The New Zealand seafood industry association welcomes the government's move to clarify the respective responsibilities of central and local government in fisheries resource management, saying it could restore a clear line between fisheries management and local planning rules.
France's Innovafeed and the Netherlands' Protix jointly released a white paper around September 29, 2026, drawing on peer-reviewed life cycle assessment data and the GFLI database to examine the pathways and barriers for insect feed moving from pilot to industrial scale.
Danish Pelagic Fishing (Dansk Puljefiskeri) announced on 8 October 2026 the launch of a new app that gathers Puljefisk.dk user data in one place and makes it directly accessible via mobile phone or tablet.
The United Nations, in partnership with the WWF's Greening Financial Regulation Initiative, has published a revised Ocean Investment Protocol, adding action recommendations for central banks, regulators and supervisory authorities, and listing investable areas such as sustainable seafood, shipping, ports and offshore renewable energy.
Norwegian aquaculture company Frøy has appointed Dagfinn Eliassen as Sales Director for live fish carrier vessels (brønnbåt), succeeding Tomas Bjørstad, who moves to a newbuild project role. The appointment takes effect on November 1, 2026.
NRGene Canada, a black soldier fly (BSF) producer based in Saskatchewan, Canada, and fish processing and packaging company Ile-a-la-Crosse Fish Company announced on October 5, 2026 that they have jointly developed a poultry feed formulation called MaxBSF, which uses fish processing by-products for black soldier fly production.
The People's Committee of Vinh Long Province, Vietnam, has issued a decision setting out the list of prohibited fishing operations and gear, designating time-limited closed areas in inshore, offshore and inland waters, and specifying minimum mesh sizes for various types of fishing gear.
Egypt launches a pilot fisheries monitoring project, setting up data collection offices at four landing sites along the Mediterranean coast to directly collect information on total catch, fishing effort, discards and vulnerable species, in order to improve fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance infrastructure.
The Aquaculture Awards 2026 were held in Glasgow, honouring innovators in the industry, unsung heroes and a legend of aquaculture.
The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) has confirmed Germany's GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) as a Gold Sponsor of the WA26T/AFRAQ26 conference in Dar es Salaam, according to a report published by Fish Farmer on September 2, 2026.
The Murmansk Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office inspected four aquaculture companies, finding unlabeled aquatic organisms, poor cage conditions, and operations conducted without approval; it has issued prosecutor's recommendations to company heads and opened administrative cases.
At its September meeting, the US Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council decided to develop an experimental fishing permit (EFP) to collect bottomfish fishery data for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, where commercial fishing has been banned since 2010, and has begun soliciting contractor proposals with an October 10 deadline.
On 10 June 2026, the results of the Seawork 2026 Awards were announced, with innovation in the marine sector and individual contributions recognised at the awards event.
The Fourth International Scientific Workshop on Argentine Shortfin Squid was held in Vigo, Spain, with scientists from China, South Korea, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay and the Malvinas Islands participating. Argentina had previously closed squid fishing throughout its entire exclusive economic zone due to the state of the resource and notified, through diplomatic channels, the fleets of various countries operating beyond 201 nautical miles, but received no response from the main parties involved.
On September 29, the Council of the EU reached a partial negotiating position on supporting the common fisheries policy, ocean and aquaculture policy and the European Ocean Pact. Under the future 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, fisheries and aquaculture support will mainly be provided through national and regional partnership plans, replacing existing fragmented funds and regulations with a "single funding toolbox."
As the Trump administration accelerates the rollback of endangered species protections, US Senators Adam Schiff and Pete Ricketts introduced the Improving Species Recovery Act on October 2, 2026, proposing to introduce mechanisms such as pre-listing conservation standards, conservation milestones, and baseline status into the Endangered Species Act.
The Russian government has issued feedback on a bill proposed by lawmakers for a unified digital platform in the agriculture and fisheries sector, stating it supports the bill subject to amendments on several points, including the removal of provisions requiring information providers to submit data mandatorily.
The California State Legislature has passed two bills targeting cold storage companies: AB 817 requires industrial food warehousing facilities to establish a state-level emergency contingency fund before obtaining permits, and SB 716 removes the $2,000 daily penalty cap for violations while substantially raising penalties. The move stems from a fire at a Lineage-owned cold storage facility in Los Angeles that began on June 17, burned for several days, and left millions of pounds of rotting meat and seafood.
European fisheries organizations Europêche and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) have jointly written to the European Commission requesting an extension of the Middle East crisis Temporary State Aid Framework (METSAF), which is due to expire on 31 December, and calling for the compensation cap to be changed from per-company to per-vessel calculation.
The New Zealand seafood industry association welcomes the government's move to clarify the respective responsibilities of central and local government in fisheries resource management, saying it could restore a clear line between fisheries management and local planning rules.
France's Innovafeed and the Netherlands' Protix jointly released a white paper around September 29, 2026, drawing on peer-reviewed life cycle assessment data and the GFLI database to examine the pathways and barriers for insect feed moving from pilot to industrial scale.
Danish Pelagic Fishing (Dansk Puljefiskeri) announced on 8 October 2026 the launch of a new app that gathers Puljefisk.dk user data in one place and makes it directly accessible via mobile phone or tablet.
The United Nations, in partnership with the WWF's Greening Financial Regulation Initiative, has published a revised Ocean Investment Protocol, adding action recommendations for central banks, regulators and supervisory authorities, and listing investable areas such as sustainable seafood, shipping, ports and offshore renewable energy.
Norwegian aquaculture company Frøy has appointed Dagfinn Eliassen as Sales Director for live fish carrier vessels (brønnbåt), succeeding Tomas Bjørstad, who moves to a newbuild project role. The appointment takes effect on November 1, 2026.
NRGene Canada, a black soldier fly (BSF) producer based in Saskatchewan, Canada, and fish processing and packaging company Ile-a-la-Crosse Fish Company announced on October 5, 2026 that they have jointly developed a poultry feed formulation called MaxBSF, which uses fish processing by-products for black soldier fly production.
The People's Committee of Vinh Long Province, Vietnam, has issued a decision setting out the list of prohibited fishing operations and gear, designating time-limited closed areas in inshore, offshore and inland waters, and specifying minimum mesh sizes for various types of fishing gear.
Egypt launches a pilot fisheries monitoring project, setting up data collection offices at four landing sites along the Mediterranean coast to directly collect information on total catch, fishing effort, discards and vulnerable species, in order to improve fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance infrastructure.
The Aquaculture Awards 2026 were held in Glasgow, honouring innovators in the industry, unsung heroes and a legend of aquaculture.
The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) has confirmed Germany's GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) as a Gold Sponsor of the WA26T/AFRAQ26 conference in Dar es Salaam, according to a report published by Fish Farmer on September 2, 2026.
The Murmansk Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office inspected four aquaculture companies, finding unlabeled aquatic organisms, poor cage conditions, and operations conducted without approval; it has issued prosecutor's recommendations to company heads and opened administrative cases.
At its September meeting, the US Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council decided to develop an experimental fishing permit (EFP) to collect bottomfish fishery data for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, where commercial fishing has been banned since 2010, and has begun soliciting contractor proposals with an October 10 deadline.
On 10 June 2026, the results of the Seawork 2026 Awards were announced, with innovation in the marine sector and individual contributions recognised at the awards event.
The Fourth International Scientific Workshop on Argentine Shortfin Squid was held in Vigo, Spain, with scientists from China, South Korea, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay and the Malvinas Islands participating. Argentina had previously closed squid fishing throughout its entire exclusive economic zone due to the state of the resource and notified, through diplomatic channels, the fleets of various countries operating beyond 201 nautical miles, but received no response from the main parties involved.
On September 29, the Council of the EU reached a partial negotiating position on supporting the common fisheries policy, ocean and aquaculture policy and the European Ocean Pact. Under the future 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, fisheries and aquaculture support will mainly be provided through national and regional partnership plans, replacing existing fragmented funds and regulations with a "single funding toolbox."
As the Trump administration accelerates the rollback of endangered species protections, US Senators Adam Schiff and Pete Ricketts introduced the Improving Species Recovery Act on October 2, 2026, proposing to introduce mechanisms such as pre-listing conservation standards, conservation milestones, and baseline status into the Endangered Species Act.
The Russian government has issued feedback on a bill proposed by lawmakers for a unified digital platform in the agriculture and fisheries sector, stating it supports the bill subject to amendments on several points, including the removal of provisions requiring information providers to submit data mandatorily.
The California State Legislature has passed two bills targeting cold storage companies: AB 817 requires industrial food warehousing facilities to establish a state-level emergency contingency fund before obtaining permits, and SB 716 removes the $2,000 daily penalty cap for violations while substantially raising penalties. The move stems from a fire at a Lineage-owned cold storage facility in Los Angeles that began on June 17, burned for several days, and left millions of pounds of rotting meat and seafood.
European fisheries organizations Europêche and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) have jointly written to the European Commission requesting an extension of the Middle East crisis Temporary State Aid Framework (METSAF), which is due to expire on 31 December, and calling for the compensation cap to be changed from per-company to per-vessel calculation.
The four-day conference organized by the European Aquaculture Society was held in Ljubljana, where 2,522 researchers and industry representatives discussed "aquaculture in a changing world"; Jurica Jug-Dujaković, biotechnology lead at MJD Advisory and Development, proposed at the first plenary session that aquaculture must consider not only sustainability but also whether species and production systems can withstand climate change.
