Peruvian seafood export sales generated USD 95.8 million in October, a 31.3 per cent reduction from the USD 140 million tallied the same month last year, the Ministry of Production (Produce) disclosed.

Argentina exported 415,889 tonnes of fish and shellfish in the 11 first months of 2009, tallying USD 1.028 billion, reveal statistics from the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA).

Between January and October this year, the Chilean salmon industry exported 37,098 tonnes of fresh farmed salmon fillets to the US, representing a 43 per cent decrease compared with the 64,849 tonnes exported in the same period of the previous year.

More red snapper may find its way to market in 2010, as the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will recommend that the quota be increased from 5 million pounds to slightly more than 6.9 million pounds annually.

The Tilapia Aquaculture Dialogue’s standards for sustainable tilapia farming have been finalized, the World Wildlife Fund announced on Thursday.

Indonesia is looking to become the world’s largest seafood producer by 2015.

EU fisheries council discusses 2010 fishing quotas By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris.

The European Union (EU) will accept the Spanish proposal to increase the total allowable catch (TAC) of hake by 7 per cent in the Gran Sol fishing-ground

Some 13 vessels of the Portugal fleet will once again operate in Canadian waters and fish 1,070 tonnes of cod as of next year, thanks to the re-opening of an area administered by the North West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO).

The world is dependent on seafoods increasingly. However, a recent report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that phenomenon of climate change is threatening seriously the fisheries industry.