The information was shared by a representative of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) at the conference "Current situation of supply of breeds, feed, and marine farming materials; traceability of product origin and solutions for sustainable development of marine farming in Vietnam".
The program was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper on the morning of November 25 in Khanh Hoa.
China changes lobster purchasing policy
At the conference, Mr. Tran Cong Khoi - Head of Aquatic Breeds and Feed Department, Department of Fisheries said that for lobsters, Vietnam's export turnover in the first 6 months of 2023 reached nearly 130 million USD, 30 times higher than the same period last year.
Due to the high export demand, lobster prices have continuously increased, at times doubling to 1.7 million VND/kg for spiny lobsters and 1.3 million VND/kg for green lobsters...
Currently, lobster seed is heavily dependent on imported shrimp from Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Singapore. In 2022, the number of imported seeds was 81 million; in the first 6 months of 2023, this number was 59 million.
However, the lobster industry is facing some difficulties such as some countries banning exports, so the supply is unstable; in July 2023, the authorities discovered 5 batches of shrimp seeds imported from Malaysia infected with white spot disease caused by virus - WSSV.
Meanwhile, Mr. Phan Quang Minh - Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Health informed about the official announcement from China regarding the purchase of farmed lobsters.
This is an issue of particular concern to many marine farmers in Vietnam, especially in the context that many lobster farms in our country are approaching harvest time.
Mr. Phan Quang Minh said that China's lobster management measures will change in 2023, defining farmed lobsters as originating from F2 breeds.
Need to focus on research and resolution before the request from China
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien mentioned China's upcoming requirements for breeds and suggested that relevant units focus on research and solutions.
Mr. Phung Duc Tien also acknowledged some current problems in marine farming, such as lack of initiative in breeds, fake, poor quality, unknown origin, and smuggled breeds. Regarding food, crabs and fish are still the main ingredients, causing environmental pollution.
In addition, the farming scale is still small and fragmented, without a master plan, which creates difficulties for sea surface transfer. Not to mention, harvesting and processing have not created much added value.
Regarding marine aquaculture, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien emphasized that this is a field with a lot of potential with a sea surface area of over 1 million km2, therefore, the 12th Party Central Committee issued Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW dated October 22, 2018 on the Strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy to 2030.
“In addition, the Prime Minister also issued Decision 1664 setting the target of aquatic product output by 2025 at 800,000 tons, but by the end of 2022, we had achieved 740,000 tons and will soon reach the target of 800,000 tons,” said Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien.
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