With the advantage of being adjacent to the sea, after the merger, Phuc Thang commune (Nghia Hung) has constantly promoted its potentials and strengths, creating a breakthrough in the development of the marine economy in a sustainable direction with 3 key spearheads: aquaculture, exploitation and processing of aquatic products.
Currently, the total area of aquaculture and seafood in the whole commune reaches 193ha, the output value is estimated at 21 billion VND; in which, the main farming subjects are grouper 40ha, whiteleg shrimp 35ha, clam 10ha… The production households have actively invested in renovating and upgrading the infrastructure of aquaculture ponds, applying technological advances. in the management and treatment of the pond environment to ensure safety and disease-free, increase the use of microbial products applying safe breeding processes in the direction of VietGap, VietGAHP to improve quality as well as production value. . As a result, many households have incomes from hundreds of millions of VND to billions of VND/year or more. For example, Mr. Vu Van Chuc in hamlet 3, Vu Van Tin in hamlet 9, Dinh Van Bang in hamlet 10...
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| Checking the growth rate of white leg shrimp at Mr. Dinh Van Bang's family in hamlet 10, Phuc Thang commune (Nghia Hung). |
For the sustainable development of aquaculture and seafood, the Commune Farmers' Association has established 3 cooperative groups for grouper farming, vannamei shrimp farming and banana fish farming. The groups and associations organize and operate according to the principle of "5 self, 5 together", including "self-discipline, voluntary, self-control, self-management, self-responsibility"; “In the same field of labor, production, business and service lines; Same interest; Sharing together; Joint responsibility; “Mutual benefit” to help each other develop careers, share experiences as well as assist in finding and expanding consumption markets. Mr. Dinh Van Bang from hamlet 10 said: “Currently, my family is raising white leg shrimp in 3 floating ponds with an area of 4 sao. In the past 2 years, the family has invested 900 million VND to renovate the entire earthen pond into a floating pond, cover it with canvas and build a roof frame for the ponds. The economic efficiency is much higher than farming in earthen ponds due to the advantages of floating ponds, which easily control the pond environment, limit the invasion of foreign organisms, and reduce risks for shrimp flocks in adverse weather conditions. erratic, unstable environment”. In addition, according to Mr. Bang, after each farming crop, the cleaning of the pond and drying of the bottom is also easier and more thorough. Each pond is designed with a closed roof to help control the environment temperature, Mr. Bang's family can raise shrimp off-season in early winter, at a reasonable price while ensuring the quality of the shrimp herd. With a modern and self-contained investment model, his family can actively raise and stock shrimp with suitable density, on average from 100 shrimp/m2; After about 100 days of stocking, the shrimp can be harvested with a size of 50 shrimp/kg. Each crop of shrimp farming in a covered floating pond helps Mr. Bang get 3-4 tons of shrimp, minus the family's expenses, a profit of 100-200 million VND. On an area of 2 hectares of ponds, Mr. Vu Van Tin's family in hamlet 9 has invested 1,4 billion VND in 6 ponds to raise grouper. In order for grouper to grow well, Mr. Tin invests in feeding the fish with fresh food as bait fish, stocked with a density of 1.500 fish/pond; At the same time, install security cameras to monitor the growth of fish, prevent adverse risks due to complicated weather changes. “From the beginning of the year until now, my family has collected more than 4 tons of commercial grouper from 2 ponds. With the current market price of grouper from 200-250 thousand VND/kg, minus family expenses, he also earns more than 100 million VND”, Mr. Tin said.
The field of seafood processing in Phuc Thang commune is quite developed with nearly 20 establishments specializing in the production of fish sauce, shrimp paste, fishmeal processing... Lach Giang fish sauce production facility of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh's family. in hamlet 13 is a famous establishment of the commune. Pure fish sauce - Lach Giang heirloom is produced by traditional methods; Raw materials include forest fish, anchovies (locally known as trout) and clean salt for at least 1 year. Through the time of soaking, incubation, stirring, stirring from 18-24 months to produce a pure fish sauce product, high protein. Lach Giang fish sauce has been recognized as a 3-star OCOP product since 2020 and is a "Typical rural industrial product" of Nghia Hung district and the province in 2019. Every year, the establishment consumes about 5.000 liters of water. fish sauce, supplying to provinces and cities across the country. In addition, in the commune, there are 120 ships with a total capacity of 5.315CV that regularly follow the sea to catch seafood. The commune creates favorable conditions for seafood purchasing and preliminary processing establishments, creating more jobs for many workers, increasing the value of aquatic products, estimated at 110,3 billion VND annually. In addition to traditional occupations, The commune is also interested in developing diverse industries of garment, mechanical engineering, knitting for export, seafood processing, fish food production...; create jobs for thousands of workers. Carrying out the task of supporting people and businesses for economic development, the commune regularly cooperates with credit institutions: Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, Bank for Social Policies, Credit Fund Phuc Thang commune people create conditions for people to borrow capital for business investment. Total outstanding loans at Agribank are 139 billion VND with 274 households, 37,54 billion VND at Social Policy Bank with 827 households, 135 billion VND at Commune People's Credit Fund with 450 households.
In the coming time, Phuc Thang commune will continue to mobilize and maximize investment capital from the Central, provinces and districts, to completely upgrade the technical infrastructure system to serve the development of the marine economy, such as the marine industrial parks. building embankments, anchorage areas to avoid storms for fishing vessels, fishing ports; encourage and create favorable conditions for fishermen to invest in the development of large-capacity boats for offshore exploitation, equipped with modern techniques. Strengthening training, coaching and guiding people to develop sustainable and safe aquaculture models associated with consumption links along the value chain./.
Articles and photos: Duc Toan
