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Aquaculture in Viet Nam:a focuss on key farmed species

Viet Nam teamNguyen Thanh Phuong

(Can Tho University)

SEAT project, Bangkok , Thailand, Jan. 14-17, 2010

Content

• Aquaculture in Viet Nam

• About our university and team

Key numbers of Mekong Delta

•Natural surface: 39,554 km2 (12% of the country)

•Population (2005): • 18 mil. (21% of VN)• Rural pop.: 80%

•Pop. density: 427 inhab./km2

•Pop. growth: 1.00% per annum

•Production:– Agriculture: 36% of VN– Rice: 51% of VN– Fisheries: 60% of VN


• Total production of aquaculture & fisheries (A&F) (2008): 4.6 mil. tons

• Value of export (2008): US$ 4.50 bil.

• A&F sector contributed 4% of total GDP, or 18% of agricultural GDP.

• A&F is the 4th biggest national export (after crude oil, garment and foot wear).

• Vietnam is now ranked as top ten seafood exporters in the world.

• A&F sector accounted for 7.2% of total national export values with 70 types of product sold to 160 countries.

• Labor forces: jobs for >4 mil. people

The importance of aquaculture & fisheries sector

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• Value: 4.5 Bill.USD

DATA in 2008 Data %

Catfish Volume (t) 640,829 52

Value (USD 1 mil.) 1,453 32

Shrimp Volume (t) 191,550 15

Value (USD 1 mil.) 1,625 36

FW prawn Volume (t) 1414 0.11

Value (USD 1 mil.) 11.227 0.25

Tilapia Volume (t) 480 0.04

Value (USD 1 mil.) 1.258 0.03

Source: VASEP, 2009

Export of 4 key species in 2008

Trend of export markets

• Japan and US market shares have tended to reduce recently.

• EU and other market shares have been increasing (e.g. Russian, Korea, Ukraine, China, ASEAN …) Source: VASEP, 2008

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Export value 6 87 82 229 328 737 979 1453.09

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Aquaculture production/areas

Vietnam Mekong Delta

In 2000:

Areas (ha) 642,000 445,300 (70%)

Production (tons) 589,000 365,000 (62%)

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Areas (ha) 1,053,000 752,000 (72%)

Production (tons) 2,465,000 1,838,000 (75%)

Aquaculture in the MRD plays key role in national aquaculture sector

Mekong Delta MapSource: VIFEP,

2008 & 2009


Shrimp production in the Mekong delta (2008)

in 2008: Vietnam MKD

Area (ha) 623,790 584,000 94%

Production (tons) 309,015 293,829 95%Type of shrimp farming:

• Improved extensive farming: (3-6 PL/m2, 350-700 kg/ha).

• Semi-intensive farming: (10-15 PL/m2, 1.5-2.5 tons/ha).

• Intensive farming: (20-40 PL/m2, 5-9 tons/ha).

Constraints:

• Poor pond design and construction.

• Lack of good broodstock sources, and quality of seed.

• Outbreak of diseases caused by viral and bacterial pathogens.

• Contradiction between farmers and processors.

• Food safety.

Source: VIFEP, 2008 & 2009


STATUS OF AQUACUTURE IN THE MEKONG DELTA IN 2008

Catfish area

P. Monodon

P. Vannamei

Mollusk area

Freshwater prawn

Other species area

Status of shrimp farming

in 2008

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Catfish production in the Mekong delta (2008)

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Source: VIFEP, 2008 & 2009

In 2008: the MRD shared 95% and

98% of total national culture area and

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MK_area 2,123 2,317 2,413 2,792 3,325 4,913 3,653 5,430 5,350

MK_production 93 102 151 197 270 415 410 684 1200

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• Pond culture: Stocking density: 20-40 fish/m2

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Constraints:• Reduction of seed quality.

• Diseases (especiall bacterial diseases)

• Potentially Localized pollution of water environment

• Contradiction between farmers and processors.

• Drugs/chemical uses and food safety.

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STATUS OF AQUACUTURE IN THE MEKONG DELTA IN 2008

Catfish area

P. Monodon

P. Vannamei

Mollusk area

Freshwater prawn

Other species area


In 2008 Vietnam MKD

Area (ha) 22,310 10,129 45%

Production (tons) 54,487 34,962 58%

Type of Tilapia farming:

Constraints:

• Lack of good quality seeds.

• Limited in market/or export.

Cage culture:

• Cultured species are Oreochromis niloticus and Oreochromis sp (Red Tilapia).

• Yield varied from 30-90 kg/m3/crop

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Export volume 1,041.00 869.00 812.00 412.00 480.00

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STATUS OF AQUACUTURE

IN THE MEKONG DELTA IN 2008

Status of tilapia farming

in 2008

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Export market structure in 2005

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2007 2008Export:Volume (t) 311 1,414Value (mil. USD) 2.2 11.2Main market: JapanProduction:Area (ha) 9,350Production (t) 8,369Mekong Delta:Area (ha) 7,512Production (t) 8,100

FW prawn production and export


Type of prawn farming:

Rice-cum prawn/improved extensive:

• Cultured density: 1-3 PL./ m2

• Yield: 150 - 380 kg/ha/5 months

Rice-prawn alternative

• Stocking density: 5-10 PL/ m2

• Yield: 750- 1,500 kg/ha/6-7 months

Semi-intensive culture

• Stocking density: 10-15 PL15/m2

• Yield: 1.0-2.0 tons/ha/crop

Prawn production and export

Constraints:

• No enough good quality seed supply

• Viral and bacteria.

• Limited in local and export market

Fishery Productd Processing (FPS):

• FPP has been growing in both totaloutput and technologies, with thediversification of products and greatattention to value-added products.

• In 2008, VN had 470 fishery productsprocessing plants, in which 269 plantswere qualified to export to the EU.

• Many of the larger plants have acquiredthe food safety certifications of theirmajor trading partners (i.e GAP, BAP,SQF...), and 370 companies have beenapplied product quality controls likeHACCP, GMP and SSOP.

• Up to 2008, Vietnam fishery products aresold to 160 countries in the world.

Headless shell on shrimp Breaded fried shrimp

Catfish filletBreaded Catfish

Supply chain of Pangas catfish in the Mekong Delta

Marketing channels of shrimp production in the Mekong Delta (from 80 surveyed farms, 20 traders and 20 processors in 2005 –NACA, 2006)

Key information of CU

Located in the centre of the Mekong Delta, Southern part of Viet Nam.

Founded in 1966 (44 year-old)

Public and multidisciplinary university

Largest university in the Mekong delta (out of 11 universities)

Staffing: 1,900; of which 930 are instructors.

CT and project team

• 11 colleges/schools College of Natural Science

School of Education

College of Agriculture & Applied Biology

College of Technology

College of Information Technology

School of Economics & Business Administration

School of Law

College of Aquaculture and Fisheries School of Marxism-Leninism & HoChiMinh’s thought

College of Env. and Natural Resource Mgt.

College of Social Science and Humanity

2 research institutes, 2 centers and 10 supportive units.

CTU’s organization


The College of Aquaculture & Fisheries

Team The establishment of the College:– 1976: Aquaculture program– 1978: Faculty of Fisheries– 1996: Three depts. of College of Agriculture– 2002: College of Aquaculture & Fisheries

The organization• Dept. of Freshwater Aquaculture• Dept. of Applied hydro-biology• Dept. of Freshwater Aquaculture• Dept. of Marine Aquaculture• Dept. of Aquatic Biology &Pathology• Dept. of Aquatic Nutrition & Products Processing• Dept. of Fisheries Management & Economics


The College of Aquaculture & Fisheries

Teams couldbe be involved in SEAT activities:

– Aquaculture technologies– Fisheries management– Environmental studies– Social-economics of A&F– Food safety

• 1 Ph.D student

at Stirling Uni.

Thank you

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