Some recent scientific researches in Vietnam have succeeded in finding tuna breeders, transporting them to the coast and breeding them...
Some recent scientific researches in Vietnam have succeeded in finding tuna breeders, transporting them to the coast and breeding them.
In Vietnam, tuna fishing is mainly in three provinces Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Khanh Hoa with 1,044 boats which catch about 10,000 tons a year, getting an export turnover of USD100 million.
However, the current tuna yield is not enough for export, especially in year-end months. Additionally, a large number of young yellow-fin tunas are caught in our country’s sea. Such kinds of fish can not be exported and are often sold at retail markets with a low price while their value will rise by many times if being fed up.
As a result, tuna breeding is in the country’s care now.
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| Tuna is an important commercial fish. |
Since 2007, the Research Institute for Aquaculture has made several researches on tuna breeding. After 3 years, waters of tuna breeders off the coast of the Central and the Eastern South have been found, which affirms that Vietnam has tuna breeders, creating a scientific base and a strong impetus for exploiting the breeders. In 2010, a boat of the institute caught a flock of tuna breeders weighing about 2.5 tons. More than 400 tuna breeders were moved from nets to cages and pulled to Cam Ranh. This is the first time Vietnam has caught tuna breeders and transported them to the coast. This success is an important premise for raising tunas for export.
Beside breeders, Vietnam has favorable conditions to breed tunas, for example, bays which are out of wind and has suitable depth such as Van Phong Bay, Nha Trang Bay, Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa Province and Vung Ro Bay in Phu Yen Province.
Recently, the Research Institute for Aquaculture has signed a memorandum with two US’ companies on improving tuna technology in Vietnam towards exploiting and breeding tunas according to Hawaii’s technology. Raising tunas is a promising career in Vietnam’s aquaculture.
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