(vasep.com.vn) On 15 October 2012, Queens Products from Varsseveld, the Netherlands celebrated the 10th anniversary of pangasius in the Netherlands. All families of Varsseveld were invited to pick up a free jubilee bag of pangasius between 9:20 and 10:10, in the temporary Panga drive-in. More than 300 bags with the popular pangasius were distributed by the CEO of Vinh Hoan, Ms. Truong Thi Le Khanh, the commercial attaché of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands, Mr. H. Giam Dao and the General Manager of Queens Products, Harry Hoogendoorn.

Myronivsky Hliboproduct wants to work with Vietnamese exporter Anvifish to introduce pangasius into Ukraine. Ukrainian agribusiness company Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) wants to invest in Vietnam's pangasius farms, according to its director Yuriy Kosyuk.

(vasep.com.vn) State-owned commercial banks in four pangasius producing provinces in Mekong Delta (An Giang, Dong Thap, Vinh Long and Can Tho) still reported high level of outstanding loans offered to insiders in pangasius aquaculture and processing sector, according to Nguyen Huy Dien, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) after his trip for preliminary assessments of the effects of government policy to help fish growers get out of economic difficulties.

(NASS-USDA) Farm-raised catfish processed during August 2012 totaled 24.9 million pounds round weight, down 19 percent from August 2011. The average price paid to producers was 79.8 cents per pound for August 2012, down 4.5 cents from last month and 47.9 cents below a year ago.

(fis.com) Spain exported 93,864 tonnes of canned fish and shellfish in the first seven months of 2012, totalling EUR 420 million. These figures represent annual increases of 1.35 per cent in volume and 12 per cent in value, according to the National Association of Canned Fish and Shellfish Manufacturers (Anfaco-Cecopesca).

(vanguard) The Federal Government has reiterated its committed to strengthening value chains of fisheries, livestock and crops as parts of strategies to reposition agricultural sector of the economy with a view to making the sector as business rather than a development program.

Vietnam may fail to reach this years target of earning $6.5 billion from seafood exports caused by falling global demand and weak financial capacity at local seafood processors and exporters, said General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Truong Dinh Hoe.

(fis.com) Louisiana’s oyster community has made progress in many areas since Hurricane Isaac struck. Where business is not back to normal, farmers and harvesters continue to assess damage to oyster beds and dig out.

(seafood.com) Norway's salmon exports to China in January-August this year have recovered to the level in the corresponding period in 2010, according to reports of Norwegian news media.

(vasep.com.vn) Ukraine is an emerging market with high potentiality in food consumption. Ukraine has strengths in heavy and defense industries.

(seafood.com) The ADF&G announced the 2012/13 snow crab quota will be cut by 25% from the 2011/12 levels.

U.S. per-capita seafood consumption dropped to 15 pounds in 2011, according to figures released on Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service.

(vasep.com.vn) By the end of September 2012, prices for shrimp in Mekong Delta increased by VND 15,000 – 20,000 (US$0.7 – 1 USD)/kg over the those in July due to lack of raw shrimp.

(seafood.com) The crab plan team met in Seattle this week to review the survey data on Bering Sea snow crab and red king crab, among other species, and to provide guidance to the council and ADF&G on the status of the crab stocks.

(vasep.com.vn) Since April 2012, mollusk demand in international markets has been ups and downs. Vietnam exports of these products started to go down in June 2012 and keep this trend in the following months.