A shrimp breeding pond in Bac Lieu province (Photo: VNA)
Bac Lieu (VNS/VNA) - More shrimp farming households,cooperatives and companies in Bac Lieu province have registered to getproduction codes to expand exports.
The Mekong Delta province has granted codes to 850 establishmentswith a total of 1,200ha since 2019, according to its Fisheries Sub-department.
Most of the farms are in Bac Lieu city, Gia Rai township and thedistricts of Hoa Binh, Dong Hai and Vinh Loi.
To get the code, shrimp farmers need to meet certain standards,maintain a cultivation diary for origin traceability and fulfil otherfarming requirements.
Ta Hoang Nhiem, chairman of the province's Shrimp Association,said in recent years the most demanding import markets have focused onorigin traceability, and exporters lacking production codes could not sellto them.
The province’s co-operatives and companies have begun to pay moreattention to getting production codes, he said.
According to the sub-department, shrimp is farmed on 135,000ha, ofwhich 100,000ha are expected to get the codes.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development istaking measures to speed up the issuance.
Bac Lieu is one of the delta’s largest shrimp producers, and hasadopted various effective farming models such as intensive, semi - intensive,super - intensive, shrimp - rice, and shrimp - forest.
It has also adopted VietGAP, GlobalGAP, organic, and GlobalAquaculture Stewardship Council standards for aquaculture.
It is seeking more investment in hi-tech shrimp farming and tocreate conditions for developing linkages between production and consumptionstakeholders.
It is also investing in infrastructure for shrimp farming,especially hi-tech agriculture zones./.
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A shrimp breeding pond in Bac Lieu province (Photo: VNA) 
