According to the Kien Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2021, the province plans to stock 136,000 hectares of brackish water shrimp, striving to achieve an output of 98,000 tons, with 3 main types of farming including: industrial shrimp farming - sale 4,000 hectares of industry, 104,500 hectares of shrimp-rice, 27,500 hectares of improved extensive farming.
Brackish water shrimp farming towards safe production
Improving shrimp farming fields according to rice-shrimp models in Dong Hung commune, An Minh district.
Deputy Director of the Kien Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Quang Trong Thao shared that brackish shrimp farming this year will face many challenges such as complicated weather, temperature, salinity. and environmental factors fluctuate adversely, greatly affecting cultured shrimp.
In addition, the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic increases difficulties for brackish water shrimp farming and business, processing and exporting this commodity product. Therefore, in this year's plan, the province implements safe, sustainable and effective brackish water shrimp farming.
Accordingly, Kien Giang fisheries sector has built a seasonal calendar framework suitable for each region and sub-region in the province and coordinated with localities to recommend farmers to stock shrimp according to seasonal schedules, strictly control This issue is aimed at minimizing the possible damage caused by the environment and epidemics.
Next, districts and cities in the province have built up local shrimp production plans, implemented solutions to remove difficulties and problems for shrimp farmers and businesses on consumer market information. price, irrigation, science and technology ... The functional departments of the province perform well the management, closely monitoring farming areas, update information and promptly notify shrimp farmers about the environment, water sources, warnings appear to cause damage to farmed shrimp to proactively take quick response measures, prevent disease quenching, and minimize damage.
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Harvesting vannamei shrimp in Van Khanh Dong commune, An Minh district.
In addition, the provincial authorities coordinate with localities to strengthen the inspection and examination of the implementation of the provisions of the law in the production and trading of shrimp seed, feed, animal health and aquatic products. products for handling the aquaculture environment, strictly handling violations.
Specifically, Kien Giang fisheries sector strictly checks the quality of shrimp seeds imported to the province and circulated in the market to have a source of disease-free and high-quality shrimp to supply for production, and guide farmers on methods of prevention and treatment. disease treatment, disease treatment when it occurs on shrimp farming. The functional units guide shrimp farmers to register key aquaculture products such as tiger shrimp, white leg shrimp.
Along with that, the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center instructs farmers to renovate ponds and ponds, select quality shrimp for nursing before stocking. The center instructs and recommends shrimp farmers to apply technical solutions to minimize adverse effects of weather on shrimp farming such as: storing fresh water to regulate salinity in prolonged hot weather, salt water intrusion. Import, control environmental factors in ponds, maintain appropriate pond water levels ...
In particular, Center for science and technology transfer, replication of 2 or 3-phase shrimp farming models, using bio-products, closed circulation, biosafety shrimp farming, high-tech farming and other The value chain production linkage model helps shrimp farmers and businesses achieve high economic efficiency, reducing risks and damages.
Up to this point, Kien Giang province has stocked shrimp breeding more than 69,700 hectares, equal to 51.2% of the plan; harvested output was over 12,385 tons, reaching 12.6% of the year plan. From the beginning of the year up to now, the production of brackish water shrimp farming in the province has been quite favorable, developing stably, no outbreaks of diseases that cause damage to shrimp have occurred.
(According to News)
