Rabobank: Shifting dynamics augur for short-term ‘softness’ in fishmeal pricing
A fishmeal analyst believes that limited supply and increasing demand may cause 'tight' markets in the future, global prices are likely to exhibit 'softness' over the next two years
Vietnam faces shutdown in US pangasius sales after effort to repeal catfish regulation fails
In theory, the USDA could stop pangasius imports from Vietnam in September this year, as efforts to repeal shift in regulator of catfish imports from FDA fail
China claims 69m tons of fish produced in 2016
Ministry of Agriculture estimate means an increase of 3% from 67m metric tons in 2015, and about 40% of global production; but are the figures accurate, or sustainable?
Slade Gorton CEO: House should eliminate ‘duplicative’ new catfish regulation
Slade Gorton's CEO spoke out against a new rule that shifted inspection of catfish from the US Food and Drug Administration to the US Department of Agriculture
China could be Vietnam’s primary pangasius market by 2017
China is expected to become Vietnam's largest pangasius market in 2017
Hainan tilapia production set to fall amid low prices, increased costs
‘Depressed’ farmers growers on Hainan island, China, have transferred less tilapia fry to ponds this autumn than in previous years
Global farmed freshwater whitefish production to hit 12m metric tons by 2020, says Rabobank
The farmed whitefish sector will be a buyers' market 'for a very long time', says Rabobank's chief seafood analyst at Marel's Whitefish ShowHow event in Copenhagen
Vietnam on track to boost seafood exports 5.5% to $7bn
Vietnam will export more than $7 billion worth of seafood this year, an increase of 5.5% on 2015, according to the producers and exporters association
Vietnam eyeing more pangasius sales to Russia
Vietnam's seafood export group believes that pangasius producers can find opportunity in Russian markets due to the country's ongoing import ban on most western seafood
Slade Gorton CEO urges congress to act to repeal catfish inspection changes
Slade Gorton's Kim Gorton has publicly denounced congressional inaction over a recent regulatory change that put the US Department of Agriculture in charge of catfish regulation