Aquaculture sector looks to sustainable development
The management capacity of the aquaculture sector needs to be improved for efficient and sustainable development and production, heard a conference in Nha Trang, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on January 11.
Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The management capacity of the aquaculture sector needs to beimproved for efficient and sustainable development and production, heard aconference in Nha Trang, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on January11.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien saidaquaculture has an important role in the national economy as it contributed22.5 percent of the country’s total agriculture-forestry-aquaculture exportvalue in 2018 and is the mean of living of millions of people nationwide.
In 2018, bred and caught aquatic products hit 7.75 million tonnes and they haveso far been sold in 170 countries and territories. Exports reached over 9billion USD, accounting for 23 percent of the agricultural sector’s exportearnings.
Participants sought to form an infrastructure system linked with the supportindustry and logistics services for aquaculture to reduce post-harvest losses.
A developed infrastructurefor the breeding of young shrimp is needed to improve the quality and output ofshrimp, one of the major hard-currency earners of the country, while theecosystem is still protected, they said.
They talked about the application and transfer of technologies in exploitationand breeding to raise production efficiency and adapt to climate change.
Protecting the coastal resources needs to receive due attention, they said.-VNA
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