(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s aquaculture output in Oct 2016 amounted to 310 thousand MT, up 8.9% compared to the same period last year. The figure in Jan-Oct 2016 estimated at 2,924 thousand MT, up 1.6% compared to the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Unfavorable weather had influenced on fishing activities of fishermen. However, this year a number of fish species appear more such as striped tuna, mahi mahi, flying fish, flying-squid and so on. Therefore, the capture output gained positive results. Of that, some species that achieved high yield were mackerel, tuna, mahi mahi, snapper, scad and anchovies.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has produced 400,000 tonnes of pangasius a year, marking the highest output in the region.

Việt Nam has identified over 1,080 species of marine fish, including many highly economically valuable creatures such as the skipjack tuna, Japanese horse mackerel, yellowtail scad, largehead hairtail (or beltfish), ariid catfish, among others.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In September 2016, in Bac Lieu province (Vietnam), the stocking area for intensive and semi-intensive shrimp hit 2,224 hectares (including 1,427 hectares for black tiger shrimp and 797 hectares for whiteleg shrimp), down 1,217 hectares compared to the previous month and up 533 hectares over the same period in 2015.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Sep 2016, aquaculture and capture production of Ca Mau province (Vietnam) totaled 41.3 thousand MT, up 3.25% over the previous month, and up 18.34% over the same period last year. The figure in Jan-Sep 2016 estimated at 369.4 thousand MT, completing 69.7% of the yearly plan, down 1.93% over the same period last year.

Fishermen in south central provinces enjoyed bumper catches of tuna and got handsome profits thanks to increasing prices.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Jan-Sep 2016, fishing activities of fishermen in Khanh Hoa province of Vietnam were facilitated thanks to favorable weather. Besides, the province focused on implementing the Decree 67 of the Prime Minister on some policies supporting fishery industry’s development. Accordingly, vessels’ owners received loans to build or renovate their off-shore fishing vessels.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Despite unfavorable weather from the end of Jul to mid-Sep 2016, fishermen still facilitated their fishing activities. Therefore, capture production in some localities showed the good results, especially the production of mahi mahi, herring, anchovies, and skipjack tuna in some provinces of the south central Vietnam and Mekong Delta.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Sep 2016, Vietnam’s aquaculture output estimated at 319 thousand MT, up 7.4% compared to the same period last year. The figure in Jan-Sep 2016 estimated at 2,621 thousand MT, up 1.8% year on year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Aug 2016, capture output of Binh Thuan province (Vietnam) reached 23,726 MT. The figure in Jan-Aug 2016 estimated at 130,000 MT, an increase of 1% over the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On September 20, 2016, local authorities in Ben Tre province (Vietnam) showed that, total fishery production of the province so far this year estimated to reach more than 205,600 MT, fulfiling 80% of the 2016 plan and rising 5% from the same period of last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given a nod to the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to set up a high-tech agriculture zone aiming to make shrimp breeding a locomotive of the local agriculture.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In August 2016, the aquaculture and capture output in Ca Mau province (Vietnam) estimated at 40,000 MT, up 1.5% over the previous month and up 8.1% year on year. The figure in Jan-Aug 2016 estimated at 328,100 MT, completing 61.9% of the plan, down 4% over the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The project of improving the capability of marine finfish culture in Vietnam under Norwegian technology has implemented by Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 since 2011. The project is entering the final phase and bringing economic efficiency. The project was carried out in Van Thanh commune, Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa province.