Safe shrimp production chain for export to be supervised
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has designed a plan to monitor the production chain of safe shrimp for export, aiming to develop shrimp farms to the standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and countries importing the product.
The People’s Committees of major shrimp producing localities have been asked to make plans and allocate capital for the application of measures to prevent shrimp diseases to create low-risk areas and shrimp farms with production chain meeting safety requirements.
Meanwhile, total tiger spawn area was nearly 583,000 hectares, a year on year increase of 0.6%, with a production of over 174,000 tonnes, a fall of 2.5%.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers also reported that as of September 15, Vietnam’s total shrimp export was more than US$2 billion, including US$1.25 billion from whiteleg shrimp, US$641 million from tiger spawn, and more than US$168 million of sea shrimp.