(VASEPNews) Recently, Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade has held a conference on “Agricultural export chance in Mekong Delta” in cooperation with Dong Thap Young Business Association and Hungca Company Limited (Hungca Co).

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In the first two months of 2012, pangasius export value of Vietnam approached US$264 million, up 18.6 percent from the same period of 2011. In Feb 2012, pangasius exports reached US$148.3 million, showing a 75 percent increase from the same period of 2011 and a positive growth compared to that of the previous month (US$116.05 million).

(IntraFish) Pangasius is now the number one consumed fish in the Netherlands, replacing canned tuna. Consumption of pangasius from Vietnam in the Netherlands in 2011 was just over 5,500 metric tons, up from 4,600 metric tons the previous year, according to the Dutch Fish Promotion Board.

Under the Decision No.733/QĐ-BNN-QLCL

(IntraFish) Prices for headed and gutted (H&G) Atlantic cod are trading at between $3,150 (€2,375) to $3,250 (€2,450) per metric ton, down from around $3,400 (€2,563) to $3,500 (€2,639) in mid-January, sources told IntraFish.

(IntraFish) US restaurant chain Luby’s is promoting baked Alaska pollock and the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) on the homepage of its website.

(seafood.com) Retailers across the US took advantage of the influx of fresh and frozen tilapia fillets in the market to offer more promotions for tilapia during the 2012 Lenten season.

(IntraFish) Russian pollock producers are considering an opportunity to process in North Korea, the director of the industry association, German Zverev, told IntraFish.

(TheFishSite) Tilapia is a worldwide fish of great commercial importance. In China, tilapia is an important species with annual production of more than 1.3 mmt, which accounted for about 45% of the total tilapia production in the world in 2008. Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi Provinces ranked top three in annual production in China. However, with over two decades of rapid growth, tilapia aquaculture in China has been facing many challenges in the past years.

The aquaculture area in Hau Giang