Vietnam expects to achieve 6 percent growth in aquaculture and 9 billion USD from aquatic product exports by 2020 (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam expects to achieve 6 percent growth in aquacultureand 9 billion USD from aquatic product exports by 2020.
The goals were set in the targeted programmeon sustainable fishery development for the 2016-2020 period recently approvedby Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The programme prioritises aquaculture development through enhancing researchcapacity and modernising breeding production system with a focus placed on keystaples like tra fish, shrimps, molluscs, tilapia fish and clam.
The Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) will be applied in key seafood farmingareas which have comprehensive infrastructure in the Mekong Delta, Red RiverDelta and central coastal localities. The move aims to ensure that all farmingzones will meet advanced standards on quality and food safety and hygiene.
Infrastructures for the zones must suit socio-economic and environmentalconditions in coastal areas and three monitoring centres will be built to overseethe environment’s quality and warn aquatic diseases.
Regarding aquatic product processing and trade development, the fishery sector willprioritise products with high added value, branches out trade marks for shrimps,tra fish, molluscs, tilapia fish and tuna.
It will recover and develop traditionalaquatic processing villages, control quality of processed products to meetdemands of both domestic and foreign markets as well as address trade barriers.
The targeted programme also sets the protection of aquatic resources as a keymission for the fishery sector.-VNA
The goals were set in the targeted programmeon sustainable fishery development for the 2016-2020 period recently approvedby Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The programme prioritises aquaculture development through enhancing researchcapacity and modernising breeding production system with a focus placed on keystaples like tra fish, shrimps, molluscs, tilapia fish and clam.
The Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) will be applied in key seafood farmingareas which have comprehensive infrastructure in the Mekong Delta, Red RiverDelta and central coastal localities. The move aims to ensure that all farmingzones will meet advanced standards on quality and food safety and hygiene.
Infrastructures for the zones must suit socio-economic and environmentalconditions in coastal areas and three monitoring centres will be built to overseethe environment’s quality and warn aquatic diseases.
Regarding aquatic product processing and trade development, the fishery sector willprioritise products with high added value, branches out trade marks for shrimps,tra fish, molluscs, tilapia fish and tuna.
It will recover and develop traditionalaquatic processing villages, control quality of processed products to meetdemands of both domestic and foreign markets as well as address trade barriers.
The targeted programme also sets the protection of aquatic resources as a keymission for the fishery sector.-VNA
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