Floods in Vietnam has shut down 70% of catfish plants

In Vietnam the severe flooding has taken its toll on the catfish processing plants, as well as the catfish farmers. About 70 percent of the catfish processing plants in the Mekong Delta have been forced to shut down due to a severe raw material shortage, that has been caused by the flooding of the region. In the Dong Thap An Giang province which accounts for 60 percent of the total production of catfish, floods have prevented farmers feeding their fish while the ponds have become contaminated. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.