Protecting sustainable fish resources to develop fish sauce production in Vietnam

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien affirmed that, in Vietnam, fish sauce has been a special spice for many generations. Raw materials for fish sauce production are mainly small pelagic fish and field fish (mainly using reishi in the Mekong Delta). In particular, marine fish resources can be obtained from fishing grounds along the coastal provinces from the Gulf of Tonkin, the Central region to the Gulf of Thailand. Sources of field fish such as reishi are concentrated in Dong Thap, Tien Giang, and Long An provinces. However, Vietnam's aquatic resources, including fish for fish sauce production, are showing signs of decline, so the protection and sustainable development of fish raw materials for fish sauce in Vietnam is very urgent. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed the Vietnam Fish Sauce Association, the Vietnam Fisheries Association, the Seafood Research Institute and ...