The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today released the 2012 trade figures for Canada's exports of fish and seafood products.

It is the king of sushi, one of the most expensive fish in the world — and dwindling so rapidly that some fear it could vanish from restaurant menus within a generation.

(vasep.com.vn) Despite rocketing tuna price in 2012, European economic downturn and sharply decreasing demand for high grade seafood products, tuna imports into Germany – a price sensitive market rose over 17 percent from that of 2011.

(vasep.com.vn) Referring to statistics by Vietnam Customs, pangasius export to Germany reached US$5.9 million in January 2013, up 35.7 percent from January 2012. In Germany, it is estimated that 70 – 75 percent of imported pangasius is sold in the retail segment and 25 – 30 percent is sold through the food service.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam shrimp shipment to EU tumbled sharply in which exports to Germany – Vietnam’s largest shrimp importer in the block – saw a reduction of 28 percent.

Shrimp farming is not an easy business for all. Despite this the trend for global production remains on an upward slope.

A series of panel discussions at the 2013 International Boston Seafood Show on Sunday brought to light the ongoing problem of seafood mislabeling, and offered some suggestions on how to watch out for it.

Argentina exported 27,482 tonnes of fish and shellfish in January 2013, a figure which shows a rise of 11 per cent over the same month in 2012.

The government has lifted the ban on sardine fishing in East Sulu Sea, Basilan Strait and Sibuguey Bay after a three-month implementation.

(vasep.com.vn) Shipment of crab & swimming crab and other custacean from Vietnam has seen an upbeat growth since the start of 2013 with sales of US$8.3 million (up 18.1 percent).

The decision by EU fisheries ministers to start phasing out the practice of discards has been welcomed by the fishmeal and fish oil industry.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam’s shrimp exports to major markets mostly dropped due to lower demands and financial crisis. Howevers, exports to South Korea and Australia got positive growth levels of 8.8% and 25.7%, respectively.

Russian fishermen harvested 717,400 tonnes of fish and other seafood since the start of 2013, up 0.5% compared to the same period of 2012, the Federal Fisheries Agency Rosrybolovstvo reported.

(vasep.com.vn) Pangasius exports to EU in 2012 hit US$425.8 million, down 19.1 percent over 2011. Economical crisis in the region affected to Vietnam’s pangasius exports. Exports to 4 main markets in the block such as Germany, Spain, the Netherland and the U.K deeply decreased.

(vasep.com.vn) This is the first time all Vietnamese companies in the duty review are recognized not to dump in shrimp sales to the market... This is the first time all Vietnamese companies in the duty review are recognized not to dump in shrimp sales to the market.