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

Published Nov 15, 2022

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On November 12, Mr. Tran Cong Danh, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Kien Giang province, said that through reports of localities with aquaculture, seafood prices including fish prices are inching up, especially coastal saltwater fish. 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.

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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
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