BULLETIN:ASEAN: EU support needed for seafood testing labs … Australia: Over-fishing in southeast Asia threatens fishermen livelihood … Malaysia: Middle East investors keen to invest in fish processing … Philippines: Minimum mesh size for tuna fishing … Papua New Guinea: Government to develop tuna centre in Madang … Vietnam: Government to liberalize imports of seafood raw materials … EU/Pacific: Breakthrough on rules of origin for Pacific tuna … UK: Sainsbury recalls its tuna due to high histamine content … USA: Stricter new import safety plan is proposed … Namibia: Fishing nations urged to join SEAFO.

Argentina : Export quota for chad for the province of Entre Rios has been increased to 4 800 MT. Chile: Hake landings during January to September 2007 rose by 2.8% to reach 33 600 MT.

USA : Firm market for frozen tilapia fillet. Imports during January-September 2007 rose by 40% from the same period of last year.

Japan : Overall imports of tuna in January-September 2007 fell by 6.3% as lower catches continued worldwide. At the peak consumption period, supplies of fresh and frozen sashimi tuna remain low in the market. Canned tuna imports into Japan increased during this time as local packers cut down production volume.

World : Tuna fishing continues to be low worldwide and there is no sign of improvement in near future

Domestic and international trading continue at a slower pace as supplies are almost procured for the year-end sales. As a result prices are showing weakening signs with the exception of large sized shrimp. The festival consumption season is yet to begin in Japan. Frozen raw shrimp imports during January-September 2007 were record low at 143 053 MT. Cumulative imports of all types of shrimp during this period were 191 755 MT which was 9.72% less compared to the same period last year.

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