(vasep.com.vn) According to the Binh Dinh Statistics Office, the total fishery production in July 2024 was estimated at 26,226.7 tons, a 2.2% increase (574 tons) compared to the same period last year. Cumulatively, for the first seven months of 2024, the total fishery production was estimated at 172,723.1 tons, a 2.9% increase (4,786.4 tons) year-on-year.

In July, weather conditions and fishing grounds were favorable; most offshore and inshore fishing vessels achieved a fairly good catch. The province currently has 4,862 fishing vessels operating at sea, including 3,394 operating in offshore areas.

In key fishing grounds, offshore fishing fleets operated effectively in fisheries such as tuna longlining, purse seining, gillnetting, and squid jigging (harvesting species such as tuna, mackerel, skipjack tuna, squid, black pomfret, croaker, and cuttlefish).

The estimated capture production was 165,176.8 tons, a 2.8% increase (+4,460.7 tons); of which, the estimated sea capture production was 163,374.7 tons, a 2.8% increase (+4,411.7 tons), and the estimated oceanic tuna catch was 8,572 tons, a 2.1% increase (+177.3 tons).