GENERAL INFORMATION

Vietnam, with a coastline of over 3,260 kilometers (km) and more than 3,000 islands and islets scattered offshore, plus up to 2,860 rivers and estuaries, has been geographically endowed with ideal conditions for the thriving fishery sector which currently exists.

Great potential of fishery sector in Vietnam is embedded in water bodies of 1.700.000 ha in which 811.700 ha freshwater, 635.400 ha brackish waters and 125.700 ha coves and 300.000 - 400.000 ha wetland areas might be employed for aquaculture development.

The Mekong River Delta in the south and the Red River Delta in the north have been used for wild catch fishing as well as extensive fish farming.

Shrimp and pangasius mostly farmed in the Mekong River Delta, in which, shrimp farmes located in coastal provinces such as Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Ben Tre..

Pangasius farming is developing in many provinces in Mekong River Delta such as Can Tho, Vinh Long, Tien Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh....

Production in the fishery sector grew at an average rate of 7.05% from 1991 to 2000, and 10% from 2001 to now. Vietnamese fisheries production increased steadily YoY. Aquaculture output tent to sharply rise while capture ouput tend to slow down. In 2023, aquaculture occupied 59%, fishing output occupied 41%. From 2018-2023, ratio of fishing output has decreased from 46% to 41% of total fishery production in Vietnam. In 2023, total aquaculture area was 5.408 million tons, up 3.5%; total fishing output was 3.861 million tons, equal to 2022.

Ben Tre: Shrimp farming area to reach 35,000 ha by the end of 2016

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The objective of the agricultural sector of Ben Tre province is that by the end of this year, brackish water shrimp farming area will reach 35,000 hectares, with the output of 48,800 MT.

Of that, the area for intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farming expected to hit 7,000 hectares; the area for extensive black tiger shrimp, rice-shrimp and forest-shrimp farming to reach 28,000 hectares. The total output expected to achieve 48,800 MT, in which, black tiger shrimp volume will be 8,800 MT and whiteleg shrimp with 40,000 MT.

To achieve these goals, the sector sets out the following tasks and key solutions below:

- To strengthen the environmental monitoring; quality inspection and quarantining shrimp seed in Ben Tre province; prevent and control of disease in marine shrimp farming.

- To promote propaganda.

- To continue guiding and supporting farmers to apply VietGAP, GlobalGAP standards... into production and promote the application of advanced technologies in marine shrimp farming.

- To improve the effectiveness of disease prevention and control.

- To continue propagating and mobilizing people to comply aquaculture planning and publicize the plan, which has been approved by the provincial People's Committee; as well as implement recommendations of the crop calendar for marine shrimp farming in 2016.

Compiled by Dieu Thuy


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