Give2Asia, a San Francisco based social enterprise that specialises in international philanthropic investment, has announced a new partnership with the David & Lucile Packard Foundation and Our Source Consultancy to make Southeast Asia’s fishing industry more sustainable.

The European Union has made good on its promise to sanction three countries for illegal fishing, announcing a seafood trade ban against them today, drawing praise from environmental groups.

The Minister of Foreign Trade, Francisco Rivadeneira, held a dialogue with representatives of fishing associations, exporters and fisheries managers from various sectors to analyse the current situation of the sector and strengthen the markets.

(VOV) Russia will reduce import taxes on some Vietnamese goods by 30-50 percent under its new tariffs and quotas commitments after joining the WTO in December last year. Russia considers FTA with Vietnam a breakthrough in ASEAN

China’s seafood exports appear to have softened in the first two months of the year, mirroring a weakening of the country’s overall exports sector. China shipped 550,000 metric tons (MT) of aquatic products worth USD 2.98 billion (EUR 2.2 billion), in January and February combined, down 7.9 percent and 9.1 percent respectively.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by motor or rail vehicles to take steps to prevent the contamination of human and animal food during transportation. Part of the implementation of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005, the proposal marks the seventh and final major rule in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) central framework aimed at systematically building preventive measures across the food system.

In November 2007 Saigon Aquatic Product

Catfish growers in the United States had sales of 342 million dollars during 2013, up 1 percent from 341 million dollars the previous year. The top four States (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas) accounted for 94 percent of the United States total sales.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Aquaculture Department under Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish), in March 2014, whiteleg shrimp was given priority to farm in many provinces thanks to its short farming period and high productivity.