US tuna prices have been in decline since the end of the 3Q of 2012 and this trend has continued into 2013 as strong import figures have kept supplies plentiful.

Party between the Australian dollar and the Japanese yen will cause headaches for the local tuna industry as it moves into harvest.

(vasep.com.vn) Seafood export turnover in the first quarter of this year is estimated at US$1.2 billion, a drop of 7.5-8 percent year-on-year.

Viet Nam's seafood export in February 2013 declined 30.8 percent reports VASEP. Total seafood export for the first two months of the year is down 0.6 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching $779 million.

Domestic and foreign experts and businesses in the fishery sector participated in a seminar in Hanoi on March 21 to seek measures to improve the sector’s development capacity. They focused on challenges experienced in observing trade standards.

Vietnam will build a fishery center costing $37 million in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa by 2015 to fulfill as part of the government’s strategy on fisheries development by 2020, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon newspaper reported Friday.

The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today released the 2012 trade figures for Canada's exports of fish and seafood products.

It is the king of sushi, one of the most expensive fish in the world — and dwindling so rapidly that some fear it could vanish from restaurant menus within a generation.

(vasep.com.vn) Despite rocketing tuna price in 2012, European economic downturn and sharply decreasing demand for high grade seafood products, tuna imports into Germany – a price sensitive market rose over 17 percent from that of 2011.

(vasep.com.vn) Referring to statistics by Vietnam Customs, pangasius export to Germany reached US$5.9 million in January 2013, up 35.7 percent from January 2012. In Germany, it is estimated that 70 – 75 percent of imported pangasius is sold in the retail segment and 25 – 30 percent is sold through the food service.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam shrimp shipment to EU tumbled sharply in which exports to Germany – Vietnam’s largest shrimp importer in the block – saw a reduction of 28 percent.

Shrimp farming is not an easy business for all. Despite this the trend for global production remains on an upward slope.

A series of panel discussions at the 2013 International Boston Seafood Show on Sunday brought to light the ongoing problem of seafood mislabeling, and offered some suggestions on how to watch out for it.

Argentina exported 27,482 tonnes of fish and shellfish in January 2013, a figure which shows a rise of 11 per cent over the same month in 2012.

The government has lifted the ban on sardine fishing in East Sulu Sea, Basilan Strait and Sibuguey Bay after a three-month implementation.