7 species of seahorses in Vietnam waters, there were five species for breeding in laboratory conditions in which fish body white horse is the most precious species.
Seahorses white body (Hippocampus kelloggi) is one of very few species have the same size in Hippocampus. Most species of seahorses around the world with a length less than 20 cm. The fish body white horses reached maximum size to 35 cm; species H. abdominalis distributed in Australia only reached a maximum 32 cm.
The recent study showed that white seahorses relative concentration of amino acids and unsaturated fatty acid HUFA very high, especially DHA. Concentration of zinc and manganese are also high in seahorses. In terms of medicine, which explains why the use of seahorses help strengthen the kidneys and the operation of student computer. The researchers said that China seahorses rich Na, K and P, essential for metabolism of man. High concentration of zinc and iron (160 microgam / g) in seahorses help improve the immune system and increase the transport of oxygen in the blood pigment. White body seahorses most popular traditional medicine in China thanks to its size, the body white and smooth. Thought that this species is biologically active in fish high horse (in Hong Kong some fish black horse is bleached with chemicals is for this reason), so our prices are very high from 100-300 USD for an individual with a length from 29-32 cm. Friendly farming in seahorses white Oceanographic Institution
Like most other species of seahorses in our country and the world, fish body white horses are in Vietnam Red Book, Red List (Red list) of the International Union nature conservation and natural resources (IUCN) and Annex II of the Convention on International Trade in the species, the Endangered Wildlife (CITES). This means that they are at risk of threats to resources and issues sale must be closely monitored by CITES. In Vietnam, this species is distributed in depth 20 - 150m from the sea to Da Nang, Vung Tau, and very rare in the fresh network exploitation.
In recent times, the collective research of the Institute of Oceanography have reproductive success for this species. Fish survival rate above 60%, rapid growth rate, fish age 7 months to reach an average length of 20 cm, rounded fish is expected to reach one-year length of 25-26 cm and capable of sex in terms experiments. Success would open up prospects to create fish parents F1, closed cycle breeding. Note that a male fish with eggs in the wild can lay 1000 children (with a survival rate as above), after a year, farmers will gain more than 600 commercial fishing, price ranges from 300,000 to 400,000 VND per young seahorse. However, the biggest obstacle is the parent fish are very rare for artificial reproduction.
Cost of raising seahorses are not large, low risk so this is a promising target farming and economic potential. However, fish also need to pay attention to horse issues of sustainable development, prevent conflicts between farming and resource protection as happened in some other subjects adopted in our country. The most effective measures for rational use of resources seahorses is to develop farming on the basis of using the parents and F1 generations of breeding fish return to their habitat suitable for renewable resources.
