Toan Dao

Bangkok, Thailand-based food conglomerate Thai Union posted modest sales growth in the second quarter of 2026, while its gross profit margin hit an all-time high. The company’s Q2 sales rose 1.4 percent year over year to THB 33.9 billion (USD 1 billion, EUR 880 million), while its organic sales similarly increased 1.5 percent, giving Thai Union its fourth consecutive quarter of organic sales growth. The firm attributed this growth to steady… Read More

The Philippines government is imposing stricter controls on the nation’s blue swimming crab fisheries to meet U.S. standards. Last year, NOAA Fisheries determined 240 foreign fisheries did not meet U.S. requirements under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), banning products from those fisheries from entering the U.S.  After a lawsuit led the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to review its MMPA comparability findings for… Read More

The global climate weather pattern El Niño is expected to intensify marine heatwaves and, as a result, sharply reduce the availability of commercially important stocks such as oil sardines and mackerel next year. Speaking at the National Fish Farmers Day event at the Indian Central Marine Research Institute (CMFRI) on 10 July, CMFRI Director Grinson George said El Niño-related warming is expected to increase from October to December of this… Read More

Malaysia and Thailand are in talks to resolve a seafood trade dispute that arose in early June, with both nations working to secure a technical solution that supports market access while maintaining biosecurity, food safety, and aquatic animal health standards. Effective 1 June, Malaysia suspended imports of five Thai shrimp species and imposed strict testing mandates on sea bass from Thailand. According to The Nation, Malaysian authorities said… Read More

Norway has welcomed the successful conclusion of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which secured duty-free exports of Norwegian salmon to the Southeast Asian nation. "The agreement will be particularly important for the seafood industry, the maritime sector, and other Norwegian export industries. Vietnam is a large and growing market, and it will help strengthen the… Read More

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has formally requested urgent government intervention to address a proposed Brazilian import ban on Vietnamese tilapia, which continues a multiyear saga of on-again, off-again bans Brazil has placed on Vietnamese seafood exports. In 2024, Brazil halted all tilapia imports from Vietnam, pending a review of health protocols aiming to ease local industry concern on health risks,… Read More

India-based fish-farming firm Khyber Aquaculture has opened a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) trout facility in Kashmir. The facility is located on an 8-acre site beside the Sindh River in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and will include hatchery, grow-out, processing, and packaging facilities. The facility was built at a cost of more than INR 1 billion (USD 10.5 million, EUR 9.2 million), and Khyber has plans to raise annual production… Read More

A fire at a seafood processing factory in the Southern Vietnamese province of Vinh Long has caused damage exceeding VND 162 billion (USD 6.2 million, EUR 5.4 million). According to the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), the fire broke out around 1 a.m. on 29 June at a value-added plant owned by Go Dang Joint Stock Company (Godaco). The blaze impacted the facility’s main workshop area, which spans nearly 9,000 square meters. First responders from the Vinh… Read More

The Philippines is considering new gillnet rules for its blue swimming crab fishery as it seeks to meet U.S. marine mammal protection requirements and lift an import ban the lucrative market placed on the Southeast Asian country in May. After a lawsuit led the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to review its Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) comparability findings for swimming crab, NMFS announced last month it would still block… Read More

Indonesia has secured renewed access to the European market for its farmed fish exports after the E.U. placed the Southeast Asian nation on its latest approved-country list. According to Ishartini, the head of the Marine and Fishery Product Quality Control and Supervision Agency within Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, the reinstatement, made under Commission Implementing Regulation (E.U.) 2026/1189, has helped ease concerns… Read More