(vasep.com.vn) According to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in May 2014, the Ministry will recommend the Prime Minister to give more incentives for fishery industry, particularly offshore fishing activities. This aims to bring higher economic efficiency, facilitate fishermen in offshore fishing, help them raise their income and protect the national security and sovereignty.

(vasep.com.vn) In QI/2014, Vietnam mollusk exports reached US$107.5 million, up 2 percent year on year thanks to the recovery of cephalopod exports.

(vasep.com.vn) Through April 2014, the Baria-Vungtau Seafood Processing and Im-Ex Joint Stock Company (Baseafood) totaled US$7 million from seafood exports, down 30 percent year on year. In which, frozen marine products (marine fish, cephalopod and surimi…) made up of 60 – 70 percent; the rest was dried seafood products sent to Russia and the Middle East.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Vietnam Trade Office in Australia in coordination with Seafood Importers Association of Australia (SIAA) surveyed the transaction and auction in Sydney Fish Market (SFM).

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Peruvian fish exports generated US$ 336.2 million in revenue in February, up 92.7 percent from the same period a year ago, when its value was US$ 174.4 million, the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) has reported

(vasep.com.vn) During the current South fishing season, many fishing vessels started going offshore fishing with bumper fish landings thanks to favorable weather conditions and abundant fish resources in the Central and South Central Coast.

Peru exported aquaculture resources for USD 89.4 million during the first quarter of this year, representing an increase of 62 per cent over the same period in 2013, according to the Association of Exporters (ADEX).

Maruha Nichiro Corp. earlier this month released its annual report for the 2013 fiscal year ending 31 March 2014. The Tokyo-based company remained the world’s largest seafood business with sales of JPY 851 billion (USD 8.4 billion, EUR 6.1 billion), up 5.2 percent from the previous year.

Shellfish farmers have welcomed China's recent lifting of a five-month-old ban of live shellfish from the US West Coast, since this decision could favour trade and the creation of job opportunities.

Between January and March 2014, Chile exported fishmeal for USD 89.6 million, a figure which shows a decrease of 31.3 per cent compared to the same quarter of 2013 when USD 130.5 million was obtained.

(vasep.com.vn) Current high taxes on imported seafood products are causing difficulties for Vietnamese seafood companies, who are facing short supply of raw material for processing to export, according to VASEP.

(vasep.com.vn) Through April 2014, Hoang Lai Im-Ex Joint Stock Company exported 6.5 MT of seafood products to earn back US$4.8 billion. The company mainly sold dried squid and rolling grilled squid to countries in Southest Asia.

In July Saigon Aquatic Product Trading