Norwegian outlet iLaks reported on 23 October 2026 that Organic Seafarm, a salmon farming company based at Nygårdsjøen in the municipality of Gildeskål (now part of Arctic Seafood Group), has been taken over by three farmers from the Helgeland region for around one billion Norwegian kroner. The company began in the early 2000s with cod farming, had only 100 tonnes in its first commercial harvest in 2020, and today its share of superior-quality fish is close to 97%.
Russian fisheries news media holding "Fishnews" launched a project called "Strong Processing — Pride of the Industry" in 2024, reporting on its own platform on the operating conditions of Russian aquatic product processing enterprises, and working with the industry organization "Fish Union" to explore ways to increase domestic fish consumption and develop processing for end consumers.
On October 23, 2026, Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance stated in Tbilisi that it is preparing to conduct on-site inspections of six Georgian enterprises interested in exporting seafood to Russia; products from enterprises that pass inspection with no violations found may enter the Russian market.
On October 23, 2026, at the Far East Logistics Forum held in Vladivostok, Andrei Grechkin, General Director of Dalreftrans, said that the Russian Far East fish rail transport subsidy mechanism is effective in operation but needs "fine-tuning": subsidies should be calculated by amount rather than by tonnage, determined separately by aquatic species, and Pacific herring should be added to the support list.
New York State has added $6.5 million to the $10 million already announced in 2024 for the Town of Islip regional shellfish hatchery, bringing the state's total investment in the project to $16.5 million, citing rising construction costs.
A Russian presidential decree has appointed Vladivostok Mayor Konstantin Shestakov as acting governor of Primorsky Krai, and he will serve until the elected governor takes office. Outgoing governor Oleg Kozhemyako was reassigned the same day as Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.
Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries reports that as of September 2026 it had intercepted 154 vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in waters under its jurisdiction, compared with 88 seized in 2024 and 355 in 2025.
On October 21, 2026, artisanal jumbo flying squid fishers in Tongoy, Coquimbo Region, Chile, held a strategic forum calling on the government to fully modernize and strictly tighten the port entry policy for foreign fishing vessels, and to push Chile to state a formal position at multilateral bodies such as SPRFMO.
Following the 31st regular meeting of their prime ministers, Russia and China issued a joint communiqué agreeing to promote and expand commercial trade in seafood, coordinate the restoration of key enterprises' export qualifications, advance the formal registration of fishing enterprises, and expand the list of certified suppliers while shortening the review time for commercial applications.
Norwegian cod farming company Norcod has started fish oil production at its Kråkøy harvest and processing plant, producing more than 14 tonnes of high-quality fish oil in the first two weeks of operation, enabling near-full utilization of every harvested cod.
Norwegian aquaculture producer Norcod has officially started fish oil production at its Kråkøy processing plant, bringing the total utilization rate of each harvested Atlantic cod to 98%; more than 14 metric tons of fish oil were processed in the first two weeks of operation.
The salary agreement signed by the Argentine Chubut Province Maritime Workers' Union (SOMU) and the Chubut Yellow Fleet Chamber (CAFACh) covers the economic and labor conditions for crew members in Puerto Rawson from October 1, 2026 to March 30, 2027, establishing the base price for production value wages during the red shrimp season, the 70% non-remunerative treatment, priority hiring through the union labor pool, and the calculation of the year-end bonus.
Russia's Far East fleet has started the B season of the specialized pollock trawl fishery in the Northern subarea of the Sea of Okhotsk, with the West Kamchatka and Kamchatka-Kuril subareas to follow on November 1; as of October 19, cumulative pollock catch in the Sea of Okhotsk reached 943,300 tonnes, while the national total across all fishing zones exceeded 1.9 million tonnes, up 40,500 tonnes year on year.
In October 2026, the Federal Court of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, accepted a class action concerning fishing operations around the Falkland Islands, with a separate criminal complaint filed in September; a King & Spalding opinion confirms that the United Kingdom bears no financial or civil liability for fishing licences issued for the islands.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the class action against Biloxi, Mississippi restaurant Mary Mahoney's Old French House and seafood wholesaler Quality Poultry & Seafood should be revived, overturning a June 2025 dismissal.
The environmental crime investigative organization Earth League International (ELI) disclosed on October 22 that the illegal trade in swim bladders of the endangered totoaba, a fish endemic to Mexico's Gulf of California, is intertwined with human smuggling and money laundering, with networks spanning Mexico, the United States and China; undercover recordings show a Chinese-Spanish intermediary codenamed "Mx56" selling 500 grams of swim bladder for $7,500 and saying Chinese buyers in New York were willing to pay $9,500 per piece.
Chilean salmon company AquaChile participated in the 17th Hoteliers' Conference, held for the first time in the Aysén Region, showcasing salmon through live cooking and traditional curanto dishes to more than 200 attendees in Coyhaique and Cerro Castillo, where hospitality representatives emphasized collaboration between salmon farming and tourism.
On October 22, 2026, Russia's largest walleye pollock fishery opened its B season; meanwhile, the US Alaska pollock B season is entering its closing phase, with smaller fish sizes driving block frozen output down by as much as 33% and a surimi supply shortfall of nearly 50,000 tonnes.
The six parties—the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland—concluded multilateral consultations at the NEAFC headquarters in London without reaching a binding agreement on the allocation of 2027 catch quotas, despite ICES recommending a 2027 total allowable catch cap of 352,938 tonnes.
Norwegian outlet iLaks reported on 23 October 2026 that Organic Seafarm, a salmon farming company based at Nygårdsjøen in the municipality of Gildeskål (now part of Arctic Seafood Group), has been taken over by three farmers from the Helgeland region for around one billion Norwegian kroner. The company began in the early 2000s with cod farming, had only 100 tonnes in its first commercial harvest in 2020, and today its share of superior-quality fish is close to 97%.
Russian fisheries news media holding "Fishnews" launched a project called "Strong Processing — Pride of the Industry" in 2024, reporting on its own platform on the operating conditions of Russian aquatic product processing enterprises, and working with the industry organization "Fish Union" to explore ways to increase domestic fish consumption and develop processing for end consumers.
On October 23, 2026, Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance stated in Tbilisi that it is preparing to conduct on-site inspections of six Georgian enterprises interested in exporting seafood to Russia; products from enterprises that pass inspection with no violations found may enter the Russian market.
On October 23, 2026, at the Far East Logistics Forum held in Vladivostok, Andrei Grechkin, General Director of Dalreftrans, said that the Russian Far East fish rail transport subsidy mechanism is effective in operation but needs "fine-tuning": subsidies should be calculated by amount rather than by tonnage, determined separately by aquatic species, and Pacific herring should be added to the support list.
New York State has added $6.5 million to the $10 million already announced in 2024 for the Town of Islip regional shellfish hatchery, bringing the state's total investment in the project to $16.5 million, citing rising construction costs.
A Russian presidential decree has appointed Vladivostok Mayor Konstantin Shestakov as acting governor of Primorsky Krai, and he will serve until the elected governor takes office. Outgoing governor Oleg Kozhemyako was reassigned the same day as Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.
Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries reports that as of September 2026 it had intercepted 154 vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in waters under its jurisdiction, compared with 88 seized in 2024 and 355 in 2025.
On October 21, 2026, artisanal jumbo flying squid fishers in Tongoy, Coquimbo Region, Chile, held a strategic forum calling on the government to fully modernize and strictly tighten the port entry policy for foreign fishing vessels, and to push Chile to state a formal position at multilateral bodies such as SPRFMO.
Following the 31st regular meeting of their prime ministers, Russia and China issued a joint communiqué agreeing to promote and expand commercial trade in seafood, coordinate the restoration of key enterprises' export qualifications, advance the formal registration of fishing enterprises, and expand the list of certified suppliers while shortening the review time for commercial applications.
Norwegian cod farming company Norcod has started fish oil production at its Kråkøy harvest and processing plant, producing more than 14 tonnes of high-quality fish oil in the first two weeks of operation, enabling near-full utilization of every harvested cod.
Norwegian aquaculture producer Norcod has officially started fish oil production at its Kråkøy processing plant, bringing the total utilization rate of each harvested Atlantic cod to 98%; more than 14 metric tons of fish oil were processed in the first two weeks of operation.
The salary agreement signed by the Argentine Chubut Province Maritime Workers' Union (SOMU) and the Chubut Yellow Fleet Chamber (CAFACh) covers the economic and labor conditions for crew members in Puerto Rawson from October 1, 2026 to March 30, 2027, establishing the base price for production value wages during the red shrimp season, the 70% non-remunerative treatment, priority hiring through the union labor pool, and the calculation of the year-end bonus.
Russia's Far East fleet has started the B season of the specialized pollock trawl fishery in the Northern subarea of the Sea of Okhotsk, with the West Kamchatka and Kamchatka-Kuril subareas to follow on November 1; as of October 19, cumulative pollock catch in the Sea of Okhotsk reached 943,300 tonnes, while the national total across all fishing zones exceeded 1.9 million tonnes, up 40,500 tonnes year on year.
In October 2026, the Federal Court of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, accepted a class action concerning fishing operations around the Falkland Islands, with a separate criminal complaint filed in September; a King & Spalding opinion confirms that the United Kingdom bears no financial or civil liability for fishing licences issued for the islands.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the class action against Biloxi, Mississippi restaurant Mary Mahoney's Old French House and seafood wholesaler Quality Poultry & Seafood should be revived, overturning a June 2025 dismissal.
The environmental crime investigative organization Earth League International (ELI) disclosed on October 22 that the illegal trade in swim bladders of the endangered totoaba, a fish endemic to Mexico's Gulf of California, is intertwined with human smuggling and money laundering, with networks spanning Mexico, the United States and China; undercover recordings show a Chinese-Spanish intermediary codenamed "Mx56" selling 500 grams of swim bladder for $7,500 and saying Chinese buyers in New York were willing to pay $9,500 per piece.
Chilean salmon company AquaChile participated in the 17th Hoteliers' Conference, held for the first time in the Aysén Region, showcasing salmon through live cooking and traditional curanto dishes to more than 200 attendees in Coyhaique and Cerro Castillo, where hospitality representatives emphasized collaboration between salmon farming and tourism.
On October 22, 2026, Russia's largest walleye pollock fishery opened its B season; meanwhile, the US Alaska pollock B season is entering its closing phase, with smaller fish sizes driving block frozen output down by as much as 33% and a surimi supply shortfall of nearly 50,000 tonnes.
The six parties—the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland—concluded multilateral consultations at the NEAFC headquarters in London without reaching a binding agreement on the allocation of 2027 catch quotas, despite ICES recommending a 2027 total allowable catch cap of 352,938 tonnes.
The Chilean Salmon Council held meetings this week in São Paulo with the Brazilian Supermarket Association (ABRAS) and the São Paulo State Supermarket Association (APAS), and took part in Seafood Show Latin America 2026; in 2025 Chile's salmon exports to Brazil totaled about 150,000 tonnes and USD 852 million, making Brazil Chile's second-largest salmon export destination.
