Fishery Exports Increase

VIET NAM - Viet Nam’s total production value of agro-forestry-aquaculture this year reached VN$ 220,000 billion (US$ 12 billion), an increase of nearly three per cent against last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Salmon Market Annual Review

IRELAND - The salmon market comment annual review 2009 by BIM Business Research & Intelligence shows that Irish supplies have not increased significantly in the last year.

Increase In Shrimp Production

THAILAND - There should be an improvement in the Thai shrimp industry in 2010, with better economic conditions and higher purchasing power, the Kasikorn Research Centre (KResearch) said.

Conservation Plan Agreed For Yellow Sea

ASIA - The future of the Yellow Sea now looks brighter after the People's Republic of China and Republic of Korea reached agreement on the environmental management needed to revitalise the sea as detailed in the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) developed under the UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Project (YSLME).

Average Price Of Salmon Increases

CHILE - The average price of salmon exports in October 2009 was US$ 5,421/tonne, representing an 8.9 per cent increase compared to the same period of the last year.

Green Power Could Be Produced From Salmon

UK - Green energy could soon be produced from salmon in the Western Isles.

Tilapia, Honey Emerging Products

PHILIPPINES - The government and entrepreneurs here have set their eyes on the production of honey and tilapia, two of the six emerging products of choice in Southern Mindanao.

No Further ISA Outbreaks In Chile

CHILE - The National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) latest update on the ISA virus situation shows no outbreaks in the country for the first time since this disease was first isolated back in 2007. Sernapesca’s report also describes 10 suspect sites, 32 under sanitary fallow and 17 in category of risk.

Crown Estate To Reduce Shellfish Rents

UK - Rents for Scottish shellfish producers are to be reduced by an average of 15 per cent from January 2010.

Sea Is Becoming Increasingly Polluted

INDIA - The waters off the Mangalore coast are now more polluted than before, according to a scientific study conducted by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO).

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