Ministry approves saltwater fish breeding plan

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved the master plan to develop saltwater fish breeding in the 2015-2020 period.

Accordingly, the ministry set a target of producing 61,000 tonnes of brackish and salt water fish in 2015, which will increase to 98,000 tonnes in 2020.

The output of caged fish is expected to reach 44,000 tonnes in 2015 and 51,000 tonnes in 2020 and that of industrially-reared fish to hit 55,000 tonnes and 111,000 tonnes, respectively.

Under the plan, the total output of saltwater fish in 2015 will be 160,000 tonnes, valued US$1.04 billion in 2015, it will reach 200,000-260,000 tonnes, worth US$1.8 billion in 2020. – VOV

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Posted by VBN on Aug 10 2011. Filed under Agriculture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry