Hiện trạng nghề khai thác lưới kéo và lươi rê (tàu

Abstract

This study was conducted from June to December 2017 by interview 60 fishing households in coastal areas of Kien Giang province (30 households using of trawl nets and 30 households using of gillnets). Key research variables including characteristics of fishermen, fishing gear specifications, fishing grounds, labor and fishing seasons; productivity, financial efficiency, advantages and disadvantages of trawls and gillnets. The results show that the trawlers and gillnets have been operated whole year round in the South-West coastal areas of Vietnam. The average fishing production of the trawlers was 37,330.50 kg/boat/year with the productivity of 845.75 kg/CV/year and then was that of gillnets was 6,445.60 kg/boat/year, the productivity of 304.97 kg/CV/year. The profit of the trawlers was 1,151.4 million VND/boat/year with its benefit and cost ratio of 1.32 times which is much higher than the profit of the gillnets of 342.6 million VND/boat/year with its benefit and cost ratio of 1.01 times. Fishery resources along the coastal areas of Kien Giang province are increasingly declining. Control of fishing acivities and fishing efficiency should be strengthened to ensure sustainable development of fisheries resources.