(vasep.com.vn)On 17th September 2012, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) promulgated the official document No.8818/BCT-XNK on implementing the Directive No.23/CT-TTg by Prime Minister.

(thejakartaglobe.com) Shifts in the weather have changed the lives of today’s fishermen in Bali. They no longer can predict the best days to sail and catch fish. Maybe it’s because of climate change — Balinese fishermen leave it to scientists to figure out the reasons — but nonetheless, they need an immediate alternative to be able to maintain a steady income.

(SeafoodSource) Pangasius was one of the top movers on the annual U.S. seafood Top 10 list, compiled by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) with data from the National Marine Fisheries Service. The most popular seafood species in terms of pounds per capita, are: Shrimp, canned tuna, salmon, Alaska pollock, tilapia, pangasius, catfish, crab, cod and clams.

(vasep.com.vn)Vietnam shrimp export to Japan is going down due to a strict regulation by Japanese authority on Ethoxyquin residue in all imported shrimp from the country. In August 2012, shrimp export to the market downed 16.6 percent after high growth during first seven months.

(vasep.com.vn) From January to September 2012, Yueh Chyang Canned Food earned US$56 million of seafood export, of which 60 percent came from the U.S. The EU markets consumed 30 percent of the company’s products, down 5 percent from the same period last year, mostly due to less sales of swimming crab. In contrast, Long An-based firm’s seafood sales to Asian and Middle East markets went up 5 percent and accounted for 10 percent of the company’s total revenue.

(CDPH – fis.com) The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat recreationally harvested mussels and clams, commercially or recreationally caught anchovy and sardines, or the internal organs of commercially or recreationally caught crab and lobster taken from the northern Channel Islands located offshore of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Dangerous levels of the nerve toxin domoic acid have been detected in some of these species and may be present in the other species not yet tested. Domoic acid is a naturally occurring toxin that can cause illness or death in humans.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first three quarters of 2012, Can Tho province produced 117,287 MT of fish in the area of 12,427 hectares, down 14% in fish output and down 4% in farming surface from January – September 2011, reported Can Tho’s Sub-Department of Fisheries.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first eight months of 2012, Quy Nhon Frozen Seafoods Joint Stock Company (Seaprodex F16) shipped more shrimp products to new foreign markets, boosting its overall export volume and value by 20 percent to 800 MT and US$5 million compared to the same time of last year.

(fis.com) An expert suggesting people wash hairy crabs with a sodium bicarbonate solution to avoid pesticide residues has sparked a heated discussion online concerning food safety, with the best season for crabs just around the corner.

(Hoy) Ecuadorian tuna is reaching new markets. And one of the markets most interested is Venezuela, which is becoming an attractive prospect for Ecuadorian tuna exporters.