Shrimp exports contribute the most to the total national seafood export value, with a growth rate of 21 percent to 3.8 billion USD in export value for 2017. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –The Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development has asked People’s Committees of cities andprovinces with large areas of shrimp farms to employ different solutions inorder to reach targets set in the national action plan for the development ofthe shrimp industry through 2025.
The localities should push the building andissuance of policies to attract investments in the local shrimp sector, and takemeasures to encourage effective models of production connectivity andcooperatives in the sector, the ministry said.
Besides, the ministry urged the localitiesto allocate sufficient resources to implement projects within the nationalaction plan, while paying attention to environmental forecast, diseaseprevention, especially in centralised shrimp farming areas, and the provisionof market and disease information for shrimp breeders.
Apart from closely monitoring quality andfood safety of shrimp products, the localities need to build and update databaseson both domestic and foreign markets and inform relevant agencies, businessesand farmers about the updates.
The ministry also highlighted the building,protection and development of Vietnamese shrimp brands, along with the controlof the use of drugs and chemicals in shrimp breeding.
The localities should roll out policiesencouraging shrimp farms to follow certified standards and applyinformation-technology in shrimp production, the ministry said.
Under the national action plan, totalexport revenue of Vietnamese shrimp products is expected to hit 10 billion USDby 2025 and accumulated brackish water shrimp farming area is set at 750,000 hawhile total shrimp output is over 1.15 million tonnes.
According to the action plan, the domesticshrimp industry is expected to gain 5.5 billion USD in export value and recordan annual average growth of 10.79 percent in 2017-20, including 4.5 billion USDfrom brackish water shrimp exports.
The total area rearing brackish water shrimp is estimated to reach 710,000ha,with total output of 850,000 tonnes of shrimp during 2017-20, and expand to750,000ha and 1.1 million tonnes of output in the period from 2020-25.
Meanwhile during the period of 2017-20, the industry will have a total area of30,000ha rearing giant freshwater prawn with total output of 30,000 tonnes andone million cubic metres of cage rearing lobster with total output of 2,500tonnes.
In 2021-25, a hi-tech shrimp industry and large-scale eco-shrimp farming areawill be developed. Infrastructure and technical services will be invested in asynchronous, efficient and sustainable manner. The shrimp industry expects toreach 10 billion USD in export value and an average growth of 12-14 percent peryear.
The Vietnam Association of SeafoodExporters and Producers (VASEP) said shrimp exports contributed the most to thetotal national seafood export value, with a growth rate of 21 percent to 3.8billion USD in export value for 2017. -VNA
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