October 21, 2010

Vietnamese aquatic products seen higher by 4.7%

Cities and provinces in Vietnam are estimated to have caught 3.794 million tonnes of aquatic products between January 2010 and September 2010, up 4.7% on-year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said.

According to reports, 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.

Of the volume, more than 2 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 tonnes in the period, thanks to an expansion in the fishing vessel fleet.

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