(vasep.com.vn) Mr. President. In 2008, the Farm Bill’s conferees inserted a provision transferring authority over the inspection of catfish, and only catfish, from the Food and Drug Administration to the US Department of Agriculture. The provision never received debate in either the House or the Senate prior to its consideration in conference and it became law.

The Hau Giang Department of Labor

(vasep.com.vn) On 21 January 2014, National Agro Forestry Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) published the official letter No 15-9-2-3-8/124 sent by State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine (SVPS) to inform that 10 seafood enterprises were included to the list of inspected facilities for import of pangasius to Ukraine.

(vasep.com.vn) According to the business report of Mekong Fisheries Joint Stock Company (Mekongfish Co – HOSE code: AAM) in QIV/2013, its net revenue totaled VND153.5 billion, up 13 percent year-on-year, post-tax profits of VND4.04 billion, skyrocketing 139 percent year-on-year.

It’s a new age in whitefish pricing. At just over $4 a pound for fresh fillets, tilapia is holding the ceiling for all $2.50 to $4.50 range whitefish, and cod is far from it, but it wasn’t long ago that cod and tilapia were priced relatively similarly.

Russian growing capacity to process at sea in recent years have led to an increase in exports of cod fillets to the EU, shows a report from the EU Fish Processors and Traders Association (AIPCE-CEP).

Faquimex set targets of pre-tax earnings

The US Senate gave final approval on February 4 of a five-year farm bill that could harm Vietnamese exports of tra and basa fish.

According to the UAE’s Abu Dhabi

In early October 2008 Cadovimex was

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In 2013, exports of Hungca Co.,Ltd increased by 37.29 percent against those of 2012. The Dong Thap-base firm reported strong sales of frozen pangasius fillets to markets in the EU, Eastern Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, Asia.

(SeafoodSource) America’s farm-raised catfish industry was born in this Hale County town a half century ago. On Thursday, about 175 catfish farmers and processors met here to find way to keep the industry alive. Most agree serious problems exist.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In 2013, Vietnam shipped pangasius products to 136 markets to bring back US$1.8 billion. However, the fish industry was still suffering losses, pushing many farmers to leave their ponds.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Concerns are raised among the Vietnamese pangasius producers, as the U.S. is on the point of implementing the stricter and unfair technical standards in order to block imports of Vietnamese pangasius products into this market.

(vasep.com.vn) In January 2014, Godaco Seafood Joint Stock Company (Godaco) processed 1,500 MT of seafood products, up 20 percent month over month, said Nguyen Van Dao, the company's General Director.