In recent years, Binh Thuan province has focused resources with the support of the Central Government to invest in building important fishing ports and storm shelters to serve fishermen's fishing boats to enter, anchor, sell products, receive fuel and take shelter from storms. However, the seaports in the province have degraded, the waterways leading to the ports are silted, the drainage system is damaged, causing pollution, not ensuring environmental hygiene, especially La Gi fishing port and Phan Ri Cua fishing port.
Difficulty entering and exiting the port
Currently, the province has 8 river mouths and seaports with fishing boats, from North to South, including: Lien Huong estuary, Phan Ri estuary in Tuy Phong district; Phu Hai estuary, Ca Ty estuary in Phan Thiet city; Ba Dang estuary, La Gi estuary in La Gi town; Ho Lan estuary, Ha Lang estuary in Ham Tan district. All of the above river mouths and seaports are in the list of planned construction of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing boats in Decision No. 1976/QD-TTg dated November 12, 2015 of the Prime Minister. Of these, 5 estuaries have invested in building fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing boats (including the estuaries: Lien Huong, Phan Ri, Phu Hai, Ca Ty and La Gi).
However, the situation of silting up river channels, estuaries, anchorage areas, and fishing ports has existed for many years. The Provincial People's Committee has paid attention to directing and organizing meetings to discuss solutions, and issued many documents assigning responsibilities to departments, branches, and localities. However, the implementation results are still very limited. Socialized dredging projects to collect saline sand to compensate for costs have revealed many shortcomings, have been prolonged, and have not achieved their goals, making fishermen frustrated. Because silting up estuaries will dry up the flow, making it difficult for ships to travel, and accidents are likely to occur...
At Phan Ri Cua estuary, the silting situation keeps recurring, causing many difficulties for fishermen here. Although the dredging project was assigned to a company to implement in the form of socialization since 2010. Up to now, Binh Thuan has adjusted the investment policy 3 times on the urgent dredging of the estuary channel area and the water area in front of Phan Ri Cua fishing port, but the dredging volume is not as expected. At the end of 2023, a fishing boat in Hai Tan 3 quarter, Phan Ri Cua town, while fishing 6m from Phan Ri Cua estuary, had an accident due to strong winds and waves that sank the boat. Or the case of the 45 CV capacity boat BTh-86892-TS owned by Mr. Le Minh Diep, residing in Thanh Giang 1 quarter, Phan Ri Cua town, while traveling from the sea to Phan Ri Cua fishing port to sell seafood, also encountered shallow water, fell into the sandbar, causing the boat to sink. The family is currently trying to salvage the vehicle and bring it to Phan Ri Cua fishing port for repairs. The estimated damage to the two cases is in the hundreds of millions of dong. There have been many cases of boats “stranding” at this estuary and fishermen have repeatedly petitioned but there has been no effective solution.
According to the Phan Ri Cua Fishing Port Management Board, due to difficulties in entering and exiting the port, many large fishing boats in Tuy Phong district have to dock at Phan Thiet port, a fishing port in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, to sell their products. If they want to dock at Phan Ri port, they have to divide the goods onto smaller boats and ships to transport them from the middle of the river to the wharf, leading to increased costs for the ship owners. At the same time, it causes difficulties for fishing logistics service businesses due to lack of raw materials.
Prioritize implementation of anti-IUU fishing
The leader of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that dredging and handling sedimentation of river mouths, estuaries, anchorage areas, and fishing ports, in addition to the main goal of serving production, preventing natural disasters, ensuring the safety of fishermen's lives and property, also aims to carry out the current urgent task of ensuring the operating conditions of fishing ports, serving the control of fishing vessels, monitoring the output of exploited seafood, and combating IUU fishing. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly identify the main goals, priorities, and timeliness, and to have fundamental solutions and appropriate mechanisms to remove difficulties and obstacles...
In order to overcome the damage, degradation, and environmental pollution at fishing ports, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has coordinated with relevant departments and branches to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for investment policy to repair and upgrade port infrastructure. Accordingly, the Phan Ri Cua Fishing Port Infrastructure Upgrade Project was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 3166/QD-UBND dated November 17, 2021 and the investment project was approved by the Department of Planning and Investment. It is expected to select a contractor in the first quarter of 2024, and complete by the end of 2024.
Particularly at La Gi fishing port, the current situation at the 200 - 400CV wharf area, the drainage system has accumulated garbage, is clogged; the traffic roads have collapsed, are seriously damaged, and do not ensure environmental hygiene - one of the recommendations that the EC requires provinces to meet the criteria. The above damages cause difficulties in anchoring and unloading aquatic products, do not ensure food hygiene and safety, do not fully meet the needs of fishing logistics and affect the means of transporting goods through the port. Due to the urgency and serious environmental pollution, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 3476/UBND-KT dated September 14, 2023, agreeing on the policy of repairing and overcoming the damage and environmental pollution at the 200 - 400CV wharf area, serving the work of combating IUU fishing. Currently in the stage of reviewing construction drawing design - project estimate, expected to start construction in the first quarter of 2024, completed and put into use in 2024.
Currently, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is synthesizing and reviewing each river mouth and sea mouth with fishing boats of fishermen to clearly identify the main goals, priorities, propose fundamental solutions, and have appropriate mechanisms to remove difficulties and obstacles, and report to the Provincial People's Committee for direction and resolution.
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