Taninthayi Region earned US$303.63 million from exporting 285,315 tonnes of fish, prawns, shrimp, and other marine products in the 2024-2025 financial year, and income from marine exports is expected to rise this year, according to the Taninthayi Region Fisheries Federation.

The marine entrepreneurs from Dawei district, Kawthoung district, Myeik district, Yebyu, Kyunsu and Palaw townships breed Litopenaeus vannamei (Pacific white shrimp) in 2,217.56 acres as per GAqP by purchasing from Thailand.

In the export sector, Lates calcarifer (Asian sea bass) and soft-shell crab are bred in Myeik and Kyunsu township, whereas Grouper fish (reef stonefish) is found in Dawei, Myeik and Kawthoung districts, clams are found in Myeik and Kawthoung districts and kelp is found in Bokpyin Township.

“The export of marine products from Taninthayi region earns foreign income, especially from saltwater and fish farming, and the capture from the sea also earns foreign income. The Vannamei is exported to China and Japan, and the marine products are exported to Thailand. Until March of 2024-2025, the marine export earned US$303.628 million, and $725 million nationwide, and almost half of the exports are from the Taninthayi region. We estimate that the foreign income from marine product exports will be higher in 2025-2026 than before,” said U Thet Soe, secretary of the federation.

In Taninthayi Region, up to March of the 2024-2025 financial year, the country earned $1.318 million from 538.900 tonnes of fish export, $30.562 million from 8,784.970 tonnes of prawn export, $2.005 million from 638.127 tonnes of soft-shell crab export, $0.151million from 77.850 tonnes of clams, $0.092 million from 187.759 tonnes of kelp, totalling $34.128 million from 10,227.606 tonnes of marine product export. The sea capture and saltwater farming export earned $303.628 million from 285,314.714 tonnes of exports.

Nyein Thu (MNA)/KTZH

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