Quang Yen fishermen rush to build new rafts to return to aquaculture after the storm

TPO - Storm No. 3 (Yagi) has swept away all assets at sea worth hundreds of billions of dong. Undaunted by the natural disaster, people in the largest aquaculture area of ​​Quang Yen (Quang Ninh) are actively building new rafts to resume production after the storm.

Fishermen in Quang Yen town hurriedly built new rafts to resume production after the storm.

Storm No. 3 (Yagi) made landfall directly in Quang Ninh, causing severe damage to the province. Of the more than 25,000 billion VND in assets affected by the storm, the aquaculture industry suffered heavy damage.

Of which, the aquaculture area in Quang Yen town was almost completely wiped out. About 1,600 hectares of aquaculture, of which all cages and rafts for raising oysters and sea fish were broken and completely damaged, and 883 hectares of aquaculture ponds were damaged.

After storm No. 3 passed, Quang Yen aquaculture farmers are urgently recovering assets that were washed away after the storm and repairing and rebuilding.

According to Tien Phong newspaper, in the Ben Giang river area, in the areas of Lien Hoa, Phong Hai, Hoang Tan communes..., many households are transferring seeds and building rafts to prepare for oyster seed farming.

The floating houses for aquaculture and seafood farming that were destroyed by storm No. 3 are being rebuilt. Mr. Tran Van Tuan, resident of Hoang Tan commune, Quang Yen, said that this is the most suitable time to plant new crops, when the temperature and climate are cool.

“Slower, colder water, seafood will not grow, economic efficiency will decrease. Therefore, the support policies at this time are very timely. Right after receiving support from the bank for a loan of 500 million VND, I immediately bought fish to reproduce, at the same time reinforced the rafts, tried to recover, and start over,” Mr. Tuan shared.

At the bamboo raft building area at the corner of Giang wharf, bamboo trees used for building oyster rafts are piled up in large piles. The owner of the raft building facility said that each bamboo oyster raft costs about 6-10 million, depending on the type. Once the rafts are completed, people hire fishing boats to pull them out to the river mouth to release oysters.

“The workshop has about 10 workers, all of whom are local residents. We calculate the most reasonable cost of materials and labor to support people to continue reproducing,” the raft-building facility owner shared.

Mr. Nguyen Van Cong, resident of Hoang Tan ward, Quang Yen, said that storm No. 3 caused the loss of all his family's oyster rafts that were about to be harvested, with estimated damage of more than 2 billion VND.

“For generations, our people have lived and made a fortune from raising oysters. We get up from where we fall, and we borrow money from our brothers, sisters, and friends to build new rafts. We expect to finish by the end of the week and start pulling them out to the river mouth to continue releasing oysters,” Cong shared.

Mr. Tran Duc Thang, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Yen town, said that the town government has organized the handover of aquaculture areas to the first 164 households in Hoang Tan commune and Phong Hai ward so that people can resume production soon.

Specifically, each household is allocated an area of ​​0.6 hectares along with the location and diagram of the marine aquaculture area within the planning of Quang Yen town. Currently, the government has received 501 applications from households requesting to allocate marine areas for aquaculture within the town's concentrated planning area.

In addition, the government donated buoys and tools to fishermen to restore production. “We understand and share the heavy damage that storm No. 3 caused to aquaculture households. Quang Yen government always accompanies people to overcome difficulties; creates maximum conditions for people to have more motivation and determination to restore production as soon as possible, and stabilize their lives,” said the Chairman of Quang Yen Town People’s Committee.

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/ngu-dan-quang-yen-hoi-ha-dong-be-moi-tro-lai-nuoi-trong-thuy-san-sau-bao-post1683153.tpo