With a 134 km coastline and and large territorial sea area of 2,500 km² together with an exclusive economic area of 40,000 km², Binh Dinh has abundant sea product resources with high economic value such as: mackerel, yellow fin tuna, shrimp, squid, salangane's nests, lobster and emperor crab, etc. preferable throughout the country and abroad.

The fishing fleet consists of nearly 6,150 motorised boats with a total capacity of over 250,000 HP, 55% of which is mainly for off-shore fishing. Fishermen are all skilled and experienced. More than 100,000 tons of sea products can be exploited annually.

The total area of natural brackish water surface is 7,600 ha including 5,060 ha of the Thi Nai Lagoon, 1,600 ha of the De Gi Lagoon and the estuary in Tam Quan. In addition, there are thousands of hectares of salt water land and coastal sandy strips, unsuitable for agricultural crops with excellent potential for aquaculture development with high value such as tiger prawn, white prawn, grouper, red snapper, ca chua, cockle, ngao, oyster, crab, and gracilaria.

The total natural fresh water surface is 5,176 ha including natural lakes and lagoons, low paddy fields, and dams and reservoirs of which the largest, Chau Truc Lagoon, is 1,200 ha. These are suitable for the development of fresh water farming such as tortoise, turtle, black eel, green clawed crayfish, and a variety of fish.

The provincial aquatic product processing industry includes 6 refrigerating processing factories which are operating at the aggregate rate of 35 tons per day, producing more than USD 30 million export turnover per year, and will be developed to achieve the 2005 target of USD 60 million export turnover.

Four fishing ports have been built at Nhon Chau, Tam Quan, De Gi and Quy Nhon. Seventeen fishing ship-building factories in the province have a capacity of 800 fishing boats of 45 HP or above. Some have the facilities and skills to build 500 - 700 HP boats. Composite as an alternative construction medium has been used in the boat building industry.

Department of Fisheries

Add: 110 Tran Hung Dao Street, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province

Tel: +84.56 892167, 891472 Fax: +84.56 892579


	Fisheries

	With a 134 km coastline and and large territorial sea area of 2,500 km² together with an exclusive economic area of 40,000 km², Binh Dinh has abundant sea product resources with high economic value such as: mackerel, yellow fin tuna, shrimp, squid, salangane's nests, lobster and emperor crab, etc. preferable throughout the country and abroad. The fishing fleet consists of nearly 6,150 motorised boats with a total capacity of over 250,000 HP, 55% of which is mainly for off-shore fishing. Fishermen are all skilled and experienced. More than 100,000 tons of sea products can be exploited annually. The total area of natural brackish water surface is 7,600 ha including 5,060 ha of the Thi Nai Lagoon, 1,600 ha of the De Gi Lagoon and the estuary in Tam Quan. In addition, there are thousands of hectares of salt water land and coastal sandy strips, unsuitable for agricultural crops with excellent potential for aquaculture development with high value such as tiger prawn, white prawn, grouper, red snapper, ca chua, cockle, ngao, oyster, crab, and gracilaria. The total natural fresh water surface is 5,176 ha including natural lakes and lagoons, low paddy fields, and dams and reservoirs of which the largest, Chau Truc Lagoon, is 1,200 ha. These are suitable for the development of fresh water farming such as tortoise, turtle, black eel, green clawed crayfish, and a variety of fish. The provincial aquatic product processing industry includes 6 refrigerating processing factories which are operating at the aggregate rate of 35 tons per day, producing more than USD 30 million export turnover per year, and will be developed to achieve the 2005 target of USD 60 million export turnover. Four fishing ports have been built at Nhon Chau, Tam Quan, De Gi and Quy Nhon. Seventeen fishing ship-building factories in the province have a capacity of 800 fishing boats of 45 HP or above. Some have the facilities and skills to build 500 - 700 HP boats. Composite as an alternative construction medium has been used in the boat building industry. Department of Fisheries Add: 110 Tran Hung Dao Street, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province Tel: +84.56 892167, 891472 Fax: +84.56 892579