Editorial director Tom Seaman brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week  

Last week, the headlines were dominated by a developing snow crab story in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and Undercurrent News' coverage of the wild salmon supply. 

On Friday, it emerged Quinlan Brothers, the owner of Canada's largest crab processing factory, is facing charges in relation to its handling and moving under detention of dead snow crab.

The provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced Friday morning (July 25) that it has charged the company with four violations of the province's Fish Inspection Act and Fish Inspection Operations Regulations in relation to inspections made by officials from its fisheries department between May 30 and June 29, 2024.

Eearlier last week, the Association of Seafood Producers, which represents most of the province's seafood processors, cried foul over an incident on July 13 this year that resulted in Quinlan having to discard 50,000 lbs of boxed crab, worth about $250,000, at its plant in Bay De Verde, as reported by Undercurrent.

On wild salmon, the supply from Russia and the US state of Alaska is down year-on-year, which is driving prices up. As a result, the price of sockeye delivered to Europe from Alaska has increased by 25%, some European importers told Undercurrent.

In Russia, a major industry group warned of an upcoming "salmon disaster" in the main Far East fishing region of Kamchatka, even as the national fishery agency Rosrybolovstvo admitted that this year's catching was proceeding slower than usual.

You can find all of last week's top stories below:

• Canada's largest crab factory forced to dump thousands of pounds
• Alaska's Bristol Bay sockeye weigh in at record lows as fishing winds down
• Canada's Quinlan Brothers charged over use of dead, weak snow crab
• Russia's Far East salmon fishers warn of levy 'disaster' as catch forecast weakens
• Newfoundland names new-old fisheries minister
• Thai Union sends Red Lobster $21m bill for 15m lbs of shrimp
• Newfoundland crab harvester union elects new president
• Red Lobster ready to embrace Fortress as new owner due to lack of other bids
• Large Chilean processor plans RAS salmon farm in Canadian province
• Alaska sockeye prices surge over 25% for European buyers amid slower catches