Khanh Hoa province has over 19,000 lobster farming cages
(vasep.com.vn) Khanh Hoa Sub-Department of Aquaculture showed that, the province has 19,191 lobster farming cages with total farming area of over 4,000 hectares in 23 locations in the province, mainly in Van Ninh, Ninh Hoa, Nha Trang and Cam Ranh. The annual lobster production reached nearly 1,000 MT.
Local farmers raised two main species of lobster which are ornate spiny lobster and scalloped spiny lobster, besides longlegged spiny lobster, Chinese spiny lobster. The lobster seed source is caught from the local sea at My Giang, Ninh Phuoc, Ninh Hoa hamlets, Nha Phu lagoon (Ninh Hoa district), Dam Mon (Van Thanh, Van Ninh district), Nha Trang and Cam Ranh bays. However the source can satisfy 30 – 40 percent of local seed demand. The province also imported seed from neighbouring provinces or foreign countries (Srilanka, The Philippines, Indonesia…).