Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)The event was co-organised by the Vietnam Directorate ofFisheries, Vietnam Seaculture Assocition (VSA) and provincial authorities.
VSA Chairman Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung said that suchdevelopment can brought about many benefits to Khanh Hoa such as creating rawmaterials for the food, pharmaceutical, and fertilizer industries and helpingpeople get rich from the sea, thereby enhancing the presence of fishermen atsea to protect the nation’s sea and islands sovereignty.
At the event (Photo: VNA)He noted Khanh Hoa targets the formation of high-tech,high-value-added, and disease-free seaculture areas; and the protection of theecological environment in association with tourism growth and national defence,among others. The province's current solution is to build a project on sustainablehigh-tech seaculture development by 2030 with a vision toward 2045, which isexpected to implement a number of pilot advanced models in open sea areas as a basisfor replicating industrial seaculture in association with environmentalprotection.
Key missions set for Khanh Hoa now is investing ininfrastructure and forming farming areas with the application of scientific and technological advances, he said.
Participants, including businesspeople and those from the NorwegianEmbassy in Vietnam, shared their experience in the field, particularlyregarding the sustainable and tourism aspects.
According to the Directorate of Fisheries, Vietnam has a 3,260-km coastline with a potential area of 500,000 ha for seaculture. In 2021, the country had about 7,447 seaculture establishments with 248,768 cages. Most oftheir products are exported to foreign markets./.
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