Fishing boats in Ben Tre province. (Photo: VNA)A new port and a storm shelter are coming up in Ba Tri district on an area of20ha and 23ha. They will cost 253 billion VND (11 million USD), of which 190billion VND will come from the Government.
It is drafting plans to expand Binh Dai Fishing Port in Binh Dai district by3.31ha by adding a pier, a warehouse for classifying seafood and a wastewatertreatment facility.
The work will cost nearly 114 billion VND (5 million USD), with the Governmentproviding 112 billion VND.
According to Nguyen Van Buoi, deputy director of the province Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, the fisheries sector is growing quickly,with the number of high-capacity fishing boats rising rapidly making existingfishing ports and storm shelters insufficient.
The province is also developing logistics services at fishing ports to improvequality.
The province has three fishing ports in Ba Tri, Thanh Phu and Binh Dai districtsand two storm shelters in Binh Dai and Thanh Phu.
Its People’s Committee has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment to add Binh Dai and Ba Tri fishing ports to the list of thecountry’s first-class fishing ports for the 2021- 30 period.
The ports have handled a total of 14,760 tonnes of seafood caught by 936 boatsthis year, according to the department.
Ben Tre has 3,882 registered fishing boats, including 2,149 with a length of atleast 15 metres, among the highest number of any delta province.
They catch 210,000 tonnes of seafood a year./.
VNA
