Northern province’s district gains high economic value from fish breeding

Thanks to a large area of tidal flats, Tien Yen district in the northern province of Quang Ninh has great potential in fish breeding and catching. Therefore, the district has actively developed fish breeding, contributing to positively changing the face of rural life in the province.

Shrimp raising in Tien Yen district (Photo: Quang Ninh newspaper)

Of the seafood, shrimp raising takes up the largest area of tidal flats. There are currently 343 families raising shrimp in the district, using an area of 679 hectares in the spring-summer season, with 80.2 million breeding shrimps, mainly sugpo prawns. In 2013, the district is expected to harvest 140 tonnes of shrimp with an estimated value of VND27 billion.

Crabs are also a favourite breeding seafood in the district. Inefficient area for shrimp raising has been re-fitted for crab raising, especially in communes that have a large area of mangrove forests such as Dong Ngu, Dong Hai, Hai Lang and Dong Rui. So far, the area for crab in the district is 19.4 hectares with 0.2 million breeding ones, gaining an expected amount of 10 tonnes of crab.

Besides seafood raising, commercial fishery is also considered an important sector in the district. It has 370 ships operating at sea, harvesting over 2,000 tonnes of fish, shrimp, cuttle-fish, mollusc and others.

In 2014, Tien Yen district will strive to achieve the total fisheries raising productivity of 2,900 tonnes and the production value at VND33.8 billion; and the exploitation productivity of nearly 2,500 tonnes./.