The figure represented 80 percent of the province’s plan of catching 98,000 tonnes of seafood this year.
Local authorities have encouraged local fishermen to build new, high-capacity vessels, to prepare modern equipment and to raise their efficiency.
Tien Giang boasts a coastline of 32 kilometres and holds great potential for the fishery sector.
Tien Giang’s fishermen enjoy bumper catch
Fishermen of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have caught nearly 80,000 tonnes of seafood since the start of the year, a rise of 2.2 percent year-on-year.