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

- 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).

A ban on shark-fin soup to go into effect on 1 July 2011 has signed into law by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle.

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.

The Catfish Farmers of America (CFA) of Jackson, Miss., has launched a Web site, www.safecatfish.com, attacking the integrity of catfish and pangasius imported from Vietnam.

The lessening of the economic crisis resulted in strong demand for shrimp in all main markets during the opening months of the year.

It has been almost two years since Congress requested that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expand its inspections of meat and poultry products to pangasius but inspections remain stuck in red tape.

U.S. Rep. Eni Faleomavaega of American Samoa is asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to open an antidumping investigation on canned tuna imported from Thailand, suggesting that Thai exporters are selling tuna in the U.S. market below cost or fair market value, an illegal practice called “dumping.”

Honduran shrimp exports to the Community market are expected to increase by 15 per cent as part of the framework of the association agreement signed between the European Union (EU) and Central America.