Myanmar plans to export farmed freshwater tilapia fish to the United States following the Friday, November 16 easing of an import ban, the vice chairman of the Myanmar Fisheries Federation said last week.

(vasep.com.vn) On October 19th 2012, at the head office of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in Ho Chi Minh city, the 9th congress of VASEP executive committee for the 4th term was chaired by Mr. Tran Thien Hai, the chairman of the Association.

The European Commission (EC) has tabled its annual proposal on next year’s guide prices for fresh and frozen fisheries products, and the European Union (EU) producer price for tuna processing.

(vasep.com.vn) Hike of raw fish prices, rise in pangasius feed for three times, lack of capital for maintaining operation and lower demand of consumer markets were main factors that pushed Vietnamese pangasius export in Q.III/2012 down by more than 10 percent to US$439 million from the same time a year ago.

Moscow’s plenipotentiary representative in Pacific Russia, Victor Ishaev, has called for legislation which would limit fish exports from Russia, his press service reports. Ishaev is both the Minister for Economic Development of Pacific Russia, and the region’s Governor-General.

The National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca) reported that between January and mid-October 2012, Sinaloa produced 4,552 tonnes of tilapia, considering both the capture fisheries and aquaculture production.

The Mussel Producers Association of Chile (AmiChile) has said that resolving the mussel seed shortage that has plagues the industry in 2012 will be a top priority for the industry in 2013.

Russia is considering imposing a tax in the form of an import duty on trout and salmon in the near future, in an attempt to stimulate domestic production and reduce import dependence.

Exports of fishery and aquaculture products in Chile amounted to USD 3,166 million in the first eight months of 2012. This figure represents an increase of 5.8 per cent over the same period of 2011, when USD 2,992 million was obtained.

A number of Japanese companies are looking for ways to turn the planet's environmental challenges into new business opportunities, in line with growing concerns about climate change and the global availability of food.

Fishermen have managed a bumper catch this year due to the large quantities of fish living in the open ocean and the increased sophistication of fishing boats, the Department of Fisheries and Resources Protection has said.

At the conclusion of their week-long meeting in Agadir, 48 member governments of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) this week adopted positive measures that will help conserve the iconic Atlantic bluefin tuna, and advance shark protection in the future.

Ecuador’s fishing sector is seeing stronger profits, despite the warmer sea temperatures that have reduced the country’s tuna catches by 28% this year.

The study, published in this month's Environmental Science and Policy, looked at 27 countries that depend significantly on coral reef fisheries for food and ranked them according to their exposure and sensitivity to the effects of climate change and man-made disturbances, as well on their capacity to adapt to changes.

AIPCE-CEP FinFish Study has been published for more than 20 years and its latest version has now been made public.