The study was based in Can Tho, An Giang and Dong Thap provinces
of the Mekong Delta, which is a predominant region for fry
and fingerling production/supply to the striped catfish farming sector
in the whole of the Mekong Delta (Bui et al., 2010). For the study 20
fry/fingerling farmers and boat operators involved in transportation
of the produce to grow out farms were chosen, based on already
established connections with the sector in relation to previous studies
(Bui et al., 2010; Phan et al., 2009).