EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki is launching an EU-wide campaign, INSEPARABLE, to raise awareness on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

The Natural Resources Defense Council has attacked US seafood imports, saying the country should protect endangered marine mammals by cracking down on foreign fisheries supplying country’s wild-caught seafood.

Viet Nam will increase its supervision

Export of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first month of this year reached a modest US$2.32 billion, 9.7 per cent lower than one year ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Two-way trade between Viet Nam and Brazil hit a record US$2.33 billion in 2013, representing a year-on-year rise of 42.3 pecent.

Germany is Viet Nam's largest European trade partner, comprising 20 per cent of the country's total trade turnover.

Exports of Vietnamese goods are expected to rise this year as the global economy continues to grow, according to many trade counselors.

Vietnam harvested 3.8 million tons

(vasep.com.vn) The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is currently being negotiated between 12 countries in which the U.S. and Japan are leading importers of Vietnam seafood, making up 40 percent of Vietnam's total seafood export value.

China’s seafood exports broke the USD 20 billion (EUR 14.7 billion) mark last year for the first time. Fisheries officials in China will be ecstatic that 2013 export of aquatic products totaled USD 20.26 billion (EUR 14.9 billion), from volume of 3.95 million metric tons (MT) — an increase of 4.15 percent and 6.74 percent respectively.

(vasep.com.vn) The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Salt Industry, under Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), asked the government to reduce loans' interest rate for borrowers from the exported sectors from 11.5 percent to 5 – 6 percent per year.

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A new report from the World Bank, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has reaffirmed previous statement by the FAO about the world's need for seafood in the future, and the role aquaculture will have in providing it.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2012, Vietnam seafood export reached total value of US$1.324 billion, a 15.3 percent rise compared to the same period of 2011. This period, challenges in supply of raw materials still dominated national export-driven seafood industry. Additionally, local seafood processors had to face a large range of rising costs, as well as challenges from importing markets.