(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, in the first 6 months of 2013, crab exports to China reported a value of US$3.6 million, up 26.8 percent compared to that of the same period of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) Seafood Joint Stock Company No4 (Seapriexco No4) gained VND232 billion of net revenue, 12 percent higher than that of the compatible period of 2012. Its net profit was VND5.7 billion, up 11 percent, according to the company’s financial report issued the Q.II/2013.

(vasep.com.vn) Like other seafood items, Vietnamese bivalve mollusk exports saw drop in four out of the first six months of 2013. Through June 2013, sales abroad totaled nearly US$438.4 million, down 1.9 percent from the first half of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) In July 2013, total fish production of Hai Phong province amounted to 8,313 MT, down 8.65 percent over the same period of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 7 months of 2013, fish landings of the province amounted to 53,500 MT, equal to 63 percent of the yearly plan on the back of favourable weather conditions and efforts from the State in supporting off-shore fishing activities.

Industry leaders came together last week in a drive to ensure responsible fishmeal production for the aquaculture feed industry in Asia.

Wholesale fish prices in India skyrocketed to 131 per cent since 2008 while India's appetite for fish has also shown a rising trend owing to higher incomes per-capita and urbanization.

(vasep.com.vn) In July 2013, total fisheries production was estimated to reach 667 thousand MT (up 10.2 percent from the same period of 2012) in which capture production hit 213 thousand MT (+3.9 percent) and aquaculture production was 354 thousand MT (+14.3 percent).

(vasep.com.vn) Between January and July 2013, Khanh Hoa Seafoods Exporting Company Limited (Khaspexco) exported 800 MT of seafood products, mainly marine fishes, bringing US$6 million of total value.

Global fish production has reached

The president of the Association of Industrial Fisheries of the Region of Bío Bío AG(Asipes), Luis Felipe Moncada, ensures "the industry is facing the worst crisis in the past two decades."

The European Commission (EC) reported that about 800 tonnes are to be reduced from the fishing quotas of the Spanish fleet in 2013 to compensate for overfishing in 2012. The cuts will specifically affect hake fishing.

The value of US surimi exports fell by 5 percent to$167.8 million (€126 million) in the first half ofthe year over the same period last year, despite a 4.9 percent increase in export volumes to 73,486 metric tons.

Between January and June 2013, salmon and trout exports totalled USD 1,696 million, that is to say, 3.2 per cent more than in the same period last year.

The General Meeting of shareholders