EMEA editor Neil Ramsden brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week

Last week's top stories were North America-centered. The first was an update from the US state of Alaska's salmon harvests, which were behind 2023 levels but picking up quickly as the commercial sockeye season nears its peak.

The other saw the CEO of the largest US at-sea pollock processor backing a push from a handful of US senators to get more restrictions on the flow of Russian seafood globally, including an end to the latter's Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-approved status. Einar Gustafsson, CEO of American Seafoods Group, told Undercurrent News he'd met with senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, two Alaska Republicans staunchly behind fishing interests in the state, to discuss the Russian impact on the sector.

There was also the news that Steve Atkinson, the founder and former owner of steelhead salmon farmer Taste of BC Aquafarms, has ordered Blue Star Foods, the current owner, out of his recirculating aquaculture system facility in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 

For the rest of last week's biggest stories, click the headlines below:

• Shrimp duties may force change in price policy at US foodservice, Red Lobster exec advises
• Head of Mexican fishing association assassinated after denouncing illegal fishing
• Alaska pollock B season kicks off with more PBO outputs
• US scallop prices continue downward tack, further narrow size-related gap
• Circle Seafoods pushes back Alaska launch of salmon freezer barge to 2025
• Atlantic Sapphire founders sell off shares for nearly $1m
• China restrictions, US duties likely to cause H2 shrimp trade corrections
• Expanding Japanese wholesaler acquires Aussie seafood business
• Vietnamese shrimp exporter plans shift into farming, processing other species
• Spanish cannery, now retailer-owned, leases rival's plant after food fraud, bankruptcy case