Infrastructure needs upgrading to develop modern fisheries sector

Infrastructure at fishing ports has yet to receive the attention it needs in many localities, and this should be addressed quickly to develop a modern and responsible fisheries sector, officials have said.
Infrastructure needs upgrading to develop modern fisheries sector ảnh 1Fishing vessels at Sa Ky Port of central Quang Ngai province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Infrastructure at fishing ports has yet to receive the attention it needs in many localities, and this should be addressed quickly to develop a modern and responsible fisheries sector, officials have said.

According to the Prime Minister’s Decision 196/QD-TTg that approves planning for ports and storm shelters for fishing vessels by 2020 with a vision to 2030, Vietnam should have 125 fishing ports, including 35 first-class and 90 second-class.

However, after six years of implementing this decision, there are only three first-class ports, 54 second-class facilities, and 11 in the third tier, with a combined capacity of handling about 8,000 vessel arrivals per day and 1.6 million tonnes of seafood per year.

The Directorate of Fisheries said the construction of ports and storm shelters has been relatively slow and has yet to meet industrialisation and modernisation requirements, while existing facilities also lack qualified personnel. It blamed this fact partly on limited finances.

Nguyen Quang Hung, Deputy General Director of the directorate, said most localities haven’t mobilised enough resources to upgrade ports or issued appropriate policies to attract private businesses to develop ports and related services.

Small ports don’t have enough space for shipyards to repair fishing vessels or seafood processing workshops, so this costs fishermen time and money as they search for a suitable port, he noted.

Infrastructure needs upgrading to develop modern fisheries sector ảnh 2The Government is expected to earmark about 10 trillion VND for upgrading fishing ports in the coming time. (Photo: VNA)

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien held that problems at existing ports and shelters need to be tackled quickly to build a modern and responsible fisheries sector. This will also greatly help with the removal of the European Commission’s “yellow-card” warning against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the industry.

The port system should be industrialised and modernised through upgrading and expanding existing ports, with a focus on the facilities serving the fishery logistics services, to improve food safety, origin traceability, and seafood handling capacity.

Efforts should be invested in completing major fisheries centres and first-class fishery ports near key fishing grounds, according to Tien.

The Government is expected to earmark about 10 trillion VND (435 million USD) to upgrade fishing ports in the coming time. About half of the funding will be sourced from the country’s medium-term capital and the rest from ODA loans in the 2021 - 2025 period.

The agriculture ministry is drafting a plan for the fishing port and storm shelter system for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050. It is also amending policies to attract private investment into developing fisheries infrastructure and services./.

VNA

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