VASEP held a conference on pangasius production
(pangasius-vietnam.com) In April 17th 2012, VASEP held a conference of pangasius production in quarter I/2012 in Ho Chi Minh city with the participation of representatives from Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish), National Agro–Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD), provincial Sub-Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Associations, pangasius processors and exporters, fish farmers, fishery feed and drug producers, seed producing households.
The conference addressed pangasius producing and exporting situation, market trend, some measures to develop sustainable pangasius industry, some state policies to improve of fish seed quality.
In the conference, participants reported raw fish producing situation in 2012, input cost of raw fish producing, fish feed manufacturing, exported pangasius quality and some new regulations in importing markets. The conference introduced “factoring” to pangasius exporters to the U.S.
In the event, VASEP gave fish farmers and competent agencies overall information about trend of importing markets and pangasius exports in the first three months of 2012.