(vasep.com.vn) Pangasius export is one of the key businesses in the Mekong Delta area in Vietnam, especially in An Giang province. The pangasius industry has created more than 500,000 jobs and brought back wealth for over 5,000 fish household in the region. Between January and June 2013, An Giang-based companies exported 87 thousand MT of pangasius, having a worth of US$218 million.

(vasep.com.vn) Pangasius products are facing a tough competition with other whitemeat fish species in the EU, especially in the Netherlands, resulting in tightened market shares for this fish in these markets.

Deep-fried catfish served with a side of hush puppies and coleslaw has been a regional specialty for years and a cash crop for states in the Deep South. Now, catfish is at the heart of a dispute as the House and Senate prepare to work out their differences on a new five-year farm bill. The current bill expires on Sept. 30.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Vietnam pangasius exports to South Korea have been on uptrend over the current years, because demand for this fish in the market kept rising. In the first half of 2013, Vietnamese pangasius still saw strong increase in shipment to South Korea while Korean imports of all fishery products tended to stumble.

(vasep.com.vn) In June 2013, Gepimex 404 Company exported US$377 MT of seafood products to earn back US$647 thousand. Between January and June 2013, total exports reached 14,295 MT of volume and US$4.18 million of revenue.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) On July 22nd, 2013, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) signed the Decision No.1673/QĐ-BNN-TCTS to issue regulation on selected pangasius broodstock management in order to improve the control of high yield broodstock in the producing provinces located in Mekong Delta.

(vasep.com.vn) Hung Vuong Corporation (Hung Vuong Corp) was granted VietGAP certificate for its Hung Chau pangasius farm by the Fisheries Technology and Services Center of Vietnam (FITES) under the Decision No.02/QD-FITES signed by FITES’s director on July 25th 2013.

Vietnam’s leading pangasius fish exporter Hung Vuong Group (HVG) said it made a consolidated net profit of VND233.64 billion ($11.02 million) in the first half of this year, rising by 27.5% from the same period last year.

One thing is for sure, Pacific cod producers say – the market can’t get much worse.

Vinh Hoan Corporation is one of the top processors and exporters of pangasius/basa fish (Pangasius Hypophthalmus and Pangasius Bocourti) in Vietnam and a GLOBALG.A.P. supplier member since 2009. And when it decided to initiate its Green Farm System to assure its product quality and safety throughout the entire production process, GLOBALG.A.P. was the platform the company built it on.

(vasep.com.vn) According to An Giang Department of Industry and Trade, in July 2013, the province exported over 15.6 thousand MT of seafood, valued at US$40 million, equal to the volume of the previous month and accounting for the 98 percent of value of the previous month.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Through July 2013, provinces in Mekong Delta totaled 5,300 hectares for pangasius farming, reporting an estimated production of 46,000 MT of fishes.

(pangasius-vietnam.com)In the middle of August 2013, Goldenquality Seafood Corporation has sold pangasius products for higher price than that registered two months ago. export price

Russian fishermen have caught 2.549 million tonnes of fish since the beginning of the year, which is 2.4% more than they caught in the same period of 2012, the Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) reported.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Peru possesses various natural resources and high economic potentials. It is currently the world’s leading producer and exporter of fishmeal. In 2012, Peru reported 6.3 percent of GDP growth, ranking the first in South America and the second in Latin America in terms of economic growth over the consecutive 14 years.