Processing tra fish for export (Photo: VNA) According to Tran Dinh Luan, General Director of the Department of Fisheries under the Ministryof Agriculture and Rural Development, the total aquaculture output is expected to reach approximately 9.22 million tonnes next year.
Apart from strengthening business connections with the seafoodvalue chain, addressing market challenges for key products, the sector ispersistently reducing fishing activities, increasing aquaculture, anddeveloping maritime economy in a sustainable direction in adaptation to climatechange and improving competitiveness for seafood products, Luan said.
Participants at the meeting (Photo: VNA) Meanwhile, this year's aquaculture export revenue was estimated at 9.2 billion USD, equivalent to 92% of the set target.
The shrimp sector is the largest contributor to the totalexport turnover with about 3.45 billion USD, followed by tra fish (1.9 billionUSD), mollusks (0.8 billion USD), and tuna (0.9 billion USD).
Duong Long Tri, vice secretary of the Vietnam Fisheries Association, stressed the need to increase aquaculture outputand reduce fishing one, and to have appropriate processing and processingsolutions to increase the value of key products, thus promoting exportturnover.
Regarding fisheries management, participants said it is necessary to perfect electronic logbook softwareserving traceability of fisheries sources, and strengthen inspection andsupervision of the implementation of regulations on fisheries management inlocalities.
Digitising data is a crucial foundation for transparently managingand operating the fisheries industry, they stressed./.
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