The 24th annual meeting of the Governing Council of the Network ofAquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) opened in the Mekong Deltacity of Can Tho on February 25 with the aim of promoting sustainableaquaculture.
Comprising 18 member countries, NACA isan intergovernmental organisation that seeks to improve rural income,increase food production and foreign exchange earnings and to diversifyfarm production. The ultimate beneficiaries of NACA activities arefarmers and rural communities.
The organisation is conducting development assistance projects throughout the region whileproviding support for institutional strengthening, technical exchangeand the development of policies for sustainable aquaculture and aquaticresource management.
Addressing the event, Vietnam’sDeputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tamhighlighted important achievement of the aquaculture sector of Vietnamover the past years.
Notably, the sector produced 2.3million tonnes of aquatic products in 2012, including 500,000 tonnes ofshrimp and 1.19 million tonnes of tra fish, accounting for 55 percentof the country’s total aquatic output, up 6.8 percent over the previousyear.
The result brought the country to the thirdposition in Asia-Pacific in terms of farmed aquatic production and oneof the world’s 10 largest exporters in the field, he said. Vietnam hasalso applied updated technology and standards for its aquatic products,he added.
Asia-Pacific is playing an increasinglyimportant role in the world’s fishery sector. During the last decade,aquatic production in the region surged by an average 11.4 percent from2006-2010. Its demands for aquatic products are also huge at 29kilogramme per head each year. The region is estimated to consume 30-40million tonnes of fish per year by 2050.-VNA
Comprising 18 member countries, NACA isan intergovernmental organisation that seeks to improve rural income,increase food production and foreign exchange earnings and to diversifyfarm production. The ultimate beneficiaries of NACA activities arefarmers and rural communities.
The organisation is conducting development assistance projects throughout the region whileproviding support for institutional strengthening, technical exchangeand the development of policies for sustainable aquaculture and aquaticresource management.
Addressing the event, Vietnam’sDeputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tamhighlighted important achievement of the aquaculture sector of Vietnamover the past years.
Notably, the sector produced 2.3million tonnes of aquatic products in 2012, including 500,000 tonnes ofshrimp and 1.19 million tonnes of tra fish, accounting for 55 percentof the country’s total aquatic output, up 6.8 percent over the previousyear.
The result brought the country to the thirdposition in Asia-Pacific in terms of farmed aquatic production and oneof the world’s 10 largest exporters in the field, he said. Vietnam hasalso applied updated technology and standards for its aquatic products,he added.
Asia-Pacific is playing an increasinglyimportant role in the world’s fishery sector. During the last decade,aquatic production in the region surged by an average 11.4 percent from2006-2010. Its demands for aquatic products are also huge at 29kilogramme per head each year. The region is estimated to consume 30-40million tonnes of fish per year by 2050.-VNA
