Daily recap: Russian pollock sector urge 30% Bering TAC cut; Reduced US scallop harvest plan heads to NOAA

Here's a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Thursday, Dec. 5.

• Russian pollock industry calls for another 30% cut to West Bering Sea TAC

Russian pollock industry groups are urging a further cutback in the 2025 total allowable catch in the Western Bering Sea to match this year's catch levels of approximately 480,000 metric tons, citing a sharp decline in exploitation rates.

• Reduced US scallop harvest plan for 2025-26 season advances

The US New England Fishery Management Council voted 15-1 on Thursday (Dec. 5) to recommend?a new set of Atlantic scallop harvesting rules that would represent a 25.6% reduction in projected landings for the limited access fleet during the 2025-26 season.

• Mowi exec urges gov't help as Scottish salmon farmers bid to cope with climate change

Climate change is having strong negative impacts on Scotland's salmon aquaculture sector, and as businesses invest and work hard to adapt, help from the government would be very welcome, said Mowi's chief operating officer for Scotland, Ireland and the Faroes, Ben Hadfield.

• ASMI meeting: Alaska Glacier Seafoods exec extolls virtues of 'wonderfish'

The annual Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute All Hands on Deck meeting?took place on Dec. 3-5.?

• Regional advisory panel recommends 6% hike in US pollock quota in Bering Sea

An advisory panel to the US North Pacific Fishery Management Council on Wednesday (Dec. 4) recommended a nearly 6% rise in 2025 quota for Alaska pollock in the Bering Sea.

• Russia gets lower Faroese mackerel, herring quotas in 2025

Russian fishing vessels will have access to almost 89,000 metric tons of pelagics in Faroese waters for 2025, down year-on-year.

• OBI, Ocean Beauty Seafoods ordered to pay $2.1m in COVID-19 wage quarantine settlement

Two Seattle, Washington-headquartered seafood companies -- OBI Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods -- have been ordered by a Washington state court to pay $2.1 million for delayed or underpaid wages to employees during periods of a COVID-19 quarantine.

• Conarpesa launches new shrimp freezer trawler at Spanish shipyard

Argentine fishing company Continental Armadores de Pesca (Conarpesa) is building a new freezer trawler for shrimp fishing in Argentina, the Don Juan Alvarez.

• Maruha Nichiro to accelerate global expansion with new regional headquarters

Maruha Nichiro Corp., the world's largest seafood company by revenue, is set to bolster its global expansion by establishing regional headquarters in key markets.?