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.
The government of Chubut Province, Argentina, has enacted Law XVII No. 168, establishing a new access, operation, mobility and oversight regime for artisanal fisheries permits in Zone III (Bahía Camarones) and Zone IV (Caleta Córdova), allowing the operating zones to be swapped after technical assessment while explicitly prohibiting the directed fishing or bycatch of Argentine red shrimp.
Argentina's fishery sector exported US$1.866 billion and 454,200 tonnes in January–September 2026, up 17.8% and 9.5% year on year respectively, the highest values in the 2021–2026 series; whole shrimp exports doubled in volume and value, while squid, though down, remained the largest export product.
This year's drift count by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research on a 21-kilometer stretch of the Orkla River recorded only 97 live salmon, compared with a mean of 1,170 across six counts from 2015 to 2025; 83 of the 97 live fish showed visible fungal infection, and 186 dead fish were also found.
On 22 October 2026, the Argentine fisheries port weekly Revista Puerto published an interview with Nicolás Cagliolo, sales director of Estrella Patagónica (EPSA), and Camila Brriel, foreign trade specialist at Arbumasa: cod exports in September rose 10% year on year in both volume and value, while shrimp, hurt by overly fast fishing and damaged quality, have already fallen 40 US cents per kg compared with the 2025 season, with final prices not to be determined until January 2027, after the European Christmas sales end.
Ahead of the red shrimp season opening at Rawson port in Chubut province, Argentina, Chamber of Fisheries Business (CAFACh) president Gustavo González disclosed that the exploratory survey will begin on October 26 with 20 vessels participating, and stated that if a quota system is implemented, Rawson needs at least 85,000 tonnes of available volume.
Farmer Đỗ Văn Được in Sa Huỳnh ward, Quang Ngai province, Vietnam, shifted from the lobster seed business to farming grouper for the commercial market. He now has 17 cages, produces about 20 tons of fish per year, sells at about 200,000 VND/kg, and earns an annual profit of about 1.6 billion VND, while retaining the lobster seed purchasing and transport business and employing about 40 local workers.
Statistics from Vietnam Customs show that seafood export value reached USD 1.13 billion in September 2026, up 12% year-on-year, driving cumulative exports in the first 9 months to USD 9.1 billion, up 11.5% year-on-year. Brazil emerged as the fastest-growing market, rising 130.7% in September alone and 53.2% cumulatively in the first 9 months.
Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug harvested about 7,000 tonnes of aquatic biological resources in the first nine months of 2026, on par with the previous year; four backbone enterprises contributed 5.36 thousand tonnes of the 53.6 thousand tonnes, up nearly 25% year on year, and the region plans to complete no less than 10,000 tonnes for the full year.
On October 22, 2026, the 31st China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting was held in St. Petersburg. The joint communiqué issued after the meeting stated that both sides will continue to address issues in bilateral fish and seafood trade, including restoring the qualifications of the two countries' seafood export enterprises and advancing the registration and approval of fishery companies.
On October 22, 2026, Somalia's Foreign Minister and Spain's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign and Global Affairs met during the Global Security Forum in Doha, with fisheries cooperation as the focus. Spain, which has one of Europe's largest fishing fleets, is interested in tuna fishing off the Somali coast; Somalia has made fisheries development a priority of its economic policy.
The 2040 Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision adopted by the European Commission on 20 October proposes simplifying the aquaculture regulatory framework, but the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) points out that the strategy sets no production targets, milestones or dedicated funding, and that permitting for new farms still takes 5 to 8 years.
On October 22, 2026, FishUpdate reported that Caledonian Oyster Co was honored at the Scottish Shellfish Awards, as Scottish shellfish growers celebrate the association's 40th anniversary.
Land-based salmon farmer Gigante Salmon achieved simultaneous farming of Atlantic salmon in all three of its production pools for the first time in Q3 2026, but conducted no routine harvest during the quarter and therefore had no operating revenue.
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.
The government of Chubut Province, Argentina, has enacted Law XVII No. 168, establishing a new access, operation, mobility and oversight regime for artisanal fisheries permits in Zone III (Bahía Camarones) and Zone IV (Caleta Córdova), allowing the operating zones to be swapped after technical assessment while explicitly prohibiting the directed fishing or bycatch of Argentine red shrimp.
Argentina's fishery sector exported US$1.866 billion and 454,200 tonnes in January–September 2026, up 17.8% and 9.5% year on year respectively, the highest values in the 2021–2026 series; whole shrimp exports doubled in volume and value, while squid, though down, remained the largest export product.
This year's drift count by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research on a 21-kilometer stretch of the Orkla River recorded only 97 live salmon, compared with a mean of 1,170 across six counts from 2015 to 2025; 83 of the 97 live fish showed visible fungal infection, and 186 dead fish were also found.
On 22 October 2026, the Argentine fisheries port weekly Revista Puerto published an interview with Nicolás Cagliolo, sales director of Estrella Patagónica (EPSA), and Camila Brriel, foreign trade specialist at Arbumasa: cod exports in September rose 10% year on year in both volume and value, while shrimp, hurt by overly fast fishing and damaged quality, have already fallen 40 US cents per kg compared with the 2025 season, with final prices not to be determined until January 2027, after the European Christmas sales end.
Ahead of the red shrimp season opening at Rawson port in Chubut province, Argentina, Chamber of Fisheries Business (CAFACh) president Gustavo González disclosed that the exploratory survey will begin on October 26 with 20 vessels participating, and stated that if a quota system is implemented, Rawson needs at least 85,000 tonnes of available volume.
Farmer Đỗ Văn Được in Sa Huỳnh ward, Quang Ngai province, Vietnam, shifted from the lobster seed business to farming grouper for the commercial market. He now has 17 cages, produces about 20 tons of fish per year, sells at about 200,000 VND/kg, and earns an annual profit of about 1.6 billion VND, while retaining the lobster seed purchasing and transport business and employing about 40 local workers.
Statistics from Vietnam Customs show that seafood export value reached USD 1.13 billion in September 2026, up 12% year-on-year, driving cumulative exports in the first 9 months to USD 9.1 billion, up 11.5% year-on-year. Brazil emerged as the fastest-growing market, rising 130.7% in September alone and 53.2% cumulatively in the first 9 months.
Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug harvested about 7,000 tonnes of aquatic biological resources in the first nine months of 2026, on par with the previous year; four backbone enterprises contributed 5.36 thousand tonnes of the 53.6 thousand tonnes, up nearly 25% year on year, and the region plans to complete no less than 10,000 tonnes for the full year.
On October 22, 2026, the 31st China-Russia Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting was held in St. Petersburg. The joint communiqué issued after the meeting stated that both sides will continue to address issues in bilateral fish and seafood trade, including restoring the qualifications of the two countries' seafood export enterprises and advancing the registration and approval of fishery companies.
On October 22, 2026, Somalia's Foreign Minister and Spain's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign and Global Affairs met during the Global Security Forum in Doha, with fisheries cooperation as the focus. Spain, which has one of Europe's largest fishing fleets, is interested in tuna fishing off the Somali coast; Somalia has made fisheries development a priority of its economic policy.
The 2040 Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision adopted by the European Commission on 20 October proposes simplifying the aquaculture regulatory framework, but the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) points out that the strategy sets no production targets, milestones or dedicated funding, and that permitting for new farms still takes 5 to 8 years.
On October 22, 2026, FishUpdate reported that Caledonian Oyster Co was honored at the Scottish Shellfish Awards, as Scottish shellfish growers celebrate the association's 40th anniversary.
Land-based salmon farmer Gigante Salmon achieved simultaneous farming of Atlantic salmon in all three of its production pools for the first time in Q3 2026, but conducted no routine harvest during the quarter and therefore had no operating revenue.
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP), in Minutes No. 27/2026 of its October 15 meeting, rejected a seafarers' union appeal alleging discriminatory treatment under current rules, deciding to keep the speed-presumption provisions for closed areas under Resolution No. 1/2002 and related rules unchanged.
