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.
Masanobu Sakamoto, Chairman of the Japan Fisheries Cooperatives (JF Zengyoren), visited Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tatsunori Ibayashi and State Minister of Finance Kaneko Shindo on October 5 to exchange views on fishing vessel construction and inspection, cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard, and the "unprecedented fisheries budget."
The US Department of Commerce has published the final antidumping determination on frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand for the period February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025, setting a weighted-average dumping margin of 1.76%, with only Thai Royal Frozen Foods receiving a 0% rate.
IJmuiden, Netherlands — Three beam trawlers will take part in a survey of turbot and tub gurnard fisheries until early October. The survey is carried out jointly by the fisheries department and Wageningen Marine Research, and 2026 marks its eighth year.
The 13th Holland Fisheries Event will open in Urk on 1 October at 10:00. The opening ceremony will focus on the development, opportunities and challenges of Dutch fisheries, with speeches by an Urk alderman, a Wageningen researcher and the chairman of the Dutch Fishermen's Union.
Dutch refrigerated transport company KOTRA Logistics announced on September 30, 2026 the acquisition of Blom Transport in Urk, taking on six transport vehicles and five drivers, with former owner Sjaak Blom moving to a manager role at KOTRA responsible for loading and unloading at the Urk fish auction market.
The Utrecht court in the Netherlands heard two cases on September 22 between fishermen and the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management concerning the training obligation for the Certificate of Competency (VBB). The second case, involving regulations effective July 1, 2025, was referred to a three-judge grand chamber.
On 24 June 2026, UK aquaculture news platform FishUpdate republished an opinion article from Fish Farmer magazine, in which author Nick Joy, taking climate change projections as his starting point, argues that scientists should be more outspoken when models lack factual support.
On 17 September 2026, UK seafood news platform FishUpdate published an opinion article bylined Nick Joy titled 'In the land of the blind'; the article's full text is set to be available after free registration.
On 22 September 2026, UK seafood news platform FishUpdate reported that UK seafood companies are being invited to register their interest in joining the UK Pavilion at this year's China Fisheries and Seafood Expo (CFSE).
On the morning of October 18, a feed-ingredient transport ship with 10 people aboard ran aground near Langstranda in Bodø, Norway. No one was injured and no leakage was observed from the hull; rescuers are waiting for high tide before making another attempt to refloat the vessel.
Chile's Supreme Court has rejected the final appeal of Sociedad La Botica Limitada, upholding the 500 UTM fine imposed on the company for providing false production information at its Chilean oyster (智利牡蛎) farm in Ancud, Los Lagos Region. The case stemmed from an October 2023 inspection by Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca), which found that the company had declared production more than ten times its authorized volume.
On October 15, Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council unanimously approved a project restructuring involving four fishing vessels, granting a national fishing permit to the Virgen del Milagro while revoking the permit of the Ángela and ordering its scrapping within two years; the fishing authorizations of the María Gracia and Vamos a Probar I were adjusted accordingly, with the Vamos a Probar I's authorized volume cut by 73.3%.
Farmer Duong Thanh Can in Long Phu Commune, Can Tho City, Vietnam, raised C.P. black tiger shrimp in a 100% lined-bottom pond, reaching about 18 count/kg in 5 months under EHP pressure, with projected output of about 13 tonnes, attracting multiple groups of farmers from within and outside the region to visit.
In October 2026, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) held the Responsible Seafood Summit and TCRS Shrimp Summit 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. Vietnam's Việt Úc Group presented its stress-tolerance breeding approach in the session "Genetic Improvement of Farmed Shrimp: A Driver of Competitiveness and Sustainability," and disclosed its genomic traceability and 2030 AquaTech goals in its own "Shrimp of the Future" session.
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council held its plenary meeting on 14-15 October, approving Minutes No. 27/2026 with a quorum of 9 members present. It decided to distribute 620 tonnes of hake management reserve among three companies—Argenova, Pesantar and Estremar—and, based on INIDEP recommendations, set the maximum allowable catch for southern king crab in the southern zone for the 2026-2027 season.
On 9 October 2026, at the opening of the Holland Fisheries Event, Johan Nooitgedagt, President of the Dutch Fishermen's Association (Nederlandse Vissersbond), presented a new approach called "Low Impact Fishing Technology" (LIFT), advocating that fishing technologies be judged by a scientific assessment framework rather than emotional debate.
Dutch fishing vessel ZK 37 suffered repeated setbacks fishing in the Eems estuary in week 37, then moved to the North Sea and the Dutch coast, landing 75 boxes of clean shrimp on the first day of week 38. Skipper Henk Buitjes also cited Wageningen University research noting that biodiversity in the Wadden Sea and North Sea shows an "ecosystem reorganisation" rather than an overall decline.
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.
Masanobu Sakamoto, Chairman of the Japan Fisheries Cooperatives (JF Zengyoren), visited Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tatsunori Ibayashi and State Minister of Finance Kaneko Shindo on October 5 to exchange views on fishing vessel construction and inspection, cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard, and the "unprecedented fisheries budget."
The US Department of Commerce has published the final antidumping determination on frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand for the period February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025, setting a weighted-average dumping margin of 1.76%, with only Thai Royal Frozen Foods receiving a 0% rate.
IJmuiden, Netherlands — Three beam trawlers will take part in a survey of turbot and tub gurnard fisheries until early October. The survey is carried out jointly by the fisheries department and Wageningen Marine Research, and 2026 marks its eighth year.
The 13th Holland Fisheries Event will open in Urk on 1 October at 10:00. The opening ceremony will focus on the development, opportunities and challenges of Dutch fisheries, with speeches by an Urk alderman, a Wageningen researcher and the chairman of the Dutch Fishermen's Union.
Dutch refrigerated transport company KOTRA Logistics announced on September 30, 2026 the acquisition of Blom Transport in Urk, taking on six transport vehicles and five drivers, with former owner Sjaak Blom moving to a manager role at KOTRA responsible for loading and unloading at the Urk fish auction market.
The Utrecht court in the Netherlands heard two cases on September 22 between fishermen and the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management concerning the training obligation for the Certificate of Competency (VBB). The second case, involving regulations effective July 1, 2025, was referred to a three-judge grand chamber.
On 24 June 2026, UK aquaculture news platform FishUpdate republished an opinion article from Fish Farmer magazine, in which author Nick Joy, taking climate change projections as his starting point, argues that scientists should be more outspoken when models lack factual support.
On 17 September 2026, UK seafood news platform FishUpdate published an opinion article bylined Nick Joy titled 'In the land of the blind'; the article's full text is set to be available after free registration.
On 22 September 2026, UK seafood news platform FishUpdate reported that UK seafood companies are being invited to register their interest in joining the UK Pavilion at this year's China Fisheries and Seafood Expo (CFSE).
On the morning of October 18, a feed-ingredient transport ship with 10 people aboard ran aground near Langstranda in Bodø, Norway. No one was injured and no leakage was observed from the hull; rescuers are waiting for high tide before making another attempt to refloat the vessel.
Chile's Supreme Court has rejected the final appeal of Sociedad La Botica Limitada, upholding the 500 UTM fine imposed on the company for providing false production information at its Chilean oyster (智利牡蛎) farm in Ancud, Los Lagos Region. The case stemmed from an October 2023 inspection by Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca), which found that the company had declared production more than ten times its authorized volume.
On October 15, Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council unanimously approved a project restructuring involving four fishing vessels, granting a national fishing permit to the Virgen del Milagro while revoking the permit of the Ángela and ordering its scrapping within two years; the fishing authorizations of the María Gracia and Vamos a Probar I were adjusted accordingly, with the Vamos a Probar I's authorized volume cut by 73.3%.
Farmer Duong Thanh Can in Long Phu Commune, Can Tho City, Vietnam, raised C.P. black tiger shrimp in a 100% lined-bottom pond, reaching about 18 count/kg in 5 months under EHP pressure, with projected output of about 13 tonnes, attracting multiple groups of farmers from within and outside the region to visit.
In October 2026, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) held the Responsible Seafood Summit and TCRS Shrimp Summit 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. Vietnam's Việt Úc Group presented its stress-tolerance breeding approach in the session "Genetic Improvement of Farmed Shrimp: A Driver of Competitiveness and Sustainability," and disclosed its genomic traceability and 2030 AquaTech goals in its own "Shrimp of the Future" session.
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council held its plenary meeting on 14-15 October, approving Minutes No. 27/2026 with a quorum of 9 members present. It decided to distribute 620 tonnes of hake management reserve among three companies—Argenova, Pesantar and Estremar—and, based on INIDEP recommendations, set the maximum allowable catch for southern king crab in the southern zone for the 2026-2027 season.
On 9 October 2026, at the opening of the Holland Fisheries Event, Johan Nooitgedagt, President of the Dutch Fishermen's Association (Nederlandse Vissersbond), presented a new approach called "Low Impact Fishing Technology" (LIFT), advocating that fishing technologies be judged by a scientific assessment framework rather than emotional debate.
Dutch fishing vessel ZK 37 suffered repeated setbacks fishing in the Eems estuary in week 37, then moved to the North Sea and the Dutch coast, landing 75 boxes of clean shrimp on the first day of week 38. Skipper Henk Buitjes also cited Wageningen University research noting that biodiversity in the Wadden Sea and North Sea shows an "ecosystem reorganisation" rather than an overall decline.
Peru's Ministry of Production confirmed on October 16 that no second anchovy fishing season will open in the north-central zone in 2026; a day earlier, Peruvian super prime fishmeal was quoted at RMB 24,000–25,000 per tonne at Shanghai port. IMARPE assessments show an acoustic biomass of 5.12 million tonnes of anchovy in the north-central zone, of which 79% is juveniles.
