(business-standard.com) The Export Inspection Council (EIC), under the ministry of commerce, has made it mandatory that all vessels supplying fish for export should register with it.

European customers nowadays set stricter

(VASEPNews) Many experts in seafood industry predicted that shrimp exports to EU, Japan and the U.S. in 2012 will fluctuate due to these three markets’ instable economic situation. Vietnam shrimp export to three markets experienced the trend.

(asc-aqua.org) On 21st March 2012, the ASC launched its first standard into the market with the opening of its accreditation process for Tilapia. Certifiers can now apply to become accredited; when successfully concluded this will allow them to undertake the first farm assessments against the ASC Tilapia Standard. Accreditation is done by the independent accreditation body Accreditation Services International (ASI). It marks an important and essential milestone for the ASC to realise its ambition of having the first responsibly farmed ASC-certified seafood available on the market.

Ntaco Corp has received the GlobalG.A.P

(VASEPNews) In Feb 2012, seafood exports of Dong Thap province remained stable growth compared to that of the same period of 2011 because the province remained stable exports to major and traditional markets such as the U.S. and EU despite ongoing debt crisis and consumption tightening from EU which is the second largest importer of Dong Thap seafood.

(VASEPNews) Currently, many farmers in Dong Thap province (in the southern of Vietnam) are using bio-products in farming giant freshwater prawn and earning the profit of over VND100 million per hectare.

(VASEPNews) Recently, Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade has held a conference on “Agricultural export chance in Mekong Delta” in cooperation with Dong Thap Young Business Association and Hungca Company Limited (Hungca Co).

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