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

Last week's top story saw some snow crab captains in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador refusing to share with their crewmen after receiving extra pay just before Christmas for the crustaceans they delivered to processors in 2024. In December, the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) and the Fish Food and Allied Workers union agreed the final dock price for 2024 would be CAD 3.75/lb, which meant a bit of a bonus for harvesters who had not received that dock price during the season. Since then, however, some crew members have taken to social media to complain that their captains have not shared the extra pay with them.

Also in Canada, harvesters in the largest lobster fishery continue to be challenged by weather and low catches as the season enters its second month, keeping prices at the dock higher than usual.

And a short distance away in the US state of Alaska, a revenue-sharing agreement between local officials will allow more than 1.5 million pounds of snow crab to be processed this winter and keep the roughly 715 metric tons of seafood from being left in the Bering Sea.

Then, Undercurrent News reported last week that beleaguered Indonesian aquatech company eFishery has only exported one container of shrimp to the US, having targeted sales of 10,000 metric tons in 2024. This solitary container arrived in the US in late 2023; public data shows it was not followed by any more containers in 2024.

To catch up on the rest of last week's most-read stories, click the headlines below.

• Maine withdraws lobster gauge rule after raucous meeting with fishermen
• Russian pollock giant exits EU fillet market
• Seafood M&A stories that will define 2025's consolidation landscape, part 1
• Panel cements Washington state fish farming ban, further thwarts Cooke trout-growing effort
• Harvesters wary as US researchers celebrate sea otters' control of invasive green crabs
• Trump digs at 'worthless fish' in feud with California governor over wildfire
• Japanese salmon RAS project secures $460m in funding
• USDA kicks off 2025 with plans to purchase more than $100m worth of pollock, shrimp, catfish
• Grieg assures pause on Canadian salmon hatchery project is temporary
• Pollock sector veteran Bob Desautel steps down as CEO of Global Seas