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.
On October 22, 2026, Chile's Aysén Region fisheries and aquaculture agencies, the military, and salmon farming companies held a coordination meeting to deploy early warning systems, review emergency plans, and assess response capacity for harmful algal blooms and mass salmon mortality events that may be triggered by El Niño.
AquaChile and three students from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile spent three months through the Sin Límites open innovation program assessing the feasibility of applying salmon blood in agronomy, animal nutrition and biotechnology, and identified valuable components such as iron.
The UK National Fish & Chip Awards, organized by the National Fish & Chip Federation (NFFF), has announced the finalists for International Fish & Chip Operator of the Year, with one fish and chip business each from Australia, Malaysia and the Netherlands making the shortlist.
The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2025 report, published by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), shows that average fishing pressure in the region fell by about 50% between 2013 and 2023, and the biomass of assessed commercial species rose by 25%, but 52% of the analyzed stocks remain overexploited.
Pond-side prices and wholesale market quotes for October 22, 2026 show that prices for farmed and traded Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) in China have fallen sharply compared with the same period last year, with year-on-year declines generally exceeding 50% in core producing areas and distribution hubs, and some exceeding 60%; month-on-month declines narrowed, and daily prices in East China and North China rebounded slightly.
SUNY Morrisville has signed the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge, becoming the sixth institution of higher education to join the initiative and bringing the total number of participating organizations and businesses in this cross-border movement to 52.
On October 22, 2026, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang held the 31st regular meeting of the Chinese and Russian heads of government. In their joint communiqué, the two sides set out continued development of seafood trade, restoration of company export qualifications, registration of fisheries companies in both countries, and expansion of the list of certified suppliers.
Iceland's Environment and Energy Agency has issued a temporary operating permit to Samherji, allowing its fish drying plant at Laugar in Reykjadalur valley to resume operations immediately; the plant's original permit was revoked in mid-September, and the new permit remains valid while the Northeastern Health Committee processes a permanent licence, for a maximum of 1 year.
On October 15, the Nanjing Institute of Fisheries Science conducted an on-site yield assessment of the "June yellow + giant river prawn" rotational culture model in Gucheng Subdistrict, Gaochun District, estimating a single-crop yield of 177.5 kg per mu for giant river prawn, equivalent to approximately 2,662 kg per hectare.
In the first 7 months of 2026, Brazil imported 48,200 tonnes of seafood from Vietnam worth US$147.92 million, up 30.5% in volume and 41% in value year-on-year, making Vietnam Brazil's second-largest seafood supplier.
On October 22, 2026, the Vietnamese aquaculture magazine Thuy san Viet Nam published an article responding to a farmer's question about uneven tilapia sizes in large ponds, explaining the causes and offering practical recommendations across four areas: stocking density, seed quality, feed competition and pond environment.
Yevgenia Shelyuk, Minister of Economic Development and Industry of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, said on 22 October 2026 during the government hour at the oblast legislative assembly that the live crab transshipment logistics complex project at Arkhangelsk Port is in the active implementation phase and is scheduled to be launched in 2029.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has drafted new fisheries rules for the Azov-Black Sea basin, planned to take effect on September 1, 2027, with public discussion running until November 5. The draft covers multiple provisions including catch statistics for flounder, sharks and rays, adjustment of closed fishing seasons, gear marking, and time limits for gear retention in the water.
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.
On October 22, 2026, Chile's Aysén Region fisheries and aquaculture agencies, the military, and salmon farming companies held a coordination meeting to deploy early warning systems, review emergency plans, and assess response capacity for harmful algal blooms and mass salmon mortality events that may be triggered by El Niño.
AquaChile and three students from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile spent three months through the Sin Límites open innovation program assessing the feasibility of applying salmon blood in agronomy, animal nutrition and biotechnology, and identified valuable components such as iron.
The UK National Fish & Chip Awards, organized by the National Fish & Chip Federation (NFFF), has announced the finalists for International Fish & Chip Operator of the Year, with one fish and chip business each from Australia, Malaysia and the Netherlands making the shortlist.
The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2025 report, published by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), shows that average fishing pressure in the region fell by about 50% between 2013 and 2023, and the biomass of assessed commercial species rose by 25%, but 52% of the analyzed stocks remain overexploited.
Pond-side prices and wholesale market quotes for October 22, 2026 show that prices for farmed and traded Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) in China have fallen sharply compared with the same period last year, with year-on-year declines generally exceeding 50% in core producing areas and distribution hubs, and some exceeding 60%; month-on-month declines narrowed, and daily prices in East China and North China rebounded slightly.
SUNY Morrisville has signed the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge, becoming the sixth institution of higher education to join the initiative and bringing the total number of participating organizations and businesses in this cross-border movement to 52.
On October 22, 2026, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang held the 31st regular meeting of the Chinese and Russian heads of government. In their joint communiqué, the two sides set out continued development of seafood trade, restoration of company export qualifications, registration of fisheries companies in both countries, and expansion of the list of certified suppliers.
Iceland's Environment and Energy Agency has issued a temporary operating permit to Samherji, allowing its fish drying plant at Laugar in Reykjadalur valley to resume operations immediately; the plant's original permit was revoked in mid-September, and the new permit remains valid while the Northeastern Health Committee processes a permanent licence, for a maximum of 1 year.
On October 15, the Nanjing Institute of Fisheries Science conducted an on-site yield assessment of the "June yellow + giant river prawn" rotational culture model in Gucheng Subdistrict, Gaochun District, estimating a single-crop yield of 177.5 kg per mu for giant river prawn, equivalent to approximately 2,662 kg per hectare.
In the first 7 months of 2026, Brazil imported 48,200 tonnes of seafood from Vietnam worth US$147.92 million, up 30.5% in volume and 41% in value year-on-year, making Vietnam Brazil's second-largest seafood supplier.
On October 22, 2026, the Vietnamese aquaculture magazine Thuy san Viet Nam published an article responding to a farmer's question about uneven tilapia sizes in large ponds, explaining the causes and offering practical recommendations across four areas: stocking density, seed quality, feed competition and pond environment.
Yevgenia Shelyuk, Minister of Economic Development and Industry of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, said on 22 October 2026 during the government hour at the oblast legislative assembly that the live crab transshipment logistics complex project at Arkhangelsk Port is in the active implementation phase and is scheduled to be launched in 2029.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has drafted new fisheries rules for the Azov-Black Sea basin, planned to take effect on September 1, 2027, with public discussion running until November 5. The draft covers multiple provisions including catch statistics for flounder, sharks and rays, adjustment of closed fishing seasons, gear marking, and time limits for gear retention in the water.
Trøndelag County Governor and Centre Party member Tomas Iver Hallem published an article on 22 October calling on the Centre Party to make a clear demand for abolishing the aquaculture standard price committee before budget negotiations begin, and criticised the government's budget proposal for extending the current scheme through 2027.
