(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of this year, the province of Dong Thap (Vietnam) has 1,405 facilities of pangasius producing, trading and hatching including 89 trading and producing facilities and 1,316 hatcheries.
In June 2016, the locality produced 125.60 million pangasius seeds. The figure in Jan-Jun 2016 estimated at 584.72 million ones. In the same month, the province produced 1,862 million of fries and the figure in Jan-Jun 2016 was 7,361.40 million fries.
In 2016, the province planned to reach 2,100 hectares of pangasius farming area and 405,000 MT of output. As of Jun 23rd 2016, pangasius stocking area in Dong Thap hit 1,658 hectares, completing 78.95% of the yearly plan. Of that, the area that is being used for farming was 1,087.94 hectares and the harvested area was 570.07 hectares. The yield in the period touched 214,769 MT, completing 53.03% of the plan, with the average yield of 376.7 MT/ha.
So far, the local authorities have granted identification code for 24 commercial pagasius farms with an area of 48.86 hectares. Besides, the locality has confirmed 110 registration documents for growing commercial pagasius, with an area of 210.23 hectares and expected production of 77,694 MT.
Compiled by Dieu Thuy