Ca Mau fishes for title as Delta’s top seafood exporter

Ca Mau Province has set its sights on becoming the top seafood exporter in the Mekong Delta region by 2010 with shipments of US$1 billion. Seafood has become a spearhead industry in the country’s southernmost province after authorities began an economic restructuring programme in 2001. It targets exports of $650 million this year. Since the restructuring began, the province has gradually shifted focus from crops to fisheries, focusing on shrimp and fish farming and seafood processing. Pham Van Duc, the director of the local Fisheries Department, said output had risen consistently due to bold investment in shrimp and fresh water fish farming and modern techniques to increase productivity and quality. The province had also focused on expanding area under fish and shrimp farms, developing fisheries-related services, and seafood processing, he said. Most processing plants have attracted domestic and foreign investments which they have used to upgrade technologies and diversify products to push exports to lucrative markets like the US, Japan, and EU. This year, the provincial authorities have upgraded fishing ports and services, and built more shelters to harbour fishing vessels during floods and storms. Ca Mau has 26 seafood processing plants with a total capacity of 102,000 tonnes. Most…

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