The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development attributed the high output to favourable weather conditions during the January-June period.
Of the figure, offshore catch exceeded 1.55 million tonnes, a year-on-year rise of 5 percent while the output caught in inland rivers and lakes was 85,000 tonnes, up 1.2 percent over the corresponding time last year.
The good weather also made it easier for tuna fishing in the central provinces of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa, which brought ashore an estimated 13,026 tonnes, an increase of 21.8 percent year-on-year. Tuna prices at ports ranged between 60,000 VND and 96,000 VND per kilo.
Meanwhile, farm fish output reached 1.69 million tonnes in the reviewed time, rising 6.7 percent year on year, and accounting for 43.3 percent of the annual plan, the ministry said.
Tra fish output hit 583,503 tonnes, equivalent to the number recorded in the same period last year and 50.7 percent of the target set for the whole year although tra fish farming area in the Mekong Delta decreased 16 percent to an estimated 3,076 ha.
During the reviewed period, brackish shrimp farms also produced 216,811 tonnes, up 14.7 percent year-on-year and completing 32.9 percent of the yearly target, on an area of 639,761 ha, an increase of 5.5 percent.
White-leg shrimp farming area expanded by 32.6 percent to 57,680 ha which produced 107,662 tonnes, up 30.8 percent. Meanwhile, with an area of 582,080 ha, up 3.4 percent year-on-year, the output of tiger prawn was 109,149 tonnes, a rise of 2.2 percent.
In the first six months of this year, aquatic products worth 3.5 billion USD have been shipped abroad since the beginning of this year, predominantly to the US, Japan, China and the RoK, marking a 14.1 percent rise.
Source: VNA
Having identified its weakness in 2023, entering the first quarter of 2024, Vietnam's shrimp industry has undergone a clear change, reflected through increases in exports to major markets.
It is necessary to develop more detailed and consistent regulations on seafood production for export in line with the implementation of solutions towards sustainable and responsible fishing practices.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After increasing to the highest level in 2022, Canada's tuna imports in 2023 dropped to the lowest level in the past 10 years, reaching 35 thousand tons, down 24% over the year. Canada is currently one of the 15 largest tuna import markets in the world.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Chile, one of the countries participating in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), has tended to increase tuna imports from Vietnam in the past 3 years. According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, this South American country imported nearly 3 million USD of tuna products from Vietnam in the first 2 months of 2024, an increase of 58% over the same period in 2023.
Economic and social development activities, overexploitation, pollution, diseases, and climate change have adversely affected the ecological environment, leading to a severe decline or the extinction of many precious indigenous aquatic species.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The prices of pangasius fingerlings and raw pangasius in ponds fell in March, following steady increases in the first two months of this year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In February 2024, the average export price of Vietnamese pangasius to markets increased by 4%, although the volume decreased by 40% compared to the previous month.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) There was a 6% decline in Vietnam's pangasius exports to Brazil in February 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with the total value reaching 6 million USD.
(vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of 2024, Poland—which ranks as Vietnam's fourth-largest EU supplier of tuna—became a noteworthy market. Vietnam's tuna exports value to Poland increased by 786% in comparison to the same period last year, totaling over $2 million USD and contributing about 2% of the country's overall tuna exports revenue.
Regulations on the protection and sustainable development of aquatic resources, Việt Nam's legitimate rights at sea in accordance with international law and the achievements that the country has carved out to remove the European Union’s “yellow card” will be brought closer to local people.
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