There’s a lot at stake if Ecuador fails to renew its current tuna trade deal with the EU, including about 100,000 jobs.

Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF) has released its figures for Q4 2012 showing a net profit drop of a whopping 60 per cent to THB 612.4 million (USD 20.4 million) from THB 1.5 billion (USD 49.9 million) achieved in Q4 2011.

Fishmongers across the country say they are enjoying a boost in sales in the wake of the horsemeat scandal as customers turn their back on beef and cheap meat.

Retailers and foodservice operators say that more consumers are buying sustainable seafood than was conveyed in the recent Truven Health Analytics-NPR survey.

Wholesale prices of fresh farmed bluefin tuna are sinking at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on an influx of supply from Mexico.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, Vietnam’s shrimp exports to Japan reached over US$617.7 million, up 1.7 percent from 2011. Japan’s decision to test Ethoxyquin residue on 100 percent of shrimp consignments originated from Vietnam with maximum residue limit (MRL) of 0.01 ppm (10ppb) has negatively affected to Vietnam shrimp exporters to the market because MRL of 0.01 ppm is too low and unfair to Vietnam’s shrimp exporters.

(vasep.com.vn) The number of Vietnam seafood exporters in 2012 reduced by 30% due to some main difficulties such as capital shortage for production and processing and lower demands in import markets. Among the enterprises who has suspended exports, pangasius enterprises accounted a significant proportion. Surviving enterprises are mostly ones having stable capital and strong foothold in the markets. Top 20 pangasius exporters with the export turnover of US$1.071 billion made up 61.4 percent of Vietnam’s total pangasius export value of US$1.745 billion.

With a value that’s estimated somewhere between USD 10 billion (EUR 7.6 billion) and USD 23 billion (EUR 17.4 billion) annually, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is surely the biggest global problem facing the seafood industry.

Shrimp exports generated USD 1,276.9 million during 2012. Shipments of canned fish products were very close, contributing to the country with USD 1,126 million, said the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE).

Bluefin tuna that were raised in a farm and released into the wild have survived, according to the Japanese researchers.

Fiji says the Economic Partnership Agreement currently being negotiated with the European Union needs to allow fish exporters access to European markets on a duty free basis.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2012, shrimp imports into Vietnam was estimated at US$170 million including US$105 million of whiteleg shrimp and US$33 million of black tiger shrimp.

Vietnam gained ground in Norway’s shrinking canned tuna market last year, while the northern European country consistently rejected tuna products from Thailand over food safety concerns.

Honduras' National Aquaculture Association (Andah) has said the country has found a way to grow tilapia in salt water.

The National Fisheries Society (SNP) estimates that fisheries exports will generate about USD 3,000 million this year, a figure similar to that of last year, when USD 3,268 million were obtained.