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

Last week's most-read story was the news that a bold plan for a new way to settle dock prices in Canada's -- and the world's -- largest snow crab fishery has become complicated, with only about six weeks to go before the season is expected to start. The Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) House of Assembly tried to settle years of fiery disputes between harvesters and processors over the setting of dock prices in early December 2024, but the changes outlined in Bill 104 remain in limbo.

Also in NL, a revised boundary for the proposed marine sanctuary on the south coast has been released, confirming that aquaculture sites are no longer within its footprint. However, fishing industry stakeholders remain wary of the pending sanctuary designation, arguing that the South Coast Fjords National Marine Conservation Area could still disrupt their livelihoods and should be scrapped entirely.

The latest assessment of the crab stocks in Canada's second-largest snow crab fishing area, the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, further promotes the belief that the total allowable catch in 2025 will be cut by close to a quarter. The population of commercial-sized male snow crabs has declined further, a crab biologist told reporters.

Over in Europe, UK supermarket chain Tesco has filed an antitrust lawsuit against six of the largest Norwegian salmon-farming firms, alleging they conspired to fix the prices of fresh salmon Tesco bought from them. The suit names Cermaq Group, Leroy Seafood Group, Scottish Sea Farms, Bremnes Seashore, Grieg Seafood, Grieg Seafood UK, SalMar and Sjor as defendants.

And Norwegian salmon farmer Mowi's Atlantic Canadian operation has pitched an ambitious plan to double its fish stocks at three key sites along Newfoundland's south coast. Mowi Canada East requested, in mid-January, the province increase stocking capacity from three million to six million salmon across its Wild Cove, Wallace Cove and Dennis Arm sites in Facheux Bay.

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

• Amid tight supply, Dungy crab market struggles to absorb prices paid to fleet
• US importers fear Indonesia's new export rule will wipe out blue swimming crab suppliers
• Ecuador shrimp giant inks farming, processing 'alliance' with owner of France's Crusta C
• Alaska pollock surimi prices for Japan expected to rise 15% in A season
• Receiver for US RAS producer NaturalShrimp seeks approval to sell $16.8m in assets
• Week 8 farm-gate shrimp roundup: Market diverges as Ecuador drops, India holds steady
• US scallop landings improve as prices rise again for most sizes
• Spot prices for Norwegian, Chilean salmon inch up, Scots flat
• Dutch processor Noordzee kicks off expansion to triple salmon factory output
• Canada raises Pacific herring harvest rate to 6,994t despite stock collapse concerns