Strong prices are driving Chinese tilapia farmers to harvest their fish early, causing a short supply of the larger sizes and a higher proportion of 300-500 gram fish, said industry players. Farmers are harvesting their fish as soon as possible, in part as they fear a drop in price ahead, said Landy Chow, the China representative for the exporter Siam Canadian Group.

R.H. Ward’s (Welton) tilapia farm, The Fish Company, in the United Kingdom is Europe’s first tilapia farm to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) announced at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium, on 6 May. It’s also the United Kingdom’s first aquaculture farm to achieve the distinction.

(vasep.com.vn) By 2020, Can Tho province will have 26,000 hectares for aquaculture, 13,000-hectare increase compared to the current superficies. Fishery production is expected to reach 335,000 MT, 160,000 MT of which are exported for total value of over US$1 billion.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Germany is Vietnam’s third largest pangasius importer in the EU market. Compared to 2011, pangasius exports to this market downed 35 percent to US$57.4 million in 2012, according to Vietnam Customs. Through September 15th, 2013, pangasius items sent to Germany valued at US$31.5 million, a drop of 17.5 percent against the corresponding time of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 9 months of 2013, An Giang province exported 127 thousand MT of seafood, worth by US$311 million, up 6.3 percent in value compared with the same time of 2012. The province has completed 82.4 percent of the yearly plan in terms of seafood export volume and 69.1 percent in terms of revenue.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Through September 15th, 2013, Vietnam seafood exports to Brazil reached US$72.7 million, sharply increasing by 70.6 percent against the compatible period of last year, according to statistics from Vietnam Customs. The rise is chiefly led by a growth of 70.5 percent in pangasius sales to this destination.

A long tradition of manual processing, combined with the high cost of automation, has kept Vietnamese pangasius processors from investing in automation and other processing technologies that could be used to utilize raw materials more efficiently. This, however, is beginning to change.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In September 2013, the EU has passed the U.S. to be Vietnam’s biggest pangasius importer. If the region keeps the current growth in imports from Vietnam in the coming months, it will regain the first position among Vietnam’s pangasius buyers.

(pangasius-vietnam.com.vn) Over 12 years of remarkable development, Vietnamese pangasius industry hit a record high of 1.3 million MT of fish production in 2012, 650-fold higher than that reported in 2000; pangasius exports increased by 692 times to US$1.8 billion. Export markets for pangasius products expanded rapidly to 136 countries and territories. Pangasius became the fastest-growing sector with a few areas for farming activities but high yield. Land for pangasius production was 6,000 hectares, equal to 1 percent of that for shrimp cultivation.

The annual Groundfish Forum concluded today in Vienna, and as expected the global whitefish production estimates contained few surprises.

(vasep.com.vn) Mekong Fisheries Joint Stock Company (Mekongfish – HOSE code: AAM) has announced its business report in the third quarter and the first three quarters of 2013.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In September 2013, Vietnamese pangasius exports to Spain reached US$5.8 million, up 39.2 percent from the compatible period of 2012. This was the second time since August 2013 that pangasius sales to this market report growth. However, with drop in the first consecutive seven months, the year-to-date export value decreased by 16.6 percent to US$56.7 million.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Vinh Hoan Corporation is an integrated producer and exporter of frozen pangasius products with full control from farm to processing plants. Over 15-year development, the company’s integrated production chain guarantees stable, best controlled and costly efficient source of raw fish for processing.

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