Aquaculture
The total aquaculture area in Ca Mau province in the first 6 months of the year is estimated at 303,247 hectares, of which the shrimp farming area is 278,615 hectares, freshwater fish 24,621 hectares, and clams 28 hectares.
Specifically:
Intensive and super-intensive shrimp farming reached 6,658.36 hectares/7,615 households, reaching 97.92% of the 2024 plan, an increase of 4.35% over the same period. Of which: Super-intensive shrimp farming reached 4,948.89 hectares/5,060 farming households, reaching 95.17% of the 2024 plan, an increase of 7.29% over the same period. This is a farming model that applies high technology and is quite effective. The successful farming rate is about 70–80%, productivity is 40–50 tons/ha/crop, intensive shrimp farming 1,709.47 hectares/2,555 households, reaching 106.8% of the 2024 plan, equal to 95.5% over the same period, and average productivity reaching 5 tons/ha/year (giant tiger prawn) and 8 tons/year (white leg shrimp).
Improved extensive shrimp farming reached 185,757.8 hectares, reaching 99.34% of the 2024 plan, an increase of 3.33% over the same period. Currently, 99.6% of the area is stocked, with an average farming productivity of 500–550 kg/ha per year. In particular, there are households raising shrimp according to a 2-phase process with a productivity of 600–800 kg/ha per year.
The combined extensive shrimp farming area (shrimp - forest, shrimp - rice, shrimp - crab - fish, etc.) remains 86,198.84 hectares. Currently, 98.5% are stocked, and the remaining area is being renovated to prepare for stocking.
Freshwater fish farming: 24,621 hectares, of which: the eel and goby farming area is 1,337.3 hectares (eel 730 hectares, goby fish 607.3 hectares); the area of intensive fish farming is 143.3 hectares/495 farming households.
Mollusk farming: raising oysters in 1,196 cages with 1 cooperative and 24 farming households, total farming area of 13,075 m2; blood cockle farming combined in shrimp farm 9,181.76 hectares; blood cockle farming combined in shrimp farm 9,616.66 hectares; combined shrimp farming in 134 hectares/47 households.
Fisheries
Fishing output in 6 months reached 120,870 tons, reaching 51% of the plan, up 3.16% over the same period, of which shrimp output was 5,117 tons, reaching 51.17% of the plan, up 0.53% compared to the same period.
Certificates of food safety eligibility were issued for 179 fishing vessels. To date, the entire province has 1,520/1,520 fishing vessels installed with cruise monitoring equipment, reaching 100%.
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has significantly boosted Vietnamese seafood exports, with shrimp and pangasius leading the charge in the UK market.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In November 2024, Vietnam's tuna exports failed to maintain the rapid growth momentum seen earlier. Export value during the month increased by nearly 4% year-on-year, reaching approximately USD 82 million. Cumulatively, the export value for the first 11 months of 2024 totaled USD 903 million, a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2023. However, at this growth rate, the total export turnover for 2024 is estimated to only reach around USD 1 billion.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On the evening of December 24, 2024, in Hanoi, the Central Youth Union, Viet nam Youth Federation and the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association held the Vietnam Golden Star Award Ceremony 2024, with the theme "Reaching Vietnam", honoring 200 outstanding enterprises. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh attended.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first ten months of 2024, 448 Vietnamese companies were involved in exporting pangasius to international markets. Vinh Hoan remains the top exporter, holding a 14% share of Vietnam's total pangasius export value.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's seafood sector is making impressive strides as it nears the end of the year. Aquaculture has maintained steady growth, while fishing activities have recovered thanks to favorable weather conditions.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) To ensure sustainable shrimp farming and environmental protection, Soc Trang Province emphasizes raising awareness and improving the capacity of shrimp farmers through various forms of communication and by developing and replicating effective models.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) To achieve the goal of making the province a national hub for high-quality shrimp post-larvae production and producing 50 billion shrimp post-larvae by 2025, Ninh Thuan has focused on implementing a comprehensive set of measures.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The seafood processing company Kyokuyo has just opened a seafood processing plant in Vietnam to reduce its reliance on China. In Japan, Kyokuyo ranks as the third-largest seafood producer, following Maruha Nichiro and Nissui.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's total fishery production in the first 10 months of 2024 is estimated at 7,889.8 thousand tons, a 2.5% increase compared to the same period last year. Aquaculture contributed approximately 4,612.5 thousand tons, while capture fisheries accounted for 3,277.3 thousand tons.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Ms. To Thi Tuong Lan, Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), forecasts that pangasius export turnover could reach the target of USD2 billion in 2024. However, the industry will still face numerous challenges in the coming year.
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