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Successes In Conservation and Management of U.S. Fisheries
As with any commodity, fish and seafood exports are only as strong as the underlying production industry. This story illustrates how the Northwest Atlantic sea scallop and Alaska salmon sectors have laid the groundwork for sustainable yields, harvests and exports.

Canada's Upscale Seafood Processing Industry Nets U.S. Catch
Prospects abound for U.S. exports to Canada's fish and seafood industry.

U.S. Lobster Lands a Big Success in the EU
Consumers in three of the European Union's most discriminating food markets - Italy, France and Spain - are making a place on their palates for American lobster.

Sizing Up Sub-Saharan Africa's Market Potential For U.S. Fish and Seafood
Although Sub-Saharan Africa has low levels of per capita seafood consumption, the subcontinent offers great opportunities for U.S. products.

Contacts for U.S. Fish and Seafood Exporters
Here's a list of contacts to help you link up with sources of information on exporting, aquaculture and more.

Waves of Opportunity for World and U.S. Fish and Seafood Trade
While neither stormy seas nor all smooth sailing, the  world's awash in opportunities for producers and exporters of U.S. fish and seafood. This two-page spread charts salient features of world and U.S. fisheries and trade.

In China, Fish Means Prosperity
With an aggressive food processing market and a culture that finds fish and seafood suitable to any occasion, from an everyday dinner to a family celebration to a business deal, China offers big rewards to U.S. suppliers.

South Korea Offers Net Opportunities for U.S. Seafood
Liberalization of its fish and seafood trade, growing popularity of a wide array of processed products, a vibrant export and re-export market and a strong economic recovery mean net opportunities for U.S. suppliers in the South Korean market.

Singapore Has a Big Appetite for Fish and Seafood
Consumed domestically and also re-exported, total imports of fish and seafood in Singapore weighed in at over 1200,000 metric tins in 2000.

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  January 2003
  Volume XV, No. 1

  Published by
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Foreign Agricultural Service

  Editor
  Priscilla Glynn
  (202) 720-9441

  Writers
   Mary Rekas
   Donald Washington
   Priscilla B. Glynn   
    

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