That is the information shared by Mr. Nguyen Minh Son, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Ninh province at a press conference held on the afternoon of March 25.3, in Hanoi about a series of activities and conferences with the theme: "Development Conference". Sustainable marine farming, viewed from Quang Ninh", organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the tradition of Vietnam's fisheries industry (April 1.4.1959, 1.4.2024 - April XNUMX, XNUMX).
Director of the Department of Fisheries Tran Dinh Luan informed at the press conference
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, developing the marine economy and sea farming has been considered by the Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as one of the key priorities and has been concretized by Decision 1664 dated October 4.10.2021, 2030 of the Prime Minister. Government: Approve the project to develop marine aquaculture until 2045, with a vision to 1664 (Project XNUMX).
But the actual implementation in localities still has many problems and overlaps between sectors. Specifically, marine farming planning is currently overlapping with many other plans such as: environmental resources, tourism...
According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Dung, Chairman of the Vietnam Seaculture Association, one of the biggest barriers is that up to now, no locality has assigned the sea area to businesses and fishermen to manage, so it is impossible to attract investment in the field. this area.
“The biggest difficulty is related to licensing and legal issues, which businesses have been facing for many years. We received dozens of recommendations and proposals from businesses with the desire to solve these obstacles, while currently there is still no effective connection between ministries and branches on marine farming policy", Mr. Dung speak.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Son, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Ninh province, said that determining sustainable mariculture, Quang Ninh province passed resolutions on sustainable development of the tourism industry and resolutions on sustainable development of the fisheries industry. assets to avoid conflicts.
Specifically, the planned marine farming industry must ensure that the marine farming industry has no entanglements with areas for tourism or other industries, to prevent overlap. Quang Ninh develops aquaculture planning for each village, all marine farming households are reviewed. Households planning to change occupations can be assigned a sea area to switch from exploitation to farming.
Also according to Mr. Le Minh Son, in the upcoming conference organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Quang Ninh will introduce its potential, strengths, mechanisms and policies to attract investment in developing marine farming in an industrial and modern direction. great, multi-valued; Consult with domestic experts, scientists, and businesses to organize sustainable development of marine farming in the coming years.
"Quang Ninh will announce marine areas to attract investment in marine aquaculture and sign memorandums of understanding, committing to cooperate with domestic and international investors to develop industrial and sustainable marine aquaculture" , Mr. Son said.
Mr. Tran Dinh Luan, Director of the Department of Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), said that Quang Ninh is the leading locality in the country in marine farming thanks to its determination to adjust and plan marine farming in the direction of bringing a better life. for farmers and protect blue waters and develop fisheries. From Quang Ninh's experience, the space for aquaculture development should not be limited but should be integrated with other economic sectors.
“The upcoming conference is also an opportunity for localities to learn from experience and access new sea farming technology from businesses and international organizations to have new thoughts and approaches in orientation and development. Direct production and development of Vietnam's marine farming industry in the direction of reducing emissions and green growth, according to Vietnam's international commitments," Mr. Luan said.
