October 4, 2010

Vietnam's January-September aquatic output up 4.7%

According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam cities and provinces are estimated to have caught 3.794 million tonnes of aquatic products between January and September, up 4.7% on-year.

The total volume included 2.87 million tonnes of fish, up 4.5%, and 412,000 tonnes shrimp, up 6.4% from the same period of last year, the office added.

Of the volume, more than two million tonnes were caught from ponds, up 4.7% on-year, including 1.526 million tonnes of tra fish, and 320,000 tonnes of shrimp, up 4.5% and 6.8% on-year, respectively.

Meanwhile, aquatic output caught from the sea grew 4.7% on-year to 1.78 million in the period, as brought by a fishing vessel fleet expansion.

The office said Vietnam had nearly 130,000 fishing vessels by late September, up 1.6% on-year.