(SeafoodSource) The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) eco-label is growing rapidly for such a “young organization,” as CEO Chris Ninnes said on Wednesday during its annual update at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium.

The Marine Stewardship Council announced that Aramark and its client partners at the University of Virginia and James Madison University have achieved chain of custody certification resulting in the first MSC certified Aramark properties in the United States.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 4 months of 2014, Vietnamese seafood exports kept the growth trend recorded in 2013 with stable supply of raw shrimp and positive growth in shrimp sales to all foreign markets. Through April 2014, seafood exports had a worth of US$2.3 billion, up 31 percent year on year. Sales of pangasius products reported a slight rise. Cephalopod and other marine products were also recovering. Only tuna still got deep fall in exports.

Japanese aquaculture production has been gradually declining, now accounting for 20 percent of total seafood production, the same as for coastal fishing vessels. Aquaculture production value exceeds 30 percent of combined fisheries and aquaculture value.

(vasep.com.vn) A general meeting of the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) took place in Ho Chi Minh city on June 12, 2014 with the participation of 143 seafood enterprises and representatives from related agencies.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam seafood exports earn annual revenue of US$6 billion, however, irrigation system serving for aquaculture has not been developed. As a result, fish farmers and enterprises suffer from loss caused by diseases. The loss was mainly attributable to lack of investments for irrigation system, Mr. Nguyen Huu Dung, Vice Chairman of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said.

(vasep.com.vn) On 19 June 2014, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) published its decision to adjust the interbank average rate from 21,036VND/1 USD to 21,246 VND/USD.

So far this year Vietnam’s international

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(vasep.com.vn) At a seminar on "Self-certification of origin" took place on 17 June 2014, Tran Trung Thuc, Chief negotiator of Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and EFTA said self-certification of origin is becoming a objective trend, contributing to facilitate for merchandise trade. Self-certification of origin is posed in negotiating FTA by some partners of Vietnam.

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Japan aims to expand its exports of farm and marine products by 10-fold to 5 trillion yen a year by 2030, a draft of the government's growth strategy showed Saturday.