Shrimp

Hundreds of farming households in An Biên District of the southern Kiên Giang Province failed to reap any rice this year due to saline water encroaching into their fields.— Photo tuoitre.vn KIÊN GIANG — Hundreds of farming households in An Biên District of the southern Kiên Giang Province failed to reap any rice this year due to saline water encroaching into their fields. However, the saline intrusion is not the consequence of weather patterns or climate change, but rather the result of local shrimp farmers pumping saltwater into their ponds, affecting nearby rice paddy fields. In Đông Thái Commune’s rice paddy fields, which have summer-fall rice crops, there are no green plants – only withering ones. Lâm Hoàng Hai, a local, said he could not cultivate this year because the water in the fields reached saline levels of 10 to 12 per cent. The rice plants die when the salt level in the water reaches 4 to 5 per cent. Other farmers also lost everything and said they felt … [Read more...] about Shrimp farms wipe out An Biên rice fields

A prawn farmer in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Phong Viet Nam News KIÊN GIANG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has set itself a target of producing 63,000 tonnes of prawn and shrimp on brackish-water farms this year. It includes 16,240 tonnes from industrial and semi-industrial farming, 40,838 tonnes from shrimp-rice farming and 5,922 tonnes from improved-extensive farming. Three main varieties are farmed: black-tiger shrimp, white-legged shrimp and blue-clawed prawn. Nguyễn Văn Tâm, director of the province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the department has directed local authorities to monitor shrimp farming to ensure shrimp diseases remain under control. Relevant agencies and local authorities should closely follow the environmental situation to take proactive measures in case of saline intrusion during the ongoing dry season, he said. The province should speed up agricultural expansion, … [Read more...] about Kiên Giang to boost shrimp production in 2017

Đặng Thanh Tân has been successful with his high-tech shrimp breeding model. — VNA/VNS Photo Thùy Dung Viet Nam News NINH BÌNH — More than two years ago, Đặng Thanh Tân, a farmer in Bình Minh Town, northern Ninh Bình Province decided to switch from breeding shrimp in traditional ponds to high-tech farming. Over the course of the same breeding period, the new technique brings about higher shrimp productivity and quality than the traditional method. By the end of 2015, after studying shrimp breeding models nationwide, Tan decided to renovate his farm by building a green house and spreading out a layer of canvas at the bottom of the pond. Tân said that the high-tech shrimp farming model requires breeders to build a pond with an appropriate area (2ha), as well as additional ponds assisting the main one. Several years ago, the shrimp he raised in the traditional pond yielded low productivity as the shrimps were affected by unfavourable weather conditions and … [Read more...] about High-tech shrimp breeding brings higher profits

Farmers in Kiên Giang Province’s Vĩnh Thuận District harvest black tiger shrimp. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Sen Viet Nam News HCM CITY — As profits rise from shrimp-rice rotation models, Kiên Giang Province’s Vĩnh Thuận District plans to expand the cultivation area to a total of 10,000ha. Under the highly profitable model, farmers use the same field to grow blue-legged prawns and white-legged shrimp in the dry season, while rice is cultivated in the rainy season. Phạm Văn Hậu, vice chairman of the Vĩnh Thuận District People’s Committee, said that breeding prawns lasts for six months and shrimp three months. With such a schedule, farmers can harvest three crustacean crops and one rice crop a year. The model provides an average profit of about VNĐ300 million (US$13,200) per ha per year, he said. The district plans to expand the model in Vĩnh Bình Nam, Vĩnh Bình Bắc and Bình Minh communes, which are located along the Cái Lớn River, and in Tân Thuận Commune. The shrimp bred … [Read more...] about Delta district expands shrimp-rice farms

Shrimp breeding ponds in Hàm Rồng Commune of Cà Mâu Province’s Năm Căn District. VNS File Photo. Viet Nam News HCM CITY —  Owners of shrimp-breeding ponds pay VNĐ50-200 million for electricity per hectare per crop, accounting for 10 per cent of their total cost of aquaculture production. Experts said using clean renewable energy could help the aquaculture sector in Việt Nam sustainably develop while at the same time protecting the environment. It could help ease the pressure on the national power grid and reduce CO2 emissions into the environment. According to the Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC), the demand for electricity from the aquaculture industry rose from 7,780MW in 2015 to 9,529MW last year but it had difficulty meeting it. Lack of long-term plans for shrimp and fish breeding sectors and coordination mechanisms between electric power suppliers and environment management agencies has also hindered EVNSPC’s power supply to the aquaculture production. … [Read more...] about Renewables make up electricity shortage in shrimp farming

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu harvest shrimp. - VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sử Viet Nam News HCM CITY – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has ordered provinces and cities to focus on ensuring farmers raise shrimp using proper breeding processes and advanced techniques. Speaking at a seminar held in Bạc Liêu Province on Sunday on measures to develop the shrimp sector sustainably, he urged provinces and cities to set up sustainable shrimp farming areas and ensure co-operation between farmers and processors and others in the production chain. Farmers raise brackish shrimp on 637,000ha, slightly up from last year, including 582,000ha of black tiger shrimp and 54,500ha of white-legged shrimp, according to the Directorate of Fisheries. In the first five months of this year a total of 200,000 tonnes of shrimp were harvested, an increase of 11.1 per cent year-on-year. White-legged shrimp accounted for the increase in both area … [Read more...] about Seminar considers measures for development of shrimp farming

Farmers breed shrimp using advanced farming techniques in Kiên Giang Province. – VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sử Viet Nam News HCM CITY – The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has 2,000ha of industrial and semi-industrial shrimp farming models, or 79 per cent of its target for the year. Kiên Giang, one of the largest shrimp producers in the delta, has harvested around 10,000 tonnes of the crustaceans on these farms, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The farms are mostly situated in Hòn Đất, Kiên Lương, Giang Thành, and U Minh Thượng districts and Hà Tiên Town. Super-intensive shrimp farming, also popular, is a model in which the density of the creatures could be up to 250 per square metre compared to 50 in traditional models. Ponds are covered with anti-sunshine nets and their beds with plastic sheets, and equipped with fans on the surface and pumps on the beds to oxygenate the ponds. Super-intensive farming offers high yields and … [Read more...] about Kiên Giang has ambitious plans for industrial shrimp farming

Trà Vinh Province has approved a plan to protect shrimp from disease. VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News TRÀ VINH— The People’s Committee of Trà Vinh Province in the Mekong Delta has approved a plan to invest VNĐ2.3 billion (US$98,669) to protect intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farms from disease in Cầu Ngang, Duyên Hải, Trà Cú and Châu Thành districts. The province will take samples of shrimp, water and mud before and during the shrimp season, and then take measures to reduce disease to meet requirements of importing countries. The plan will contribute to the development of the province’s shrimp farms and expand the shrimp export market. By 2020, the province expects to have 26,170 hectare of shrimp farming area and shrimp output of 70,600 tonne per year. This season, the province has 20,000ha of tiger prawns and 5,000 ha of white-legged shrimp. The output of the province has reached 15,600 tonnes of tiger prawns and 24,000 tonnes of white-legged shrimp. In addition, … [Read more...] about Trà Vinh takes measures to protect shrimp from disease

The yield of shrimp under Cà Mau Province’s shrimp–rice farming model has increased year by year.– Photo baocamau.com.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY – The shrimp-rice farming model in Cà Mau Province, the largest shrimp producer in the Mekong Delta, has offered a stable income for farmers. Both rice and shrimp produced under the model are “clean” as farmers use less chemicals to grow rice and the shrimp eat natural food in the fields. Farmers in the province rotate the breeding of black-tiger shrimp during the dry season and rice cultivation on the same fields during the rainy season. They also intercrop the breeding of giant blue-legged prawns with cultivation of rice on their fields. The province has more than 51,500ha of shrimp-rice farms, accounting for nearly 18 per cent of its brackish-shrimp breeding areas. They are located mostly in Thới Bình, U Minh, Trần Văn Thời and Cái Nước districts and Cà Mau City. “Shrimp-rice farming has provided stable, sustainable … [Read more...] about Farmers see higher profits from sustainable shrimp–rice farming model

Ninh Thuận Province has received a Certificate of Trademark for their shrimp. — VNS/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thành Viet Nam News NINH THUẬN — Shrimp products from the south central province of Ninh Thuận Province on Wednesday received a Certificate of Trademark from the Intellectual Property Department. The certificate covers tiger prawns species PL 15 and white-legged shrimp species PL 12, both of which are produced in the province. The certified trademark includes an image of a blue shrimp inside a white circle with the words “Ninh Thuận’s Shrimp”. The certificate will be valid for 10 years, while the holder will be Ninh Thuận’s Department of Fisheries. The trademark is expected to enhance the reputation of Ninh Thuận Province’s shrimp in the market and help fight against the production of poor quality shrimp. Businesses that use the trademark must ensure that their shrimp has clear origin, good quality, is protected by disease, is biologically safe and has had no … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuận shrimp products awarded trademark