THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 112/2004/QD-TTg
Hanoi, June 23, 2004
 DECISION
APPROVING THE PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT OF AQUATIC SEEDS TILL 2010
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 43/2003/ND-CP of May 2, 2003 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Fisheries Ministry;
At the proposal of the Fisheries Minister,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the Program on development of aquatic seeds till 2010, with the following principal contents:
1. Objectives:
- To raise the research capacity, strive to step by step master seed production technologies in order to form a group of diversified aquatic species of economic and export value in service of aquaculture development in ecological freshwater, saltwater and brackishwater areas.
- To complete and step by step modernize the system of commercial production of aquatic seeds in order to proactively supply sufficient good seeds in time for various seasons and diversified farmed aquatic species, in service of aquaculture development and economic restructuring in an efficient and sustainable manner.
To strive to achieve the following targets by 2010:
- Aquatic seeds for brackishwater and saltwater farming: 35 billion of prawn seeds, over 500 million of other crustacean seeds, over 11 billion of mollusk seeds, around 400 million of marine fries, and over 6,000 tons of seaweed seeds.
- Aquatic seeds for freshwater culture: over 3.5 billion of blue-legged prawn seeds, over 700 million of catfish seeds, over 500 million of male, unisexual tilapia seeds, over 12 billion of other fries.
II. Contents of the Program:
1. To upgrade, improve the infrastructures and facilities of aquatic seed centers
a/ To invest in building and improving the system of national aquatic seed centers;
- The northern national freshwater aquatic seed center (in Phu Tao - Hai Duong);
- The central Vietnam national freshwater aquatic seed center (in Dak Nong);
- The southern national freshwater aquatic seed center (in Cai Be - Tien Giang);
- The northern national marine seed center (in Xuan Dan - Cat Ba - Hai Phong).
- The central Vietnam marine seed center (in Van Ninh - Khanh Hoa).
- The southern national marine seed center (in Ba Ria - Vung Tau).