(HBO) – Despite difficulties in terms of market and capital investment, Dinh Van Khanh and Xa Van Mong and tens of other households in Hien Luong commune, Da Bac district, have maintained their fish farming cages on Da River over the past decade.
The district's Party
Committee issued Resolution No. 08-NQ/HU on October 19, 2009 on aquaculture
development on the Da River, aiming to turn the sector, especially fish cage
farming, into a spearhead economic sector and create an impulse for the local
economy.
Mr Luong Van
Thi, Chairman of the district People’s Committee, said the resolution has met
aspirations of local residents.
Nguyen Dang Giap, Secretary of the Hien Luong
Commune Party Committee, said all of the communes in the Da River Lake area in
the district have issued special resolutions and outlined programmes to realise
the above-said document.
Hien Luong commune has maintained 395 fish cages
that produce more than 20 tonnes of fish each year, mainly in Mo, Doi, Dung and
Ke hamlets. Many households in difficult circumstances have got loans to invest
in the farming model.
Many households in Tien Phong commune have also
combined the farming model with community-based tourism development.
The district has 10 communes around the Da River
Lake, namely Nanh Nghe, Muong Chieng, Dong Chum, Dong Ruong, Yen Hoa, Tien
Phong, Vay Nua, Hien Luong, Cao Son and Toan Son, with a total water surface
area of over 5,979 hectares.
According to Hoang Van Dam, Deputy Secretary of
the district Party Committee, the resolution has been implemented seriously,
creating positive changes in the mindset of local officials, Party members and
residents, and encouraging locals to raise fish in cages.
Fish farming cooperatives have been formed in
the communes like the ones in Doi and Ke hamlets in Hien Luong commune.
As of early 2022, the district counted 1,066
cages by 522 households, which churn out more than 1,000 tonnes of fish each
year worth tens of billions of VND.
According to Dam, the products have yet to bring
about high economic values due to difficulties in market, natural disasters,
diseases and high prices of fish fries and feed which have hindered the
investment and expansion of fish farms.
To deal with the issue, the district will step
up trade promotion and develop sustainable consumption chains./.
