Hiện trạng nuôi cá cánh giải trí của người dân thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

In  Hochiminh  City,  one  of  the  fastest  growing  areas  in  Vietnam,  demand  for ornamental fish is increasing. With data from a field survey of 200 respondents in  years of 2010-2011  and  binary  logistic  regression,  this  study  describes  the  recent  status  of  keeping freshwater ornamental fish in the city. Most fish keepers recognize the role of ornamental fish 

in reducing  stress.  Keeping  ornamental  fish  also  make  keepers  happier,  enable  their  living spaces more beautiful and resillient as well as support their business. Factors influencing on keepers’ decision of buying ornamental fish are their like and prices of the fish. The keepers satisfying  more  with  ornamental  fish  are  likely  to  be  less-experienced  keepers.  A  higher satisfaction  is  estimated  to  associate  with  the  keepers  who  directly  take  care  of  the  fish aquaria, the ones who have higher expectation to ornamental fish in stress mitigation and the ones have children in their family. The problems in keeping ornamental fish include the lack of  knowledge  in  keeping  technology  and  disease  precaution,  limited  time  and  contrained budget.  To  spread  out  ornamental  fish  hobby,  fish  producers  should  diversify  their  fish species  and  lower  price  of  the  fish.  Furtherly,  more  marketing  activities  would  also  be implemented to identify and meet keepers’ demand and then raise their satistaction with the ornamental fish keeping.