(vasep.com.vn) Up to now, Vietnam seafood enterprises including tuna processors still cope with serious scarcity of raw material for processing and exporting. They not only depend on domestic supply but also on imported raw materials. But this is a short-term solution. To develop sustainably, some of enterprises plan to invest in marine aquaculture.

(WWF) Deadlocked talks and a deferral of key conservation and management measures for high value tuna stocks mark a disappointing outcome for the annual meeting of The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), WWF noted as the meeting closed in Tumon, Guam Friday.

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The canning and tuna industry of the European Union (EU), and especially that belonging to Galicia, feel concerned about the possibility that the Philippine tuna products can obtain favorable tariffs to have access to the EU market.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 8 months of 2013, Vietnam sold its tuna to 90 markets, expanding more 10 markets over 2012. However, tuna exports at that time decreased 4.6 percent from that of the same period of 2012.

A well-planned and successful tuna management and development program can make Papua New Guinea become a world leader in tuna, PNG Fishing Industry Association president Pete Celso has told Islands Business.

(seafood.com) Pacific nations have reopened the Pacific high seas to commercial tuna fishing after a two-year ban imposed to preserve declining bigeye tuna stocks.

(examiner.com) Fishermen won't be able to catch as much Atlantic bluefin tuna for the rest of this year. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reduced the allowed harvest, effective immediately, for recreational catch. It made the decision based on the latest data.

(seafood.com) The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), in anticipation of the 16th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to be held this April in Fremantle, Australia, is calling for member nations to take a more aggressive approach in efforts to implement conservation management measures that protect tuna stocks and the region's greater marine environment.

(vasep.com.vn) In the past 5 years, Vietnam tuna export volume and value has been increasing. The tuna export proportion of total seafood export value has also been reporting a year-on-year growth.

(vasep.com.vn) At mid November 2013, VASEP held a meeting to launch its Tuna Council with the participation of 22 tuna processors and exporters, making up 90 percent of the country’s total tuna export turnover.

(vasep.com.vn) Japanese enterprises can consume all tuna catch from Vietnam if Vietnamese tunas are well-processed and well-preserved and satisfied with Japan’s requirements.