Ben Tre will develop 4,000 ha of brackish water shrimp aquaculture area applying high technology by 2025. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Ben Tre (VNA) - The production value of the shrimp industry in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Ben Tre is to surge by an average of 41.1 percent each year to 2025and reach 1 billion USD.
According to a plan to develop the sector, issued recently by the provincialPeople’s Committee, the locality will develop 4,000 ha of brackish watershrimp aquaculture area applying high technology by 2025, to promote the sustainabledevelopment of the fisheries economy in particular and the coastal province’ssocio-economic development in general.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Ngoc Tam said Ben Tre aims to modernise its industrialisation-oriented marine shrimp farming sector and turn itinto a large commodity production sector with high levels of competitiveness,productivity, and quality, thus creating breakthroughs in the stable andsustainable development of the fisheries economy and, most importantly,contributing to the province’s GDP growth.
To that end, local authorities have implemented solutions such as re-organisingproduction, improving the quality of young marine shrimp, prompting the researchand application of science and technology in production, developinginfrastructure, managing the environment, and developing shrimp processingactivities.
Attention will be paid to developing concentrated and large raw materialproduction areas and expanding effective aquaculture models to help localfarmers improve their earnings.
According to the Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agricultureand Rural Development Nguyen Van Buoi, Ben Tre currently has nearly 1,700 ha of brackish water aquaculture areas applying hightechnology, with an annual average yield of36 tonnes per ha and profit of 2.1-2.4 billion VND (91,400-104,560 USD) per haper year.
Brackish water shrimp farming has been developing strongly in BenTre, especially intensive and semi-intensive shrimp cultivation.
According to the department, as of 2020, the locality had exploited 45,747 ha ofaquaculture area out of 50,000 ha of potential aquaculture area, including 36,000ha of intensive and semi-intensive marine shrimp farming areas, with total productionreaching some 70,000 tonnes.
Infrastructure in the province’s aquaculture areas has been gradually improved,especially road and irrigation networks, basically meeting current demand./.
VNA
