The eastern European nation is changing rapidly. Does it have the opportunity to become a major new market for seafood in Europe?

Thai Union and its two partners have opened the region’s biggest tuna processing plant in the industrial city of Lae, in PNG.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Colombia is a newly emerging economy in Latin America. The country possesses favourable business environment such as a clear legal framework, lower import tariffs compared to those of other countries in the region, transparent and accessible procesdures. This is an opened market which is ready to welcome international suppliers, including Vietnamese ones.

Japan's Fisheries Research Agency is starting a project this week to farm bluefin tuna a highly-prized sushi staple in on-land tanks, reported The Japan News.

The rupee's slide against the dollar has brought cheer to seafood exporters and shrimp farmers as exports now fetch higher value in rupee terms.

One Dutch shrimp importer is calling for governments to crack down on overglazing, but regulators are so far disinterested.

The Brazilian Association of Shrimp Breeders (ABCC) filed a public civil action before the court to try to stop the Argentinean shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) entry in the Brazilian market.

The Vannamei variety of shrimps played a major role in boosting India's marine products export during the 2012-13 fiscal.

Russia is now offering to buy Myanmar’s fishery products, according to sources from Myanmar Fishery Product Processors and Exporters Association.

Members of Japanese fisheries cooperatives staged a rally Wednesday in Tokyo to seek full-scale financial help from the government as rising fuel prices due to the rapid depreciation of the yen hits the industry.

Broiled eel, a dish that is traditionally enjoyed throughout Japan on the Midsummer Day of the Ox, may again be out of reach for many people this year.

Intensive tuna fishing during January-May of this year could leave no choice but to close fishing grounds in the western and central Pacific by late 2013, according to a leading fisheries official.

The Australian Tuna Association is extremely happy that next season's quota has been increased by ten percent.

The Bureau of Aquatic Resources has distributed a total of 99,085 Tilapia fisherlings to more than 75 small fish farmers last year, BFAR Chief Carlito Delfin, said.

Many Japanese investors have recently started to shift their seafood investments from China to Vietnam, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.