Tran Dinh Luan, deputy head of the Directorate of Fisheries, said that such breeds were needed to meet breeding requirements.
Luan said that tracing the origin of bred fish was also important as tra fish, a freshwater fish bred in the delta, is one of the country’s top seafood exports, following shrimp.
The country exported 1.8 billion USD of tra fish in the first 10 months of the year, an increase of 24 percent year-on-year, with more than 2 billion USD expected by the end of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
China, the US and the EU are the country’s three largest tra fish importers.
Tra fish breeders in the delta, the country’s largest tra fish producer, have farmed 4,472ha of tra fish as of the end of September, up 10 percent against the same period last year.
In the delta, tra fish breeders have applied advanced farming techniques to improve yield and quality.
Many tra fish breeders in the delta have applied VietGAP or GlobalGAP standards.
To ensure traceability, Delta provinces and Can Tho City that breed tra fish have been granted identification numbers for tra fish ponds that meet required conditions.
Dong Thap province has granted identification numbers for 349 tra fish breeders who had raised a total of 1,500ha as of July.
Many provinces in the delta have been breeding more tra fish since the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development released an instruction to increase production of tra fish in the remaining months of the year.
Dong Van Lam, chairman of the Tra Vinh province People’s Committee, said the province plans to develop tra fish farming areas to 470ha in 2020 and 580ha in 2025.
It will also spend about 4.6 trillion VND (194 million USD) to build infrastructure for breeding, processing and sale of tra fish.
The province, in cooperation with research institutes and universities, is using high-tech methods to produce tra fish seeds and raise tra fish.
The province has 52ha devoted to raising tra fish, down by 50 percent against 2016.
The export turnover of tra fish is forecast to hit 2.1 billion USD in 2018, up 22 percent from 2017, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
VNA
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.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, in January 2024, Vietnamese pangasius exports to Germany decreased by 30% compared to last year and reached only nearly 2 million USD.
VASEP - HIỆP HỘI CHẾ BIẾN VÀ XUẤT KHẨU THỦY SẢN VIỆT NAM
Chịu trách nhiệm: Ông Nguyễn Hoài Nam - Phó Tổng thư ký Hiệp hội
Đơn vị vận hành trang tin điện tử: Trung tâm VASEP.PRO
Trưởng Ban Biên tập: Bà Phùng Thị Kim Thu
Giấy phép hoạt động Trang thông tin điện tử tổng hợp số 138/GP-TTĐT, ngày 01/10/2013 của Bộ Thông tin và Truyền thông
Tel: (+84 24) 3.7715055 – (ext.203); email: kimthu@vasep.com.vn
Trụ sở: Số 7 đường Nguyễn Quý Cảnh, Phường An Phú, Quận 2, Tp.Hồ Chí Minh
Tel: (+84) 28.628.10430 - Fax: (+84) 28.628.10437 - Email: vasephcm@vasep.com.vn
VPĐD: số 10, Nguyễn Công Hoan, Ngọc Khánh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Tel: (+84 24) 3.7715055 - Fax: (+84 24) 37715084 - Email: vasephn@vasep.com.vn