Fishery and aquaculture product landings accumulated to November 2012 totalled 3.3 million tonnes, 10.3 per cent less than in the first 11 months of 2011, when 3.7 million tonnes were landed.

Tom Mazzetta, CEO of the Mazzetta Co., one of the largest US shrimp importers, blanketed the trade media this morning with an opinion piece regarding the countervailing duty petition by the US domestic shrimp processors. He makes the point that wild and farmed shrimp are not comparable, and that wild shrimp should be getting a premium price, including higher prices to harvesters. He accuses domestic shrimp processors of keeping the dock price of shrimp artificially low. His comments are below.

Chilean mussel industry is still not achieving good results and is facing a decline in the export of its products.

Honduras continues to lead fresh tilapia exports to the United States, with over USD 95 million last year, said the head of the General Directorate of Fishing and Aquaculture (Digepesca), Renee Elizabeth Gutierrez.

Food producers exporting to China will be celebrating this New Year after the country’s top economic planning agency announced that it will significantly reduce the cost of import to the country.

Last year, the country’s seafood industry failed to achieve the export target of $6.5 billion, and this year too, the industry is preparing to face even tougher challenges with difficulties mounting up.

A new facility will up the production on the subcontinent. The shrimp aquaculture production in India is expected to increase by fivefold with the expansion of Chennai's Aquatic Quarantine Facility, reported the nation's Business Standard.

The Chinese seafood consumption market continues to expand at a break-neck pace, according to a new report from the USDA.

Norway's total cod export value fell to NOK 10.3 billion (€1.4 billion/$1.8 billion) in 2012, a drop of NOK 1.5 billion (€203.2 million/$268.9 million) from 2011, according to figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council.

Seafood buyers looking for a bargain should have their eyes trained on whitefish at the moment, reported The Grocer magazine, citing commodity intelligence service Mintec.

(vasep.com.vn) Untill the middle of December 2012, Vietnam pangasius industry earned US$407.1 million from fish export to the EU, showing a decrease of 16.2 percent over the corresponding period in 2011. In which, the deepest fall was seen in three key single markets in the region, including Spain (-17 percent), the Netherlands (-18 percent) and Germany (-35 percent).

The Fisheries Agency and its counterparts in China and Taiwan have agreed to work together to prevent the overfishing of Japanese eel.

Japanese seafood imports, including fishmeal, fell 19.9 percent in November 2012 from the same period in 2011, to 230,229 tons.

Farm-raised catfish processed during November 2012 totaled 22.1 million pounds round weight, down 14 percent from November 2011. The average price paid to producers was 82.2 cents per pound for November 2012, up 1.9 cents from last month but 43.5 cents below a year ago.

The aquaculture industry in Northern Mindanao continues to grow, registering a five percent growth in the third quarter of 2012.