Monthly statistics from the Norwegian Seafood Council show that in September 2026, 38.1% of Norway's fresh wild fish export volume went to Denmark, up 1 percentage point from the same period last year; among these, 50.2% of fresh haddock exports went to Denmark, and fresh monkfish reached as high as 86%.
October is US National Seafood Month. Just Shrimp launches a new food holiday, Shrimpmas, Luke's Lobster highlights responsible sourcing, and the National Seafood Association (NSA) holds its seventh National Pescatarian Month.
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) unanimously approved the allocation of 620 tonnes of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) to five vessels operated by three companies, as recorded in CFP meeting minutes No. 27/2026. The allocation represents 95.3% of the 650.4 tonnes in the management reserve at the time of reporting.
An occupational health, safety and environment (HSE) survey conducted by SINTEF Ocean and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that among 1,962 employees in farming, shipping, service vessel and supplier companies in the Norwegian aquaculture industry, 66% experienced near-misses in the past two years, with the share reaching as high as 85% among service vessel crew; among 349 employees at salmon slaughter and processing plants, 42% reported near-misses.
Amokabel, a company based in Ålesund, Norway, has been selected as the cable supplier for Samherji's Salmon Garden land-based farming project in Iceland. Delivery will be handled through Icelandic partner Johan Rönning, with electrical installation carried out by ACEL. The contract value is confidential.
An article published in the Vietnamese fisheries magazine Thủy sản Việt Nam on October 19 noted that technology—from seedstock and environmental management to automatic feeding, recirculating water treatment, AI and the Internet of Things—is penetrating Vietnam's shrimp farming more deeply. However, gaps with major shrimp-farming countries in cost, disease and production efficiency indicate that the issue is no longer whether technology exists, but whether it can be applied in sync and converted into competitive advantage.
In August 2026, raw frozen shrimp and value-added shrimp products exported to the EU by Asia, Latin America and Africa totaled 40,426 tonnes, up 1% year-on-year; the monthly value was EUR 244 million, down 1% year-on-year. Cumulative imports for the first eight months of 2026 reached 273,849 tonnes and EUR 1.664 billion, down 6% and 10% year-on-year respectively.
On the afternoon of October 18, a Danish fishing vessel caught fire and sent out a distress call in the Skagerrak on the Norwegian side of the strait. An Italian cruise ship lowered a lifeboat and evacuated all four crew members aboard, all of whom were reported uninjured.
At the monitoring meeting of the Federal Fisheries Council, INIDEP researchers reported that declared catches of the northern hake stock have fallen 82% since 1991, averaging only 35,780 tonnes per year over the past five years, with spawning biomass now below the biological reference limit point of 150,000 tonnes.
On October 19, 2026, Alexander Yastrebov was appointed head of the Far Eastern Customs Administration; he had served as head of the Siberian Customs Administration since July 6, 2020.
Researchers at Petrozavodsk State University have obtained a patent for a two-component composition that inhibits bacterial fouling on nets. The university says the coating can reduce disease incidence in cage-cultured fish and has been developed to a level ready for industrial scale-up.
Land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon announced on 19 October 2026 that it has mandated four institutions as joint bookrunners, launching a series of meetings with bond investors and potentially issuing NOK 1.25 billion in senior secured bonds to refinance its existing NOK 750 million bonds and advance construction of Kvalnes phase 2A.
Norwegian ship design company NSK Ship Design announced on 19 October 2026 that it has acquired Multi Maritime, merging the two Norwegian design houses; by turnover and number of designs delivered, the combined company becomes one of Norway's largest ship design firms.
On October 19, 2026, Olga Burkova, Chair of the Khabarovsk Krai Fisheries Cooperative Union, raised the issue of transport fleet renewal at a meeting of the Council of the All-Russian Fisheries Cooperative Union, proposing to advance transport vessel construction through preferential leasing instruments combined with state-supported standard vessel designs, and suggesting a working group be established on the Federation Council platform for discussion.
On October 19, 2026, the training sailing ship Pallada, owned by the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency, set sail from Vladivostok on a scheduled voyage. Qingdao is one of the key ports of call on the route, where the vessel will take part in the China Fisheries & Seafood Expo held locally from October 28 to 30.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has updated the veterinary prevention and control rules for infectious anemia and infectious pancreatic necrosis in salmonids via Orders No. 572 and No. 573 dated September 1, 2026. The new rules take effect on March 1, 2027, and repeal two earlier orders from 2020.
Representatives of French insect protein company Innovafeed and Dutch counterpart Protix jointly published a white paper arguing that life cycle assessments of insect protein should incorporate industrial-scale factors. Innovafeed disclosed that the carbon intensity of its insect protein fell fivefold between 2022 and 2025, and it has set a 2030 target.
The Cerro La Cruz-El Bufadero rocky headland in San Bartolo, Peru has been illegally drilled with hydraulic breakers; local residents identify a private landowner as having ordered the work to improve his private view, and the mayor says the permit was approved while he was on leave.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority and the Australian Border Force jointly announced that 14 Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty on 29 September 2026 at the Darwin Local Court to illegal fishing in Australian waters, with two foreign fishing vessels intercepted in September 2026.
Monthly statistics from the Norwegian Seafood Council show that in September 2026, 38.1% of Norway's fresh wild fish export volume went to Denmark, up 1 percentage point from the same period last year; among these, 50.2% of fresh haddock exports went to Denmark, and fresh monkfish reached as high as 86%.
October is US National Seafood Month. Just Shrimp launches a new food holiday, Shrimpmas, Luke's Lobster highlights responsible sourcing, and the National Seafood Association (NSA) holds its seventh National Pescatarian Month.
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) unanimously approved the allocation of 620 tonnes of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) to five vessels operated by three companies, as recorded in CFP meeting minutes No. 27/2026. The allocation represents 95.3% of the 650.4 tonnes in the management reserve at the time of reporting.
An occupational health, safety and environment (HSE) survey conducted by SINTEF Ocean and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that among 1,962 employees in farming, shipping, service vessel and supplier companies in the Norwegian aquaculture industry, 66% experienced near-misses in the past two years, with the share reaching as high as 85% among service vessel crew; among 349 employees at salmon slaughter and processing plants, 42% reported near-misses.
Amokabel, a company based in Ålesund, Norway, has been selected as the cable supplier for Samherji's Salmon Garden land-based farming project in Iceland. Delivery will be handled through Icelandic partner Johan Rönning, with electrical installation carried out by ACEL. The contract value is confidential.
An article published in the Vietnamese fisheries magazine Thủy sản Việt Nam on October 19 noted that technology—from seedstock and environmental management to automatic feeding, recirculating water treatment, AI and the Internet of Things—is penetrating Vietnam's shrimp farming more deeply. However, gaps with major shrimp-farming countries in cost, disease and production efficiency indicate that the issue is no longer whether technology exists, but whether it can be applied in sync and converted into competitive advantage.
In August 2026, raw frozen shrimp and value-added shrimp products exported to the EU by Asia, Latin America and Africa totaled 40,426 tonnes, up 1% year-on-year; the monthly value was EUR 244 million, down 1% year-on-year. Cumulative imports for the first eight months of 2026 reached 273,849 tonnes and EUR 1.664 billion, down 6% and 10% year-on-year respectively.
On the afternoon of October 18, a Danish fishing vessel caught fire and sent out a distress call in the Skagerrak on the Norwegian side of the strait. An Italian cruise ship lowered a lifeboat and evacuated all four crew members aboard, all of whom were reported uninjured.
At the monitoring meeting of the Federal Fisheries Council, INIDEP researchers reported that declared catches of the northern hake stock have fallen 82% since 1991, averaging only 35,780 tonnes per year over the past five years, with spawning biomass now below the biological reference limit point of 150,000 tonnes.
On October 19, 2026, Alexander Yastrebov was appointed head of the Far Eastern Customs Administration; he had served as head of the Siberian Customs Administration since July 6, 2020.
Researchers at Petrozavodsk State University have obtained a patent for a two-component composition that inhibits bacterial fouling on nets. The university says the coating can reduce disease incidence in cage-cultured fish and has been developed to a level ready for industrial scale-up.
Land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon announced on 19 October 2026 that it has mandated four institutions as joint bookrunners, launching a series of meetings with bond investors and potentially issuing NOK 1.25 billion in senior secured bonds to refinance its existing NOK 750 million bonds and advance construction of Kvalnes phase 2A.
Norwegian ship design company NSK Ship Design announced on 19 October 2026 that it has acquired Multi Maritime, merging the two Norwegian design houses; by turnover and number of designs delivered, the combined company becomes one of Norway's largest ship design firms.
On October 19, 2026, Olga Burkova, Chair of the Khabarovsk Krai Fisheries Cooperative Union, raised the issue of transport fleet renewal at a meeting of the Council of the All-Russian Fisheries Cooperative Union, proposing to advance transport vessel construction through preferential leasing instruments combined with state-supported standard vessel designs, and suggesting a working group be established on the Federation Council platform for discussion.
On October 19, 2026, the training sailing ship Pallada, owned by the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency, set sail from Vladivostok on a scheduled voyage. Qingdao is one of the key ports of call on the route, where the vessel will take part in the China Fisheries & Seafood Expo held locally from October 28 to 30.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has updated the veterinary prevention and control rules for infectious anemia and infectious pancreatic necrosis in salmonids via Orders No. 572 and No. 573 dated September 1, 2026. The new rules take effect on March 1, 2027, and repeal two earlier orders from 2020.
Representatives of French insect protein company Innovafeed and Dutch counterpart Protix jointly published a white paper arguing that life cycle assessments of insect protein should incorporate industrial-scale factors. Innovafeed disclosed that the carbon intensity of its insect protein fell fivefold between 2022 and 2025, and it has set a 2030 target.
The Cerro La Cruz-El Bufadero rocky headland in San Bartolo, Peru has been illegally drilled with hydraulic breakers; local residents identify a private landowner as having ordered the work to improve his private view, and the mayor says the permit was approved while he was on leave.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority and the Australian Border Force jointly announced that 14 Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty on 29 September 2026 at the Darwin Local Court to illegal fishing in Australian waters, with two foreign fishing vessels intercepted in September 2026.
The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF) has issued an open call for decision-support tools based on machine vision, sensor data and artificial intelligence to monitor stress levels in real time during crowding operations for Atlantic salmon at the sea-based seawater farming stage, with funding of up to NOK 8 million (approximately EUR 742,000); one project is planned to be funded.
