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New research suggestst that good gut health could be the key to keeping shrimp healthy and enabling them to grow faster. Jean-Benoit Darodes de Tailly, the global business developer for shrimp at French animal biotechnology solutions firm Phileo by Lesaffre, presented the findings of a widespread study by the company at the Global Shrimp Forum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, which showed shrimp gut health has a big impact on overall health.

Land-based turbot and sole producer Stolt Sea Farm reported increased revenue in Q3 2026 but saw a lower profit due to a fair value adjustment hit. Stolt Sea Farm posted revenue of USD 40.6 million (EUR 36.1 million) in Q3 2026, an increase over the USD 39.5 million (EUR 35.2 million) it posted in the same period of 2025.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed several changes to the state’s Dungeness crab fishery into law, adopting recommendations made by the Dungeness Crab Task Force (DC TF). The DCTF was established to give commercial fishers a path for suggesting regulatory changes to the state’s Dungeness crab management. Introduced by State Senator Mike McGuire, SB 1393 applied those recommendations to the law. “SB 1393 has been long thought out by fleet representatives and Senator McGuire.

An anticipated shortage in traditional fishmeal supply has led stakeholders in the global aquaculture and feed sectors to call for a ramp-up of insect protein production as an alternative feed source. Though the sector has gained some lobbying momentum, companies in the space have struggled to stay afloat, leading sector observers to question whether insect-derived feed will ever achieve the price parity needed to become a viable alternative.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million) for Alaska pollock. Under the 28 September contract, Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Channel Fish Processing will supply 4,500 cases of frozen Alaska Pollock fillets for USD 1.13 million (EUR 1 million). New Beford, Massachusetts-based Pier Fish Co. was the other winner of an award, receiving USD 878,940 (EUR 783,406) to supply another 2,700 cases of frozen Alaska pollock.

Export volumes hit historic highs in Week 39 | Photo courtesy of DirkVG/Shutterstock Prices for Atlantic salmon from Norway, according to benchmarking firm Sitagri, were up slightly in Week 39 (21 September to 27 September) amid historically high export volumes. Again, very large fish saw significant price gains on very low export volumes. In fact, according to Sitagri, 95.33 percent of the week’s total exports came from the 2- to 6- kilogram size categories, none of which saw big price movement.

Chilean salmon-farming firm Australis Seafoods is facing a new class-action lawsuit in the U.S. Plaintiff Cathryn Harris has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Trapanada Seafarms, which is Australis’ U.S. subsidiary that sells Mama Bear, a frozen Atlantic salmon brand sourced from Chilean Patagonia.

Cork, Ireland-based aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue has announced a strategic partnership with Chūō, Japan-based marine sustainability consultancy firm UMITO Partners. The two organizations announced plans to launch the Japan Aquatech Innovation Studio flagship program in 2027 to pair aquaculture innovation programs in Japan with the capital needed to commercialize and launch.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) has proposed merging two Pacific sardine subpopulations into a single stock, eliminating a rebuilding plan adopted and set in motion last year. Currently, the federal government considers there to be two Pacific sardine stocks along the U.S. West Coast – a northern subpopulation and a southern subpopulation. NOAA Fisheries first listed the northern subpopulation as overfished in 2019.

The Walton Family Foundation recently launched a multimedia series around environmental issue case studies titled "Human Nature." The series focuses on real-world cases of environmental distress that are being remedied through the use of nature-based solutions.