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

Last week, Undercurrent News was live from the Surimi School Europe in Barcelona, Spain, and the tenth edition of the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit, held at the Tokyo International Forum.

The most-read story of last week was the news that US giant Trident Seafoods would not be reopening its St. Paul, Alaska, processing plant for the upcoming winter snow crab season, leading to scrambling among Bering Sea communities as harvesters and processors must reallocate snow crab quota shares on a tight deadline less than a week away.

Staying in the US, the next most-read news was that the government released its full Alaska Seafood Snapshot economic report on the US state's beleaguered seafood industry, which had an estimated $1.8 billion loss in direct revenue from 2022 to 2023. 

Israeli researchers have successfully bred the world's first gene-edited giant freshwater prawn using CRISPR technology, a tool that allows scientists to precisely modify specific genes to enhance traits like growth and disease resistance. The development could change shrimp farming significantly by helping the shellfish grow faster and resist diseases, making the industry more efficient and sustainable.

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

• Russia ups 2025 pollock TAC 7% to 2.46m metric tons, industry feels catch will be stable
• Report estimates 20 years to rebuild cod stock in Canada-France zone
• America's biggest shrimp farm evacuates as Hurricane Milton nears Florida
• Chinese salmon dealers lose out during 'worst Golden Week in history'
• US wholesale update: Stable pricing, rising challenges for pollock fillet market
• Shrimp industry grapples with rising tide of regulations, duties
• US land-based steelhead farmer bags permits, pursues $80m goal amid investor fatigue
• Poland's Suempol acquires UK chilled processor Copernus
• AquaFoods enters bankruptcy process four years after deal for AquaChile tilapia arm
• Scottish salmon farmers sweat tightening of sea lice regulations