
Vietnam clams oysters difficult to compete with China
Clam seed price China-made just over half clam production in the Mekong Delta provinces.
Mr Tran Van Vinh, clam farms produce large seed in Tien Giang, said the clam seed inthe size of 1 million units / kg price from 11 to 12 VND / fish (about 11 to 12 million VND /kg) while Clam seed price that China is only 5 to 7 co / con the same size. "Due to lowcost Chinese oysters, clams should artificial seed production in the very tough competition," Vinh said.
A number of fish farms and oyster seed production, said that the reason China just cheapoysters due to their large-scale production, the success rate from hatching to achievehigh seed oysters (about 20 to 30% ). While the success rate from the clam eggs likemost in our country is just over 10%, small-scale seed production of oysters is not much.