In his opening speech, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau province Chau Cong Bang said that Ca Mau is a province with potential and strength in aquaculture.
"The shrimp industry in Ca Mau has achieved many important results; for many consecutive years, Ca Mau has led in terms of area, output, and export turnover value," said Mr. Bang, adding that in 2023, the province's shrimp output will reach 231,500 tons, the average shrimp yield is estimated at 830.5 kg/ha/year, and the seafood export turnover will reach over 1 billion USD.
Mr. Chau Cong Bang - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau province hopes that the forum will propose a plan and solutions that are synchronous, scientific, breakthrough, effective, and contribute to promoting the Vietnamese shrimp industry in general, and the shrimp industry of Ca Mau province in particular, to develop effectively and sustainably in the coming time. Photo: An An
According to Mr. Bang, in addition to the achieved results, it is also necessary to acknowledge that the shrimp farming situation still faces many difficulties and challenges. Therefore, this forum is an opportunity for functional agencies from the central to local levels, scientists, and businesses to share, exchange, and systematically evaluate the achieved results, as well as recognize the difficulties and limitations that have passed. From there, the forum also proposed synchronous, scientific, breakthrough solutions that are effective, contributing to promoting the Vietnamese shrimp industry in general, and the shrimp industry of Ca Mau province in particular, to develop effectively and sustainably in the coming time.
Many challenges and opportunities for the shrimp industry
At the Forum, the Department of Fisheries said that the shrimp industry has played an important role in exporting Vietnamese seafood to the world over the past two decades. Vietnamese shrimp products are exported to about 100 countries with 5 major markets: Europe, the United States, Japan, China and Korea.
Vietnam has become the world's fourth largest shrimp supplier after Ecuador, India and Indonesia, with an export value accounting for 13-14% of the world's total shrimp export value. Every year, the shrimp industry contributes about 40-45% of the total seafood export value, equivalent to 3.5 to more than 4 billion USD. The shrimp industry is creating jobs for over 3 million workers.
The forum was attended by more than 150 delegates representing leaders of central agencies, scientists from institutes, schools, associations, cooperatives, and specialized units under the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Kien Giang, and Bac Lieu. Photo: An An
By 2023, the brackish water shrimp farming area will reach 737 thousand hectares (the area of black tiger shrimp farming is 622 thousand hectares, white-leg shrimp farming area is about 115 thousand hectares); the output will reach 1.12 million tons, an increase of 5.5% over the same period in 2022 (1.06 million tons), of which the output of black tiger shrimp will reach 274 thousand tons and white-leg shrimp will reach 845 thousand tons. The output of shrimp seed production will reach about 150 billion (white-leg shrimp: 108 billion; black tiger shrimp: 42 billion).
In the first six months of 2024, the brackish water shrimp farming area is estimated at about 665.5 thousand hectares, equal to 101.5% of the same period in 2023 (656 thousand hectares), the brackish water shrimp harvest output is about 432.0 thousand tons, reaching 99.4% compared to the same period in 2023 (434.5 thousand tons), producing 56.9 billion juveniles (excluding nursing), basically meeting the demand for aquaculture nationwide...
Mr. Len Quoc Thanh - Director of the National Agricultural Extension Center chaired the discussion session - Discussing and answering questions raised by delegates, and sharing from a number of businesses, cooperatives, and farming households about seeds, feed, materials, purchasing, and preliminary processing... Photo: An An
The Department of Fisheries also said that in the first six months of 2024, the weather conditions were not favorable for shrimp farming, the hot weather and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta region affected farmed shrimp, many localities had shrimp diseases right from the early stage of stocking (TPD disease such as Ca Mau, Tra Vinh...).
On the other hand, prices of raw materials and input materials for production continue to increase; shrimp exports in the first months of the year show signs of increasing again but are still slow..., consumer demand is recovering and shrimp prices are forecasted to increase in the third quarter of 2024.
According to forecasts, the weather in the last months of 2024 will continue to be complicated and unpredictable, affecting the growth and development of farmed shrimp, with the risk of hidden and unpredictable diseases, and continuing to be a difficult period for the aquaculture industry in general and the shrimp industry in particular.
According to the Department of Fisheries, the weather in the first six months of 2024 was not favorable for shrimp farming, with hot weather and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta region affecting farmed shrimp, with many localities experiencing shrimp diseases right from the early stages of stocking (TPD such as Ca Mau, Tra Vinh...). However, it is forecasted that shrimp prices may increase in the third quarter of 2024. Photo: An An
In addition, shrimp exports also have many opportunities to develop when the US has considered Vietnam as a market economy. In March 2024, the US Department of Commerce announced the lowest anti-subsidy tax rate on Vietnamese shrimp compared to India and Ecuador; China tightened shrimp imports from Ecuador; the US market imported shrimp from Vietnam increased in the first quarter of 2024. With low inventory levels, shrimp consumption demand in the last months of 2024 will increase. Therefore, it is necessary to proactively produce to meet the needs of the consumer market...
Regarding the orientation for sustainable shrimp industry development in the coming time, the Department of Fisheries believes that it is necessary to change the mindset of aquaculture production to the mindset of aquatic economics applied to the development and production of shrimp industry. Focus on improving management and production capacity in a modern direction, applying information technology, digital technology in management, seed production, aquatic materials, and disease prevention.
Therefore, to ensure the plan for the whole year of 2024, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities in new conditions that have emerged since the end of 2023. The Vietnamese shrimp industry needs to continue to synchronously and uniformly deploy from the central to local levels the tasks, goals, and groups of solutions for industry development with the mindset of fisheries economics instead of fisheries production, focusing on solutions such as:
Focus on managing the production of shrimp seeds and feed, reducing intermediate costs, improving the quality of seeds and feed to improve shrimp health, reduce diseases and production costs/prices; regarding brackish water shrimp farming management, it is necessary to monitor weather developments, market demand, promptly advise and direct aquaculture production to achieve the 2024 plan goals...
Improve product quality; cooperate and link production chains to reduce intermediaries, reduce production costs, improve product quality; apply certified farming methods: VietGAP, GlobalGAP, ASC, ... to increase product value. At the same time, strengthen trade promotion for domestic consumption and new markets...
Some sustainable brackish water shrimp farming models adapting to climate change
Besides the difficulties and challenges for the shrimp industry, at the forum, the National Agricultural Extension Center presented a number of models of sustainable brackish water shrimp farming adapted to climate change in the Mekong Delta that have initially brought success.
Specifically: The model of rotational/intercropping in rice fields. This is considered a smart agricultural model suitable for the current climate change conditions in the Mekong Delta.
At the forum, delegates paid special attention to the two-phase super-intensive shrimp farming model in the form of emission reduction and climate change adaptation in a sustainable manner, which is bringing success to farmers in the Mekong Delta. Photo: An An
With the technology of applying 2-3 stages of shrimp farming, using biological products throughout the farming process helps reduce rice fertilizer, increase natural food, and reduce the amount of supplementary food for shrimp.
Accordingly, the results achieved from the model have created fragrant rice and clean shrimp products, reducing production costs in shrimp and rice crops (in a shrimp-rice cultivation cycle) by 10-15%. Economic efficiency increased by 1.3 times or more compared to the traditional rice-only or shrimp-raising model.
In addition, the model of raising black tiger shrimp in mangrove forests adapts to climate change, with the applied technology of raising black tiger shrimp in 2 stages, in stage 1, the shrimp are raised for 20-30 days and then released into the mangrove forests. Periodically adding biological products helps stabilize the environment, increase natural food to help shrimp grow and develop well.
The model of raising black tiger shrimp in mangrove forests adapting to climate change, with the applied technology of raising black tiger shrimp in 2 stages, is evaluated by the National Agricultural Extension Center to bring economic efficiency to farmers. Photo: An An
This model also results in creating quality shrimp products, effectively utilizing mangrove forest areas, and aiming to build a brand for mangrove shrimp products.
In particular, the industrial shrimp farming model adapts to climate change with the Project "Building a 2-phase intensive black tiger shrimp farming model to ensure food safety", according to this technology, shrimp grow and develop well, increase survival rate, and minimize risks. The model does not use drugs and chemicals, applies biotechnology to treat the environment and feed shrimp throughout the farming process.
According to the National Agricultural Extension Center, with this model, the average survival rate in phase I is 81%, phase II is 91%; productivity reaches 4.7 tons/ha; average harvest size is less than 30 fish/kg. The model brings in revenue of 790 million VND/ha/crop for one hectare of farming, profit of 275 million VND/ha/crop and profit margin compared to investment cost of 30%.
In addition, the model also helps raise public awareness of environmental protection in production, especially in the current aquaculture environment...
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