Aquaculture harvests reached 77,320 MT, up 7.73 per cent year on year, reports VASEP.
The aquaculture production in the area is currently heading towards more sustainable production, better food safety, environmental sanitation and high quality products in order to meet the domestic and export demands as well as to improve efficiency.
The province has 53 hectares of fish farming fulfilling Global GAP, ASC, BMP, GAP and other standards. Most of these farms grow pangasius.
The province plans to expand the total fish farming areas with these standards to 127 hectares, consisting of one hectare with VietGAP standards, 25 hectares meeting GlobalGAP, 34 hectares fulfilling BMP and 67 hectares certified by ASC.
