After a long hiatus, over the closing days of lunar 2021, Hon Ro Port in Nha Trang city, in south-central coastal Khanh Hoa province, has welcomed tuna fishing vessels from many different localities. All of the fishermen are happy, as prices are higher than before the fourth COVID-19 outbreak occurred.
Tuna-fishing boats in the central province of Khanh Hoa are busy with the ongoing season, as a vessel can earn nearly 100 million VND (4,300 USD) per trip, Dan Viet online newspaper reports.
Expanding international cooperation will be a key to helping the Vietnamese tuna sector to create its brand in the global market, according to insiders.
A ceremony was held on December 21 at Tam Quan fishing port in Hoai Nhon district in the south central province of Binh Dinh to announce the “Binh Dinh tuna brand”.
Total fishing output in the first five months of the year increased 2.4 percent year-on-year to 1.3 million tonnes due to favourable weather conditions, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Vietnam’s fishery output in the first half of this year reached 1.6 million tonnes, up 4.8 percent against the same period last year and fulfilling 54.8 percent of the yearly target.
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).
Since the beginning of the year, fishermen in the central coastal province of Phu Yen have brought onshore over 540 tonnes of tuna. The volume represented a decrease of 27 percent year-on-year.
With Japanese support in technology transfer, fishermen in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh have brought onshore 2,477 tuna fish, weighing 101 tonnes, in their most recent catch.
Thailand and Taiwan have agreed to jointly enforce laws related to tuna fishing, in a bid to remove the European Union's yellow card for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Fishermen in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh were introduced to advanced machinery and techniques that can increase tuna productivity during a field trip to the sea with Japanese experts.
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