With the advantage of being adjacent to the sea, after the merger, Phuc Thang commune (Nghia Hung) has continuously promoted its potentials and strengths, creating a breakthrough in developing the marine economy in a sustainable direction with 3 key spearheads: aquaculture, exploitation and processing of aquatic and seafood products.
Currently, the total aquaculture area of the commune is 193 hectares, with an estimated output value of 21 billion VND; of which, the main farming objects are 40 hectares of grouper, 35 hectares of white-leg shrimp, 10 hectares of clams... Production households are actively investing in renovating and upgrading aquaculture pond infrastructure, applying technical advances in management and treatment of the pond environment to ensure safety and disease-free conditions, increasing the use of microbiological products and applying safe farming processes in the direction of VietGap, VietGAHP to improve quality as well as production value. Thanks to that, many households have had an income of hundreds of millions of VND to billions of VND/year or more. Typical examples include Mr. Vu Van Chuc in Hamlet 3, Vu Van Tin in Hamlet 9, Dinh Van Bang in Hamlet 10...
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| Checking the growth rate of white-leg shrimp at Mr. Dinh Van Bang's family in hamlet 10, Phuc Thang commune (Nghia Hung). |
To develop aquaculture sustainably, the Commune Farmers' Association has established 3 cooperative groups for grouper, white-leg shrimp and banana fish farming. The groups and associations are organized and operate according to the principle of "5 self, 5 together", including "Self-awareness, voluntariness, autonomy, self-management, self-responsibility"; "Same field of labor, production, business and service industry; Same concerns; Sharing together; Taking responsibility together; Benefiting together" to help each other develop the profession, share experiences as well as support in finding and expanding consumption markets. Mr. Dinh Van Bang in Hamlet 10 said: "Currently, my family is raising white-leg shrimp in 3 floating ponds with an area of 4 sao. In the past 2 years, the family has invested 900 million VND to renovate all the earthen ponds into floating ponds, cover them with tarpaulins and build roof frames for the ponds. The economic efficiency is much higher than farming in earthen ponds because the advantage of floating ponds is that it is easy to control the pond environment, limit the invasion of foreign organisms, and minimize risks for shrimp in erratic weather conditions and unstable environments. In addition, according to Mr. Bang, after each crop, cleaning the pond and drying the bottom is also easier and more thorough. Each pond is designed with a closed roof to help control the environmental temperature, Mr. Bang's family can raise shrimp off-season in early winter, both getting a good price and still ensuring the quality of the shrimp. With a modern, closed investment model, his family can proactively raise intensive shrimp at a suitable density, an average of 100 shrimp/m2; after about 100 days of farming, the shrimp can be harvested, reaching a size of 50 shrimp/kg. Each crop of shrimp farming in a floating pond with a roof helps Mr. Bang harvest 3-4 tons of shrimp, after deducting expenses, the family has a profit of 100-200 million VND. On an area of 2 hectares of ponds, Mr. Vu Van Tin's family in Hamlet 9 has invested 1.4 billion VND in 6 ponds to raise grouper. For the grouper to grow well, Mr. Tin invested in feeding the fish with fresh bait fish, raising them sparsely with a density of 1,500 fish/pond; at the same time, installing security cameras to monitor the growth process of the fish, preventing adverse risks due to complicated weather developments. "Since the beginning of the year, my family has harvested more than 4 tons of commercial grouper from 2 ponds. With the current market price of grouper from 200-250 thousand VND/kg, after deducting expenses, the family still earns more than 100 million VND," said Mr. Tin.
The seafood processing sector in Phuc Thang commune is currently quite developed with nearly 20 establishments specializing in the production of fish sauce, shrimp paste, fish meal processing, etc. Lach Giang fish sauce production facility of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh's family in hamlet 13 is a famous establishment in the commune. Lach Giang pure - traditional fish sauce is produced according to traditional methods; raw materials include forest fish, anchovies (locally called "tong fish") and clean salt left for at least 1 year. After soaking, fermenting, stirring, and stirring for 18-24 months, it produces pure fish sauce with high protein content. Lach Giang fish sauce has been recognized as a 3-star OCOP product since 2020 and is a "Typical rural industrial product" of Nghia Hung district and the province in 2019. Each year, the facility consumes about 5,000 liters of fish sauce, supplying to provinces and cities across the country. In addition, in the commune, there are 120 ships with a total capacity of 5,315CV that regularly go to sea to catch seafood. The commune creates conditions for seafood purchasing and processing facilities, creating more jobs for many workers, increasing the value of aquatic and seafood products, estimated at 110.3 billion VND per year... In addition to traditional occupations, the commune also focuses on developing a variety of industries such as garment, mechanics, knitting for export, seafood processing, fish feed production...; creating jobs for thousands of workers. Carrying out the task of supporting people and businesses to develop the economy, the commune regularly coordinates with credit organizations: Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, People's Credit Fund of Phuc Thang commune to create conditions for people to borrow capital to invest in business. Total outstanding debt at Agribank is 139 billion VND with 274 households, at the Social Policy Bank is 37.54 billion VND with 827 borrowers, at the Commune People's Credit Fund is 135 billion VND with 450 borrowers.
In the coming time, Phuc Thang commune will continue to mobilize and exploit to the maximum the investment capital sources of the Central, the province and the district to upgrade and complete the technical infrastructure system serving the development of the marine economy such as dyke works, storm shelters for fishing boats, fishing ports; encourage and create favorable conditions for fishermen to invest in developing large-capacity offshore fishing boats, equipped with modern techniques. Strengthen training, coaching and guidance for people to develop sustainable and safe aquaculture models associated with consumption linkages according to the value chain./.
Article and photos: Duc Toan
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