Circular agri education: Vietnam’s Green Hero Garden launched in Ho Chi Minh City with Danish Embassy support, turning organic waste into fertilizer via earthworms and black soldier flies to grow clean vegetables. Climate risk for food systems: UN warns El Niño is already here and will strengthen July–September, threatening extreme weather and hitting vulnerable communities hardest. Invasive aquarium fish: Researchers report Flowerhorn cichlids are becoming invasive in Laguna’s Lake Sampaloc, pressuring native biodiversity and linking to local aquaculture through retention and sale. Mussel supply boost: New Zealand backs an iwi-led Te Hiku mussel spat project with a $4.5m loan to expand nursery capacity and stabilize spat availability for farmers. Aquaculture tech partnership: INVE Aquaculture and Ecocean team up to improve specialized feed for hatchery restoration “nursery” programs. Food safety & fraud: Spain intercepted 227kg of stolen fish with veterinary medicine traces before it reached consumers, highlighting supply-chain documentation risks. Certification update: ASC extended its aquaculture farm standard transition deadline to May 1, 2028, with an interim bridge standard from July 1, 2026. Feed/health innovation: Ecocean’s restoration approach and INVE’s larval nutrition focus spotlight growing investment in early-life fish survival.