(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Recently, fishermen of Quang Ninh district (Quang Binh province) have actively gone to the sea for fishing and expanded the area of aquaculture.
Accordingly, up to now, the whole district has more than 1,300 fishing vessels, of which, marine fishing vessels were 589 units. From the beginning of the year until now, the fishing and farming output reached 3,503 MT, up 5.96% over the same period in 2018; in which, capture output was 2,118 MT, up 7.35%.
Along with encouraging fishermen to promote fishing activities, Quang Ninh district also focused on regenerating aquatic resources, balancing the ecological environment and expanding aquaculture area.
Up to now, the whole district has 1,260.5 hectares of aquaculture with the farming output in the first 9 months of the year reached 1,385 MT, up 3.25% over the same period in 2018. In particular, the development of cage culture models included both freshwater and brackish water cages.
Quang Ninh district currently advocates encouraging people to harvest aquatic products that have reached a commercial size; at the same time, reinforcing the banks of the pond and taking measures to avoiding the loss of reared aquatic animals before the rainy season to ensure the yield and income value.