Government to back catfish farming for export
THAILAND - Farming of a giant catfish species known as pangasius will be actively promoted due to rising overseas demand and attractive prices for the freshwater fish, according to Yuthasak Supasorn, deputy executive director of the Thailand National...

Thai shrimps caught in US trade net
THAILAND - The world's largest exporter of shrimp has enough to worry about at the moment without the threat of US trade sanctions.

India, Thailand to jointly seek review of US duty on shrimp
THAILAND - Since the US anti-dumping duty on shrimp imports was notified, India has roped in a US-based law firm to move along with Thailand in seeking a changed circumstance review (CCR) in the wake of the tsunami disaster. The tidal waves are estimated...

Hatcheries seek state help
THAILAND - Shrimpers have urged the government to urgently assist small hatcheries to secure an upstream industry of the shrimp export business worth over 100 billion baht.

Thai canned tuna firm declares 2005 growth estimate
THAILAND - Thai Union Frozen Products PCL (TUF.TH), the world's second-largest canned tuna producer, projects both revenue and net profit in 2005 to surge more than 15% in dollar terms, thanks to lower production costs and increased demand for shrimp...

UN calls for urgent aid for tsunami-hit farmers, fishers
THAILAND - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday called for 26 million dollars urgent aid for farmers and fishers in tsunami-hit areas.

Thai Shrimp Exporters Geared For Record Year
THAILAND - Shrimp exporters in Thailand are ready for forecast record sales of 300,000 tons worth Bt100 billion this year. This comes after business dropped last year due to the threat of countervailing duties by the US and exclusion from concessionary...

Charoen Pokphand's Sales Growth to Accelerate on Shrimp Exports
THAILAND - Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl, Thailand's biggest publicly traded food and meat exporter by market value, forecast sales growth will accelerate in 2005 on rising shrimp exports. Sales next year may rise 11 percent to a record 100 billion...

Thailand May Gain Bt 200 Billion with US, EU Shrimp Tariff Cuts
THAILAND - If the US cuts its anti-dumping rate, and a reduced import tariff to the European market is restored soon, exporters of Thai shrimps could earn as much as Bt200 billion in revenue.

More White-Sea Shrimps to be Imported into Thailand
THAILAND - Thailand plans to import more ''white sea prawns'' to help solve the shortage of the species necessary for breeding, according to government officials.

Thai Shrimp Farmers Assured of Better Prices
THAILAND - Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday assured local shrimp farmers of better prices, as the government has made some progress in negotiations for a return of tariff privilege from the European Union (EU) under the generalized...

Thailand To Import Breeding Shrimp From Hawaiian Company
THAILAND - Thailand, the largest shrimp producer in the world, has approved exports of shrimp broodstock by Kona Bay Marine Resources Inc., a Hawaii-based marine biotechnology company.

New markets for abalone farm
THAILAND - Phuket Abalone Farm Co Ltd, Thailand’s first and only abalone farm, is negotiating with potential distributors in Canada, the European Union and Australia to export its by-products, including abalone sauces.

Thai Shrimp Farmers May Receive Lower EU Import Tariffs
THAILAND - The European Union (EU) may consider returning its trade privilege to Thai shrimp exporters under the Generalised System of Preference (GSP).

Thai Shrimp Farmers Seek Help In Lowering EU Non-Tariff Barriers
THAILAND - Shrimp farming associations from five provinces in the South have submitted a proposal to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, asking him to negotiate the easing of non-tariff barriers with the European Union.

Thai Shrimp Farmers Turn To Biotech Farming
THAILAND - Biotechnological farming is seen as a key to salvaging the THB70bn industry that has been hit hard over the past two years by contaminants in shipments and anti-dumping duties

Fishery resources in Asia, Pacific declining: FAO
THAILAND - Fishery resources in Asia and the Pacific region was declining fast with more small fish with low market value being captured, the United States Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday.

Migrant's big dream built on sorting shrimps
THAILAND - Molwi arrives at work at 5 a.m., when the sun is just rising over the Gulf of Thailand, and she squats until late afternoon, ankle-deep in a rancid soup of brine and mangled shrimp. The smell is suffocating. Her hands are a blur in big yellow...

Thailand Shrimp Industry Awaits Tariff Blow
THAILAND - The Thai government has been urged to accelerate measures aimed at helping local shrimp farmers maintain cost competitiveness ahead of the imminent imposition of US anti-dumping duties on Thai shrimp.

Thai Poultry/Catfish Farmers In New Dilemma
THAILAND - Thailand's poultry farmers affected by last December's outbreak of bird flu are now facing another obstacle. Chicken breeders in Chainat province have refused to distribute hens to small-scale poultry farmers who run a mixed poultry-fish...

Upward Trend In Thai White Shrimp Culture
THAILAND - In that year, Thailand's Department of Fisheries temporarily authorised the import of specific pathogen free (SPF) brood stock. Thailand then went on to produce 20,000 tonnes of white shrimp.

CP Foods Consider Expansion In Eastern Europe, Africa
THAILAND - Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc says it plans to broaden investments in the poultry and aquaculture business to Eastern Europe and Africa to offset risks from rising import barriers from its trade partners.