(vasep.com.vn) Currently, Hoang Lai Im-Ex Joint Stock Company (Hoang Lai Im-Ex JSC) traded only roasted rolled squid products to Singapore and Malaysia. However, the company earned less because it had to spend much money to buy raw material while there was no change in export price.

(vasep.com.vn) Vinh Hoan Corporation has received ASC Certificate for Tan Hoa farm on September 11th 2012, establishing itself as the first ASC certified Pangasius farm in Vietnam.

(seafoodsource) The market for fish and seafood in Germany presents a continuous growing demand, according to Hamburg-based organization Fish Information Centre (FIZ).

(seafood.com) Japan's purchase of king, snow crab show recovery in July; imports of frozen pollock roe from U.S. and Russia total about 40,000 tons

(Vietnam News Brief) Vietnam earned over $1.066 billion from pangasius fish exports in the year up to August 15, rising 1.8% from the same period last year.

(vasep.com.vn) In the second quarter of 2012, Vietnam shrimp exports reached US$579.22 million, up 8.24 percent from that of the same period of 2011. Through June 2012, shrimp exports gained US$1.015 billion, up 4.5 percent over that of the same period last year. Along with persistent epidemic on shrimp starting since the first quarter of this year, in the second quarter, main bottlenecks of shrimp sector are barriers from consuming markets, reduction in global shrimp price led to loss in shrimp’s competitiveness, increase in raw material price and input costs. In June, shrimp exports tended to drop by 4 percent and may be continued unless barriers from importers are removed, especially Japanese market which inspected Ethoxyquin residue on shrimp consignments originated from Vietnam. Shrimp production and export situation in the second quarter of 2012 include 10 remarkable points as follows:

(IntraFish) US catfish farmers are struggling to make ends meet as catfish feed prices rocket -- they hovered near $250 (€199) a ton for two decades before jumping to $600 (€477) a ton in the past two years, the New York Times reported last week.

(seafood.com) Japan has imposed tough restrictions on domestic farming of bluefin tuna as the young ones caught from the ocean for rearing in captivity do not get the chance to lay eggs thereby depleting stock of the high-demand fish.

(seafood.com) Russian fishermen have caught 2.83 million tonnes of fish since the beginning of the year, which is 0.8% more than they caught in the same period of 2011.

(fis.com) The Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex), under the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), decided to reduce the import tax applied to frozen sardines, from 10 per cent to 2 per cent.