(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.

(SeafoodSource) The scallop catch could be cut up to 30 percent in each of the next two years in what fishermen say would be a heavy blow to the industry.

(vasep.com.vn) Portugal is the largest importer of bivalve mollusk and the eighth biggest consumer of cephalopod from Vietnam in the EU block. The country is one of three leading fish consumer markets in the EU after Spain and Italia. According to the report by CBI, seafood demand of Portuguese market has not been strongly impacted by economic crisis in the EU.

(thejakartaglobe.com) Shifts in the weather have changed the lives of today’s fishermen in Bali. They no longer can predict the best days to sail and catch fish. Maybe it’s because of climate change — Balinese fishermen leave it to scientists to figure out the reasons — but nonetheless, they need an immediate alternative to be able to maintain a steady income.

(SeafoodSource) Pangasius was one of the top movers on the annual U.S. seafood Top 10 list, compiled by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) with data from the National Marine Fisheries Service. The most popular seafood species in terms of pounds per capita, are: Shrimp, canned tuna, salmon, Alaska pollock, tilapia, pangasius, catfish, crab, cod and clams.

(vasep.com.vn)Vietnam shrimp export to Japan is going down due to a strict regulation by Japanese authority on Ethoxyquin residue in all imported shrimp from the country. In August 2012, shrimp export to the market downed 16.6 percent after high growth during first seven months.