OTHER MARINE PRODUCTS

Smaller, generally more overlooked fish, such as anchovies, sardines and smelt, are finding themselves more and more on appetizer and entree menus in restaurants, according to Nation's Restaurant News.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tra Vinh province, in August 2013, local fish farmers stocked 4,173 hectares and harvested 11,066 MT.

According to the financial statements

(IntraFish) Russia is becoming a huge market for Turkey's fishing industry, said Turkey’s Seafood Promotion Committee, in a news report by Today's Zaman. Russia's fish imports from Turkey were $920,000 (€697,075) in 2008 and increased to $21 million (€15.9 million) in 2011, the committee's president, Melih Islie, said.

In the first 9 months of 2010 Khanh

(IntraFish) A new interim rule, consistent with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) and issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows the FDA to "access records pertaining to articles of food that the Secretary of Health and Human Services believes in a reasonable manner" would cause adverse health consequences to humans or animals, according to a government website.

(vasep.com.vn) In August 2013, HaLong Service and Import Export Joint Stock Company (Halong Simexco) earned US$351 thousand from seafood exports to Japan. In which, fish cakes valued at US$271.6 thousand and frozen octopus products US$79.9 thousand.

There are many elements conspiring against the eel’s survival. Almost all of these are the result of man’s activities, such as the removal of natural eel habitats, increased marine pollutants, the location of barriers to migration and the introduction of marine turbines and pumps.

(IntraFish) South Korea was Russia's top seafood market in value in 2011, while China bought the highest volume. South Korea bought more than $1 billion (€767 million) worth of seafood from Russia in 2011 -- making it Russia’s most valuable seafood market that year, according to Russian official figures.

(IntraFish) Prices of fish feed raw material are likely to become more volatile than usual this year, the head of Skretting, Knut Nesse said.

(seafood.com) The Norwegian seafood industry has got off to a bright start for the New year with the value of exports up by 34 million kroners (4.24-million euros or £3.5 million sterling) to 4.2 billion kroners (557-million euros or £468-million sterling).

(vasep.com.vn) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set a target of cutting post harvest losses of fish from 20 percent currently to less than 10 per cent by 2020. To reach the target, MARD urged Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) and localities in 2012 to focus on appropriate measures to reduce post harvest losses of fish.

(seafood.com) Staff training and modernization of the fishing fleet are expected to be the main objectives of the Russian fishing industry in the coming years, according to statements, made by experts during the recently closed VIth International Congress of Fishermen, which was held in Vladivostok, center of Russia's fishing industry.

(vasep.com.vn) With an aim to make progresses in aquaculture, catching and sustainable development in compliance to Food Safety Act, Vietnam fisheries industry will focus on renovating and creating a breakthrough in seafood quality and sustainable development.

This year surimi demand in Asia increases


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