08 fisheries-case study vietnam

7/26/2019 08 Fisheries-Case Study Vietnam

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Case study: Fisheries in Vietnam

Marine, inland and aquaculture fishing

Major fishing areas Gulf of Tonkin

China

Central Vietnam Southeast Vietnam Southwestern Vietnam

Cambodia, Thailand


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Importance to Economy

Vietnamese fisheries hae been growingconsiderabl! and hae been "romoted b! thegoernment

#imed at hunger elimination and "oert! reduction,and to increase "ersonal income

The fishing sector "roides about half of the annualsu""l! of animal "rotein in the national human diet

$earl! %&' of the "o"ulation deries its mainincome from fisheries

#ccounts for (' of G)* +er %&' of the total e"ort earnings


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Problem of Illegal Fishing

-ig foreign boats often "enetrate into Vietnameseseawaters to fish illegall!

.&&/0&& calls of foreign boats fishing illegall! inVietnamese seawaters eer! !ear

The! are actie off shore at da! time and near shoreat night time

The quantit! of marine catches taken b! foreign

fishing boats is significant


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Vietnamese Fishing Fleet

The total fleet consists of a""roimatel! (&,&&&essels, almost all of them made of wood

+nl! about %&& essels hae the ca"acit! fordee"/sea fishing

Main s"ecies 12nglish names34 -ream, scad,li5ard fish, tuna, bige!e, croaker, sna""er,treall!


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Fishing Economics

Most fishing communities are "oor

#s o""ortunities of other sources of income arequite limited, labor migration to other areas iscommon 6ncluding work on foreign fishing fleets, including

7orean, 8a"anese and Taiwanese fleets The deelo"ment of the seafood "rocessing

industr! is attracting man! "eo"le, mainl! women190'3, to come and work in the cities


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Aquaculture in Vietnam

Catfish, tila"ia, car", "rawn, shrim", lobster,crab, grou"er, sna""er, cobia, sea bass

Small but growing sector of fishing econom!


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Exports

Seafood is the third major e"ort "roduct ofVietnam 1after tetile/garments and crude oil3

2"orts to 9& different countries: e"ortmarkets for fisher! "roducts4

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Main export products

Shrim", fish, squid, cuttlefish and octo"us, anddried sea fish "roducts

#mong e"ort "roducts, fro5en shrim" is thehighest earner, "ulling (&' of the total reenue


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!erfishing

#bout


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"oo#ing to the future

Most Vietnamese fishing is in the "riate sector

To encourage fishermen to use larger fishing esselsthat are better equi""ed for offshore fishing, thegoernment has started to offer subsidies of about;S.,0&& a !ear for fishermen bu!ing new boatsfitted with an engine larger than D&h"B

Goal4 )eelo"ment of offshore fishing fleet intomajor form of economic actiit!

08 fisheries-case study vietnam

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