Vietnam: Specialty fish and seafood in Kien Giang simultaneously increased sharply

Published 2022년 11월 14일

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In 2022, Kien Giang province has seen significant productivity in its agricultural sea-based activities, with fish cages producing approximately 3,535 tons of fish, mollusk farming covering 23,950 hectares and yielding around 74,465 tons of sea mussels and other products, and pearl farming spanning 100 hectares around Phu Quoc island, resulting in an estimated 70,000 commercial pearls. The province also reared around 125,000 hectares of brackish water shrimp and 60,000 hectares of freshwater shrimp. The prices for various seafood such as grouper, cobia, pompano, pomfret, brick crab, meat crab, eels, frogs, and crabs have seen notable increases. Kien Giang is promoting the use of HDPE plastic cages to protect from sea water fluctuations.

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In 2022, Kien Giang fishermen deployed 3,890 fish cages, with an output of about 3,535 tons of fish in cages; mollusk farming 23,950ha, the output is estimated at 74,465 tons of sea mussels, blood cockles, feather cockles, green mussels, silk clams... Pearls in Kien Giang are mainly farmed around Phu Quoc island with an area of about 100 hectares, the output is estimated at 70,000 commercial pearls. Fishermen raising fish in cages in Nam Du commune, Kien Hai district (Kien Giang province) feed grouper. Photo: QUOC BINH Fish in cages are gathered in island communes: Lai Son, An Son and Nam Du (Kien Hai district); Tien Hai (Hai Tac archipelago - Ha Tien city); Ganh Dau, Ham Ninh, An Thoi, Tho Chau (Phu Quoc City) and Son Hai commune (Kien Luong district). The price of grouper in Kien Giang fluctuates around 170,000 VND/kg In Kien Hai island district, the price of grouper (the highest is tiger grouper, then star grouper, black grouper...) fluctuates around 170,000 VND/kg, up about ...

Source: Danviet