EU wants to import more tra fish

Businesses at the European Seafood Exposition in Belgium have affirmed that they will import more tra fish from Vietnam in summer, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP). In addition, the US and Brazil will continue to import Vietnamese tra fish. VASEP has decided to will raise export prices in the [...]

Tra fish taken off WWF’s red list

Viet Nam’s tra fish (pangasius) has been removed from the WWF’s red list published by the WWF for Nature in Belgium and Norway, said deputy director of the Fisheries General Department Pham Anh Tuan. Viet Nam and the World Wildlife Fund signed an agreement last December to remove the fish from the organisation’s red list. [...]

WWF not yet to remove Tra fish from Red List

Vietnam’s Tra fish has not yet been removed from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s Red List of the Guidance Manual for Seafood Consumers in 2010-2011, said The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Immediately after the signing of a cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) on sustainable development of Vietnam’s Tra fish [...]

Floor price for Tra fish comes into effect

The floor prices for exports of Tra fish will be enforced by the first quarter of next year, said Duong Ngoc Minh, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). This is the result of a meeting between 20 largest Tra fish exporters of VASEP at the end of last week. [...]

Tra fish removed from Red List

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has agreed to remove Vietnam’s Tra fish from its Red List. The information was released at a press briefing by the General Fisheries Office on December 15. At the briefing, WWF global seafood coordinator, Mark Powell, admitted the information leading to the organisation’s decision to put Tra fish [...]

Vietnam continues all-out efforts to protect tra fish

The Vietnam Fishing Association (VFA) has asked the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to remove information relating to Vietnam’s tra (pangasius) fish from the red list of the WWF guidance manual for seafood consumers in 2010-2011. This was the latest information released by the VFA at a press briefing in Hanoi on December 14. [...]

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