(vasep.com.com) Lack of capital for operations and declining EU market were two main factors of Vietnam pangasius industry in the second quarter and also the first half of 2012. Earnings from pangasius export reached US$428.3 million in Q.II/2012, up only 6 percent. This figures was below the growth of 13 percent in Q.I/2012, when the fish totaled US$428.3 million. Fish trade began stumbling in June with 14.4 percent drop. In January – June 2012, shipments of pangasius products totaled US$853.7 million, up only 3 percent from the same period last year. Vietnam’s fish sales continued to slide 10 percent showed little sign of recovery in July, particularly when it was to soon to see the effectiveness of the government’s VND9,000 billion loan package to help farmers and processors overcome difficulties.

(vasep.com.vn) Seafood export in the third quarter of 2012 is expected to recover along with positive sings in both domestic and foreign markets. Vietnam seafood exporters will be able to earn US$1.84 billion, up 17 percent from US$1.567 billion of the second quarter and up 7 percent from the same period last year. It helps enhance total export value in the first three quarters to US$4.7 billion.

(vasep.com.vn) So far this year, the U.S. still remains the leading black tiger shrimp importer of Phu Cuong Jostoco Corp. However, its shrimp shipments to the U.S. slowed down in May - June 2012.

(foodnavigator.com) Price, taste and brand overrule nutrition labelling when it comes to what makes consumers buy one food and drink product over another, according to fresh research from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC).

(seafood.com.vn) US pangasius imports continued to surge in June 2012 adding to already burgeoning inventories, forcing market prices to levels not seen since 2010.

(seafood.com) It may be August recess on Capitol Hill, but a heated debate over wasteful spending and special interest groups—centering on the unassuming catfish—isn't over just yet.

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(postandcourier.com) Some South Carolina shrimpers are hoping to benefit from a Food and Drug Administration crackdown on farm-raised shrimp and other seafood from China that tests have found to be contaminated with unapproved drugs.

(Atuna.com) The demand for fresh yellowfin tuna in the U.S. was exceptionally high last year, accounting for 93% of the country's fresh tuna imports.