date:Jul 18, 2012
e local authorities have decided to expand the project from 12,000ha to 20,000ha by 2015.
Nguyen Quoc Viet of the Ca Mau Province's Department of Science and Technology said that, of the 270,000ha of land available in the province to raise shrimp, not all of it could be used for that purpose.
Only 40,000ha of that total figure has fresh or brackish waters, which is needed to raise shrimp. Salty-water areas cannot be used. For this reason, farmers should talk to local experts and the authoritie