Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Aquaculture & Fisheries

In the recent years, aquaculture has played an economically important role in the Mekong Delta. Catfish, snakehead fish and freshwater prawn significantly contributed to an in increased total freshwater aquaculture production. Of which, snakehead was an important species cultured in Mekong Delta. There are four key popular culture systems of snakehead fish, including pond culture, hapa culture, cage culture and nylon tank culture. Data collected from provinces in the Mekong Delta showed that the snakehead production in region was about 30,000 tons in 2009, of which Channa micropelte was 7,500 tons. However, the farmers in the Mekong Delta attended to small scale systems and spontaneous systems. There are four species of snakehead fish cultured in Mekong Delta, comprising of Channa gachua, Channa lucius, Channa striata, Channa micropelte. Channa striata and Channa micropelte are two main cultured species in Mekong Delta now. The followings are briefly described snakehead fish culture technologies and production of the two main snakehead species in the Mekong Delta.

NOP 09-A15 (English)