With more than 134 kilometres of coastline and various bays, lagoons andriver mouths, the central province of Binh Dinh is striving toleverage its geographic potential for sustainable fisheries developmentin both sea fishing and aquaculture as well as aquatic processing forexports.
The province has set its sights on an annual increase of 6.9 percent in the total offshore catch volume in 2015.
Toachieve the target, the province has proactively implemented Governmentpolicies to support the fishing sector, said Director of the provincialDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development Phan Trong Ho.
Hecontinued to say that the province plans to build 200 fishing vesselsusing steel and new materials this year while carrying out a pilotproject on tuna purchasing, processing and consuming through cooperationbetween the provincial People’s Committee and the Japan-VietnamFriendship Association in the Japanese city of Sakai .
BinhDinh will also accelerate work on the upgrades to De Gi port in Phu Catand preparations for other fishing port projects in Phu My district andQuy Nhon city.
Meanwhile, aquaculture is projected to produce 9,000 tonnes of products, nearly 6,000 tonnes of which are shrimp.
Local agencies will continue to introduce farmers to cultivatingtechniques and disease prevention measures, while intensifyinginspections and management of young fry, feed and farming environment.
Furthermore, the province is cooperating withrelevant agencies to carry out activities to promote sustainableaquaculture development and map out two high-tech aquaculture zones, CatThanh in Phu Cat commune and My Thanh in Phu My commune.
In abid to improve aquatic processing capacity towards the goal of 75million USD in aquatic product export, Binh Dinh authorities are tofocus on building a tuna production chain model from fishing, purchasingto exporting.
Accordingly, it will call for moreinvestments for planned processing sites in two coastal districts andone city, Hoai Nhon, Phu Cat and Quy Nhon, facilitate the constructionof aquatic product processing plants of Minh Phu Group and HokuganGroup. Site clearance is being sped up in order to break ground on HaiAn 2 seafood processing plant this April, which is invested by the BinhDinh Seafood Company.
The province will also investin expanding fishing logistics services by setting up logistic trawlersworking at sea to timely provide gasoline, fresh water and ice as wellas to purchase products from fishermen.
The province has set its sights on an annual increase of 6.9 percent in the total offshore catch volume in 2015.
Toachieve the target, the province has proactively implemented Governmentpolicies to support the fishing sector, said Director of the provincialDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development Phan Trong Ho.
Hecontinued to say that the province plans to build 200 fishing vesselsusing steel and new materials this year while carrying out a pilotproject on tuna purchasing, processing and consuming through cooperationbetween the provincial People’s Committee and the Japan-VietnamFriendship Association in the Japanese city of Sakai .
BinhDinh will also accelerate work on the upgrades to De Gi port in Phu Catand preparations for other fishing port projects in Phu My district andQuy Nhon city.
Meanwhile, aquaculture is projected to produce 9,000 tonnes of products, nearly 6,000 tonnes of which are shrimp.
Local agencies will continue to introduce farmers to cultivatingtechniques and disease prevention measures, while intensifyinginspections and management of young fry, feed and farming environment.
Furthermore, the province is cooperating withrelevant agencies to carry out activities to promote sustainableaquaculture development and map out two high-tech aquaculture zones, CatThanh in Phu Cat commune and My Thanh in Phu My commune.
In abid to improve aquatic processing capacity towards the goal of 75million USD in aquatic product export, Binh Dinh authorities are tofocus on building a tuna production chain model from fishing, purchasingto exporting.
Accordingly, it will call for moreinvestments for planned processing sites in two coastal districts andone city, Hoai Nhon, Phu Cat and Quy Nhon, facilitate the constructionof aquatic product processing plants of Minh Phu Group and HokuganGroup. Site clearance is being sped up in order to break ground on HaiAn 2 seafood processing plant this April, which is invested by the BinhDinh Seafood Company.
The province will also investin expanding fishing logistics services by setting up logistic trawlersworking at sea to timely provide gasoline, fresh water and ice as wellas to purchase products from fishermen.
