Early "revival" of Thach Ban aquaculture area

(Baohatinh.vn) - Allocating resources to invest in infrastructure for the Thach Ban aquaculture area (Thach Khe commune, Ha Tinh) is an urgent requirement to form a concentrated aquaculture area and increase people's income.

To promote the advantages of natural conditions, promote economic development, and increase people's income, in 2005, the SuMa project (funded by a Danish non-governmental organization) was implemented to build an inland shrimp farming area of 30.5 hectares, including 105 concentrated ponds in the Thach Ban aquaculture area (former Dinh Ban commune), now in Thach Khe commune.

From 2006 to 2015, shrimp farming households reached 100% of the area, contributing to increasing income. However, by 2016, after the marine environmental incident and the degradation of the infrastructure system, farming gradually became ineffective, so some households switched to other jobs.

Through actual surveys, currently, the infrastructure of Thach Ban aquaculture area such as the water supply and drainage canal system, and internal roads in the area are seriously degraded and damaged.

Many shrimp ponds are abandoned.

Facilities are damaged and shabby.

Up to now, in Thach Ban aquaculture area, there are only 12 households participating in shrimp farming with an area of 7.2 hectares.

Adjacent to the aquaculture area is an area of 30.8 hectares of salt-making land that has been converted to aquaculture to comply with the development planning and increase product value.

However, in this entire area, the infrastructure of water supply and drainage canals and internal roads has not been invested in or upgraded, greatly affecting the production development of the people.

Abandoned salt fields, degraded facilities, overgrown with weeds.

In the fields, there are only a few people still attached to the salt profession.

Mr. Tran Quang Hung - Chairman of Thach Khe Commune People's Committee said: "After operating the 2-level local government model, one of the top priorities of the Party Committee and the commune government is to focus on exploiting natural potential advantages to build production models and increase income for people. Investing in the construction of the Thach Ban concentrated aquaculture project in the direction of forming concentrated farming areas, associated with environmental protection, improving quality, applying scientific and technical advances, and bringing advanced technology into the production process is extremely urgent".

Implementing Decision 467 of the Prime Minister on investing in the projects "Construction and upgrading of fisheries logistics service facilities" and the project "Restoration and regeneration of aquatic ecosystems and aquatic resources" in 4 central provinces, using compensation money from Formosa Hung Nghiep Iron and Steel Company Limited, recently, the People's Committee of Thach Khe commune has issued a document proposing competent authorities to pay attention, prioritize selection and decide to invest in the Thach Ban aquaculture area project.

The investment will focus on a number of items such as: construction of a water supply and drainage system with a total length of about 5.3km (3.2km supply canal, 2.1km drainage canal); construction of 2 traffic routes with a total length of about 3.3km in accordance with the approved planning, of which the main route is about 2.1km long, the starting point connects to the main road of the commune, the end point connects to the Huu Phu dike at culvert No. 1 and the intra-field routes connecting the main route are about 1.2km long.

Clip: Current situation at Thach Ban aquaculture project.

If the province pays attention to allocating investment resources, it will create conditions for the locality to accumulate and concentrate land, attract investment, mechanize, form shrimp farming areas applying high technology and biotechnology to improve productivity and product quality, minimize environmental impacts, adapt to climate change conditions, contribute to creating jobs and increasing income for people. In addition, investment in aquaculture areas also aims to reduce natural exploitation, protect aquatic resources, and maximize the potential and natural advantages of Thach Khe commune.

In particular, the project will contribute to putting nearly 40 hectares of fallow land into use, promoting efficiency, contributing to job creation, increasing income for more than 100 households with land in the project area through the form of association, forming cooperatives, establishing enterprises and enjoying other policies of the State as well as forming a concentrated raw material area serving Thach Khe sea tourism and export.

Mr. Tran Quang Hung - Chairman of People's Committee of Thach Khe commune.

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/som-hoi-sinh-vung-nuoi-trong-thuy-san-thach-ban-post291803.html