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Quang Ninh aims to become fisheries hub of the North

The northern province of Quang Ninh, with its advantages in a long coastline and a large number of islands, is focusing on expanding industrial aquatic farming at sea with an aim to become the largest fisheries hub in the northern region.
Quang Ninh aims to become fisheries hub of the North ảnh 1Quang Ninh has 250km of coastline spanning from Mong Cai to Quang Yen (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northern province ofQuang Ninh, with its advantages in a long coastline and a large number of islands,is focusing on expanding industrial aquatic farming at sea with an aim tobecome the largest fisheries hub in the northern region.

Quang Ninh has 250km of coastline spanning from Mong Cai toQuang Yen, with 2,077 islands at different sizes, 40,000 hectares of tidal flatareas, and more than 20,000 hectares of gulfs, which is a good condition for thedevelopment of the maritime economy and aquatic industry.

The province is also home to three border economic zones andfour sea ports, making it a transit point for goods from the northto be exported to foreign markets, especially China.

Currently, aquatic farms in Quang Ninh mostly concentrate inHa Long, Cam Pha, Van Don, Dam Ha, Hai Ha and Mong Cai, with 14,502 fish cages.

Quang Ninh aims to become fisheries hub of the North ảnh 2Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
According to Hoang Van Hong, Vice Director of the NationalCentre for Agriculture Promotion,  in order to develop aquatic farmingat sea, Quang Ninh should speed up the transfer of high aquatic farming technologiesto local farmers, including the application of information technology inmonitoring farming environment, diseases and health of fish and shrimp.

Do Dinh Minh, Director of the provincial Fisheries Sub-Departmentsaid that Quang Ninh is focusing on forming concentrated farming areas ofproducts with high economic value such as fish and molluscs.

The local fisheries sector has set a target of over 7% inaverage growth each year until 2025, making it a spearhead economic sector inQuang Ninh’s agriculture, he added./.

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