I. Industry Flash: Peru Urgently Halts Artisanal Squid Fishing On July 22, 2026, major international seafood news broke: Peru’s annual squid fishing quota is nearly depleted. Local authorities have suspended operations of artisanal fishing boats in phases. Coupled with climatic disruptions caused by El Niño, global supplies of raw squid will tighten significantly in the second half of the year. Artisanal fishing vessels harvesting squid in Peru Frozen raw squid from Peru According to an...

According to industry news from Frozen Food Guide dated July 24, 2026, the landscape of China’s tilapia export trade is undergoing rapid restructuring. Hit by sustained U.S. tariff hikes, share in the traditional North American market has shrunk sharply. Emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia are quickly filling the gap. Coupled with reduced on-farm inventories in domestic farming areas, standardized industrial upgrading and intensifying global competition, the entire...

In Week 25 of 2026 (June 12–18), China’s domestic offshore squid market presented two completely opposite price trends. Prices of Peruvian squid from the Southeast Pacific kept declining, while all large-sized Argentine squid saw price hikes. Squid from the Northwest Pacific and the Indian Ocean maintained stable prices. Differences in supply-demand cycles, fishing quotas and port inventories across the four major producing regions have created wide price gaps for squid. Aquatic traders and...