A caged fish farm (Photo: VNA)Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) - Thetotal output of farmed and off-shore caught fish of the central province ofThua Thien-Hue reached 30,388 tonnes in the last seven months, showing ayear-on-year increase of 18.72 percent.
Of the figure, over 20,286 tonnes were caughtfrom sea, up 28.4 percent.
Seafood export earned the province around 16 million USD, up 2.1 times.
These figures showed the recovery of thelocality’s aquaculture and fishing activities after the marine environmentalincident last year.
As many as 1.01 trillion VND (nearly 44.44million USD) of compensation from the incident’s doer has been handed over to41,766 locals from 28 affected coastal communes and townships.
In the coming time, the localities will continueassisting those who wish to switch jobs, developing offshore catch and fishfarming, towards enabling the locals to secure sustainable livelihoods.
The natural resource and environment sector willstrengthen marine environment monitoring work to better serve localaquaculture.
The mass fish deaths were first reported onApril 6, 2016 when a large number of fish washed ashore in Ha Tinh province.The incident also occurred in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
About 70 tonnes of dead fish were found in thefour provinces and Thua Thien-Hue alone reported 35 tonnes of farm-raised fishhad died.
The pollution also affected more than 260,000people who earn their living from the sea.
In June last year, Formosa Ha Tinh acceptedresponsibility for the fish deaths and pledged compensation to local fishermenand to help renew the polluted marine environment.-VNA
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