In May 2008 the company exported

(TheFishSite) US - The shrimp are slightly bigger, but prices are down, making this year’s season-opening in Biloxi comparable to last year’s start.

(vasep.com.vn) Since the early 2014, the shrimp price has stayed on high levels and continued to rise in the week from 17-23 Feb 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) In February 2014, farmers in Bac Lieu province stocked shrimp for new crop on the area of over 30,620 hectares in which industrial and semi-industrial black tiger shrimp farming made up over 1,030 hectares and the remaining area was used to farm whiteleg shrimp and black tiger shrimp under extensive and innovated extensive models.

In May Gepimex 404 shipped 197 tons

India finished out 2013 as the top shrimp supplier to the United States, carrying on the lead it gained on the US’s typical top supplier – Thailand – in August of last year.

The National Aquaculture Association of Honduras (Andah) estimates that this year the country will export shrimp for about USD 220 million, exceeding last year’s results, which were described as ‘historic’.

Demand is quiet for an adequate supply. Discounting is becoming more prevalent in order to stimulate buying interest, especially on white shrimp.

(vasep.com.vn) ASEAN countries are supplying 80 percent of the global shrimp output while they have to follow various standards set by importing countries. Therefore, ASEAN shrimp producers and processors are working to build a common set of standards for their shrimps, which is suitable with ASEAN nations' conditions and harmonized with other popular international requirements, Vice Chairman of VASEP Nguyen Huu Dung said.

Research Institute for Aquaculture

According to General Department of Viet Nam Customs, the country's goods exports to Australia in January 2014 reached US$294.47 million, up 4.1 percent from the previous month and 24.1 percent from the same period of 2013.

(vasep.com.vn)In 2014, Ca Mau city set the target of expanding industrial shrimp farming area of 1,100 hectares. So far this year, local farmers have stocked shrimp on the area of over 812 hectares, completing 73 percent of its plan.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of 2014, Ca Mau, a southernmost province of Vietnam, fetched US$185.46 million from its exports, equal to 15.56 percent of its plan, and up 97.53 percent year on year, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

(vasep.com.vn) Ca Mau province reported a fishery production of 80,000 MT so far, up 12 percent against the same time of 2013, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Aquaculture output was 50,000 MT (+8 percent) and wild catch was 30,000 MT. Seafood exports reached nearly US$200 million.