Uganda has activated its new Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, paving the way for the landlocked nation to implement measures that will help increase its annual fish output to 1.7 million metric tons (MT).

Uganda State Minister for Fisheries Robert Ndugwa said the new law outlines several measures the government plans to take in tackling impediments to sector growth, such as declining fish stocks attributable to illegal fishing practices and the lack of a streamlined process for issuing fishing permits.

Under the new law, Uganda has established a Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Unit to strengthen fisheries enforcement.

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Europêche is calling on the EU to reject another tuna-loin tariff quota rollover amid expanding preferential trade access

Europêche has called on the European Council to reject the rollover of the bloc’s 35,000-tonne autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) for tuna loins and eliminate the system from 2027.

The fishing industry association argues that successive trade agreements have significantly expanded preferential access to the EU market, making an additional global zero-duty quota increasingly disconnected from market conditions. Countries including Indonesia, Mexico, India and Vietnam already benefit or will benefit from preferential access, while negotiations continue with Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia.

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A new push is being made to encourage salmon farmers and other aquaculture companies to join efforts to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint.

The Aquaculture Action Alliance was formed in 2021 and intially concentrated on developing an environmental footprint tool to ensure consistent results and simplify the process of data collection and results calculations.

Now the Alliance is putting a stronger emphasis on coordinated action, broader participation, and measurable actions after the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) jointly took on the role of interim secretariat and re-launched the initiative.

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Clean Hardangerfjord has removed 80 tonnes of plastic since 2022

Norway’s seafood sector joins Clean Hardangerfjord on September 17, mobilising thousands of volunteers along 180 km of fjord. The campaign has removed 80 tonnes of plastic in four years, while nationwide cleanups cleared 164,253 kg of marine litter in 2025.

The highly anticipated delivery of premium mackerel from Norway coincides with Norway Seafood Festival in Tokyo. This year, Norwegian herring also made an appearance for the first time.

September 2026, marked the arrival in Japan of the ‘Saba Nouveau’ mackerel, flown in fresh from Norway to celebrate the first catch of the season.

Now in its sixth year, the arrival has become a highly anticipated autumn tradition and tells a lesser-known story of how a seasonal fish from Norway’s cold waters has travelled to the other side of the world and earned a distinctive place within Japanese food culture.

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Australia's first offshore Atlantic salmon trial could be expanded to 55,000 fish in a single pen after its initial crop grew faster than expected in the exposed waters of Bass Strait.

The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre has applied for federal approval for a second salmon stocking at its research site 12.5 kilometres off Burnie, Tasmania, increasing numbers from the 15,000 fish used during the first year to a near-commercial stocking density of 55,000.

The proposed new stocking would begin in November and run until 2028

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