Vietnam’s Phu Quoc fish sauce has been granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Union.

The European Commission (EC) is

A new marketing report suggests that the value of the U.S. seafood industry will grow to USD 17.1 billion (EUR 12.7 billion) by 2017, despite the industry being at “an odd crossroads.”

(Xinhua) A senior Chinese oceanic

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on August 30 granted eight vessels with Directorate of Fisheries licences to operate in Indonesian waters for 12 months.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, fishing activities in August 2013 faced difficulties due to rough seas caused by two tropical storms. The storms hurt fishing activities of many offshore fishing vessels.

(thefishsite.com) The Dutch Producers'

(vasep.com.vn) According to a

Russian fishermen are now restricted of selling crab to Japan and China without a certificate from the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo). The relevant decree was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week.

(vasep.com.vn) Locating in the south west region of Vietnam, Kien Giang owns 5 archipelagoes including over 140 islands. Thanks to favorable natural conditions, the province has high potentiality in developing fisheries sector.

The Ministry of Production (Produce) has reported a 46 percent decline in seafood exports.

Seafood landings accumulated up to July, 2013 totalled 1.7 million tonnes, down 28.6 per cent compared to the first seven months of 2012, when 2.3 million tonnes had been landed.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first six

(IntraFish) Russian fishing companies

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