(vasep.com.vn) Nam Can district based in Ca Mau province has 25,600 hectares of aquaculture land in which over 105 hectares are used for industrial shrimp farming and nearly 420 hectares are used for innovated extensive shrimp farming. The rest is for traditional extensive shrimp farming, forest-shrimp farming and co-cultivating shrimp with other aquatic species.
In 2014, the district plans to expand the area of industrial shrimp farming and innovated extensive shrimp farming. Thus, the diseases on farmed shrimp tend to be more complicated, mainly white spot and Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome.
Measures to prevent disease outbreak are intensified to help farmers reduce losses in shrimp cultivation and get more profits.
2 first hatcheries of whiteleg shrimp seed
To meet demand for industrial whiteleg shrimp farming, for the first time in Ca Mau province, 2 hatcheries located in the district are allowed to import whiteleg shrimp broodstocks from Thailand for producing seed.
Two hatcheries including Hoang Thai shrimp seed producing facility in Hang Vinh commune and Thao Nguyen in Ham Rong commune are pilot operating.