Global feed experts agree there is more growth to come in the aquaculture feed sector due to the availability of protein substitutes

The Thai tuna industry faced a hefty 19% drop in its skipjack tuna supply last year, but its imports of both raw albacore and yellowfin tuna spiked to four-year record highs.

The value of exports of pelagic fish in 2012 totalled NOK 7.5 billion (EUR 1 billion), down by NOK 1.1 billion (EUR 148.4 million) from the previous year. This is despite 2012 being the second best year ever for exports of Norwegian herring, mackerel, capelin and other pelagic species.

NOAA has announced changes to the 2013 Atlantic mackerel, squid and butterfish fisheries effective January 16 through December 31 of this year.

Fish prices in India have shot up by 10% to 30% in the last one year and there is no sign of cooling off in prices as domestic demand is increasing at a pace that outstrips supply.

Russian fishermen have caught 94,400 tonnes of fish since the start of 2013, down 16.5% compared to the same period of 2012, the Federal Fisheries Agency Rosrybolovstvo reported.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam seafood was exported to 156 markets with total export turnover of US$6.13 billion, equating to the level of 2011. Top 10 largest importers of Vietnam seafood were the U.S., EU, Japan, South Korea, China, ASEAN, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Russia, representing about 85 percent of Vietnam seafood’s total export value.

Vietnamese seafood producers are prepared to embark on a long battle against a US Department of Commerce anti-subsidy investigation to see whether the country and six others have been engaged in unfair trade practices.

Indonesian Fishery and Marine Ministry forecast fishery exports will rise to 5 billion U.S. dollars this year from 3.28 billion U.S. dollars last year despite slowing global economy, an official said here Wednesday.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam tuna sales to markets marked at US$569.4 million, a year-on-year increase of 50.1 percent. Vietnam’s tuna products was shipped to 96 spots on the world in which the U.S. remained as the largest consumer with a proportion of over 40 percent out of the country’s total tuna export value.

According to Peru's Office for Trade Promotion and Investment, the country will boost its seafood exports to the US market.

Thailand’s tuna producers took a severe knockdown last year, as they shipped a dramatic 23% less in tuna products to the US in 2012 compared to 2011.

In October 2011, the MOA published its 12th Five Year (2011-2015) Development Plan for Fishery.

The volume of exports of Norwegian salmon and Norwegian fjord trout in 2012 totalled 1.1 million tonnes. This is 174,000 tonnes or 18 per cent more than in the previous year and marks a new record volume of salmon exports.

India’s marine product exports have fallen year-on-year in the April-September 2012-13 period by 6.91 per cent in quantity and 16.60 per cent in USD earnings, according to provisional figures.