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the stocking density of 30 fish/m2 could be the best technical solution to recommend
for intensive fish culture system to improve farmer’s income in the
Mekong Delta (Giao 2001-02) (fig. 18).
Table 12
Household income of climbing perch in intensive culture systems at two stocking densities
(fmgerling cost: 60,000 VND/kg, fish price: 32,000 VND/kg - 1USD = 18,000 VND)
Items Treatment I (30 fish/m2) Treatment II (50 fish/m1)
Investment 11,208,000 175,936,000
Fish pond reparation 45,000 525,000
Fingerling cost 2,430,000 52,500,000
Feed cost 8,046,000 113,006,000
Transportation cost 45,000 875,000
Water supply cost 202,500 3,500,000
Labour cost 390,000 5,040,000
Harvesting cost 50,000 490,000
Household income
Gross income/fish pond 18,400,000 275,520,000
Net income/fish pond 7,192,000 99,584,000
Net income/ha 266,370,000 284,525,000
Cost ratio benefit (BCR) 1.64 1.56
Cost ratio profit (PCR) 0.64 0.56
Fig. 18. — Harvesting climbing perch in intensive culture system.