Demand for both capture fisheries and aquaculture rises in the Asia-Pacific region. (Image source: WorldFish/Flickr)
Members of the Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC) have agreed to scale up collective efforts to ensure that fisheries and aquaculture are managed in a responsible and sustainable manner
Thai Union Group, Thailand-based producer of seafood-based food products, has made an agreement to acquire 45 per cent of TUMD Luxembourg
The MoU aims to settle illegal fishing activities between the countries. (Image source: Tvabutzku1234/Wikimedia Commons)
In a bilateral cooperation committee meeting between Vietnam and Indonesia held in Hanoi, the countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation to settle fishing violations in the South China Sea, to improve the trade relations
Vietnam aims to increase the export of shrimps to international marketplaces. (Image source: TheeErin/Flickr)
Vietnam’s shrimp exports increased 22.3 per cent in 2017 as compared with 6.7 per cent in 2016, according to Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP)
FAO aims to boost up development of fishing communities across the Asia-Pacific region. (Image source: razel.mella/Flickr)
FAO has been recently approved two projects to strengthen community-fisheries in Tonga and Samoa
