China’s ban on raw shrimp imports from Vietnam will not affect Vietnamese shrimp production and export, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) on Monday confirmed that China had decided to stop importing Vietnamese material tiger prawns due to virus infection.

To assist in the development of the fish production chain, the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) created BNDES Support Programme for Aquaculture Sector Development (BNDES Proaquicultura).

A new joint five-year project by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will help protect and manage Philippine coastal and marine resources.

Farm-raised catfish processed during September 2012 totaled 24.5 million pounds round weight, down 19 percent from September 2011. The average price paid to producers was 79.3 cents per pound for September 2012, down 0.5 cent from last month and 48.2 cents below a year ago.

The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) successfully produced pangasius through induced spawning, meaning the species can be mass-produced, reported the Philippine Information Agency.

(vasep.com.vn) Located in the southern Europe and along with the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal is a traditional producer and consumer of tuna.

(vasep.com.vn) Seafood exports in 2012 is expected to obtain over US$6.18 billion, up 1 per cent over that of 2011 in which shrimp shipment reached over US$2.2 billion, down 8.3 percent from the previous year; pangasius exports touched nearly US$1.8 billion, the same level with 2011; marine product exports reached nearly US$2.2 billion, up 19 percent from that of last year.

Guangdong's South China International Aquatic Trade Center is looking to take advantage of the China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreement (FTA) by attracting more ASEAN businesses to the region, according to China Daily.

In August, Peruvian fishing exports generated revenues of $363.1 million (€278.1 million), going up by 25.7 percent from $288.8 million (€221.2 million) in August 2011, according to figures released by the Ministry of Production (Produce).

As incomes rise, China now has the potential to become a $20 billion (€15 billion) seafood import market within this decade, according to a new Rabobank report.

Despite higher tuna prices, Germany’s canned tuna imports – which account for nearly all of the country’s tuna imports – jumped 15% last year from 2010 to reach a three-year record high of 60,015 tons.

Japan will ban the expansion of bluefin tuna farms across the country as part of efforts to prevent overfishing, Fisheries Minister Akira Gunji said today.

Tuna season begins this year with more number of mechanized boats venturing into the sea amid the talk of implementing mother ship concept for better returns, according to The Hindu.

How did pangasius win such huge popularity in the Netherlands, a nation with historically low seafood consumption?