Catch volume of the province reached over 58,000 MT, an increase of 5.2 percent over the same period last year. Seafood exports was over 17,000 MT, up 3.2 percent over the same period last year with an increase of 17 percent as targeted.
In the first months of 2011, increasing seafood demand in international markets and higher exported product price benefits to fishermen. However, according to some enterprises, from now till the end of this year, seafood export will face some difficulties as high input cost, low supply, lack of raw materials to maintain production and create jobs for local workers.