(vasep.com.vn) Taking the lead in the fish output in Vietnam, fisheries industry in Ca Mau province is speeding up to reach the target of US$1.2 billion in seafood export turnover and expand the industrial shrimp farming area of 10,000 hectares by 2015.
In order to fulfil the target, the province takes advantage of its resources to invest, plan and expand large scale industrial shrimp farming area; applies comprehensive measures and solve difficulties exposing in the process of implementation.
Ca Mau can reach the target of US$1 billion in seafood export turnover this year thanks to industrial shrimp farming. During 2000 (when the province changed production structure) to 2010, industrial farming area reached only 1,000 hectares. But in 2011 alone, the area increased to nearly 3,400 hectares.
Due to higher shrimp farming density, shrimp farming productivity under industrial model is fourteen-fold higher than that under extensive model. However it requires high investment capital of about VND250 million per hectare, costing a lot of labour, depends much on environmental changes.
Industrial farming area in the province has increased two-fold. The biggest difficulties of the province are still lack of capital, an appropriate planning, and lack of electricity. It is high time for the province to complete the project of industrial farming area planning. Ca Mau has invested VND1,000 billion to upgrade irrigation system, develop areas specializing in industrial shrimp farming.
In 2011, Ca Mau invested VND1,000 billion to upgrade irrigation system, apply advanced technology and expand producing groups. Ministry of Industry and Trade carried out the investment project of electricity supply for industrial shrimp farming areas in the districts: Dam Doi, Ngoc Hien, Nam Can, Phu Tan and Ca Mau city with 3,369 households owning farming area of 4,132 hectares.