(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp exports in QI/2013 reached US$424.6 million, 2.6 percent down over QI/2012. Sales to main markets such as Japan, the U.S and EU fell. Exports to South Korea sharply decreased by 27.4 percent.

Sainsbury's is the first supermarket to sell Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified pangasius products in its stores according to The Grocer.

The overall value of fish landed by Scottish vessels in 2012 is down compared to 2011, but better than the values recorded in the previous decade, according to new figures released by the Scottish government.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2013, cephalopod imports into some large markets such as South Korea, Japan, EU witnessed a deep dive. Through Mar 2013, cephalopod export value to large consumers (South Korea, Japan, EU) saw a reduction of 8.8 – 53.4 percent against a year ago.

(vasep.com.vn) France is the biggest market for surimi in Europe but the market saw a little downturn in 2012 when surimi consumption reached 60,500 MT, down 4 percent from 2011.

(vasep.com.vn) On Apr 24th, at the 21st edition of the European Seafood Exposition (ESE) held in Brussels, Belgium, Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in cooperation with Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) organized a press conference aimed at spotlighting the quality of its seafood products.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors spoke this week at the 2013 European Seafood Exposition (ESE) about its commitment to improving and spotlighting the quality of its seafood exports.

In January, 479,700 tonnes of fishing resources were landed in Peruvian ports, 28.7 per cent more than in the same month of 2012, when landings totalled 372,800 tonnes.

Greatly affected by the government's crackdown on wasting public money on luxury banquets, growth in China's catering industry has plunged to its slowest rate in a decade, the China Cuisine Association said on April 10.

The Federal Government has released new guidelines and restrictions for the 2013 fishing season.

Fisheries department officials say that the country will only be able to fulfil the population’s demands for fish when fishermen modernise their fishing practices in internal waters and the government obtains better equipment so that the potential new fishing grounds in the Bay of Bengal can be exploited.

(vasep.com.vn) During the period 2008 – 2012, import value of scallop into China rose by over 600 percent. Only in 2012, scallop imports into the country rose by 180 percent from 2011.

The increased cod quota is having an impact across the value chain -- from filleters being replaced by H&G vessels, to the fear of scarcity of feeding source for the predator fish.

Farm-raised catfish processed during February 2013 totaled 30.0 million pounds round weight, up 11 percent from February 2012. The average price paid to producers was 82.2 cents per pound for February 2013, up 0.3 cent from last month but 40.7 cents below a year ago.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of 2013, Vietnam imported nearly US$83 million of fish products.