Quang Ninh authorities and people on April 1 dropped approximately 7.8 million tiny fish into the Gulf of Tokin to significantly reproduce fish and aquatic resources.
Fishery sector has played a special role in Quang Ninh’s economic structure due to its long beach and large fishing ground. The province has recently applied updated technologies to offshore fishing and the production of fishery products with a view to developing this sector in a sustainable way.
According to statistics, the growth rate of this sector reaches 6-8 % annually, the number of offshore ships in 2019 raises by 2.6 times in comparison with that of 2014. There has been a remarkable increase in local fishermen’s earnings and a lot of people have become wealthy thanks to fishery jobs.
By 2020, Quang Ninh’s fishery industry targets to have reached 130,000 tons of products including 60,000 tons collected from exploring activities and 70,000 tons from aquaculture; the fishery economy will have achieved 3% of the province’s GRDP; about 62,000 jobs will have generated and some fishing centers with modern production infrastructure will have been operated.
By Phuong Loan
