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Seafood exporters worried as US plans to regulate imports 10 Dec 2018
 
The new Seafood Import Monitoring Policy (SIMP) regulations of the US on shrimps and other marine products are giving India’s seafood sector the jitters as it sees a backlash on surging exports.     
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Source: Business Line
Fish farmers must eye the international market 09 Dec 2018
 
To boost the aquaculture farming and to make way for sustainable development of the fisheries sector an international summit on the sector needs to be hosted by the state, said Union minister for commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu. He was speaking after inaugurating the multispecies aquaculture complex of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) at Vallarpadom on Saturday.     
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Source: The Times of India
Kanyakumari fishers elated as Japanese importers offer higher price for tuna 09 Dec 2018
 
Importers from Japan are keen on buying tuna from the deep sea fishermen of Thoothoor region in western Kanyakumari district. The fishermen who spend up to 50 days in the deep seas were delighted by the assurance given by a Japanese team who said that they can buy their fish at three to four times higher than the existing market price here.     
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Source: The Times of India
Seek global expertise on fisheries sector, State told 08 Dec 2018
 
Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu has called for an international summit hosted by the State on the fisheries sector for it to make steady development in the coastal belt.     
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Source: The Hindu
Kerala must host international summit on fishing for steady development: Suresh Prabhu 08 Dec 2018
 
Kerala must host an international summit on fishing for the crucial sector to make a steady development in the coastal state, the Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has said.     
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Source: Business Line
Dairy, fisheries sectors also need alerts from Indian Meteorological Department: SVVU V-C Y Haribabu 06 Dec 2018
 
Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Y Haribabu has made an appeal to officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in their 12th annual review meeting to provide suitable weather alerts for dairy and fishery farmers too.     
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Source: The Hans India
India's Trade Ties With Beijing Taking Time To Ripen 06 Dec 2018
 
According to government officials in India and representatives of various Indian trade bodies, progress is very slow - and may even be getting slower after last weekend's truce between the United States and China in their trade war.     
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Source: NDTV
Commerce Minister to inaugurate multi-species aquaculture complex at Vallarpadam 06 Dec 2018
 
The Union Commerce Minister, Suresh Prabhu, will inaugurate the multi-species aquaculture complex set up by the Marine Products Export Development Authority at Vallarpadam Island near Kochi on December 8.     
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Source: Business Line
To keep govt’s promise of doubling farmer’s income, Cabinet approves agriculture export policy 06 Dec 2018
 
The Union Cabinet Thursday approved an agriculture export policy in line with government’s commitment to double farmer’s income by 2022, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said, according to ANI.     
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Source: The Indian Express
Exporters target 10% of $ 400 mn Chinese fish oil and meal markets by 2019 05 Dec 2018
 
A week after opening China’s market access, Indian exporters are looking to grab at least 10 per cent market share of $400 million Chinese fish oil and meal markets by calendar 2019.     
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Source: Business Standard