The project developed improved farm designs and management strategies to increase shrimp survival and pond yields. Farm trials carried out in the second phase of the project demonstrated that it was possible to increase survival rate from about 1% (at the beginning of the project) to at least 30% by adopting the recommended pond designs and management strategies. In relation to mangrove forestry, the project developed an improved planting and thinning strategy that could potentially increase wood yields by about 20%. These wood yields are yet to be realised, however,, due to the long-term nature of forest rotations.

In Vietnam, scientists at RIA2 and SIFR have successfully taken up the project techniques, notably those for water quality and fauna assessment, in a variety of other projects, including several Mekong River Commission projects. Aquaculture practices are changing rapidly in Ca Mau and neighbouring provinces, and the rapid increase in intensification and the development of large-scale commercial shrimp farms seen in the neighbouring provinces of Soc Trang and Bac Lieu are also evident to a lesser degree in Ca Mau province.

In addition, Ca Mau Fisheries Extension Service produces its own extension material based on a wide variety of sources, including the ACIAR project. It is evident that the Provincial People's Committee sees a continuing role for project outputs in areas designated for mixed shrimp/mangrove culture. Ca Mau Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has changed mangrove forest replanting densities to 10,000 per ha, in line with project recommendations. In addition, rotation length and thinning plans have been made more flexible, to allow for market demand for end products and to optimise the economic returns from mangrove silviculture.

Nearly all of 47 farmers surveyed at the end of the project appear to have adopted some of the project recommendations. For example, all but one of the farmers surveyed now use techniques for selecting shrimp seed that were recommended by the project. Similarly, most farmers have improved their pond designs and water management strategies, at least in part along the lines recommended by the project. Nevertheless, lack of access to project extension materials is likely to have reduced the adoption rate.

Farmers are now constructing better ponds by widening them, removing internal dikes and levees, and deepening them to 0.8-1.0 minimum depth. More than 80% of farmers now use a settlement pond to improve water quality (compared to less than 10% at the beginning of the project). In addition, most farmers now use a nursery pond or nursery area to tend the post larvae for the first 30 days after stocking. Most farmers now understand how to check and select healthy post larvae and use techniques suggested by the project for post larvae selection. They regularly check the condition of shrimp in the pond, and take appropriate action, such as harvesting or changing water, when there is evidence of a health problem. More than half of the farmers feed the post larvae for the first 30 days after stocking, but feeding after 30 days is still uncommon. There is a trend towards increasing the diversity of farm products. Crab production now accounts for about 10% of farm income. Some farmers have also diversified into fish, snails, cockles and/or pig production.