‘Very difficult year ahead’ for haddock, as a lack of raw material drives up prices. The haddock market continues to see soaring prices, which are hitting “all time highs” at the moment fuelled by a lack of raw material, UK buyers told IntraFish.

Demand for fresh whitefish continues to be strong in France, as consumers continue to switch over from the more expensive salmon.

Worldwide tilapia production exceeded more than 4.2 million metric tons in 2012, a 6 percent increase from 2011, but experts say by 2014 it will exceed 4.5 million as demand continues to grow.

Processed and canned aquatic resource production will grow 50 per cent in 2014, according to forecasts by the Consultant Maximixe.

The quota for anchovies from Peru is set at 2.3 million tons a 184% increase of last year’s 810,000t quota.

(vasep.com.vn) Thanks to favourable weather conditions and the state’s preferential policies on offshore fishing, through September 2013, fish landings of Khanh Hoa province reached over 67,200 MT, equating to 79 percent of the yearly plan.

(vasep.com.vn) Binh Dinh province has allocated VND450 million into establishing a coastal information station with an aim to saving lives of fishermen at sea during storm season.

Between January and August 2013 a total of 149,090 tonnes of fresh fish entered the ports of Spain, 5.1 per cent less than in the same period of 2012, when landings reached 157,167 tonnes, reported Puertos del Estado.

The French consume around 190,000 metric tons of mussels each year, 95 percent of which are farmed, according to Marie Christine Monfort, senior consultant at Marketing Seafood and Sea-Matters.

The value of Norway’s exports of herring, mackerel and other pelagic fish in September totalled NOK 545 million (EUR 67.2 million).

(vasep.com.vn) Through September 2013, Vietnam’s bivalve mollusk exports reached US$54.6 million, down 4.1 percent from that of the same time last year.

(vasep.com.vn) In the third quarter of 2013, Bentre Aquaproduct Im-Ex Joint Stock Company (Aquatex Bentre – HOSE code: ABT) reached VND134.56 billion of turnover, generating VND19.2 billion of post-tax profit.

(vasep.com.vn) In August 2013, Gepimex 404 Company (Gepimex 404) exported 430 MT of seafood products for a value of US$746 thousand. Year-to-date export volume was 3,291 MT, worth US$53 thousand.

(vasep.com.vn) South Korea is the largest importer of Vietnam cephalopod, making up 29.6 percent of Vietnam’s total export value of the item.

(vasep.com.vn) Kien Giang province is one of the pioneers in helping Vietnamese fishermen officially sign contracts to go fishing in Indonesian waters with high fish stocks, said Tran Chi Vien, Deputy Director of Kien Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.