The Philippines is eyeing the production of 130,000 MT of white shrimp, in a bid to become a leading producer in Southeast Asia
Aquaculture
NFI Crab Council and SFP sign MoU on blue swimming crab
USA’s National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Crab Council has signed an agreement with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to collaborate on blue swimming crab sustainability
Vietnam expects tilapia exports of US$150mn by 2020
Tilapia exports from Vietnam are predicted to reach close to US$150mn by 2020, according to the Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries
EHP alert sounded for Indian shrimp farmers
India’s Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has alerted Indian shrimp farmers on the spread of Enterocytozoon Hepatopenaei (EHP), a micro sporedean disease
Vietnam’s seafood exports on growth trajectory
Crab exports from Vietnam have grown in the first seven months of 2015, and shrimp exports to the US are projected to rise in the rest of the year