Wholesale prices of snow crab--now in the prime season in Japan--stay in a high zone as landings remain sluggish due to adverse weather in the Sea of Japan.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013, banks in Quang Ngai province are offering loans with preferential interest rate and simple procedures to local borrowers from fisheries sector. As the result, hundreds of fishermen have more money to invest in building new fishing boats of high capacity for offshore fishing.

(vasep.com.vn) Through November 2013, Khanh Hoa Seafoods Exporting Company Limited (Khaspexco) reported a 5 percent rise in export volume of marine fish of all products. However, the value decreased by 10 percent compared to the compatible period of 2012.

The ministry of commerce (MoC) is going to take a number of initiatives with a view to boosting crab export in the days to come, sources said.

While salmon prices one year ago ended optimistically above NOK 30 during the last week of December, market expectations point now at prices to end in 2013 in the mid-NOK 50s. Prices would reach a rise of NOK 20-25 per kilo.

(vasep.com.vn) Through November 2013, Vietnam cephalopod exports hit US$403.5 million, down 13 percent year-on-year. This is the deepest dive in sales of Vietnam’s exported seafood items. Follows are some remarkable highlights of cephalopod sector in 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) ASEAN is considered as a spotlight in Vietnamese cephalopod exports so far. Shipments to this block is expected to reach year-on-year growth in 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) In December 2013, Vinh Hoan Corporation (Vinh Hoan Corp) has obtained the GlobalGAP certificate for its barramundi farm in BaTri district in Ben Tre province. This is the first barramundi farm which was certified by GlobalGAP in Vietnam. The farm covers an total area of 60 hectares, providing around 500 MT of raw barramundi per year.

Fish landings accumulated up to October 2013 totalled 2.3 million tonnes, representing 23.6 per cent less than in the first 10 months of 2012, when 3.3 million tonnes were landed.