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Vietnam's whelk farming reaches 6,200 tonnes a year: can it be used for Japan's shellfish sourcing?
On September 24, 2026, the Vietnamese seafood-specialist outlet tepbac summarized how the farming of oc huong (Babylonia areolata) reached the order of 6,000 tonnes a year over 25 years (by author Kim Tien). A sea snail that had relied on wild harvesting became a subject that can be farmed in a planned way through artificial seed production... -
90% of Vietnam's lobster seed is imported: a 10-day quarantine protects the quality of exports to China
Vietnamese lobster farming depends on imports for more than 90% of its juveniles. We explain the quarantine procedures set out in Document No. 2625 of 2026 (isolation of up to 10 days, testing for white-spot disease and milky disease), and unpack how upstream disease control shapes the quality assurance of exports to China and Japan, from the perspective of Japanese buyers.
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