(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent the Prime Minister a report on pangasius production and suggested some timely policies to help developing fishery industry.

(The Jet) Fiji is working on a Tuna Management Plan to manage and conserve its tuna stock as some species are on the verge of being overfished.

(vasep.com.vn) Exports of cephalopod and bivalve mollusk stabilized in the first half of 2012. Export value of squid and octopus reported the most stable growth of 18.4 percent over 2011.

(VNS) Vietnam targets to have revenues of $11 billion from seafood export by 2020, said the General Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(IntraFish) Thai Union would have to shift its shrimp from Europe to other markets if tariffs go up as part of a change to Thailand’s GSP status, its president tells IntraFish.

(macauhub) Mozambique is expected in 2013 temporarily to halt its shrimp exports to the Asian, European, and African markets following the discovery of white spot viral disease, found in the basin off the coast in Zambézia province since 2011, Mozambican newspaper Correio da Manhã reported.

(TheFishSite) SAUDI ARABIA - A kilo of regular-sized shrimp that sold for SR30 two weeks ago has increased to SR45, with jumbo-sized shrimps rising from SR60 to SR90 and super jumbo from SR90 to SR125.

(vasep.com.vn) Through June 2012, shrimp exports to South Korea reported a nearly 27 percent growth, to Australia up 62.5 percent, to Taiwan up 14.5 percent year-on year.

(foodsafetynews.com) After the House Agriculture Committee completed markup and cleared its version of the farm bill late into the night on Wednesday 11th July 2012, Speaker of the House John Boehner on Thursday told reporters that he has not made any decisions about the bill coming to the floor.

(SeafoodSource) U.S. shrimp imports remain on track to exceed last year’s total of nearly 1.27 billion pounds, according to figures released on Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service.

(seafood.com) Indian shrimp exporters have won a minimal duty rate in the latest administrative review of anti-dumping duties.

(Fish Information and Services) The Ministry of Economy issued an agreement defining the quota and allocation mechanism to import processed tuna – except for loins – coming from the European Union (EU).

(fis.com) The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament (EP) expressed agreement about the possibility to ban fish imports from nations that allow the over-exploitation of fishery resources.

(SeafoodSource) It cracked the Top 10 per-capita seafood consumption list a few years ago, marking its rise in popularity, but pangasius is still working on becoming a marquee fish due to its lack of solid name recognition and continuing fallout from its bad press over the fight with domestic catfish.

(The Yomiuri Shimbun) Major supermarket operators, including Aeon Co. and Ito-Yokado Co., are planning to revamp seafood sections at supermarkets this autumn by introducing a new "fast fish" campaign.