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Papua New Guinea tuna catches hit record high in 2024

Its catches of 265,246 metric tons were up 57% from 2023, as it increasingly lands a larger portion of its tuna using FADs

free read Ferguson Australia inks rock lobster deal with China Eastern Group

The deal follows China's lifting of trade restrictions in December last year and marks a vote of confidence in the resumption of live rock lobster exports to the Asian market

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Global farmed bluefin tuna prices rebound after 2024 historic lows

Yumbah’s acquisition of Clean Seas adjusted to include more minority shareholders

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Editor’s choice: US-China trade war intensifies; Creditors want Northline salmon barge seized; Cooke mulls Chile exit

Australia’s southern bluefin tuna fishery gains MSC

Pacific Islands Forum pushes digital shift in fisheries surveillance

Hilton’s seafood division makes ‘significant progress’ in strong year

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‘Like a nuclear bomb went off’ — US toothfish imports to feel full force of Trump tariffs

Glacier 51 toothfish Austral

free read Editor’s choice: Trump tariffs fallout; NL snow crab start date set, dock price coming soon

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Former politican to head up Australian salmon industry body

Huon fish health manager departs for Scottish Sea Farms

Huon’s salmon disease concerns spread along coast to Storm Bay

Southern Cross Seafood blocked from importing toothfish from some UK-flagged vessels into US

free read New Zealand court says gov’t has stripped quotas from Maori, given to big firms

free read Editor’s choice: Unpaid vendors for Alaska salmon barge; OBI won’t run cannery after Silver Bay deal; NL snow crab mayhem

Yumbah’s deal for 100% of Clean Seas moves a step closer

NZ King Salmon eyes US, Chinese markets as finances pave way for growth project

Australia passes bill to protect Tasmanian salmon aquaculture

Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. Credit: island home, on Flickr

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Australian bill to guarantee salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour moves one step closer

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Fiji eyes Korean developments in sustainable tuna fishing

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Editor’s choice: Recap Boston 2025; NL snow crab dock price negotiations break down; Silver Bay confirms OBI deal

Trump administration urged to reduce Central Pacific marine protections by 80%

Aussie PM to fast-track bill to protect Tasmanian salmon industry from lawsuits

Huon, salmon, nursery, Whale Point

Tasmania’s Huon loses salmon welfare standard after mass mortality incident

50 Tasmanian firms demand removal of salmon farms from Macquarie Harbor

Bangkok tuna prices continue to rise on limited supply

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Editor’s choice: Mazzetta snaps up East Coast US processor; Main US exports dodge EU tariff plan

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

Australian salmon sector deaths of 5,500t amount to worst-ever incident

The Tasmanian salmon industry is reeling after more than 5,500t of dead fish were disposed of at waste facilities in February, marking the largest fish mortality event in its history

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aquaculture

NZ King Salmon gets 10,000t approval for ‘world first’ offshore farm

free read German-led research team successfully farms Queensland giant grouper

free read Editor’s choice: Live from Bergen, New Orleans; All the tariffs latest

prices

Chinese salmon wholesale prices stable in week 49

US East Coast wholesaler on port standoff: ‘This strike is going to really wreak havoc’

Typhoon dampens Mid-Autumn salmon demand, prices in China

companies

Sea Harvest eyes more overseas M&A, set for ‘different league’ after Terrasan deal

Bumble Bee Foods sued by fishermen alleging forced labor

Subway tuna supplier RD gets ready to open US cannery with new managing director in place 

people

Son of JBS owner moves from running salmon farmer Huon to meat division in Europe 

free read PNG example makes case for private certifications in social accountability

Former Dawnfresh, Grieg exec takes helm at NZ salmon farmer

m&a

EU importer looks for investor to ‘accelerate growth’

Australia’s Clean Seas needs Yumbah takeover or fundraise to survive

Seafarms records H1 loss but sees route back to life for vast shrimp project

retail

free read MSC-certified seafood sales tripled in Australia over last decade

free read Carrefour, Culimer join Tuna Transparency Pledge

free read Editor’s choice: Canada trims marine sanctuary plan; NL snow crab fishery may start early

processing

Amid tuna scarcity concerns, American Samoa rep urges Trump to reopen Pacific Remote Islands monument to fishing

Asian tuna giants team up to re-open Papua New Guinea plant

Maruha Nichiro to sell majority of cross-shareholdings to fuel global expansion

fishing

free read US Coast Guard rescues injured fishing crew member in Hawaii

Australian orange roughy fishery gets MSC nod in decision criticized as ‘ludicrous’

free read Pacific Nations secure $107m to protect tuna economies from climate change