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VIET NAM - Tra prices have shot up

(pangasius-vietnam.com) On 14th May 2012, ASC kicked off its accreditation program by undertake its first audit of pangasius farm in Vietnam. This was the world’s first farm assessment against the ASC Pangasius Standard v11.0 Jan 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Seafood Joint Stock Company N04 (Seapriexco N04) will issue more shares to raise charter capital to VND234.5 billion. The finance source is used to develop the firm’s fish farming areas to 70 hectares and add to its working capital for ensuring the stable supply of raw pangasius for its Dong Tam processing plant.

(vasep.com.vn) The Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) has recently sent localities the official letter on the management of selected pangasius broodstocks in Mekong Delta.

(thefishsite) Tilapia is losing ground in the US market whilst catfish supply is expected to increase during 2012 but with a stronger focus on quality and safety, according to the FAO Global Food Outloook.

(vasep.com.vn) The Mekong Delta provinces produce successfully many kinds of fish seed. Annually, the locality produced 12 billion of fish fries including monosex male tilapia, pangasius, eel, marble goby and 25 billion of shrimp seed.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) At the end of May 2012, Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD) held the conference on “Assessing the capacity of commercial pangasius aquaculture small holders in applying social and environmental standards in Vietnam” with an aim to share its study and get consultations from relevant holders.

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An Xuyen Co. Ltd plans to export

(TheFishSite) After a difficult 2011 characterized by disease problems, weak markets and tight access to finance, the catfish supply situation is expected to improve in 2012, with Viet Nam focusing on quality of exports through massive efforts to apply international standards such as SQF 1 000, Global GAP or those of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

Aquaculture area has increased at

(SeafoodSource) In June 2008, the Federal Meat Inspection Act was extended to include catfish. An Office of Catfish Inspection Program was established within the USDA to fulfill this legal mandate, with the idea being that a science-based pond to plate inspection program would be developed that would ensure the safety of farmed catfish to the consumer. This would cover catfish produced anywhere in the world, including in the United States.

From January to August seafood export

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Vietnam reported strong rise in exports of seafood and pangasius products to Poland in many years. Since 2008, trade with this market has been decreasing. However, some exporters still predict that Poland will be an important buyer of Vietnamese pangasius products in the future, when its economy gets recovered. With 40 million of population, Poland is considered as a potential seafood market in Europe.