Marine products in Quang Ninh province of Vietnam: Cobia with affordable price

Published 2020년 11월 11일

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Van Don district in Quang Ninh province is known for its cobia fish farming, with about 250 cages currently in use. The fish are raised for 8 months and can weigh between 4-5kg, or 15kg after 18 months. The sea's high salinity makes it suitable for aquaculture. However, the industry has seen a decrease in demand and increased costs, leading to a surplus of about 100 tons of commercial cobia waiting to be sold. The selling price has dropped to 120,000 VND / kg due to the impact of Covid-19. The district is promoting the consumption of aquatic products through a culinary festival and agreements with enterprises to sell aquatic products locally.

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With a large harvest yield, affordable price, people, tourists and traders can easily buy Van Don cobia through Van Hai Aquaculture Cooperative (Cai Rong town), fish farming households. in a cage in Van Don or at Cai Rong market. Cobia farming in cages in Van Don was formed and developed around 2004. At that time, the culture movement developed strongly, with a scale of several hundred households, with about 1,000 cages. However, up to now, due to the demand of the market decreased, the price of seed and the cost of raising increased, the number of cages for raising cobia has decreased. At present, in Van Don district, there are only about 250 cages for raising cobia, belonging to households in Cai Rong town and communes of Thang Loi, Ha Long and Dong Xa. Cobia in Van Don are raised for 8 months on average, can reach 4-5kg / fish, cultured 18 months can reach 15kg / fish. The salinity of Van Don sea area is very suitable for aquaculture of all kinds of aquatic and marine products, ...

Source: Danviet