In week 24 (June 7 to June 13), squid prices in the Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic (offline) continued to rise, but at a slower rate. While Southwest Atlantic (offline) large size squid prices saw a downward revision, Northwest Pacific and Indian Ocean squid prices remained stable.

China's State Council Information Office released a White Paper on "China's Pelagic Fisheries Development" on 24th, pointing out that China's aquaculture output has ranked first in the world for 32 consecutive years, becoming the world's largest aquatic product processor and exporter, and making a positive contribution to guaranteeing the world's food security.

Last year, the giant squid fishery in Peru's EEZ(Exclusive Economic Zone) had a historic harvest, and this year production has fallen so sharply that domestic prices in Peru have risen to as high as PEN 24/kg ($6.36/kg), causing processors to shy away from even acquiring the raw material.

Oysters have been temporarily banned from sale in France's Arcachon Bay due to norovirus infection, according to local French media reports.

Traditionally, the four most famous fishing grounds in the world are the Hokkaido fishing grounds in Japan, the Newfoundland fishing grounds in Canada, the North Sea fishing grounds in the United Kingdom and the Peruvian fishing grounds in Peru. These fisheries are famous for their rich fishery resources and unique reasons for their formation. Nowadays, with global warming and changes in fishery resources, the emerging four major fishing grounds are gradually replacing the traditional fishing grounds as the new fishing centres.