>> WWF not yet to remove Tra fish from Red List
>> WWF offers apology and removes tra fish from their consumer red list
>> WWF temporarily removes tra fish from consumer red list
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has removed Vietnam’s tra fish from its red list in six European countries.
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According to Le Thi Thu Nguyet, Vietnam’s Trade Counsellor in Sweden, the WWF in Sweden was the last to cross the Vietnamese fish off the red list for consumers, adding that the WWF in the country has published new and encouraging information about the species.
The WWF red list in Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands have followed suit. This happened over one month after Vietnam signed a deal with the WWF on sustainable development for this species, in December 2010.
Mark Powell, the WWF’s International Global Seafood Programme Coordinator, has given the signal to consumers that Vietnamese tra fish is now safe to eat.
In areas of the Mekong Delta, steps are being made towards sustainable breeding of the fish.
According to the Vietnam News Agency, in January, Vietnam’s seafood exports brought in USD320 million, up 2.3% from last year. Exports consisted of mainly frozen shrimp, tra fish and tuna, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The country has set a target of between USD1.45 billion and USD1.55 billion in tra fish exports for 2011.
