Along with the development of exploitation, fishing and aquaculture activities, the development of seafood processing is becoming one of the important factors promoting the strong development of the fisheries economy , creating a solid foundation for fishermen to stay at sea, go offshore, solve jobs, and create stable income for thousands of workers in coastal localities.
Producing seafood for export at Song Viet Thanh Hoa Joint Stock Company.
In recent times, seafood processing enterprises and facilities have gradually expanded their scale and applied automatic production technology to some stages to improve product quality. At Song Viet Thanh Hoa Joint Stock Company (Nghi Son town), we witnessed hundreds of workers doing their own work, some busily transporting raw materials, classifying them, others pre-processing and filleting fish. In the freezing and storage area, a group of workers carefully checked each surimi fish cake product before transferring it to the product packaging department.
Company Director Nguyen Nhu Long said: "In the first 6 months of 2024, the company's export orders for seafood products were stable and increased slightly compared to 2023, having paid orders for nearly 4,000 tons of surimi fish cakes and nearly 6,000 tons of fish meal to partners in the markets of Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and some European countries. The company is also focusing on purchasing and preserving raw materials for proactive production. Along with that, we continue to seek markets associated with diversifying and enhancing the value of products"...
In recent years, the field of aquatic and seafood processing in Thanh Hoa has seen a rapid increase in the number of enterprises as well as the diversity of products. Among them, there are many deep-processed aquatic products of high quality, meeting the strict requirements of major markets such as the EU, Japan, Korea, etc. Accordingly, currently the whole province has 80 enterprises participating in aquatic and seafood processing. Of which, there are 18 enterprises processing fish sauce and fish sauce, 2 enterprises processing fish meal, 1 enterprise processing surimi fish cakes, 1 enterprise processing steamed clams, frozen clams and more than 60 enterprises processing and freezing aquatic products. The whole province currently has 6 official aquatic product exporting enterprises with an export value of about 134 million USD/year. In addition, coastal localities also have more than 1,300 small and retail establishments participating in the preliminary processing and processing of aquatic and seafood products.
Through enterprises and processing facilities, Thanh Hoa annually supplies the market with over 13 million liters of fish sauce, more than 22,000 tons of fish meal, 2,500 tons of surimi fish cakes, 10,500 tons of steamed clams, frozen clams, 22,440 tons of frozen seafood... The proportion of products put into processing accounts for about 43.7% of the total output of exploitation and farming, the rest is consumed in raw form.
The province's seafood products are widely consumed domestically and exported. Typical products include frozen clams, steamed clams, frozen seafood exported to Spain, Portugal, France, the US, and Italy; surimi fish cakes exported to Korea, Japan, and Thailand; fish meal exported to China; Le Gia fish sauce exported to Japan... In addition, there are a number of enterprises exporting fresh and frozen seafood through unofficial channels to the Chinese market or exporting on behalf of factories inside and outside the province.
In addition to positive results, the aquatic and seafood processing sector in the province still has shortcomings and limitations that need to be overcome, such as most processing facilities operate on a small, scattered scale, and do not have many linkages from production, processing to product consumption; production technology is outdated, so they mainly perform preliminary processing, freezing, and processing of raw materials, and the product value is not high. In addition, the source of raw materials supplied to processing facilities is unstable. The whole province has not yet built concentrated raw material areas for processing, and has not yet formed seafood processing centers...
In order for the seafood processing industry to develop sustainably and commensurate with its potential, in addition to the support mechanisms and policies of the province and relevant agencies, enterprises and production facilities need to continue to invest in improving management capacity, innovating equipment technology to continuously improve product quality, continue to develop local raw materials in the direction of diversifying products, focusing on export products. Promote joint ventures and partnerships with large domestic and foreign enterprises to expand the market. Focus on ensuring food safety and hygiene in production and consumption associated with environmental protection, developing sustainable production and business.
Article and photos: Luong Khanh
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/phat-trien-nghe-che-bien-thuy-hai-san-217695.htm
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