Leaving space for mangroves among the shrimp farms in the Vietnam Mekong Delta has been a win-win for aquaculture and the environment, but farmers say the economic benefits of the model are slowing Under a canopy of mangroves, Tran Van Thac’s black tiger shrimps scuttle about the clean waters of their pond, devouring any organic…
As nearly one million tonnes of aquaculture waste are discarded annually, some firms have begun to seek profitable ways to reclaim the waste and prevent it from posing a risk to the environment. Vinh Hoan Corporation extracts proteins from fish waste for use in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. “Our company isolates collagen and gelatin from fish…
Ba Ria – Vung Tau (VNA) – The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau is carrying out several policies and applying technological advances into production to develop aquaculture sustainably. Nguyen Huu Thi, deputy head of the Fisheries Sub-Department under the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the provincial People’s Committee has…
Vietnam plans to strengthen and expand aquaculture cooperation with Cambodia, and provide the Kingdom with modern technology in a bid to spur development in the sector, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. At a working meeting with agriculture minister Veng Sakhon last week, Vietnamese ambassador Nguyen Huy Tang contended that his country’s…
Vietnam’s top shrimp producer, Minh Phu Seafood, has partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) to implement a project that combines rice and shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta region. The Mekong Delta Integrated Rice and Aquaculture Project is aimed at mitigating climate-change impacts…
The Vietnam Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is encouraging shrimp breeding in mangrove forests as the practice offers sustainable incomes and helps to maintain the province’s forest cover. With a coastline of 65 kilometers, the province has advantages for aquaculture development, but climate change and changes in the aquaculture environment have caused risks of…
The freshwater and marine fish catch in the first quarter of the year was 960,000 tonnes, indicating a drop for all types of fish compared to the same period last year. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ report released on April 5 stated that freshwater fisheries along the Tonle Sap river yielded 1,310 tonnes,…
Vietnam is expected to become one of the world’s top shrimp producers thanks to its positive response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its modern shrimp farming models, according to industry insiders. Robins McIntosh, Executive Vice President of the Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited, the largest integrated producer of aquaculture shrimp in the world, said…
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is taking various steps to develop climate change-resilient aquaculture, setting its sights on expanding the local aquaculture area by 2,500 ha to reach 40,000 ha by 2030. The province also aims to generate around 420 million VND (18,230 USD) in average earnings per ha over the next decade….
The shrimp aquaculture sector has long – and not always unfairly – been associated with the destruction of mangroves in many tropical regions. However, Switzerland-based consultants and seafood traders Blueyou are backing a project which, they claim, can combine shrimp aquaculture with mangrove restoration – improving farmers’ livelihoods while rejuvenating the ecosystem services that mangroves…
During an era when more and more freshwater bodies are being affected by saltwater intrusion, should aquaculture operators consider diversifying into species that have a greater tolerance for saline conditions? The increase in damming of large and important rivers such as the Nile in Africa and the Mekong in Asia have caused increased awareness of…
