(SeafoodSource) Slower economic growth means China’s diners are eating at home more often. A slowdown in economic growth, caused by weakness in the European Union, China’s leading export market, has been heightened by a government squeeze on credit to the real estate sector.

(seafood.com) Moscow - The Russian government plans to start an active development of domestic fish processing, as part of the recently approved 'Strategy of Food Processing in Russia until 2020'.

(timesofindia) The Centre has set the goal to double fish production in the North East region and targeting to achieve a per capita availability of 15 kg of fish by 2020 as part of the activities promoting livelihood, director of Odisha-based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) Dr P Jayasankar said on Tuesday.

(NASS-USDA) Farm-raised catfish processed during July 2012 totaled 25.1 million pounds round weight, down 6 percent from July 2011. The average price paid to producers was 84.3 cents per pound for July 2012, down 9.1 cents from last month and 40.9 cents below a year ago.

(seafood.com) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Gov. Rick Scott is seeking federal disaster assistance due to the failure of Florida's oyster fishery.

(fis.com) China moved to cut the price it offers for Pakistan's cuttlefish, making it difficult for local exporters to capitalise on the new season's catch which so far was 'normal', fisheries sources told Business Recorder on Thursday 6 Sept.

(SeafoodSource) Fish consumption in leading Western European countries is steadily growing, despite the effects of the global recession and the problems in the local fisheries sectors. The global financial crisis and its effects have not resulted in a sharp decline of fish consumption in Germany and especially France, where the demand for fish and seafood appears higher than it was just a few years ago.

(apfic.org) Representatives of the member countries of the Asia Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) and Regional partner organizations will meet in Da Nang, Viet Nam 17-22 September to discuss the management and governance of fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific.

(seafood.com) Global tuna stocks are fast reaching the limits of fishing sustainability, decimated by an absence of comprehensive, science-based catch limits, conservation experts warned.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) To the middle of August 2012, Vietnam has exported US$2.45 million of pangasius products to Indonesia, according to statistic from Vietnam Customs. The fish trade showed positive growth in February, April and June compared to the compatible months of 2011. Particularly, February’s sales to Indonesia reached US$1.3 million, representing the highest growth since the early 2012 and compared to the same time of the previous years. However, no pangasius cargo from Vietnam was sent to Indonesia in May and in the first half of August. Vietnam pangasius trade with this market grew steadily between 2008 and 2010, but has been showing sign of slowdown since 2011.

(seafood.com) Indonesia`s exports of canned tuna fish rose 13 percent year-on-year to US$160.4 million in the first half of the year.

(IntraFish) Its industry players want the government to make the country's fishery sector more competitive globally.

(vasep.com.vn) For the year to June 2012, exports of shrimp and pangasius of Vietnam slowed down, marine fish product shipment (particularly tuna and marine finfish items) remained positive advance thanks to increase in catch and imports of raw fish.

(vasep.com.vn) August 2012 witnessed a drastic reduction of 21.6 percent in Vietnam shrimp exports to almost markets, compared to August 2011. Exports to Japan declined 16.6 percent, exports to the U.S. fell 36.2 percent, to EU sank 34.2 percent.

(IntraFish) India can fulfill its potential as a tuna exporter if it improves how post-harvest practices, says fishery expert.