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The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said they can see that all food and seafood industries, including pangasius, have been severely impacted by inflation, even after the countrys pangasius exports reached nearly US$2 billion in the first nine months of 2022, Fish Information & Services r ...

South Korea has invested US$1.2 million through the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to boost the shrimp aquaculture sector in Sri Lanka over a three year period, Fish Information & Services reported.

Shrimp aquaculture producers in Honduras said shrimp exports have generated US$222.3 million by the end of the third quarter of this year, shipping 53.2 million pounds of shrimp, Fish Information & Services reported.

Shrimp aquaculture has become a lucrative source of income for farmers in in north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, thanks to Wu Tao, a local sci-tech expert who discovered that the areas high salinity in the soil could be beneficial to shrimp farming, Fish Information & Services reported.

Exports of pangasius from Vietnam to ASEAN countries have increased, with shipments by the end of September 2022 estimated above US$152 million or 8% of all total Vietnamese pangasius exports, Fish Information & Services reported.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said seafood exports in September 2022 were worth over US$850 million, reaching US$8.5 billion by the end of Q3 2022, 38% higher compared to the same period year-on-year, Fish Information & Services reported.

Hauge Aquas innovative aquaculture closed-containment system called "The Egg" reached a milestone as it took its first cohort of 50,000 salmon smolts at 150g each, Fish Information & Services reported.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said the country exported US$2.8 billion worth of marine products between January to August 2022, 33% higher compared to the same period last year, Fish Information & Services reported.

The Norwegian Seafood Council said Norway has exported NOK 109 billion (~US$10.4 billion; NOK 10 = US$0.95) between January to September 2022, a new record and NOK 24.3 billion (~US$2.3 billion) or 29% higher compared to the same nine months in 2021, Fish Information & Services reported.

Major Japan seafood company Maruha Nichiro has announced that they will the issue the first "marine blue bonds", with the funds raised from the bonds to be used for environmentally sustainable fishing and aquaculture businesses, Fish Information & Services reported.