The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has reported good results for the Vietnamese shrimp sector in 2013.
According to the Directorate of Fisheries, up until November 2013 shrimp farming area nationwide reached 652,612 hectares - equalling 99.2% of the area in the same time of 2012. The figure included 588,894 hectares of black tiger shrimp farming and 63,719 hectares of vannamei farming.
Shrimp output obtained 475,854mt, including 232,853mt of black tiger shrimp and 243,001mt of whiteleg shrimp. Shrimp export revenue is expected to hit US$2.8bn, showing a year-on-year increase of 37% and accounting for 44% of the country’s total seafood exports.
Farmers in Vietnam’s coastal provinces of (from Quang Ninh to Phu Yen) reared brackishwater shrimp on an area of 36,879 hectares, making up 5.7% of Vietnam’s total shrimp farming area and reaped the output of 76,071mt, accounting for 14.1% of total shrimp production.
In term of seed production, there are 1,722 facilities of black tiger shrimp seed and 583 facilities of whiteleg shrimp seed throughout the country, with total production of 68.4 billion shrimp seed - including 21.3 billion of black tiger shrimp and 47.2 billion of whiteleg shrimp.
Provinces from Quang Ninh to Phu Yen have 227 facilities, making up 13.18% of the country’s total number of facilities with production of over 7 billion seed, which count for 4.8% of the country’s total seed production.
