(Seafood.com) The Russian government has summarized the results of 2011 year for the domestic fishery industry and provided preliminary forecasts for its development in 2012. Although catch levels have been rising only about 3% a year, consumption has been rocketing upward. In 2011, per capita fish consumption increased nearly 5%, and is now almost equal to consumption in soviet times, of 23 kg per capita.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2011, the top 20 largest seafood exporters in Vietnam represented nearly 30 percent of total export value. In which, the majority are members of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), including Minh Phu Seafood Corp and Vinh Hoan Corp, two elite companies in Vietnam fishery industry.

So far this year Ba Ria – Vung Tau’s

(vasep.com.vn) Through September 2013, Ho Chi Minh City has exported more than 7 million of ornamental fishes, increasing up 3.5 percent from the same time of last year. The city totaled 63 million of ornamental fishes, up 14.5 percent against 2012. Exports of these species also got rise of 32 percent in the first half of 2013.

(SeafoodSource) “I want to bring oyster culture to China,” said Chris Herbert, a Canadian seafood importer and co-owner of the Starfish seafood restaurant and oyster bar in Beijing.

(fis.com) An official from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced that sardine population is expected to increase after the lifting of fishing ban in March.

(SeafoodSource) Overfishing EU fisheries is costing GBP 2.7 billion annually and 100,000 jobs, according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF).

At the recent surimi forum in Japan, held at the end of August, representatives from different producing regions estimated total supplies for 2013.

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.