According to the province’s statistics office, as of mid-March 2018, prices of material tra fish remained high. The prices of young tra fish for breeding also rose due to increasing breeding demand and are at VND60,000-70,000 per kg.
An Giang’s farming area for tra fish harvested in the first three months of the year was estimated at 239ha, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year while output hit 73,000 tonnes, up 3.36% against the previous year’s correspondent period.
The province’s farming area for tra fish currently totals 770ha, up nearly 3% compared to one year ago.
The An Giang Tra Fish Association (AFA) aims to have 130 households breeding tra fish on a total 160ha, along with increasing the production of tra fish farms in Chau Phu and Phu Tan districts and Tan Chau township.
