(vasep.com.vn) Through October 15th, 2013, Vietnam surimi products exported to 11 European markets for total revenue of US$13 million, down 45.2 percent against the same period of 2012.

The Russian fisheries agency announced a huge increase in red king crab quotas last week. The new quotas are a result of surveys showing the crab stock in better shape than expected.

(vasep.com.vn) Da Nang is the first province having state budget to assist fishermen in renewal of offshore fishing boats.

Sea cucumber, abalone, squid and flounder are all shipped from Korea to China, with Korean catches of South American squid also shipped to the country.

(vasep.com.vn) In the period of 2011 - 2012, Vietnam cephalopod exports to Russia saw ebbs and flows and export price of Vietnam was lower than other suppliers to Russia.

(vasep.com.vn) In the recent years, severe and unpredictable weather has been affecting Vietnam fishing activities, leading to poor results of fishing trips. To deal with the problem, a project on installing movimar satellite machine on offshore fishing boats (VMS) was kicked off in Vietnam’s 28 coastal provinces.

(vasep.com.vn) A project on exports of lobster and grouper in the official way was recently approved by Khanh Hoa People’s Committee. This is the first time live fish of the locality is exported in the way.

(vasep.com.vn) Through October 2013, Vietnam exported over US$60 million of bivalve mollusk products, downed 4.7 percent against the compatible period of 2012. Despite down in export revenue, foreign markets for Vietnamese bivalve mollusk increased from 46 to 54 markets.

Peruvian fishmeal export revenues are down in 2013 on a decline in shipped volumes to top markets.

(vasep.com.vn) The government of Vietnam funded VND1,300 billion for fishermen to build new offshore fishing vessels including 1,365 ones with capacity of more than 90 CV.

Delegations from the EU and Seychelles have successfully initiated an inter-governmental fishing agreement which will allow Seychelles flagged vessels to continue fishing operations in the waters of Mayotte.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2012, seafood exports coped a lot bottlenecks about importing markets but export turnover still rose higher than that of the same period of 2011. This is a positive sign for fisheries industry to start the second quarter of 2012. Asian market will be the most promising destination for seafood export.

(thefishsite) Shrimp supply squeeze from bad weather and production problems keep prices high but new season will bring relief. No crisis for imported shellfish and canned molluscs in European markets, according to the FAO Global Food Outloook.