In July 2025, aquaculture production in An Giang Province remained stable and showed positive development. The scale of farming and aquatic product harvest continued to increase compared to the same period last year. At the same time, the province has been restructuring its capture fisheries sector by reducing the number of nearshore fishing vessels while increasing the fleet operating in offshore and distant waters. This shift aims to ensure more sustainable exploitation of aquatic resources and improve economic efficiency for fishermen.
The estimated total aquaculture harvest output in July 2025 (including cage and raft farming) is approximately 95.8 thousand tons, up 6.09% (+5.5 thousand tons) compared to the same period last year. This included nearly 71.5 thousand tons of fish, an increase of 4.63% (+3.2 thousand tons); approxiamtely 12.9 thousand tons of shrimp, up 16.37% (+1.8 thousand tons) and 11.4 thousand tons of other aquatic products, up 4.81% (+5,240 tons) year on year.
According to the An Giang Statistics Office, total aquaculture production for the first 7 months of 2025 reached approximately 666.5 thousand tons, rise 7.10% (an increase of nearly 44.2 thousand tons) compared to the same period last year. Specifically, harvested fish production was about 505 thousand tons, up 6.02% (an increase of 28.7 thousand tons); harvested shrimp reached 82.5 thousand tons, up 8.37% (an increase of 6.4 thousand tons and other aquatic species production reached 79 thousand tons, up 13.08% (an increase of 9.1 thousand tons) year-on-year.
In the month, the price of commercial pangasius remained stable at a high level, benefiting farmers (currently ranging from 30,000 to 32,000 VND/kg, up 3,000 VND/kg year-on-year). Additionally, prices of other fish species increased by 5–10% compared to the same period, leading to an expansion in aquaculture scale and harvest.
However, in the first months of 2025, aquatic disease outbreaks remained complicated, particularly in brackish-water shrimp farming. Specifically, total damaged shrimp farming area reached 1,130.49 hectares, mainly due to environmental factors, in addition to pathogens such as white spot syndrome, acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP). To proactively respond, technical agencies conducted active disease surveillance on 218 shrimp samples, detecting 29 samples positive for dangerous diseases. Moreover, water environment monitoring was maintained with 11 rounds over 6 months, enabling farmers to adjust farming practices in time. In addition, chemicals for environmental treatment were distributed, training courses and communication programs were organized, while farmers were encouraged to adopt biosecure farming practices, reduced stocking densities and improved seed quality.
Restructuring of Fisheries Exploitation
Regarding exploitation, the province is restructuring the industry by gradually reducing the number of nearshore fishing vessels, banning trawling, electric pulse fishing, explosives and shifting to purse seining, offshore handline fishing and trap fishing in order to promote more eco-friendly exploitation of marine resources. At the same time, strict measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are being strictly enforced with many vessel owners complying with regulations and addressing violations in foreign fishing grounds.
In July, Typhoon No.3 and Typhoon No.4 impacted marine fishing activities. As a result, the estimated marine fisheries production in July 2025 was approximately 35.1 thousand tons, down 2.69% year-on-year. For the first 7 months of 2025, the total marine fisheries production reached nearly 248.5 thousand tons, up 1.11% (an increase of 2.7 thousand tons) compared to the same period last year. Of this, captured fish production was over 175.7 thousand tons (70.72% of total marine fisheries production), an increase of 523 tons compared to the same period last year.
Source: VASEP
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