(vasep.com.vn) Aquaculture production in August 2013 was estimated to reach 294,000 MT, up 3.3 percent from the compatible period of 2012.
Total aquaculture output accumulated up to August 2013 was gauged to register 2,075 thousand MT, up 0.8 percent on par with the same period of 2012.
Since the early year to August 2013, pangasius production is estimated to reach 647 thousand MT on the farming area of 5,500 hectares.
Harvested pangasius output in some Mekong Delta province reported a decline compared to the same period of 2012.
Production of black tiger shrimp and whiteleg shrimp between Jan and Aug 2013 saw an increase from the compatible period of last year.