Over the last decade there had been a marked change in the major striped catfish farming systems in the Mekong delta. In the early years, prior to 2001, when three farming systems operated; cage pond and fence ,contributing almost equally to the total striped catfish aquaculture production.however,since 2003 pond culture has become predominant and currently this from dominates striped catfish farming in the delta. The reasons for this shift are manifold and have been deal with previously. The catfish farming sector supports 105,535 livelihood,and an additional 116,000 people in the processing sector the bulk of which is rural women.