The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has made a preliminary decision on charging anti-dumping tariffs on imported Vietnamese pangasius from 1 August 2008 until 31 July 2009. Vietnamese firms have to pay a high tax rate of USD 4.22 per kg, a 100 - 120 percent jump from last year. As a result, pangasius companies will suffer heavy losses as well as face additional barriers in the US market.

Vietnam last week filed a lawsuit against the U.S. imposition of antidumping tariffs on its frozen shrimp with the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dr. Karen Hulebak (United States) - Chairman of the CAC with some vice presidents of Knud Ostergaard (Denmark), Sanjay Dave (India) and Ben Manyindo (Uganda) took turns to chair all plenary sessions of the Conference. Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had the opening speech and welcome the meeting.

Exporters of tilapia products in China predict that there will be a rise in export prices in the second half of this year.

VGP - The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on June 8 expressed its strong opposition to the distorted information about Vietnamese pangasius (tra fish) on the Catfish Farmers of America’s (CFA) website www.safecatfish.com and demanded the CFA to stop unfair acts.

The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted draft legislation mandating country-of-origin labeling for seafood and other meats and nutrition labeling on all food packaging.

The 2010-11 shrimp season opens this Wednesday west of the East Biloxi Ship Channel in Mississippi, said the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR).

The Chief Sanitary Officer of the Russian Federation last month approved Amendment No.17 to SanPiN 2.3.2.1078-01 The Hygienic Requirements for Foodstuff Safety and Nutritional Value as regards to fish and fish products, according to a report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

U.S. shrimp imports are down 4.4 percent in the first quarter of 2010, according to figures the National Marine Fisheries Service released on Wednesday

Deeply concerned about a virus that continues to decimate their livelihoods, more than 350 French oyster producers took to the streets of Paris last week to clinch a meeting with the country’s fisheries minister.