(vasep.com.vn) Aquaculture production in August 2013 was estimated to reach 294,000 MT, up 3.3 percent from the compatible period of 2012.

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An upcoming webinar is geared toward helping food firms pass muster in SQF audits. Hosted by California-based SafetyChain Software and the Global Food Safety Resource Centre, the free September 20 event focuses on new Safe Quality Food (SQF) editions. The primary purpose is helping companies ready themselves for continuous SQF certification status.

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Russian fishermen are now restricted of selling crab to Japan and China without a certificate from the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo). The relevant decree was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week.

The Philippines could soon ship tuna products duty-free to the European Union under its next round of trade preference scheme for developing countries.

Japan is urging to cut the catch of Pacific bluefin tuna of three years old and younger by 15 percent, reported JDP.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Between January and July 2013, Vietnam pangasius exports totaled US$985.09 million, down 0.6 percent against the compatible period of 2012. Pangasius products were sent to 137 countries and territories, compares to 130 markets registered in the previous year. The eight leading fish importers, including the U.S., the EU, ASEAN, Brazil, Mexico, China, Saudi Arabia and Colombia, represented 76.5 percent of overall export value. Shipments to the EU and Saudi Arabia were on the downtrend. Exported prices dealt with American and European buyers have been increasing since April due to higher demands.

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Argentinean seafood producers are looking to China to pick up the slack of a weaker EU market.