(pangasius-vietnam.com) Pangasius producing provinces in Mekong Delta has export 84,000 MT of pangasius, boosting total fish export volume to 377,000 MT so far this year.

(fis.com) The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) expects in the next four years there will be a 10 time increase in aquaculture fish production, which currently is about 500,000 tonnes per year.

(VOV) Nearly 20 Vietnamese businesses have displayed different kinds of agro-forestry, seafood, tea, coffee, fruit and canned food products at the 21st international exhibition of food and drinks in Moscow, Russia.

(seafood.com) In a dramatic sign of the government support for sustainable seafood in China, the 10th Seaweb seafood summit held for the first time in Asia, was opened by China’s Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Zhao Xingwu.

(SeafoodSource) The latest issue of the Globefish Highlights, published by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in mid-August, starkly illustrates the dramatic decline in sales of pangasius to European countries. Imports to the EU are down by a massive 27 percent in volume and 22 percent in value compared with the year before.

(IntraFish) Concerns over the European Commission’s leaked proposal for a 3.5 percent duty on pollock imports into the European Union (EU) have softened with the release of new plans to nix the tax.

(IntraFish) US catfish imports are up 57 percent over last year for the first half of 2012, to 11 million kilos. Pangasius from Vietnam is a major factor in the import increase. Imports are up to 10.6 million kilos from 6.7 million kilos last year.

(atuna.com) Italy is showing increased dependence on other countries for its canned tuna supply.

(seafood.com) American meteorologists are forecasting El Nino conditions for the rest of the year, and the warmer water temperatures will strongly affect tuna catches in the Eastern and Western Pacific Ocean.

(vasep.com.vn) According to La Fédération française des Industries d'Aliments Conservés (FIAC), among EU block, Spain is a predominant tuna consumer with the highest average consumption per capita of 2.18 kilogram per year.

(IntraFish) Indonesia is to host a workshop this week that will assess the economic and social benefits of supporting the country’s pole-and-line tuna fishery.

(vasep.com.vn) In the past time, the structure of export items from Vietnam to South Korea has witnessed positive changes in which agro-forestry and fisheries exports ranked the third position after textile and crude oil.

(seafoodsource) Norwegian salmon prices are still on the rise, reaching NOK 21.1 (EUR 2.86; USD 3.61) per kilogram during the week of 27 August to 2 September, Statistics Norway reported on Wednesday.

(vasep.com.vn) In the past five months, cephalopod exports to the U.S. marked consecutive double-digit growth over that of the same period of 2011. For the year to July, the U.S. outstripped Taiwan to become the 6thlargest importer of Vietnam cephalopod.

(seafoodsource) The market for fish and seafood in Germany presents a continuous growing demand, according to Hamburg-based organization Fish Information Centre (FIZ).