Thanh Hoa is one of the coastal localities with a coastline of 102 km. In recent years, the growth rate from seafood exploitation and processing is increasingly developing in a sustainable direction with a scale ranking 11th in the country.
With multi-storey houses growing close together, many families in Thanh Hoa have a better life thanks to making a living by living on the sea. Photo: Tel
Enhance the value of seafood
Looking at the numbers for 2023, seafood exploitation output will be about 140,500 tons, while aquaculture output will reach approximately 73,500 tons, creating strong and sustainable marine economic development.
According to Thanh Hoa Provincial Fisheries Department, in April, aquatic exploitation output was estimated at 17.7 thousand tons, up 102.9% over the same period, of which 11.4 thousand tons were exploited at sea, aquaculture nearly 6,000 tons. Cumulatively in the first four months of the year, exploitation and farming output is estimated to reach more than 68,000 tons, up 100.7% over the same period.
Tuna is widely sold at Quang Tien port, Sam Son city. Photo: Tel
Currently, the province has eight fishing ports, of which three fishing ports are type II and five fishing ports are type III. In addition, there are four storm shelters for fishing vessels, 25 shipbuilding and repair facilities and 28 enterprises specializing in processing and exporting seafood.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dong, Director of the Department of Fisheries (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thanh Hoa province), said that the current seafood exploitation output is not highly effective, so in the coming time, the province will continue to develop production at sea. associated with restructuring the fisheries industry towards increasing added value and sustainability.
Especially encouraging the application of technical advances in practical production such as lighting systems, net receivers, storage tunnels, long-range communication devices with integrated satellite positioning… to expand the fishery industry. exploitation market, increasing the time for fishermen to fish at sea.
Get rich from the sea
Coastal villages such as Ngu Loc (Hau Loc), Hoang Truong (Hoang Hoa), Quang Tien ward (Sam Son), Quang Nham (Quang Xuong), and Nghi Son island commune have a large number of fishermen participating in marine exploitation and processing. assets and labor solutions for thousands of workers in these localities.
Mr. Le Van Lanh, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Nham commune, Quang Xuong, said: “Quang Nham fishermen have been attached to the seafaring profession for many generations, sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, but generation after generation. Others always follow each other to reach out to sea.
Storey houses grow close together, many families in Thanh Hoa have a better life thanks to making a living by the sea. Photo: Tel
Currently, the locality has 285 fishing boats with about 2,000 workers participating in seafood exploitation activities at sea with an average income of 10-12 million VND/person/month. For that reason, in recent years, the lives of fishermen here have also changed somewhat, many families have become rich from fishing. However, there are also some families leaving their small boats ashore for many reasons such as lack of business capital, difficulty accessing bank loans…
Not only the coastal villages in Quang Xuong and Hau Loc but also the coastal villages in Thanh Hoa were once poor lands, but now thanks to reaching out to the sea, they have a better life like fishermen in Quang Tien ward (Sam Son city). , Hoang Truong commune (Hoang Hoa)…•
The commune has many fishermen who get rich from the sea
That is Ngu Loc commune, Hau Loc district, one of the localities where the majority of people go out to sea.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Chairman of Ngu Loc Commune People’s Committee, shared that the commune has 212 fishing boats, about 1,600 people participating in seafood exploitation with an estimated total exploitation output of 12,000-13,000 tons/year.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Chairman of Ngu Loc Commune People’s Committee.
According to Mr. Quang, small ships near the shore have about 10 workers, earning about 8-10 million VND, while ships operating in the southern provinces have an income of about 15-20 million VND/person/month. , in addition, the majority of workers are women and also have an income of 5-7 million VND/month.
Mr. Quang emphasized that ship owners operating under Decree 67 of the Government in the South have income ranging from 800 million to 1.5 billion VND/year (excluding expenses), so many families have Build more spacious houses, create jobs for dozens of workers.
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Need to support fishermen to build offshore fishing boats
Vice Chairman of Quang Nham Commune People’s Committee Le Van Lanh said that in recent years, fishermen exploiting seafood have encountered many difficulties and the exploitation efficiency is not high, so the number of boats fishing near the shore has also decreased significantly.
The reason is that many families have difficulty accessing bank capital, so they cannot upgrade their ships. Many ships stay ashore for long periods of time, while there is no mortgage. Therefore, the locality proposed that the province continue to have policies to support fishermen in building offshore fishing boats.
Vice Chairman of Quang Nham Commune People’s Committee Le Van Lanh.
According to Mr. Tran Phu Vinh (living in Nghi Son island commune, Nghi Son town), the seafaring profession is now more difficult. If you want to fish effectively, you have to go farther from shore and invest more, while fishermen have difficulty finding money. capital. In the long term, there needs to be policies to encourage and support preferential loans for fishermen to fish long term and get rich from the sea.
Mr. Dong Van Xuyen (54 years old, living in Diem Pho village, Ngu Loc commune) shared that in recent years, near-shore fishing boats are rudimentary and have low economic efficiency, so many people have sold small boats to pursue fishing. Large ships, so the income of participating fishermen is also higher.
