(vasep.com.vn) The Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) under Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has organized a meeting to discuss the draft project on establishing a closed tuna production chain.

The CSIRO has told a world aquaculture conference in Adelaide the industry already is facing challenges from climate change.

(vasep.com.vn) While Vietnam tuna exports to main European consumers showed the reduction, tuna exports from Vietnam to the Netherlands reported three digit growth. Vietnam tuna exports to the market through April 2014 reached nearly US$8.9 million, up 123 percent year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) Local authorities in Binh Dinh province in coordination with seafood experts from Japan Kato Hitoshi company guided fishermen in Tam Quan Bac commune, Hoai Nhon district to use Japan's tuna fishing gears to catch tuna. This aims to improve tuna quality and tuna fishing productivity at deep sea.

New figures just released show that, in 2013, EU agri-food exports continued to grow as in the previous years and reached a value of €120 billion, which made the European Union the world's number one exporter of agricultural and food products.

(vasep.com.vn) Through June 2014, KTC Canned Foodstuff Manufactory (Ktc Food) under Kien Giang Trade and Tourism Co., Ltd earned US$5.4 million from its canned tuna exports, up 30 percent year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plans to implement a project to ease difficulties of tuna sector and boost tuna production and exports. Through the project, Khanh Hoa province will become a major tuna trading center of the country.

Japan will abolish tariffs on southern bluefin tuna from Australia in stages over a decade once the recently agreed bilateral free trade deal takes effect, the farm ministry said Friday.

(vasep.com.vn) In the last 3 years, Germany always claimed the first position in importing Vietnam tuna among EU block while it was the second largest single importing market of Vietnam tuna behind the U.S.

(vasep.com.vn) Over the years, Australia has been in the top 10 leading import markets of Vietnam shrimp. During last 5 years, Vietnam’s shrimp exports to the market kept a positive growth. In 2013, Vietnam shrimp sales to Australia reached over US$128 million, up 27.5 percent compared to 2012, ranking the 6th biggest importer of Vietnam shrimp after the U.S., Japan, EU, China and South Korea.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Through March 15th 2014, Vietnamese pangasius exports to the U.S. had a worth of US$73.1 million, up 17.4 percent year on year, according to Vietnam Customs. The U.S. remained Vietnam's largest pangasius importer with a proportion of 21.4 percent in total sales abroad.

China’s ability to increase its aquaculture yields while also conserving scarce water supplies looks set to be tested in a project being funded by the municipal government of the nation’s capital.

Out of a total of 12 Peruvian companies in the fishmeal and fish oil industry, only two recorded profits during 2013, while the other ten accumulated a loss of PEN 242 million (USD 87.4 million), the National Society of Fisheries (SNP) reported.

Newly released data from one of China’s leading seafood exporting regions shows Chinese exporters have been struggling to build on sales in emerging markets, particularly in Africa.

Sri Lanka is aiming to double its fish exports by 2016.