The GAA said the deadline for nominations has been pushed from May 31 to June 15. Innovations can span the full range of farm activities, including wetlands conservation, feed management, water-quality management, effluent reduction, energy reduction, staff training, community relations, animal welfare, and health and nutrition the GAA said.

Overall US seafood imports fell 4.1 percent in value in the first four months of 2013, to $5.1 million (€3.9 million), from $5.4 million (€4.1 million) for the same time period last year, according to newly-released information by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

(vasep.com.vn) In 2011, the total global farmed shrimp production reached 3.85 million tons, including 3 million tons of whiteleg shrimp (accounting for 78 percent of the total) and 850,000 tons of black tiger shrimp (22 percent).

Argentina exported 113,419 tonnes of fish and shellfish between January and April 2013, a figure that shows a rise of 3.4 per cent over the same period in 2012, when 109,630 tonnes were shipped abroad.

UK - Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University of York shows this approach to be extremely risky.

China added 1,395 new boats to its offshore fishing fleet in the first quarter of 2013 according to ministry of agriculture data, and figures show offshore catching grew faster than aquaculture compared to 2012.

Slamet Soebjakto, Director General of Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, stated that the country will aim to boost its domestic shrimp production in 2013 by 30% over the previous year to 457,600 tons, according to the Indonesian newspaper Bisnis.

In April, Japanese fish and seafood imports -- including fishmeal and fish oil -- dived 9.3 percent year-on-year to 237,449 metric tons, according to the International Marine Foods Circulation Council.

The value of tilapia coming into the United States fell 10.8 percent overall from January to April 2013 compared to the same time last year, according to statistics released by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

On 29th of May 2013, preliminary decision on countervailing made by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) was published on Federal Register concluded that Vietnam exported shrimp was subsidized by its government. As results, Vietnam shrimp exporters are subjected to high countervailing duty.

Russia reduced imports of fresh and refrigerated fish, including fillets, by 12.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, the chairman of the public council of the Federal Fisheries Agency, Alexander Savelyev said, citing updated figures from the Federal Statistics Service.

While tra fish and shrimp exports face difficulties due to dumping accusations and antibiotic problems, Vietnamese tuna enjoys high consumption in Europe.

Ontario-based Seacore Seafood Inc. has announced that it has launched one of the first Aquaculture Stewardship Council-certified seafood products for retail distribution. The company will sell ASC-certified frozen Basa Fillets unders its OceanPrime brand.

US shrimp imports continue to trend lower in 2013 as production issues in Thailand have forced US buyers to compete with other overseas markets for imported product from other top supplying regions.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam continued to see slowdown sign in bivalve mollusk exports. Since beginning of 2013, export price (especially that of clam items) fell 30 percent over the compatible period of last year.