Vietnam’s southern-most province of Ca Mau hopes to increase seafood exports by 11.8% to $850 million (€647.8 million) next year, local officials have said. To achieve the target, the province will zone 10,000 hectares of land for breeding tiger shrimp by 2015.
In 2011 it will increase the area dedicated to shrimp farming from1,500 hectares to 2,800 hectares.
Ca Mau is home to 34 seafood processing plants with a total capacity of 150,000 tonnes a year, 31 of which specialise in shrimp products.
Most of these factories use modern technologies that match international standards and trade with partners in 40 countries and territories.
While continuing to focus on key products and key markets, the province also hopes to diversify its export markets, products, and trading methods.
Cau Mau’s processing plants' total output this year was 93,000 tonnes, an increase of 10.5% compared with 2009. Shrimp accounted for 83,000 tonnes.
[Source: VNS]
