(vasep.com.vn) The Prime Minister of Vietnam has promulgated a decision on some policies ecouraging Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) application in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture.

(IntraFish) The aquaculture feed sector is growing at a faster pace than any other feed sector worldwide, reveals a survey of 132 countries conducted by the US animal health and nutrition company Alltech. When it comes to production, Alltech survey shows China leaves vast majority of world players in the dust.

(seafood.com) In Japan, surimi seafood are indispensable products for traditional New Year dishes. End-year surimi product sales remained level in Tokyo helped by consumer trend to eat at home; Osaka region sustained a 10% decline.

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(seafood.com) Fish farms from two counties in the lower reaches of a cadmium-contaminated river in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have been banned from selling their fish, local authorities confirmed on Thursday.

(vasep.com.vn) In the past 5 years, Italy has become a major importer of Vietnam seafood with import value increasing from US$95 million to over US$150 million per year. As of October 2011, Italy ranked the sixth among the largest seafood importers from Vietnam after the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Germany and China and accounted for more than 3 percent of total export value of Vietnam seafood.

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(SeafoodSource) A U.S. court in Los Angeles on Monday ordered a California company to pay USD 1 million in fines and community service payments for knowingly mislabeling frozen pangasius fillets as Paradise grouper, Falcon Baie grouper and ponga.

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(vasep.com.vn) 2012 will be a favourable year for sales of bigfin reef squid, cuttle fish and squid products; however, Ngo Quyen Processing Export Joint Stock Company (NGOPREXCO) still worries about lack of raw material for processing.

In the first 10 months of 2010 Vietnam

(Seafood.com) Crucial fish species, lobsters and sea cucumbers are in danger of disappearing from Pacific Island coastlines unless local people take action to protect them, according to the region's leading fisheries experts.

(Seafood.com) Total U.S. restaurant industry sales will reach a record high of $632 billion this year, representing a 3.5% increase over 2011, and marking the second consecutive year that industry sales have topped $600 million, according to The National Restaurant Association’s 2012 Restaurant Industry Forecast, released Wednesday.

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