(vasep.com.vn) Bac Lieu is applying measures to develop shrimp farming sustainably

(gaalliance.org) Two-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) shrimp standards of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) are equivalent to a yellow “Good Alternative” rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® program. Seafood Watch will recommend that consumers, chefs and businesses consider farmed shrimp assessed under the BAP standards as a “buy” option.

The seafood industry, already suffering from a drop in consumption by U.S. consumers, now faces sharply higher prices for shrimp, thanks to a disease that's taking a heavy toll on the tasty crustacean.

Ecuadorian shrimp exports almost doubled in the first two months of 2014 when compared with the same period last year, reported Diario Opinion.

Ecuador has been taking steps on trade that could have a big impact on shrimp exporters.

(vasep.com.vn) In QI/2014, Vietnam shrimp exports to EU reached US$111.9 million, representing a drastic increase of 97.9 percent.

(vasep.com.vn) Shrimp farmers in Ca Mau province are earning hundreds of millions VND per year from innovated extensive shrimp farming model with high productivity.

(vasep.com.vn) The average price of shrimp imported into the United States during the first quarter of the year was 45% higher than last year, reaching $12.61 per kilogram when averaging the price on all forms and origins.

(vasep.com.vn) Shrimp raw material prices in Thailand are continuing to fall, across all sizes. Raw material prices in Thailand, where the early mortality syndrome (EMS) outbreak saw production dive to around 250,000 metric tons in 2013, from as much as 600,000t at its peak, have cooled off in recent weeks.

(vasep.com.vn) Bumper shrimp demand and prices are paving the way for India to hit record seafood exports, reported the country’s Economic Times.

(vasep.com.vn) In August 2013, Phu Cuong Seafood Processing and Import Export (Phu Cuong Jostoco Corp) sold 66.4 MT of shrimp products abroad to bring back US$574.5 thousand of revenue. In the first eight months, shrimp exports were 934.8 MT and US$8,6 million.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp exporters are facing shortage of raw shrimp for processing to meet increasing orders in the year end from foreign customers because farmers are keeping shrimp in ponds and wait for higher price. This causes adverse effect on shrimp exporters.

The Indian seafood sector appears to be well on course to achieve $4.3 billion worth export targeted for the current year, spurred by high demand for cultured shrimps from the US and South East Asia.

This is 23 percent off the trajectory for 2013 based on the past decade, he said. Up until two years ago, global output was growing at a 5 percent rate each year, but it dropped 6.7 percent between 2011 and 2012 and 9.6 percent between 2012 and 2013, to about 3.5 million metric tons.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s whiteleg shrimp production and exports in 2013 are hoped to be speeded up thanks to global market’s high demand for cheap and small shrimp and sharp fall in shrimp output from Thailand-the leading supplier of whiteleg shrimp.