MEPs back Myanmar trade access
Reinstatement by the European Parliament's trade committee backed by 28 votes to 2, with no abstentions
Coface re-assesses risk in 30 emerging markets
Despite continuing growth, emerging markets face risks caused by potential political instability, credit bubbles and protectionism, says credit insurer
US pollock industry faces ‘perfect storm’ on roe, blocks, surimi
US Alaska pollock industry faces turbulent 2013 following weak roe auction results, combined with lower prices for blocks and surimi
Salmon price bump not luring Chile producers back to US
Price improvements for Chilean salmon have not been persuasive enough to lure Chilean producers back wholesale into the market that slaughtered them last year
Irish companies start Chinese JV
McBride Fishing, Carr Shellfish, Shellfish De La Mer and Sofrimar have banded together to form Jade Ireland Seafood, with an office in Shanghai
Bolivia keeps EU GSP+ status
EU terminates investigation into Bolivia, after country gets re-access to UN convention on narcotics
India turns to importing pangasius on back of supply crunch
A serious supply crunch has caused seafood export houses in India to turn to importing pangasius, say media reports
MSC study finds ‘potential’ for pollock product substitution
'Discrepancies in records' in information MSC collected from 68 processors in China, indicating there was potential for substitution to take place
Mitsui, Multiexport venture targets 22,000t within four years
Plan is to produce 4,200 metric tons this year, then ramp up to more than 22,000t, says Chile’s third largest salmon exporter
US catfish lobby secures concessions from DOC
Successful lobbying by the Catfish Farmers of America led to the 77 cent average duty applied to non-exempt Vietnamese pangasius exporters