Cephalpoda in Vietnam
Belonging to Mollusca, Cephalopod, including squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses, is a very important exported seafood of Viet Nam, following shrimps and fish. Results of studies and researches showed that there were about 69 species under Cephalopod in the territorial waters of Viet Nam. Nautiloidea subclass in Viet Nam had only one species, i.e. nautilus pompilius and Coleoidea had 68 species belonging to 23 genus, 13 families, 3 orders.
The common and high-value species include pharaoh cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis), kislip cutlefish (S.lycidas), broadclub cutlefish (S.latimanus), golden cuttlefish (S.esculenta), bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana), mitre squid (Loligo chinensis), swordtip squid (L.edulis), marbled octopus (Octopus dollfusi), short arm octopus (Octopus ocellatus), common octopus (O.vulgaris).
All the cephalopod products of Viet Nam come from fishing. There have been some studies on the biological characteristics of these species for the aquaculture purposes, however the results are not yet available.
Fishing season: Cephalopods could be caught all year around. However, there are two main fishing seasons for these species:
In the North: dry season (from December â March)
In the South: rainy season (Jun â October)
Fishing gears: most popular fishing gears include purse seine, gill net, squid hand line and falling net.
Exports: the annual export volume of Cephalopods is estimated to be 50,000-60,000 tons, worth about $150 in value.
Processing products: most of processing products are frozen, e.g. Block, IQF, semi-IQF, frozen on tray, vacuum packing. Their forms of processing include fillet, steak, flowered, ready-to-eat, sushi, fried squid, dried seasoned grinding squid, etc.
Markets: the Cephalopods of Viet Nam are exported to Japan, other Asian countries /territories, U.S., EU, and other countries with the percentage of 30%, 23%, 3%,14% and 30% respectively.
Some high-value Cephalopod species of Viet Nam
[center]No.[/center]
[center]Vietnamese name[/center]
[center]Common name[/center]
[center]Scientific name[/center]
1.
Mực nang mắt cáo
Kislip Cutlefish
Sepia lycidas
2.
Má»±c nang Nháºt bản
Japenese spinless
Sepiella Japonica
3.
Má»±c nang vân há»
Pharaoh cutlefish
Sepiella pharaosis
4.
Mực nang và ng
Golden cutlefish
Sepiella esculenta
5.
Má»±c nang lá»a (nang vân trằng )
Broadclub cutlefish
Sepiella latimanus
6.
Má»±c á»ng Trung Hoa
Mitre squid
Loligo chinensis
7.
Má»±c á»ng Nháºt Bản
Japanese squid
Loligo japonica
8.
Mực ônga Bê ka
Beka squid
Loligo beka Sasaki
9.
Mực lá
Bigfin reef squid
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
10.
Má»±c á»ng Thái Bình DÆ°Æ¡ng
Japanese flying squid
Todarodes pacificus
11.
Má»±c tuá»c
Marble octopus
Octopus dollfusi
12.
Bạch tuá»c Ãxen
Short arm octopus
Octopus Ocellatus
13.
Má»±c tuá»c Äá»m trắng
Common octopus
Octopus vulgaris
Source: [url="http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/vietnam-fisheries/cephalpoda"]http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/vietnam-fisheries/cephalpoda[/url]