Shrimp farmers envision brighter prospects for their industry and exports next year as production recovers from disease and many target markets recover from economic slowdowns.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s live black tiger shrimp has been allowed to enter Chinese market after the ban set by the market since October 2012.

American supermarkets benefitted from increased fresh seafood sales for the first nine months of 2013, led by crab, lobster and cod increases.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s shrimp producers are encouraged to import shrimp broodstock from Singapore, Indonesia to prevent diseases on farmed shrimp.

(vasep.com.vn) In the last week of December 2013, Bac Lieu province harvested nearly 2,400 MT of shrimp while only one fourth of local processing plants sourced raw shrimp for processing with the volume of 488 MT. The rest was sold to processors in other provinces.

The country's shrimp exports have increased significantly this year, making Viet Nam the world's third-largest shrimp exporter, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013, Soc Trang province has produced 72,762 MT of brackishwater shrimp, up 79.6 percent against the previous year.

(vasep.com.vn)Shrimp exports of Vietnam would hit US$3.5 billion in 2014 if EMS continues to be under control, improved quality of exported shrimps and favorable conditions of main consumer markets.

The shrimp farming industry now has a known cause and a set of precautions for dealing with the disease which has devastated the vannamei industry – but it also has possible new outbreaks in those countries hoping to pick up the supply slack.

(vasep.com.vn) Nguyen Dang Nhan, a farmer in Xuyen Moc district (Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) was recently granted the VietGAP certificate for his farmed whiteleg shrimp products by local Sub-department of Aquaculture and the Globalcert – a certifier of VietGAP program. The certified shrimp was grown in ponds of total area of 5.71 hectares, providing an estimated production of 16 MT per year. The certificate will be validated until November 2015.

It has been six months since Sogico

India has managed to increase its seafood exports despite stringent regulations applied in recent months by major importers such as the US, Japan and Canada, revealed Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) officials.

A team of Thai scientists has developed a rapid test for Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in shrimps, which will save farmers of the shellfish from huge losses.

Export of organic shrimps from the country is on the rise as its demand is soaring globally amid growing environmental awareness, insiders said.