2022 seems to have been an impressive year for Vietnam, with exports having reached an all time high value of US$10bn, which appears to nearly be a 34% increase when compared to 2021
Aquaculture
ADB sanctions multi-million dollar loan to upgrade Indonesia’s shrimp farming sector

About 5,200 smallholder farmers, including more than 1,000 women farmers, will benefit from improved infrastructure and capacity. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$93mn loan to enhance shrimp farming by smallholder farmers in seven provinces in Indonesia
Promoting transparency and verifiable performance

ASC believes that key stakeholders, governments, financial institutions, and investors will increasingly require that SDG performance is third-party audited and transparent, to provide high quality data assurance. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has released a report that looks at how responsible aquaculture can contribute to the United Nation’s (UN’s) 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and also develops a methodology to quantify how ASC verifiably contributes to these goals
SFA and INVE Aquaculture sign MOU to develop hatchery technology centre
On 30 November, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and INVE Aquaculture, a benchmark company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly set up SFA-INVE Hatchery Technology Centre at SFA’s Marine Aquaculture Centre (MAC)
ASC announces version 1.4 of its Salmon Standard
Following a rigorous science-based review process, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has updated its Salmon Standard and published version 1.4