The logos of Pacific Seafood and Ocean Beauty Seafoods under a banner saying "Stronger Together" — Pacific Seafood and Ocean Beauty Seafoods confirmed the merger of their distribution businesses | Image courtesy of Pacific Seafood and Ocean Beauty Seafoods

July 17, 2026

Pacific Seafood acquires Ocean Beauty Seafoods’ distribution business

salmon — Conservation advocates argued the change in the definition of "harm" severely limits the ability of the ESA to protect endangered animals, such as several species of salmon | Photo courtesy of MotionPixxle Studio/Shutterstock

July 17, 2026

Conservation groups sue over Trump’s ESA rollback

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick opted to decline the top nominations of governors in the Pacific Northwest | Photo courtesy of Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock

July 17, 2026

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick goes against top choices for fishery management councils

Chart depicting top five export locations for all categories of Atlantic salmon in Weeks 27 and 28 — Poland, the biggest export market for all categories of Norwegian salmon, saw an 11 percent WoW drop in exports in Week 28 | Image courtesy of SeafoodSource

July 17, 2026

Norwegian salmon exports to Poland decline in Week 28, while exports to China, France, and Spain grow

A person holding grilled octopus up to Caribbean waters — Maya octopus is a feature of Yucatán and a major source of the species globally, but Instinción Trading founder Fabrizio Mata told SeafoodSource its unique story is underutilized in the marketplace | Photo courtesy of Mardoz/Shutterstock

July 17, 2026

Instinción Trading pushing to shift Maya octopus processing back home to Mexico

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