Aquaculture in Nha Phu Lagoon in Khanh Hoa Province’s Ninh Hoa District. (Photo: VNA)Khanh Hoa(VNS/VNA) - The People’s Committee of south central Khanh Hoa province hasapproved a fishery development plan for the period until 2025 focusing onmodernising the sector.
The plan targets growingfisheries to 62-63 percent of the province’s agriculture by 2035, after risingto 10 trillion VND (440 million USD) by 2025 and 13 trillion VND (558 millionUSD) by 2035.
But the development willnot be at the cost of the environment or depletion of fishery resources.
The plan envisages reducingfishing near shore and increase offshore fishing to improve quantity, qualityand efficiency.
For this, the provincewill enlarge its off-shore fishing fleet from the current 1,365 boats to 1,780by 2025 and 2,120 by 2035.
The plan targets toreduce the aquaculture area to around 3,575ha by 2020 through a 7.3 percentreduction every year but increase investment in infrastructure and advancedtechniques for better yields.
The province will focuson fostering marine species by releasing fry of endangered species into NhaTrang, Van Phong and Cam Ranh bays and Nha Phu and Thuy Trieu lagoons.
It will also establishmarine and island preserves in Cam Ranh city, Ninh Hoa town and Van Ninh andCam Lam districts and restore and protect the habitats of freshwater species.
Khanh Hoa has 385km ofcoastline and more than 200 islands with a diverse range of aquatic species,including lobsters, sweet snails and snout otter clams.
Its Nha Trang Bay marinereserve has more than 350 coral species, 70 kinds of crustaceans, 120 speciesof molluscs and 70 varieties of seaweed.
Under the country’sfishery development plan for this decade, Khanh Hoa is one of the country’sfive largest fishery hubs. Its aquaculture exports are worth around 400 millionUSD a year.-VNS/VNA
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