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Fishery output exceeds 1 million tonnes in four months

Vietnam’s fishery output in the first four months of this year exceeded 1 million tonnes, up 5.7 percent year-on-year thanks to favourable weather, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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Hanoi(VNA) – Vietnam’s fishery output in the first four months of this year exceeded1 million tonnes, up 5.7 percent year-on-year thanks to favourable weather,according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Of the total, theoffshore catch’s output was 959,700 tonnes, a rise of 6 percent compared to thesame period last year, while the output caught in inland rivers and lakes was46,000 tonnes, a fall of 0.6 percent.

The MARD attributedthe results to high seafood reserves, along with stable prices, smooth distributionand support policies employed by coastal localities.

The threesouth central provinces specialising in tuna fishing – Phu Yen, Binh Dinh andKhanh Hoa - caught 8,545 tonnes of tuna, up 6.4 percent year on year. Tunaprices at ports range between 90,000 VND and 115,000 VND per kilo.

According tothe ministry, the aquaculture output in the first four months of 2017 reached865,000 tonnes, up 2.1 percent year on year, including 335,300 tonnes of trafish raised in the Mekong Delta region. At the same time, tra fish price is increasingdue to high demand.

Meanwhile, brackishtiger prawn production in Mekong Delta localities was estimated at 55,600tonnes, up 3.4 percent year on year, along with 32,400 tonnes of white-legshrimps.-VNA  
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