s Dungeness crab catch in Southeast Alaska is falling short of last season but still over the five-year-average. Landings through July are down about 40 percent compared to this time last year. At the same time, the fishing effort is higher than last year and well above the five-year-average.
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