FROM THE WIRE

US Bering Sea pollock TAC held unchanged for 2026 amid full-harvest challenges

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:34:43 +0000

The NPFMC approved a 1.375m-metric-ton Bering Sea pollock TAC for 2026, virtually flat year-on-year, despite a 30% decline in the bottom-trawl biomass index and substantial unharvested quota in the inshore sector this year

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US regional council slashes 2026 Gulf of Alaska pollock, Pacific cod quotas

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:50:14 +0000

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has approved a 2026 Gulf of Alaska pollock quota of 134,118 metric tons, down 25%, and set the Pacific cod TAC at 21,826t, down 8%

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CITES formally rejects EU proposal to list all eel species on Appendix II

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:02:58 +0000

The EU's bid to list all eel species on CITES Appendix II was decisively rejected in a 100–35 vote, with no Party seeking a plenary challenge to the result at the CoP20 in Uzbekistan

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US wholesale: Price gains fierce for Indonesian octopus as buyers scramble to cover shortfalls

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:58:12 +0000

Persistent supply tightness butted up against solid demand across all origins

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Global Seafood Alliance to launch new marketing campaign in 2026

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:27:03 +0000

The upcoming campaign will use the tagline: Seafood You Can Trust

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US wholesale: Mahi mahi raw material price decline not yet carrying through to American buyers

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:08:20 +0000

Small fish continue to dominate the catch, though a sinking raw material price in Peru may indicate improving haul

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US marine enforcement investigate theft of 40,000 oysters, aquaculture equipment

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:08:02 +0000

The estimated value of the missing 14 aquaculture cages and 40,000 oysters, many of which were ready for sale, was nearly $20,000

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Domestic harvesters hope for US defense spending bill to emerge from weekend with IUU provisions

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:43:11 +0000

'The economic survival of small-scale fishing families across our coastal communities depends on holding imported seafood products to similar standards' -- Blake Price, Southern Shrimp Alliance

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Catch the Current episode 46: All I want for Christmas is lobster

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:19:34 +0000

'Lobster boiling on an open fire ... Jack Frost nipping at your nose'

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Leadership change underway at Canada’s Fisher King Seafoods as co-founder Conklin retires

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:15:39 +0000

'It has been a fantastic journey and I am very proud of the company that Fisher King has become' -- Tor Conklin, Fisher King Seafoods

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