Decision No. 251/1998/QD-TTg on the ratification of the Program for Developing the Export of Aquatic Products up to 2005. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 4, 31 January, 1998, pp. 17-21. Subject Fisheries Keyword Crustaceans Fish products Freshwater fishes Marine fishes Stock enhancement/repopulation International trade Animal feed/feedstuffs Fishery management and conservation Aquatic animals Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Decision of the Prime Minister ratifies a program for the development of the fish industry and exportation of aquatic products valid until the year 2005. It defines also the objectives of the Program and describes various tasks for carrying out the Program and relating to the development of shrimp farming, the exploitation of marine products, the importation of marine raw products destined for re-exportation, etc. Measures of implementation are prescribed in the third part of this Decision: these measures aim at reinforcing shrimp culture, fish breeding, the fish feeding supply, and concentrate on science and technology, investments, tax policy, etc. Full text English