A packaged piece of Hudson Valley Fisheries steelhead trout — Hudson Valley Fisheries has abruptly closed its recirculating aquaculture system facility farming steelhead trout in New York, U.S.A. | Photo courtesy of Hudson Valley Fisheries

August 4, 2026

Hudson Valley Fisheries closes operations citing high costs, lack of water access

A person holding a fillet of salmon — Atlantic Sapphire is now majority owned by Coral Holding, a company formed of five major investors and convertible loan holders | Photo courtesy of Atlantic Sapphire

August 4, 2026

Atlantic Sapphire sells majority stake in company to Coral Holding, rest of company part of mandatory offer

Cod from the Shetland Islands at a London auction — Recent prices for cod out of Peterhead Market hit GBP 7.38 (USD 9.93, EUR 8.62, NOK 94.61) per kilogram | Photo courtesy of Shutterstock/Diana Vucane

August 4, 2026

UK’s Peterhead Market sees GBP 7.38 per kilogram for wild Atlantic cod this week

Peru President Keiko Fujimori — Peru President Keiko Fujimori | Photo courtesy of the president's office of Peru

August 4, 2026

Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peruvian president, immediately stares down El Niño threats

a sea spider — A sea spider in Oceanographer Canyon in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument | Photo courtesy of NOAA

August 4, 2026

New England fishermen ask to weigh in on Seamounts marine monument lawsuit

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Tierra del Fuego coastline — The announcement comes less than a year after the Tierra del Fuego province allowed aquaculture in the province again after a multiyear ban | Photo courtesy of Sun_Shine/Shutterstock

Investor group moves forward on now-permitted Tierra del Fuego RAS farm

July 17, 2026

Darrell Roche, Jake Dellagrotta, Liam Gale, Brian Cuff — (From left) Whitecap's Darrell Roche, PrimeFish's Jake Dellagrotta, Whitecap's Liam Gale, and Whitecap's Brian Cuff | Photo courtesy of Jake Dellagrotta

PrimeFish, Whitecap International bringing friendship and snow crab butter to a multimillion-dollar market

July 17, 2026

A salmon processing line at First Seafood — Insula has sold its stake in First Seafood to its management and some industrial investors | Photo courtesy of First Seafood

Insula sells First Seafood to its management

July 16, 2026

Seafood being shipped out of a harbor — The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is offering grants for seafood recovery by nonprofits | Photo courtesy of VicPhotoria/Shutterstock

New Jersey Department of Agriculture opening USD 518,000 in grants for excess seafood redistribution

July 15, 2026

A map of the U.S. showing the locations of the National Science Foundation's "Regional Innovation Engines" — The National Science Foundation has handed out grants to 12 "regional innovation engines," and one seafood proposal won out of nearly 300 entrants | Image courtesy of the National Science Foundation

NSF Seafood Engine in New England gets a USD 15 million grant to bolster seafood industry

July 15, 2026

Alfonso Rueda shaking hands with someone from Stolt Sea Farm — Alfonso Rueda, the president of the Galician regional government, attending the opening of Stolt Sea Farm's newest hatchery | Photo courtesy of the Galician regional government

Stolt Sea Farm posts increased revenue, profit in Q2 2026, inaugurates new hatchery

July 14, 2026

Captain Fresh CEO Utham Gowda — Captain Fresh has filed paperwork to acquire Polish seafood processor Morex | Photo by Chris Chase/SeafoodSource

Captain Fresh files documents to acquire Polish processor Morex

July 14, 2026

Doug Santschi — Doug Santschi was promoted from COO to president of Handy Seafood on 13 July | Photo courtesy of Handy Seafood

Handy Seafood promotes Doug Santschi to president

July 13, 2026

Incoming Finnforel CEO Mikko Karrel — Mikko Karrell is joining as CEO of Finnforel next month | Photo courtesy of Finnforel

Finnforel names new CEO; ASC elects two new board members

July 13, 2026

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is cutting funding to the SAFE Act fishery in Oregon — Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is cutting funding to the SAFE Act fishery in Oregon | Photo courtesy of Rainy Beck /Shutterstock

Oregon lawmakers call out Bonneville Power Administration’s sudden cut in hatchery funding

July 13, 2026

Three Kuehnle AgroSystems' ingredients in vials — Kuehnle AgroSystems has secured "multi-million dollar" financing in a push to begin industrial-scale production of astaxanthin | Photo courtesy of Kuehnle AgroSystems

Kuehnle AgroSystems secures financing to shift to industrial production of algae-based astaxanthin

July 9, 2026

A Giant Eagle store in Irwin, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. — One of the biggest changes Giant Eagle suppliers would have to navigate should the deal go through is transitioning from a regional buying operation to a national one | Photo courtesy of Ilze_Lucero/Shutterstock

Kroger progresses on USD 1.65 billion deal to acquire Giant Eagle

July 9, 2026

An aerial view of a SalMar aquaculture farm — Norwegian salmon-farming company SalMar has entered an agreement to acquire a majority share in competing Norwegian salmon-farming company Måsøval | Photo courtesy of SalMar

SalMar enters agreement to acquire majority stake in Måsøval for USD 348 million

July 8, 2026

A Måsøval facility — Måsøval has increased its harvest guidance twice already in 2026 after two productive quarters to start the year | Photo courtesy of Måsøval

Lerøy reports lower Q2 harvest volumes, while Måsøval, Bakkafrost see higher production in latest trading updates

July 8, 2026

Bayou Best Foods CEO Kelli Wilson and BettaF!sh Founder and CEO Deniz Ficicioglu — Bayou Best Foods has acquired fellow plant-based seafood analog creator BettaF!sh | Photo courtesy of Bayou Best Foods

Plant-based shrimp analog producer Bayou Best Foods acquires BettaF!sh

July 8, 2026

A gray seal is released at Assateague Island National Seashore following rehabilitation at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland | Photo courtesy of National Aquarium

NOAA awards nearly USD 4 million in Prescott Grants for marine mammal rescue efforts

July 7, 2026

The exterior of Seafish UK's facility — Seafish UK operates a facility with three production lines capable of 3 metric tons of production per day | Photo courtesy of Seafish UK

Andrew Marr International subsidiary Fastnet Fish acquires Seafish UK

July 7, 2026

Seafood Sales Founder and CEO Marten Klæstrup and Sales Director Anders Nielsen — Seafood Sales is closing its Frederikshavn office and moving all of its operations to its office in Aalborg, Denmark | Photo courtesy of Seafood Sales

Danish seafood trader Seafood Sales consolidating locations, closing office

July 6, 2026