Post-harvest

By Gerry O'Sullivan, FAO Globefish. As globalization continues in the seafood industry, China marks its place as a significant player.

The US market of tilapia is growing, says the latest Globefish Report. Total imports for 2007 were estimated at 170 000 tonnes, and after allowing a conversation factor of 2.85 for tilapia fillets, this equates to about 400 000 tonnes. It makes the US the worl…

By FAO Globefish. European trade trends for herring products are mixed for 2007 with export volumes significantly higher for Norway but lower for other key exporting countries such as the Netherlands and the UK. Price trends appear to have been largely in line…

By Helga Josupeit FAO Globefish. The USA is still the worlds largest producer of catfish, but production is decreasing steadily.

By Javier Lpez, INFOPESCA, FAO Globefish 2007. This report looks at the hake market in South America in 2007.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Report. China's 2008 aquatic production is forecast to reach 56.2 MMT, up three percent from an estimated 54.7 MMT in 2007.

By Camillo Catarci, FAO, Globefish. Surimi consumption in the EU reached 132 200 tonnes in 2006, according to inside sources from the Japanese surimi industry.

Dr. Jim Treasurer, Research Manager, Ardtoe Marine Laboratory. Intervet. The cod Gadus morhua is receiving the greatest current interest in the diversification of north temperate aquaculture, but the haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, a related gadoid species, …

By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the December 2007: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture Industry data.

By Helga Josupeit FAO Globefish. Fishmeal production in the five major exporting countries declined in 2007.

Report by Truong Tri Vinh - FAO GLOBEFISH 2007. According to Vietnamese customs statistics, the country exported 272,700 metric tonnes(MT) of pangasius (tra, basa) valued at US$710 million during the first nine months of 2007.

By R. LeRoy Creswell, Cortney L. Ohs, and Christian L. Miller from University of Florida, IFAS Extension. The Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus is a member of the family Sciaenidae, the drum family.

Report prepared by Javier Lpez (INFOPESCA) - FAO GLOBEFISH 2007. US shrimp imports between January and September 2007 declined slightly compared to the same period in 2006.

By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Report prepared by Camillo Catarci - FAO Globefish 2007. EU demand for salmon, albeit increasing, continues to be insufficient to cover rising supplies of farmed products.

By FAO. Prospects for prices of shrimp, the principal commodity in international fish trade, are rather subdued in 2007, reflecting a weakening of import demand globally.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Korea. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Jane Jordan, The FishSite Editor. Glitnir, the leading global supplier of financial services to the seafood industry, has released new reports on the Chinese and Latin American seafood industries. It shows these regions have huge potential on a global scale…

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Norway. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Helga Josupeit, FAO, Globefish, INFOFISH Tilapia Conference, Kuala Lumpur, August 2007. World tilapia production has been booming during the last decade, with output doubling from 830000 tonnes in 1990 to 1.6 million tonnes in 1999 and over 2.5 million tonn…

Latest USDA FAS report from China plus previously published reports from many other countries.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Russia. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Helga Josupeit, FAO Globefish 2007. In 2007, world fishmeal production continued to decline further.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Canada. A link to the full report is also provided.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Chile. A link to the full report is also provided.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for China covers the 2nd China International (Xiamen) Fisheries Expo 2007.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Japan. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Camillo Catarci, 2007 FAO Globefish. In Europe, by the end of the summer, prices of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) are expected to start softening after the peak levels reached in June and July.