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

Last week, Undercurrent News was live from the Icefish expo and the Fish Waste for Profit conference, running Sept. 18-20 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The latter sought to give attendees knowledge on how to maximize their return on investment from potentially discarded parts of the catch that can be turned into high-value products for non-food sectors.

Many start-ups and innovators gave their views, including the founder of Kerecis -- Iceland's first Unicorn, which sold to the Danish company Coloplast for $1.3 billion in 2023. You can recap the blog here.

Also well-read last week was a feature on how US restaurant chain Red Lobster may have found its match in new 35-year-old CEO Damola Adamolekun and reports that it's looking likely that Alaska red king crab will be commercially harvested in Bristol Bay, Alaska, for a second year after a two-year hiatus. However, federal scientists say snow crab stocks in the Bering Sea snow crab fishery are still rebuilding and will likely remain closed for a third season.

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

• US report tallies billions in losses for Alaska seafood sector
• After much delay, Canada quietly releases BC salmon farm transition plan
• Rodger May narrowly beat out Silver Bay Seafoods to win Peter Pan assets at auction
• Alaska's Bristol Bay salmon harvest above average with smallest sockeye on record
• AquaBounty's asset sales, shrinking cash reserves signal deepening crisis
• Japan's sockeye green roe imports from Alaska to halve amidst smaller sizes, soaring prices
• Week 38 shrimp price roundup: Multi-year September high in Thailand, China also up
• Three firms in final bidding for Avramar's Greek seabass, seabream assets
• Canada's fisheries minister under fire in Parliament over cod, lobster decisions