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Due to multiple limiting factors, many Filipino fishers seeking litigious action against exploitative labor agencies recruiting for foreign trawling operations have been forced to drop their cases and return to work in similarly manipulative conditions, according to a labor advocacy group in the Philippines.

Suriname has been authorized to once again export products harvested from its drift gillnet fishery to the United States after NOAA Fisheries granted the nation an updated comparability finding. Beginning this year, the U.S. requires foreign fisheries to secure a comparability finding from NOAA Fisheries showing that they have similar marine mammal protections to the U.S. in order to export seafood products to the country.

The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) has approved a new multispecies fishery management plan, officially splitting the management areas for cod in the Northeast U.S. Amendment 25 has separated the management of Atlantic cod in New England into four distinct areas – Eastern Gulf of Maine cod, Western Gulf of Maine cod, Georges Bank cod, and Southern New England cod.

Export prices for Norwegian salmon have continued to drop | Photo courtesy of Chaton Chokpatara/Shutterstock Prices for Norwegian salmon have continued to drop alongside an increase in total exports. On 28 June, export prices for whole fresh Atlantic salmon from Norway dropped to NOK 67.98 (USD 6.86, EUR 6.03) per kilogram, according to the SeafoodSource Pricing Portal. That price is down NOK 2.33 (USD 0.24, EUR 0.21) from the prior week's price of NOK 70.31 (USD 7.09, EUR 6.23).

Several seafood suppliers rolled out deals to capitalize on e-commerce spending during this year’s Amazon Prime Day sales promotion. According to Adobe data, e-commerce spending during the event, which ran from 23 to 26 June, totaled USD 26.4 billion (EUR 23 billion), increasing 9.3 percent from 2025, when the event was held 8 to 11 July.

Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) has announced a new set of auctions for access to fishing rights in the country. Rosrybolovstvo said it has decided to hold electronic auctions on 20 and 21 July to sell rights to harvest multiple species. The auction will consist of 17 different lots, carrying rights for tanner crab, snow crab, whelks, octopus, sea cucumber, kelp, clams, and scallops.

Danish seafood processing firm Espersen announced it is planning to withdraw from primary processing and shift toward added-value consumer business following a poor financial performance in FY 2025. Espersen said it will undergo a strategic transformation to strengthen its long-term competitiveness, which will see it undergo a consultation process that could result in the sale of its primary processing facilities.

Kennebunk, Maine, U.S.A.-based Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) and the Maine Lobster Community Alliance (MLCA) launched the “Billion Egg Challenge” statewide competition to see which team of lobsterman can V-notch the most lobsters across three months. V-notching is a widely used conservation practice in lobstering, where female egg-bearing lobsters are notched with a “V” on the tail flipper and then released back into the ocean.

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) recently busted multiple people for attempting to smuggle Dungeness crabs out of the Tokeland tidelands utilizing custom jackets with hidden compartments. The names and ages of the aforementioned people have not yet been released to the public, and local news station King5 said the incident took place 16 June 2026.

The European Commission is seeking public comments on ways to simplify the European Maritime, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), the main vehicle for the European Union’s (E.U.) investments in aquaculture and fisheries.