(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Fishing activities of Da Nang province (Viet Nam) in QI/2017 were relatively stable. In the first two months of the year, the output was mainly provided for the consumption of people at Tet.
As of 15th Mar 2017, the number of fishing establishments in the locality totaled 1,763 units, with 1,678 vessels with a combined capacity of 167,930 CV, an average of 99.67 CV per vessel. Of that, ships and boats with the capacity of under 20 CV were 880 units (9,195 CV), an average of 10.42 CV per ship; those with the capacity from 20 to under 45CV were 344 units (9,400 CV), an average of 27.24 CV per ship; those with the capacity of between 45CV and under 90CV were 121 units (7,680 CV), an average of 61.93 CV per ship; and those with the capacity of 90 CV or more were 333 units (141,655 CV), an average of 424.12 CV per ship.
Fishery production of the province in QI/2017 reached 9,891 MT, up 0.32% over the same period last year. Of that, capture output estimated at 9,527 MT, up 0.39%; and aquaculture production estimated at 300 MT, down 1.98% over the same period in 2016.
Despite the year-on-year reduction of 1.98%, aquaculture activities in the locality were quite favorable with total volume in the first three months in 2017 of 300 MT, in which, there were 9.82 MT of shrimp.
Compiled by Dieu Thuy