(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp sector in 2013 has gained good results such as recovery in brackishwater shrimp farming, bumper shrimp harvest, high selling price. Besides, vannamei was given priority to develop and proved its effectiveness.
According to Directorate of Fisheries, through November 2013, shrimp farming area nationwide reached 652,612 hectares, equaling to 99.2 percent of the same time of 2012. The figure included 588,894 hectares of black tiger shrimp farming and 63,719 hectares of vannamei farming. Shrimp output obtained 475,854 MT including 232,853 MT of black tiger shrimp and 243,001 MT of whiteleg shrimp. At the period, shrimp export revenue is expected to hit US$2.8 billion, showing a year-on-year increase of 37 percent and occupying 44 percent of the country’s total seafood exports.
Farmers in Vietnam’s coastal provinces of (from Quang Ninh to Phu Yen) reared brackishwater shrimp on the area of 36,879 hectares, making up 5.7 percent of Vietnam’s total shrimp farming area and reaped the output of 76,071 MT, accounting for 14.1 percent of total shrimp production.
Some provinces reporting high shrimp yield were Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Quang Nam and Phu Yen.
In term of seed production, there are 1,722 facilities of black tiger shrimp seed and 583 facilities of whiteleg shrimp seed throughout the country with total production of 68.4 billion shrimp seed including 21.3 billion of black tiger shrimp and 47.2 billion of whiteleg shrimp. Provinces from Quang Ninh to Phu Yen have 227 facilities, occupying 13.18 percent of the country’s total number of facilities with production of over 7 billion seed, making up 4.8 percent of the country’s total seed production. Some provinces reporting high production of shrimp seed were Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Quang Nam, Quang Binh and Quang Ninh.