More than 2,000ha of farms breed for export.
Nguyen Van Cong, director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province is developing concentrated large-scale tra fish farming areas.
It is also establishing co-operatives and co-operative teams for tra farmers to ensure they maintain high quality, he said.
It is also fostering cooperation between farmers and processors in all stages from producing fry for breeding, raising the fish and processing them for exports.
About 700ha of farms have received quality certification like VietGAP, GlobalGAP, Aquaculture Stewardship Council and Best Aquaculture Practices.
The province has issued identification numbers to ponds belonging to 349 tra breeders with a total of 1,500ha to ensure traceability for exports.
The province targets production of 455,000 tonnes this year, according to the department.
The province will produce 700 million high-quality tra fish fingerlings a year from now to 2020, meeting 50 percent of local demand, its People’s Committee said.
The number will increase to 1.5 billion in 2021-25, meeting 100 percent of the demand.
These targets are part of the province’s plan to produce tra fry under a three-tier cooperation project approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development last March.
The first tier comprises research institutes and universities that use advanced techniques in choosing breeding pairs, innovate breeding techniques and transfer them to the second tier.
The second tier comprises Government-owned and private tra fry production centres, while the third is made up of establishments that raise the fish until they reach the fingerling stage.
In 2018-20, the province will select four to five entities from the second tier to produce quality fry.
This will also help trace the origin of tra fry and provide high-quality fry for commercial production.
The province plans to establish four concentrated juvenile tra production areas on a total area of 400ha in Hong Ngu, Chau Thanh and Cao Lanh districts, and Hong Ngu town.
It will invest in infrastructure and use advanced techniques to produce high-quality fry on an industrial scale.
The plan is expected to cost around 146 billion VND (6.3 million USD), with the funds coming from the central and local governments, loans and investments by organisations and breeders.
The province has 68 establishments that produce tra fry and 1,116 others that raise the newborns until they reach the fingerling stage.
The province produces some 1.3 billion tra fry and 1.2 billion fingerlings a year, which it supplies to local breeders and those around the delta.
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