Aquaculture

Vietnams total seafood production in 2012 reached an estimated 5.74 million tonnes, a 5.1 per cent rise from last year, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

EMS has caused losses among shrimp farmers in China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. (Image source: NatalieMaynor/Flickr

The disease early mortality syndrome (EMS) has caused large losses among shrimp farmers in China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand, according to the coordinator of the Aquatic Animal Health Programme, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, Eduardo M. Leaño

Tuna industry in the Philippines is threatened with dwindling catch. (Image source: Wikimedia)

It used to be one of the most lucrative agribusiness in the country but the US$420mn tuna industry in the Philippines is now threatened with dwindling catch and stiffer health regulations with importing countries

EU and Japan have collaborated in the fight against illegal fishing. (Image source: wikicommons)

The European Union and Japan have collaborated in the fight against Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing