Under the Decision No 1921/QLCL-CL1 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, from December 31, all tra and basa catfish products for export must use the basa trade name on the package. Over 150 countries and territories have imported the catfish, therefore local exporters need to list scientific and trading names of the [...]
Global standards for responsible pangasius (genus of catfish) farming were finalised last Wednesday by the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue, a network of 600-plus farmers, scientists, conservationists and others. The pangasius standards are one of eight sets of standards being developed through the Aquaculture Dialogues, a series of roundtables coordinated by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [...]
Exports of the tra catfish have risen since early this year, but many breeders in the Mekong Delta are on the verge of bankruptcy as they’ve had to sell the fish at below breeding costs. Exporters and/or seafood processors have been buying tra catfish for VND15,500-16,000 per kilogram, while breeding costs have climbed to VND16,000-16,500 [...]
A Viet Nam Tra Catfish Association should be established to help farmers meet international quality standards and expand their export markets, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said at a recent conference held in the southern city of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta. Phat asked the Viet Nam Seafood Exporters and [...]
Tennessee State government in the US has issued a new law to require country-of-origin labeling on catfish products from the Mississippi or the Mekong Delta since July 1, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). This is the third state after Mississippi and Arkasas to require restaurants and retail stores to tell [...]
Links between farmers and businesses should be strengthened to ensure a sufficient supply of raw materials and quality of tra and basa catfish, according to Ngo Phuoc Hau, deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Seafood Exporters and Producers Association (VASEP). The factories should work with breeders who have large farms and sufficient capital in an [...]
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