The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Agricultural Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are pleased to provide this federal interagency report, The Future of Aquafeeds.

(vasep.com.vn) At mid October 2012, in Tien Giang province, Cargill Vietnam Ltd in coordination with Tien Giang Sub-Department of Aquaculture held a seminar “transferring techniques in shrimp farming” for 100 shrimp farmers from the provinces (Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Ca Mau).

(vasep.com.vn) In 2011, Vietnam shrimp shipment set the record high of US$2.4 billion. Facing many difficulties in the current market, shrimp exports hardly obtain the same figure of last year.

(vasep.com.vn) In the period between September 25th and 28th 2012, at the invitation of Nemuro city government, a delegation of Vietnam seafood enterprises including representatives from HAI NAM Co.,Ltd, Investment Commerce Fisheries Corporation (INCOMFISH), Cau Tre Export Goods Processing JSC (CTE JSCO), Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and some leaders of Hapro and Vi Bien Co., Ltd paid a visit to Nemuro city (Japan) in order to discuss trade cooperation with seafood enterprises in Nemuro and promote seafood exports of the city.

(vasep.com.vn) In the period of 5 years (2007 – 2011), total seafood importvalue of Vietnam has surged by 118 percent in which 80 – 85 percent served for processing and exporting.

(IntraFish) The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Tuesday released a new guide to responsible investing in 10 major commodities sectors, including aquaculture and wild-capture fisheries.

(VNS) Vietnam’s sturgeon breeding sector will be seriously affected by the huge volumes of illegally-imported Chinese sturgeon in recent weeks, the Nong Nghiep Viet Nam newspaper reported Thursday.

(vasep.com.vn) Between January and August 2012, An Giang, a Mekong Delta province, reached pangasius seed breeding area of 373 hectares, equal to 89 percent of that reported in the same time last year. The seed output reached only 383 million seeds, equal to 87 percent.

(seafood.com) Following the September 8 signing of the Japan-Russia treaty to prevent poaching and smuggling of crab, a new procedure for Japan's crab imports will be introduced from December at the earliest.

(IntraFish) Over 300 seafood products from Indonesia have been internationally certified in compliance with Codex Alimentarius, the highest international food standard, assuring products are safe for human consumption, according to The Jakarta Post.