(seafood.com) Fish imports to Russia are steadily declining this year, which means that the country is succeeding in the process of fish imports' substitution said Timur Mitupov, the head of the analytical centre of the fisheries information service recently.

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday an EU-wide ban on fisheries imports from Cambodia, Belize and Guinea, saying they had not done enough to stamp out illegal fishing.

(vasep.com.vn) In November 2013, capture production of Binh Thuan province reached 14,710 MT. Through November 2013, the figure was estimated to hit over 173,131 MT, up 3 percent year-on-year.

(vasep.com.vn) In October 2013, Gepimex 404 Company shipped 463 MT of seafood products abroad for US$730 thousand. In which, products processed by the company were 435 MT worth US$658 thousand; the rest was entrusted exports.

American lobsters and Norwegian salmon enjoy a big sales hit in Korea against fear of radioactive contamination of fish

(seafood.com) The FAO has introduced a new fish price index designed to use trade statistics to measure the value of seafood. A peer reviewed paper by eight authors, including Sigbjørn Tveteras, Frank Asche, Marc F. Bellemare, Martin D. Smith, Atle G. Guttormsen, Audun Lem, Kristin Lien and Stefania Vannuccini published in the Journal PLOS one. describes the index and its results.

(vasep.com.vn) Through October 2013, Bidifisco exported US$29.5 million of seafood products. 60 percent of which was tuna and the rest was other marine fish products. The company’s frozen tuna products were shipped to the U.S. and the EU markets. In which, the EU consumed 70 percent of export volume.

(fis.com) Marine product exports are estimated to have grown by 20 per cent to INR 3.42 billion in the last fiscal on the back of increased shipments to South East Asia, Japan and the US. The country had shipped marine products worth INR 2.85 billion in 2010-11 financial year.

(SeafoodSource) Some U.S. supermarket chains are seeing seafood department sales increase with a relatively new meal solution idea — packaging different ingredients together with seafood to form a complete meal.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s total export turnover in the first five months of 2012 has reached US$42.86 billion, up 24.1% over the same period last year. Some key items with positive turnover growth were textile and garment (sales of US$5.3 billion, up 7.7 percent over 2011); footwear (US$2.7 billion, up 14.3 percent); seafood (US$2.3 billion, up 11.7 percent).

(vasep.com.vn) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has ratified the project “Fishery restructure in direction of value added improvement and sustainable development”. The project focuses on developing seafood quality by 2020 and with a vision to 2030.

(vasep.com.vn) Khanh Hoa People’s Committee decided to upgrade infrastructures in two fishing ports of Vinh Luong and Hon Ro and fish markets in the South Central of Vietnam, which are now degraded and cannot satisfy rising demands.

(thefishsite) Still a world leader in fishery and aquaculture products, exports of aquatic products are increasing. Whilst profits in the aquaculture industry increase, profit margins remain tight in the feed, fishing and processing sectors, according to 2011-2012 China Aquaculture Industry Report.

(SeafoodSource) Simon Coveney, Ireland’s agriculture, food and marine minister, on Friday announced EUR 15.5 million in investments in the country’s seafood processing sector, supported by EUR 3.2 million in grants under the EU co-funded Seafood Processing Business Investment Scheme.