(SeafoodSource) IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, SNV and seven seafood companies launched the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Accelerator on Wednesday. The Accelerator will help pangasius farmers reach ASC standards for responsible fish farming and will help create a viable pangasius industry in Vietnam with better access to European and North American markets, said ASC officials.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In An Giang (a southern province of Vietnam), there are 17 seafood enterprises with 21 seafood processing plants and the total capacity of 150,000 MT. Raw material production of the province can meet 50 – 60 percent of processing demand. Seafood enterprises in the province tend to farm fish by themselves to ensure raw material for their processing.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In April 17th 2012, VASEP held a conference of pangasius production in quarter I/2012 in Ho Chi Minh city with the participation of representatives from Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish), National Agro–Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD), provincial Sub-Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Associations, pangasius processors and exporters, fish farmers, fishery feed and drug producers, seed producing households.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Pangasius exports in the first months of the year continued to have strong momentum. A lot of importers ordered larger consignments of pangasius with an increase in import price by 10 - 20 cent per kilogram. However, many Vietnam pangasius exporters don’t dare to sign new contracts due to shortage of capital for production.

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