In reading the filing to the Dept. of commerce prepared by the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries, I was struck by some of the financial data.

Vietnam’s shrimp producers and exporters have been operating under the market mechanism for many years and not received any subsidy from the Government. Tran Thien Hai, President of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), made the statement in response to US companies’ filing of an anti-subsidy lawsuit against shrimp imports from Vietnam.

In an effort to curb overfishing of bluefin tuna, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed new regulations that would set limits for commercial retention of those fish in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

China's fisheries output will top 1.73 trillion yuan (273.89 billion U.S. dollars) this year, up 15 percent from 2011, a senior fishery official said on Sunday.

(vasep.com.vn) Tuna is the third largest imported item into France after salmon and shrimp. According to statistics of the European Commission (EC), France is the third largest importer of frozen tuna in the EU block with the proportion of 5.2 percent.

(vasep.com.vn) In Q.III/2012, marine fish exports of Vietnam hit US$637.7 million, up 1.82 percent over that of the previous quarter and up 20.5 percent over that of the same period of 2011.

(vasep.com.vn) Mekong Delta-based provinces have recently sent 53,000 MT of pangasius products abroad. So far, the region reached the total export volume of 592,000 MT, worth US$1.6 billion.

Seafood is being featured much more significantly in U.K. restaurants, and experts expect that trend to continue in 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) Black tiger shrimp continues to keep its important role in export structure of Vietnam shrimp industry with export value of US$ 1.16 billion and the proportion of 56.1 percent in the total.

India's seafood exports fall in the first half as the global recession and trade barriers in Japan and China continue to plague exporters.

Fishery and aquaculture product exports in Chile reached a value of USD 3,446 million in the first nine months of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam export of pangasius products is struggling with many difficulties in the global market, especially in the EU. To keep business, fish farmers and processing companies have to reduce their farming areas or limit fish stocking. In order to ease current troubles, Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has recommended to government five urgent measures to save the export-driven pangasius industry:

Two improved strains of Nile tilapia that grow 30 percent faster and heavier than typical strains are helping to increase productivity and food security in West Africa and Egypt, according to seafood research group WorldFish.

Australia’s southern bluefin tuna fishing season kicked off this week, amid signs that the species is rebuilding well.

The EU and United States among those who refused tocut overfishing of bigeye tuna.