From a global perspective, Alaska, with $3.28 billion in seafood exports to 125 countries, ranked first in 2012 among all of the United States, and sixth internationally, behind Norway, Russia, Vietnam, Chile and Canada.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first time, pangasius dishes were introduced to european consumers by a Dutch chef in Seafood Expo Global in Brussels (6 - 8 May 2014).

The Viet Nam-EU Free Trade Agreement expected to be signed by October will bring "win-win" opportunities of success for both sides' business communities, delegates told a forum organised in HCM City yesterday.

The Vietnamese Government will help businesses invest in Myanmar, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said while receiving Myanmar Minister of Industry U Maung Myint in Ha Noi yesterday, May 13.

Organic fish farming has been successfully established in many countries around the world, but the United States has yet to develop a standard. With a healthy market demand and 15 years of work on its development, it leads to the question; what has happened to the US organic aquaculture standard? Writes Lucy Towers, TheFishSite Editor.

Friend of the Sea and GLOBALG.A.P. have announced a collaboration that offers consumer labeling for more than two million tonnes of aquaculture products.

The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program announced on Tuesday it will pilot Global Seafood Sustainability Initiative (GSSI), a global sustainability certification benchmarking program founded in 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) Fish farmers will be compulsory to adopt the Vietnamese Good Agriculture Practice (VietGAP) standards in their farming process. VietGAP is also a base to link producers, consumers and retailers, Mr. Pham Anh Tuan – Deputy General Director of the Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) revealed in the workshop “Seeking co-operation in strengthening application of VietGAP” recently held in Ho Chi Minh city.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Directorate of Fisheries, through September 2013, total fish production reached 4.5 million MT, up 2.7 percent over 2012. In which, marine fish landing totaled 2.1 million MT (+3.3 percent) and aquaculture production reached 2.4 million MT (+2.1 percent).

Government shutdown has meant the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not carry out compulsory seafood inspections for the time being, causing concern to customers over the fact that the seafood they eat has not been technically approved for consumption.

(vasep.com.vn) High global demand for seafood and unsustainable fishing methods are dwindling aquatic resources. Destructive fishing methods, which are still rampant in some parts of the Asia Pacific, are rapidly destroying coral reef ecosystems.

(vasep.com.vn) Fish farmers will be compulsory to adopt the Vietnamese Good Agriculture Practice (VietGAP) standards in their farming process. VietGAP is also a base to link producers, consumers and retailers, Mr. Pham Anh Tuan – Deputy General Director of the Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) revealed in the workshop “Seeking co-operation in strengthening application of VietGap” recently held in Ho Chi Minh city.

Europe should not be thought of as one market, but a diversity of many markets with many different consumption habits, said Marie Christine Monfort, senior consultant at Marketing Seafood andSea-Matters.

(vasep.com.vn) In October 2013, Vietnam plans to export US$689 million worth of seafood products, bringing its total seafood export turnover over the first 10 months to US$5.37 billion, up 6 percent year-on-year, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The creation of a global partnership to help ensure that the world’s fish supplies can keep pace with booming demand has received a green light from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) sub-committee on aquaculture.