(seafood.com) Total allowable catches (TAC) for sprat, herring and plaice in the Baltic Sea can be raised, the European Commission said today (17 August), because the number of stocks managed at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is likely increasing, and could move from three to six in 2013.

(seafood.com) While the FAO overall food price index rose 6% in July 2012, largely due to increases in grain prices due to weakening outlooks. This index does not include seafood.

(atuna.com) The total import volume of frozen pre-cooked tuna loins of the U.S. market plummeted to an astounding low last year, with the category’s two major exporters, Thailand and Fiji, following the downward trend.

(vasep.com.vn) Annually, Mexico imported a large amount of seafood from Vietnam in which tuna is one of products that is loved by Mexican people. Among key Vietnam seafood items exported to Mexico, tuna ranks the second position in export value after pangasius.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 7 months of this year, seafood exports attained US$3.42 billion, up 8.5 percent over that of the same period of 2011. The increase was attributable to remarkable proportion in export value of tuna and other marine finfish. However, in July 2012, export value only reached US$530.6 million, down slightly 1.5 percent over that of the same period of 2011.

(vasep.com.vn) Taiwan is the largest 7th importer of Vietnam shrimp after Japan, the U.S., China, South Korea, Australia and Germany. Shrimp shipment to the market remained the stable growth during first seven months of 2012.

(atuna.com) After the problems with the salmonella outbreak in the USA caused by raw tuna processed in India, new urgent steps are being taken to upgrade the quality of tuna raw materials in India

(vasep.com.vn) In January - July, export value of frozen, fresh, live squid to French market increased nearly double-fold over that of the same period of last year. For the year to date, France – a single market in EU block - reported the highest growth in imports of Vietnam cephalopod.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam pangasius export to the Philippines keeps growing over the ten recent years. From the smallest consumer of Vietnam pangasius, the Philippines have now climbed to the second place among ASEAN countries in importing the fish from Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) Strong competitiveness from other suppliers, difficulties in importing markets, hiking costs for shrimp production slashed shrimp exports in two consecutive months.

(theconversation.edu.au) Food prices have already risen by 7% this year and cereal prices rose 17% between June and July. A rise in food prices is often linked to social and political turmoil in poor countries, where people already use most of their income to buy food.

(SeafoodSource) Sainsbury’s new retail report, “Our Future with Fish,” delivered valuable insight into the seafood purchasing trends of UK consumers. It found that not only are Brits starting to eat a more diverse range of species and consuming two percent more fish per capita head than they were in 1975, but that their purchasing decisions are being increasingly influenced by what they watch on TV and view online.

(SeafoodSource) As the sustainable food movement continues to grow, it’s spreading from the farm to the sea. And though it takes some effort to become educated about what to serve and what to avoid, many chefs and operators are finding that serving sustainable seafood can actually be less expensive, more flavorful and allow for more creativity in the kitchen.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2012, Vietnam seafood enterprises had to struggle with a great number of challenges related to capital, raw material supply, input cost and great range of complex administrative procedures. On the turn to the second quarter, the mentioned challenges have still dominated the fisheries industry, in which lack of capital has been seen as the most concerning issue, hurting the fish processing and export activities. The state of Vietnam fisheries industry in Q.II/2012 could be figured out through the 9 following highlights:

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp exports to Japan in the first 6 months of 2012 recorded high growth, except for January when shrimp exports to the market fell.