<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">The top four States (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas) accounted for 95 percent of the United States total sales. The United States total foodsize sales of 391 million dollars increased by 4 percent over 2010. Sales of stockers totaled 17.1 million dollars in 2011, compared to 13.8 million dollars in 2010. Fingerling and fry sales totaled 14.6 million dollars, up 9 percent from 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;background: white; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">By point of first sale, direct sales to processors accounted for 95 percent of total foodsize fish sales, unchanged from the previous year. Direct sales to other producers accounted for 73 percent of stocker sales compared with 83 percent in 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;background: white; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-outline-level: 3" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">Water Surface Acres Down 10 Percent from January 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;background: white; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">The water surface acres being used for catfish production as of January 1, 2012, totaled 89.4 thousand acres, down 10 percent from the 99.6 thousand acres used a year earlier. Of the total acres, 3.08 thousand are to be renovated during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2012. An additional 420 acres are under construction or expected to be constructed and in use by July 1, 2012. During the period of July 1 through December 31, 2011, the area taken out of production totaled 2.96 thousand acres. As of January 1, 2012, foodsize fish were produced on 71.5 thousand acres, fingerling-producing acres totaled 13.7 thousand, and 2.24 thousand acres were being used for broodfish production. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;background: white; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-outline-level: 3" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">Inventory Numbers<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;background: white; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt">Catfish producers had 562 thousand broodfish on hand January 1, 2012, up 14 percent from January 1, 2011. Large foodsize fish on hand totaled 3.6 million on January 1, 2012, a 42 percent decrease from a year ago. The number of medium foodsize fish increased 20 percent to 64.7 million, while small foodsize fish numbers decreased 2 percent to 113 million. Large stockers on hand January 1, 2012, at 165 million fish, were up 4 percent from the previous year. Small stocker numbers increased 34 percent to 298 million. There were 451 million fingerlings on hand January 1, 2012, down 21 percent from January 1, 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietfish 2026, the Vietnam International Seafood Exhibition, will officially take place from 19–21 August 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City. As Vietnam’s largest annual seafood trade event, organized by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), Vietfish 2026 will once again bring together leading seafood companies, industry experts, and international partners from across the global seafood value chain.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s seafood exports reached USD 1.1 billion in July 2026, up 4.8% compared to the same period in 2025. Cumulative exports in the first seven months of the year totaled nearly USD 6.86 billion, an increase of 11.5% year-on-year. Exceeding the USD 1 billion mark in July further reinforces the prospect that Vietnam’s seafood exports could surpass USD 12 billion in 2026. However, the July figures also send a clear signal that the most favorable growth period may have passed: overall export growth slowed to just 4.8%, pangasius exports fell 6.1%, tuna exports were virtually flat, while exports to the EU, South Korea, and the Middle East all recorded double-digit declines.
(vasep.com.vn) As part of the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish 2026), the seminar "Global Seafood Market and the Future Workforce: Trends, Opportunities, and Sustainable Development Pathways for Vietnam's Seafood Industry" will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on August 19, 2026, at Convention Room B, Level 2, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City. This is the first of five specialized seminars at Vietfish 2026, focusing on key issues that are shaping the long-term development of Vietnam's seafood industry.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnamese seafood exports recorded impressive growth, generating nearly 6 billion USD in revenue during the first six months of the year, up 13% compared with the same period last year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Fishermen in Ha Tinh are gradually overcoming difficulties to maintain the efficiency of seafood exploitation. In the first six months of 2026, the entire province achieved a production of more than 23,000 tons of seafood, worth more than 1,200 billion VND.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) June 2026 brought encouraging signs for Vietnam's tuna exports, with export value rising 20% year-on-year to nearly USD 72 million. However, this increase has yet to offset the prolonged slowdown seen in key markets such as the European Union (EU), where import demand remains weak. The outlook for the second half of the year is expected to become more challenging as freight rates continue to climb.
(vasep.com.vn) As part of the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish 2026), the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), in collaboration with the Agency for Domestic Market Management and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, will organize the Domestic Seafood Supply–Demand Matching Program on the morning of August 20, 2026, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City. The program aims to foster direct business connections between Vietnamese seafood producers and processors and domestic distributors, retailers, and foodservice channels.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The Cooking Show will be one of the most engaging experiential highlights of Vietfish 2026. Taking place over three days, from August 19–21, 2026, at Hall B1, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City, the event will offer visitors a vibrant culinary space where Vietnamese seafood is showcased through its flavors, stories, and real-life culinary applications.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's pangasius exports reached USD 205 million in June 2026, up 5% compared with the same month in 2025. Cumulative export value for the first six months of the year totaled USD 1.1 billion, an increase of 12% year-on-year. Growth was primarily driven by strong demand from China and CPTPP markets, while exports to the United States and Brazil continued to decline.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first six months of 2026, Ha Tinh province continued to implement comprehensive solutions to combat IUU fishing; strictly manage the fishing fleet, control fishing vessels entering and leaving ports, operate vessel tracking devices, trace the origin of seafood, and severely punish violations.
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