Ecuadorian officials will call on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to get Brazil to lift restrictions on its shrimp exports after years of being banned from the country for unsanitary standards.

Using traditional farming methods Bangladeshi shrimp production lags behind its Asian neighbors. Shrimp and frozen foods processing plants in Bangladesh are running at less than 80 percent capacity due to low production, The Daily Star reported from a seminar organized by the Bangladesh Frozen Foods and Exporters Association (BFFEA).

ASC has launched a project which aims to develop the ASC Feed Standard. ASC invites experts from the aquaculture feed industry to join a working group and actively contribute to the future of responsible aquaculture feed.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Most of import markets of Vietnamese pangasius showed recovery signs since April 2013. According to Vietnam Customs, pangasius exports reached US$174.09 million in May 2013, up 15.7 percent compared with that of May 2012. In the first five months, Vietnam generated US$708.89 million, up 1.5 percent from the same period of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, in the first 5 months of 2013, Vietnam’s exports of crab and swimming crab reached US$27.7 million, down 21.6 percent on that reported in the same time of 2012. The figure in May 2013 was US$5.1 million, down 41.3 percent on that of May 2012.

(seafood.com) ASC has launched a project which aims to develop the ASC Feed Standard. ASC invites experts from the aquaculture feed industry to join a working group and actively contribute to the future of responsible aquaculture feed.

(vasep.com.vn) Along with Japan and EU, the U.S. is one of three main importers of Vietnam shrimp. In 2012, Vietnam shrimp shipments to this market sharply decreased of 18.6 percent from the previous year due to low demand, instability of domestic raw shrimp supplies and disease outbreaks.

The Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) estimates that next year, salmon and trout total production will be about 530,000 tonnes, which represents a decrease of 24 per cent compared to that expected for 2013, reaching 700,000 tonnes.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Over the recent years, Middle East is highlighting to be a potential market for seafood products, while other importing markets showed quiet signs in demand.

Truong Dinh Hoe, general secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), forecast that this year’s seafood exports will likely amount to US$6.5 billion, up about US$300 million from 2012, despite a number of key products facing export difficulties.

Peruvian fish exports generated in April generated USD 98.1 million in revenue, representing a 40 per cent decrease compared to the same month in 2012, when its value was USD 163.3 million.

The worst time for seafood-related industries in adecade' as Chinese businesses suffer amid government spending cuts Chinese seafood business are witnessing their worstperiod in a decade as government spending cuts take their toll, according to local reports.

Higher production and export of shrimp and chilled items drove India's marine products export to an all-time high of Rs 18,856 crore ($3,511.67 million) in 2012-13, rising 7.68% in quantity compared to the previous year, said LeenaNair, chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority (Mpeda).

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) is praising the efforts of the Indonesian fishing industry and government commitment to open a sustainable pole-and-line and hand-line tuna fishery.

Greek, Maltese, Spanish, French and Italian vessels have exhausted their quotas for bluefin tuna and the authorities from the member states concerned have called these fishing vessels back to port.