Conference spotlights recovery of central marine ecology
A conference took place in hua Thien – Hue to discuss the protection and resilience of the marine ecosystem in the waters in the 4 central regions that suffered from mass fish deaths last year.
ThuaThien-Hue (VNA) – A conference took place in the central province ofThua Thien – Hue on August 31 to discuss the protection and resilience of the marineecosystem in the waters in the four central regions that suffered from massfish deaths last year.
Massfish deaths, caused by wastewater discharged by Taiwan’s Hung Nghiep Formosa HaTinh steel company, were first reported in Ha Tinh on April 6, 2016. Theincident also occurred in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue.
Asa result, more than 200 kilometres of coastline were polluted, devastating themarine environment and local economies of those provinces, which largely relyon fishing and tourism.
Accordingto a report from the Research Institute for Marine Fisheries, after theincident, aquatic resources in the waters have declined significantly and been experiencingstructural fluctuations. Species living on, in, or near the seabed and coralreef systems have been degraded with little recovery. Fishing in these areashas been resumed but is yet stable.
Atthe function, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tampointed to a number of measures, including replanting coral reefs, buildingartificial ecology to provide shelters for sea creatures, and closelymonitoring recovery capacity of the ecosystem.
NguyenVan Huan, Vice Director of the Quang Tri Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, said annual release of fry and fishing ban in the breeding seasonare necessary, alongside the control of illegal fishing methods and developmentof funds for marine protection and rehabilitation.
Thesame day, over 30,000 young shrimps were released at the Thuan An fishing portin Thua Thien – Hue’s Phu Vang district.-VNA
More than one year since the maritime environmental incident ravaged four central provinces, information about the results of investigations into Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh, has been made public while the supervision over activities of the violator has been carried out strictly.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has seen recovery and development of the fishery sector after more than one year of the maritime environment incident.
The quality of the marine environment in the central region becomes stable, meeting safety requirements for aquaculture, tourism and conservation of aquatic animals and plants.
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Scene at the conference (Photo: VNA) 
