Vietnam Fisheries Technology Exhibition (FISHTECH 2023) will be held on July 5-7, 2023 at the Planning, Exhibition and Convention Palace in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province.

This is the first time FISHTECH is held in the North and is jointly organized by Vietnam Marine Breeding Association, Agricultural Service and Communication Joint Stock Company and Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee.

Adoption of new technologies in aquaculture

FISTECH 2023 attracts the participation of nearly 50 domestic and international companies and organizations involved in all aspects of aquaculture industry, including: Thang Long Group, Hoa Soybean Council Ky, STP Group, De Heus Company, Asia Veterinary Medicine Company, Ecovet Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Thinh A Veterinary Medicine Company, VMC Company, Tiep Phat Company, Bo De Company, Tiep Phat Company, Eastern Company…

Under the motto “Possibility – Technology – Efficiency – Sustainability”, FISTECH 2023 also held seminars on information exchange, knowledge updating and the latest technologies in the domestic and international aquaculture industry.

according to dr Nguyen Huu Dung, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Marine Aquaculture, the project to develop marine aquaculture by 2030 with a vision by 2045 was approved by the Prime Minister in Resolution No. 1664/QD-TTg on October 4, 2021, with the task of improving marine aquaculture to become a large-scale commodity production industry in terms of output and value, and become a driving force for restructuring the development of aquaculture industry to a new level in the coming period. until 2045.

In implementing the project and addressing many challenges in 2022, there have been positive movements in some places, typically Quang Ninh and Hai Phong.

“FISTECH 2023 aims to improve exchanges, dissemination, technology absorption and absorption, and improve the quality of human resources, which is the key to promoting sustainable growth of Vietnam’s marine economy,” said Mr. Dung.

Nguyen Quoc Minh, director of Digital Agriculture Communication Joint Stock Company, said that the Vietnamese seafood industry is currently facing many difficulties and challenges in terms of diseases, seed quality, harvesting technology and preservation management, etc. The only way to solve the above problem is to apply technology in production at all stages of production.

Proceeding from the above fact, FISTECH 2023 is organized to provide aquaculture farmers in northern provinces and adjacent areas with access to new products, services and technologies in aquaculture. Businesses have more opportunities to expand and access new potential markets and development opportunities.

SPEND THE “MAGINATION” OF THE NORTH WITH THE SOUTH

Up to now, people usually think of the Mekong Delta and the South Central Coast when they think of aquaculture. For example, shrimp farming in the southern coastal provinces, pangasius farming in An Giang, Dong Thap; Seafood Farm in Khanh Hoa…

However, Mr Nguyen Quoc Minh said that aquaculture is also gradually developing into an important commodity production industry in the north and north-central provinces, and is developing strongly toward aquatic product investment. High value, export ability, high efficiency. In the aquaculture sector, too, the north and north-central will be able to compete with the south in the future.

In Hanoi, the aquaculture area is estimated at 24,000 hectares, the total water production will reach 123,108 tons in 2022. In 2022, the water production of Bac Ninh will reach more than 40,500 tons, forming 162 concentrated earth pond fish farming areas, 22 river cage fish farming areas and 153 fish farming facilities according to VietGAP standards. The whole province has established 162 fish farming areas in concentrated earthen ponds with a size of 10 ha or more and a total area of ​​2,757.6 ha; 20 caged fish farming areas on the river; Formation of 9 river fish farming models in ponds, many fish farming models using biotechnology without the use of antibiotics, super-intensive fish farming models with high economic efficiency.

In addition, the northern mountainous provinces have hundreds of thousands of hectares of water surface in reservoirs, hydroelectric reservoirs and irrigation reservoirs that can be developed for cage fish farming and reservoir fish farming. Hoa Binh is currently the province that farms fish in cages on the country’s largest reservoir with 4,750 cages, the production is 5,594 tons. In 2022, the aquaculture area in the province remains stable at 2,700 hectares, with 4,890 fish cages and a production of 12,170 tons.

In addition, northern aquaculture farmers are increasingly adopting high technology to reduce breeding time and improve productivity and efficiency. It’s not hard to spot the ponds outfitted with tarps, swimming ponds, cement tanks, and roof systems.

According to Quang Ninh provincial head, Quang Ninh is currently the leading province in saltwater and brackish water aquaculture production in the north, covering a total area of ​​32,000 hectares, of which 8,865 hectares are devoted to brackish water shrimp farming. About 9,500 hectares, sea fish about 2,200 hectares. In many of these breeding areas, organizations and individuals have used high technology, such as: three-stage shrimp farming technology; Biofloc technology; rearing fewer water changes; water circulation; Using microbiological technology instead of antibiotics and chemicals for aquaculture…

According to Mr Nguyen Quoc Minh, seafood companies tend to invest “northward” when the market for brine and brackish water shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta is becoming saturated, as the North and North-Central region has little competition and farmers are striving to produce quality products and find branded products.

Currently, Thanh Hoa has a brackish shrimp farming area of ​​4,230 hectares and the production is estimated at 8,205 tons. Of this, Vannamei accounted for 5,900 tons, the agricultural area reached 630 ha; Black tiger shrimp and giant freshwater shrimp reached 2,305 tons in a total breeding area of ​​3,600 hectares. Thua Thien Hue Province is also strongly developing black tiger shrimp and giant freshwater shrimp farming, with a total breeding area of ​​2,514 hectares and a production of 1,144 tons.

“It can be seen that the potential for aquaculture development in the north and central regions is still great, but there are still limitations in accessing market information and aquaculture technology. “To solve this problem and help improve the productivity and quality of farmed seafood in the north and central regions, it needs strong support from the government as well as corporate accompaniment,” Minh said. Export.