Aquaculture in Quang Ninh, the colorful picture is not complete

Great potential

Quang Ninh has strengths in shrimp production and large marine farming, with a coastline of over 250km, 50,000ha of straits, tidal flats and more than 2,000 islands.

Aquaculture in Quang Ninh is currently developing 2 main groups of fishes: marine fish (groupfish, pompano, cobia...) and molluscs (husband, clam, pearl cultured mussels, ...).

The main farming methods are cages (hanging on floating rafts, placed on the seabed), rafts or stocking directly on tidal flats. In addition, shrimp is also a key species in agricultural economic development in Quang Ninh.

In 2021, Quang Ninh province will have over 7,000 hectares of shrimp farming, of which 4,000 hectares are industrially farmed, with an output of over 14,000 tons and a value of over VND 1,400 billion. Regarding marine farming, including marine fish and molluscs, in 2021, the farming area will reach 10,600 hectares, the output will reach 45,000 tons, of which 39,000 tons of krill, the rest are marine fish.

In 2022, Quang Ninh strives to produce 77,000 tons of shrimp and marine aquaculture, of which shrimp production is 25,000 tons, and marine aquaculture output is 52,000 tons. In 2025, Quang Ninh sets a target of 110,000 tons of shrimp and marine farming, raising an area of 8,800 hectares, a decrease of nearly 2,000 hectares compared to the existing farming area.

Owning a suitable farming environment with a lot of phytoplankton, suitable depth, many clumps, small flow rate, less affected by wind storms as well as far from sources of oil pollution, industrial waste, water Domestic waste is a great advantage for Quang Ninh province.

Besides, Quang Ninh's shrimp and marine aquaculture products market is quite favorable when there are trade border gates with China, seaports and ASEAN gateways.

Therefore, although shrimp production and aquaculture in Quang Ninh have developed much compared to the past, it is not commensurate with the potential and strengths of the province. Shrimp production and aquaculture in Quang Ninh can completely increase exponentially if the production organization and management are innovated.

Currently, Quang Ninh is relatively active in shrimp and marine fish seed sources, but mollusk seed sources, production materials, feed, aquatic veterinary drugs and floating materials are still dependent on the market.

The productivity of marine aquaculture in Quang Ninh is not high, especially the weak linkage, lack of and weak infrastructure for sharing aquaculture areas when spontaneous situation still exists, shrimp purchasing, processing and New marine aquaculture products developed at the beginning.

Need to solve the problem of spontaneous aquaculture

It can be said that the marine and shrimp farming industry in Quang Ninh is like a colorful picture. However, the arrangement and arrangement of the "color" and "line" arrays in a harmonious and reasonable manner to enhance the beauty of the picture is still lacking in harmony and rigor.

Currently, in Quang Ninh province, the development of aquaculture without planning still exists as a burning problem, the consequences are waste or overload of water surface resources, the quality of farmed seafood decreases. , unbalanced supply and demand, sluggish products must be rescued.

Specifically, after the Planning Law took effect (January 1, 2019), the previous specialized plans were abolished, while the new planning had not yet formed, leading to spontaneous development of fisheries in the province. many localities.

For example, in Quang Yen town, most of the households raising estuary oysters on the town's water surface have pulled farming rafts along the banks of the Chanh and Rut rivers. Currently, the beds of the two rivers Chanh and Rut are almost covered, many locations of canals on the river are encroached on, not only losing the beauty of the river, but also narrowing and affecting the safety of waterway navigation. here.

The reason why the oyster rafts landed in this area was to avoid the rising salinity in the old farming area, which can cause death of oysters, mainly in Hoang Tan and Tan An communes. Meanwhile, the Chanh and Rut rivers have relatively high flows and reduced salinity, which is suitable for the growth of oysters.

According to a survey of specialized units, the town currently has hundreds of households raising estuarine oysters, the water surface area is covered, especially in Hoang Tan and Tan An areas, the water surface area borders Cat Hai (Ho Chi Minh City). Hai Phong)…

While Quang Yen does not give priority to aquaculture development, for many years, it has not organized the extension or allocation or lease of new water surface to organizations and individuals, which means that most farmers are now self-employed. broadcast, unauthorized.

Prioritize sustainable chain links

Recently, Quang Ninh province held a conference on shrimp production and marine farming in the area. The conference was attended by the Directorate of Fisheries, the Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning, the Aquaculture Research Institute, the National Center for Agricultural Extension, and many businesses and coastal localities of Quang Ninh province.

Regarding the solution to increase shrimp production and marine farming in Quang Ninh province in the near future, most of the delegates agreed that it is necessary to increase the scientific and technical content in each farming model, modernize production process, management process, centralized and large-scale production, application of machinery and equipment to replace human power in aquaculture.

Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung, Chairman of the Vietnam Marine Farming Association, said that in particular, Quang Ninh's marine farming field is currently developing at an early stage, this is also an advantage for planning large production orientations from the very beginning. from personal occupation with the subject of fisherman to industrial fishery with the subject of business, moving from inshore farming to far from the shore, planning the farming area, reasonable rearing density so that all kinds of aquatic products develop well. best.

In shrimp production, Quang Ninh needs to remove technological bottlenecks to improve productivity per farming area, focusing on investing in a shared infrastructure system for concentrated shrimp farming areas. A representative of Super Truong Phat Plastic Group Joint Stock Company offers solutions to raise whiteleg shrimp, marine fish at sea, raise white-leg shrimp and lobster on shore, raise on hills with HDPE cages, and combine industrial marine farming with tourism. on HDPE plastic infrastructure.

Mr. Ngo Hung Dung, Director of Tan An Seafood Joint Stock Company, proposed to increase the land lease time and plan high-tech farming areas to ensure a sustainable environment. Proposing the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Construction to create a legal corridor for aquaculture enterprises to register assets attached to land. Thereby, enterprises have legal conditions to register for mortgage loans to serve production and business; planning concentrated seafood processing areas, thereby attracting investment in deep processing, increasing the value of aquatic products.

In addition, Quang Ninh province strengthens the appraisal, grants farming area codes, codes for safe processing facilities, builds production and farming linkage models as the foundation for Quang Ninh seafood products can access difficult but high-value markets, especially Quang Ninh agriculture, including the fisheries sector, must accelerate the digital transformation process.

Mr. Pham Van Thanh, Vice Chairman of Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee affirmed that the province wishes and is determined to develop the agricultural economy in general and the fisheries sector in particular. Accordingly, localities in the province need to continue to raise their awareness of the fisheries sector, affirming that fisheries are a multi-purpose economic sector that needs to be reviewed and perfected marine spatial parameters, and integrated into the general planning. , towards the digitization of the water surface. Simultaneously, it is to strictly handle violations in fisheries planning, and stop spontaneous aquaculture.