On 29th of May 2013, preliminary decision on countervailing made by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) was published on Federal Register concluded that Vietnam exported shrimp was subsidized by its government. As results, Vietnam shrimp exporters are subjected to high countervailing duty.

Russia reduced imports of fresh and refrigerated fish, including fillets, by 12.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, the chairman of the public council of the Federal Fisheries Agency, Alexander Savelyev said, citing updated figures from the Federal Statistics Service.

While tra fish and shrimp exports face difficulties due to dumping accusations and antibiotic problems, Vietnamese tuna enjoys high consumption in Europe.

Ontario-based Seacore Seafood Inc. has announced that it has launched one of the first Aquaculture Stewardship Council-certified seafood products for retail distribution. The company will sell ASC-certified frozen Basa Fillets unders its OceanPrime brand.

US shrimp imports continue to trend lower in 2013 as production issues in Thailand have forced US buyers to compete with other overseas markets for imported product from other top supplying regions.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam continued to see slowdown sign in bivalve mollusk exports. Since beginning of 2013, export price (especially that of clam items) fell 30 percent over the compatible period of last year.

Fish farmers in Pangasinan, particularly in Dagupan, were asked to diversify their products to boost their traditional harvests of milkfish (bangus) and tilapia.

China is increasing its shrimp exports compared to 2012. For the first three months of the year through March, most months showed higher exports than the year ago period.

(vasep.com.vn) Since the beginning of 2013, pangasius price has been on an upward trend in the U.S. market. According to some observers, the price will increase in the coming time when local pangasius exporters agree to quote a higher price for fish sold to this market.

The National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) claims the existence of technical, tariff or health issues in Argentina, China, South Korea, Egypt and Brazil that complicate the entry of Ecuadorian shrimp into these markets.

The global economic slowdown and the baht being the strongest currency in Southeast Asia are major factors contributing to the country's falling short of its export target.

Vietnamese exporters have described the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s recent levy of anti-subsidy duties on frozen shrimp imported from seven countries including Vietnam as absolutely unreasonable.

Sri Lanka is working on increasing its deep sea fishing efforts and doubling fish exports between now and 2015 and to achieve this goal, it will be using new vessels from Japan and China.

Vietnam’s aquatic export turnover to Africa reached US$30.3 million in the first quarter of this year, up 15 percent against the same period last year.

Minister for Fisheries and Ports K. Babu said here on Thursday that the trawling ban this year too would be for 47 days from midnight of June 14 to July 31.