(vasep.com.vn) In the context of many difficulties in pangasius farming, the diversification of other farmed aquatic species is needed to keep business. Tilapia is considered as a potential fish for export.

In August 2009 the Institute for

FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is responsible for ensuring that available drugs are safe and effective for their intended use in animals. Several offices at CVM are directly involved in reviewing and monitoring the safety and effectiveness of fish drugs: The Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation is the lead office for reviewing information about animal drugs and determining if the information meets the approval requirements. The Office of Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Drug Development manages programs and incentives that help the drug industry develop drugs for minor species, including fish, and make them legally available. The Office of Surveillance and Compliance is the lead office for monitoring safety and effectiveness information about animal drugs after they are approved and on the market and also about marketed unapproved animal drugs. The office also recommends corrective or regulatory action when FDA identifies problems with an animal drug or regulatory violations. The Office of Research develops methods and models to help FDA better ensure that food made from animals treated with an animal drug is safe for people to eat.

Tien Giang Scientific Council has

(vasep.com.vn) According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, in the first quarter of 2012, pangasius exported to the EU priced averagely at US$2.68 per kilogram while raw fish was around VND24,000 per kilogram. At these levels, only processing companies with their own fish farms could make some profit.

(SeafoodSource) U.S. Sens. John McCain of Arizona and John Kerry of Massachusetts on Thursday filed an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill that would kill a law transferring regulation of catfish from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

(vasep.com.vn)In 2013, Kien Giang province's aquaculture area was 162,611 hectares, fetching the fish production of 143,986 MT, up 13.39 percent year-on-year.

(vasep.com.vn) Fishery is a key business sector of Mekong Delta; however, regional aquaculture and wild catch activities in the region have not reached its potentials.

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(vasep.com.vn)The FAO predicts per capita seafood consumption in the UK is only projected to increase by 1 kilo by 2030. However, the population is projected to increase to 70 million within 25 years. When this growing population base and per capita consumption rate are coupled with the Department of Health (National Health Service) recommendation of two portions of fish and seafood per week, it is clear imported seafood will continue to play a role in bridging the supply gap.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnamese pangasius exports in 2014 are predicted to decrease by 5 percent against that recorded in 2013, according to Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). The decline is due to lower supply of domestic raw material. Prices for exported products will be up slightly. In the coming year, the pangasius may see stable trend in exports to traditional markets, where it has still be choice of many consumers thanks to reasonable price.

(vasep.com.vn)Vietnamese pangasius exports totaled US$1.59 billion through November 2013, down 0.1 percent against the same period of 2012, according to Vietnam Customs. The decline was due to uncertain trend in the two main markets, the U.S. and the EU, which accounted for 44.2 percent in total export value.