Farmers in Dong Thap province bet on tra fishDong Thap province, already the largest tra fish producer in the Mekong Delta, has further increased the breeding area this year because of the high prices the fish is fetching. A tra fish farm in Dong Thap province’s Thanh Binh district. So far this year nearly 300ha of tra ponds have been harvested, with output being more than 100,000 tonnes, up nearly 5 percent year-on-year, according to the Dong Thap Fisheries Sub-department. In more than 60 percent of the breeding areas farmers have adopted quality standards such as global GAP or VietGAP. With tra fetching high prices, many farmers in Dong Thap are digging ponds even in unzoned areas to breed the fish.