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Vietnam: More than 200,000 aquatic breeds are released into the river, all specialties of giant freshwater shrimp

Frozen Common Shrimp & Prawn
Vietnam
Published Apr 3, 2022

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On April 1, the Dong Nai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony to release and regenerate aquatic resources into the Dong Nai River. According to the leader of the Dong Nai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province currently has a system of Dong Nai rivers, La Nga rivers, and Thi Vai rivers with an area of nearly 70,000 hectares of water surface. There are also 18 irrigation reservoirs and over 60 other large and small rivers and canals, which are favorable for aquaculture.

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On April 1, the Dong Nai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony to release and regenerate aquatic resources into the Dong Nai River. According to the leader of Dong Nai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province currently has a system of Dong Nai rivers, La Nga rivers and Thi Vai rivers with an area of nearly 70,000 hectares of water surface. There are also 18 irrigation reservoirs and over 60 other large and small rivers and canals, which are favorable for aquaculture. On the Dong Nai river system, there are about 300 species of fish living in freshwater, brackish water and salt water. Of which, 17 species are listed in the Red Book of Vietnam at different levels of threat and need to be protected. The composition of aquatic species on Dong Nai river is very diverse: fish has 127 species, belonging to 15 ...
Source: Danviet
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