(fis.com) Filipino fishing companies will have to stick to a 165,000 tonne annual limit of tuna catches and eventually to a reduction of the country’s 300 fishing vessels, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said.

(Thefishsite) Stuart Lumb, contributor to TheFishSite, visits the Mekong Delta in Viet Nam to look at catfish production. Fish farming and the Mekong Delta are synonymous - when you want to see fish farming in the country you have to travel to this part of Viet Nam. This complex delta system is contained in a triangular area to the west of Ho Chi Minh City, with many of the villages in the delta connected by water rather than by roads.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, seafood exports for the year to June reached over US$2.89 billion, reporting a 10.6 percent growth compared to that of the same period of 2011.

(vasep.com.vn) On 27th June and 3rd July 2012, VASEP held meetings with representatives of 30 local leading pangasius exporters (accounting for more than 80 percent of Vietnam total fish export value) to establish the floor price for pangasius in an aim to keep the real value of the fish. The new price will be firstly applied to the U.S. market.

(House of Japan) Japan’s Fisheries Agency has asked the South Korean government to curtail bluefin tuna catches in light of a surge in tuna imports from the neighboring country, as Tokyo has concerns that internationally agreed on fishing controls are not observed there, sources close to the matter said Monday.

(fis.com) In May, about 1,243,900 tonnes of fishery resources were landed in Peruvian ports, a volume that represents a rise of 1.3 per cent compared to 1,227,300 tonnes registered in the same month in 2011.

(fis.com) FAO's latest flagship publication on the state of fisheries and aquaculture reveals that the sector produced a record 128 million tonnes of fish for human consumption, providing about 15 percent of their animal protein intake to 4,300 million people.

(vasep.com.vn) As of the middle of June 2012, the U.S. continued to be an important market of Vietnam seafood with import value of US$515.8 million, up 14.5 percent from that of the same period of 2011.

(fis.com) The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), at its annual meeting in La Jolla, USA from 25 to 29 June, introduced the management measures of Pacific bluefin tuna for the first time.

(fis.com) In the not too distant future, tuna catches will be reduced significantly and its products will become more expensive, for a minority, forecasts the general secretary of the National Association of Canned Fish and Shellfish Manufacturers (Anfaco-Cecopesca) Juan Manuel Vieites.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent the Prime Minister a report on pangasius production and suggested some timely policies to help developing fishery industry.

(The Jet) Fiji is working on a Tuna Management Plan to manage and conserve its tuna stock as some species are on the verge of being overfished.

(vasep.com.vn) Exports of cephalopod and bivalve mollusk stabilized in the first half of 2012. Export value of squid and octopus reported the most stable growth of 18.4 percent over 2011.

(VNS) Vietnam targets to have revenues of $11 billion from seafood export by 2020, said the General Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(IntraFish) Thai Union would have to shift its shrimp from Europe to other markets if tariffs go up as part of a change to Thailand’s GSP status, its president tells IntraFish.