Vietnam’s tra fish gets reprieve from WWF red list

Vietnam has won the support from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam for its request to remove its tra (Pangasius hypophthalmus) fish from the red list. WWF members in a number of European countries put Vietnam's tra fish products on the red list of its consumer guidance manual for 2010-11. But Vietnam last week requested the WWF to remove the fish from the list, which advises consumers not to buy the Vietnamese product.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said yesterday the WWF Vietnam had agreed with the ministry's request to remove the fish from the red list while further studies were conducted. The WWF's assessment of Vietnamese tra fish stocks was not comprehensive enough as it only focuses on some areas where the fish is raised, Tuan said. Tuan's remarks were echoed by Vietnamese spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga, who said in a press briefing in Ha Noi last Thursday that the WWF's findings were "inaccurate, lack scientific foundation and are at odds with the reality in Vietnam." Read more...

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