(pangasius-vietnam.com) Through March 15th 2014, Vietnamese pangasius exports to the U.S. had a worth of US$73.1 million, up 17.4 percent year on year, according to Vietnam Customs. The U.S. remained Vietnam's largest pangasius importer with a proportion of 21.4 percent in total sales abroad.

China’s ability to increase its aquaculture yields while also conserving scarce water supplies looks set to be tested in a project being funded by the municipal government of the nation’s capital.

Out of a total of 12 Peruvian companies in the fishmeal and fish oil industry, only two recorded profits during 2013, while the other ten accumulated a loss of PEN 242 million (USD 87.4 million), the National Society of Fisheries (SNP) reported.

Newly released data from one of China’s leading seafood exporting regions shows Chinese exporters have been struggling to build on sales in emerging markets, particularly in Africa.

Sri Lanka is aiming to double its fish exports by 2016.

(vasep.com.vn) Sai Gon Aquatic Product Joint Stock Company (APT Co) has recently organized its 2014 Annual General Meeting of Stakeholders with the participation of 58 stakeholders, which are holding 6,700,700 shares (equal to 76.14 percent of the company's charter capital)

U.S. officials are traveling to Beijing this week to discuss China's ongoing import ban on geoduck clams and other shellfish from the U.S. West Coast.

“The EU fish Market 2014” report published today confirms the EU's position as a major consumption market and the largest importer of seafood products, making up 24% of the total value of world trade.

According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research "Aqua Feed Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," the global demand for aqua feed was valued at USD 57.74 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 122.60 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 11.4% from 2013 to 2019.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishing and aquaculture sectors were revealed to have performed very well in 2013 by statistics and information provided in the Seafood Industry Year in Review released by the Provincial Government.

In the first month of this year, Peru's fishing sector contracted 17.91 per cent compared to the same month of 2013, due to lower catch of species for indirect human consumption (-44.98 per cent).

China’s seafood exporters are hopeful that strong growth has returned to the Western export markets, after strong data was published for January by a bellwether seafood processing and production region.

The frozen skipjack price remains strong at USD 2 300-2 400/tonne for delivery to Bangkok. During early June, there was a softening in the price to USD 2 150/tonne that lasted for a short period. Marketers indicate that prices have bottomed out and could possibly increase again in a short time.

(vasep.com.vn) Despite of improvement in American people’s consumer spending from last year, their demand for tuna was still low.Vietnam remained the second rank among leading suppliers to the U.S. even reduced tuna exports to the market in 2013.

The average price of frozen bluefin (HS 030345000 y 030346000) at Japan Customs in October was JPY 1,538/kg, similar to that of September and down 9% on that of October 2012.