May 12
Sai Gon-Mekong Fishery Company (SAMEFICO) has been granted GlobalGAP certificate for two pangasius hatcheries, helping to develop the firm’s completed fish production chain from “farm to table”.
The two farms are located in Cang Long district and Chau Thanh district in Tra Vinh province. These are also the first GlobalGAP-certified pangasius hatcheries in Tra Vinh province. GlobalGAP certificate granted to two other pangasius hatcheries in Mekong region.
May 07
IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, SNV and seven seafood companies launched the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Accelerator on Wednesday. The Accelerator will help pangasius farmers reach ASC standards for responsible fish farming and will help create a viable pangasius industry in Vietnam with better access to European and North American markets, said ASC officials.
The Accelerator will help farmers prepare plans related to ASC certification and will share the costs of technical assistance, among other things. The public-private tool was created by IDH, SNV and pangasius traders Binca, DKSH, FEMEG, Mayonna, Nordic Seafood, Queens and Seafood Connection, in connection with World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
May 07
Baria-Vungtau Seafood Processing and Im-Ex Joint Stock Company (Baseafood) has announced its project on a new workshop for fish processing in Loc An fishing port (Dat Do district). The project costs some VND12 billion.
The Baria-Vungtau-based firm also approved the plan to issue more shares to rise its charter capital in 2012 to VND8 billion. The aim is to set off the working capital and buy shares of Sorbitol Factory owned by Tay Ninh Chemical Industry Joint Stock Company.
May 02
Giant barbs or Siamese giant carps, a freshwater fish in the Mekong River, are found in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. In Vietnam, they live mostly in Vam Nao, an area linking the Tien and Hau rivers in An Giang Province. The fish are expensive because of their delicious meat and rarity. Now, An Giang residents have begun to raise this fish for commercial purposes.
On the morning of March 13, Phan Ngoc Phuoc, a 35-year-old fisherman in Cai Tau, a town in Chau Thanh District, Dong Thap Province, caught a giant barb from the Tien River with the help of his companion. The fish weighed 147 kilograms.
While dragging his net near My Thuan Bridge, Phuoc found his net pulled strongly. He guessed a gigantic fish got into his net, so he asked his companion to dive into the river to close the net. He also drove the boat to the fish’s direction, provided his companion with rope to wind around the fish and then pulled up the rope when seeing his friend’s signal. After more than half an hour, the two men managed to bring the fish to the water surface from the depth of more than 50 meters.
Apr 16
Pangasius exports in the first months of the year continued to have strong momentum. A lot of importers ordered larger consignments of pangasius with an increase in import price by 10 – 20 cent per kilogram.
However, many Vietnam pangasius exporters don’t dare to sign new contracts due to shortage of capital for production. Currently, the shortage of capital is the biggest concern of pangasius farmers, processors and exporters. Raw fish price in the Mekong River Delta swings in the range of VND24,000 – 25,000 per kilogram, down from VND25,000 – 26,000 per kilogram of 10 days ago. Raw fish price reduced while input costs (feed, drug…) are increasing. This negatively impacts to fish farmers, leading lower fish production.
Apr 16
At the Mekong River Delta provinces, this is on-season of black tiger shrimp seed. The seed price is on upward trend due to lack of supply.
Post black tiger shrimp (P12-15) produced by provincial hatcheries quoted at 60-75 dong per piece. Shrimp seed imported from the central provinces quoted at 80-85 dong per piece, up 30-40 percent against that of the same period of 2011.
Apr 16
Recently, Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade has held a conference on “Agricultural export chance in Mekong Delta” in cooperation with Dong Thap Young Business Association and Hungca Company Limited (Hungca Co).
The conference was chaired by James C.Riedle, economist from John Hopkins University in the U.S. and attended by more than 70 representatives from local enterprises, relevant government agencies and media in Mekong Delta provinces.
The objective is to share information about Vietnam agricultural export in 2011 and the role of agricultural industry as well as its new challenges to forecast the agricultural export trend in Mekong Delta in the next future.
Apr 13
This is on-season of pangasius farming but the pangasius seed supply is seriously low. Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Duong Ngoc Minh said the current supply of fish seed can only meet 30 percent of demand for fish stock. It is expected that until the late April and the early May, seed market sees the recovery.
The scarcity of fish seed was attributable to fish farmers’ high demand in stocking thanks to upbeat outlook for 2012 pangasius exports. Floods and cold weather affected fry nursing and producing.
Apr 13
According to Japan’s seafood import alerts, only one consignment of Viet Nam’s shrimp exported to the country was found with Enrofloxacin residue in March.
The remarkable result came one month after the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) imposed a ban on the use of Enrofloxacin in fish farming and trading.
Currently, Viet Nam’s shrimp imported into Japan are facing stringent inspection. Consignments found to be contaminated with Enrofloxacin and some other pesticide residue will all be returned and the exporters must pay for all expenses thereof.
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