Toan Dao

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has raised antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam and Thailand in its latest administrative reviews covering 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024. These final results establish the definitive amount of duties owed for the period and set the cash deposit rates for all future imports. For the Vietnamese sector, the DOC significantly increased the antidumping duty rate for shrimp firm Thong… Read More

Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood firm Thai Union concluded 2025 with an eighth consecutive quarter of sales volume growth, but the firm saw its bottom-line earnings pressured by the impact of U.S. import tariffs. The company reported Q4 2025 sales of THB 35.04 billion (USD 1.09 billion, EUR 926.7 million), which was down 0.1 percent year over year, but the volume of products sold increased by 1.7 percent. When excluding the impact of a… Read More

Thai Union Feedmill (TFM) has entered a strategic partnership to modernize Bangladesh’s aquaculture sector, aiming to scale up production of high-value species, the company said in a statement on 10 February. The Thai aquafeed manufacturer and distributor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) to transfer technology and Thailand’s internationally recognized farming standards to the… Read More

After securing trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S., India has proposed INR 27.6 billion (USD 304.5 million, EUR 256.6 million) in annual budgetary support for its fisheries sector, which, if approved, would be the highest annual amount in the country’s history. India’s Finance Ministry has proposed the total for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from April 2026 to March 2027, in an effort to raise production, boost exports, and support… Read More

Indonesia plans to build 1,582 new fishing vessels starting in 2026 as part of efforts to raise national fisheries productivity. Of the total, 1,000 vessels will have a capacity of 30 gross tons each and will be allocated to fishing villages being modernized under the country’s Red and White Fishing Villages initiative. Construction of some vessels, all of which will be domestically built, will start this year, with the program rolling out in… Read More

China’s changing consumption patterns are boosting demand for higher-value shrimp and lobster products, providing a lift to Vietnamese exporters. Improved incomes and the expansion of modern retail, e-commerce platforms, and restaurant chains have pushed Chinese consumers away from low-cost frozen shrimp toward premium segments, including live shrimp, larger sizes, and processed products, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood… Read More

Capture fishery production in the Philippines dropped by an average of 45 million kilograms of fish annually, or roughly 45,000 metric tons (MT), between 2010 and 2023 due to weak law enforcement and governance failures, according to marine conservation nonprofit Oceana. In a report titled “Net Loss: How Governance Gaps are Sinking Philippine Fisheries,", Oceana estimated that the average annual losses translated into 591,136 MT of cumulative… Read More

Indonesia is accelerating the modernization of select fishing villages and expanding aquaculture as part of a broader push to strengthen food security and support its national nutrition policy. Under the Red and White Fishing Villages initiative, the most populous nation in Southeast Asia plans to modernize select coastal communities by improving production capacity, post-harvest handling, and market access. The government-funded program focuses… Read More

The Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) is urging fishermen associations to venture into aquaculture as falling marine fish stocks and coastal development squeeze catch totals, particularly within low-income coastal communities. LKIM Chairman Muhammad Faiz Fadzil said the push is aimed at strengthening national food security and providing more stable income streams for fishermen, many of whom fall into the country’s bottom… Read More

Vietnam's seafood exports reached an all-time high of nearly USD 11.3 billion (EUR 9.6 billion) in 2025, rising 12.4 percent from 2024 as exporters pivoted to Asian markets and Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) member nations in response to mounting trade barriers in the U.S. Sales to CPTPP member countries rose 20.8 percent year over year to USD 3 billion (EUR 2.6 billion) in 2025, followed by China… Read More