Urgent assistance for affected farmers following unusual fish death
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 9 signed a decision to provide urgent assistance for farmers in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
Hanoi (VNA)ꦚ – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 9 signed a decision to provide urgent assistance for farmers in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, who suffered losses from the unusual fish death that occurred in early April.
Accordingly, family members of fishing vessel owners and workers working on vessels and fishing logistics households are each eligible for 15kg of rice per month over the course of one and a half month
Up to 5 million VND (227 USD) will be offered to fishing vessels below 90CV which are forced to temporarily stop going out to sea.
Fishery business owners and fishing logistics vessels are able to enjoy interest-free loans within six months to stockpile seafood from May 5 – June 5.
Toxic fisheries which are caught in the waters 20 nautical miles to the shore will be provided with financial aid worth less than 70 percent of their value.
Other aid will be reserved for environment clean-up, including transport and collection of disinfectants, among others.
The mass fish death was discovered in Ky Anh township, Ha Tinh province on April 6, then spread to Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.-VNA
Representatives from the MARD on April 24 told Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung that in three to five days, they would have an answer to the massive death
The recent mass fish death in the central coastal region is likely due to the contamination of biological or chemical toxins at high levels, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.
Leaders of the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation (FHS) officially apologised for a shocking statement made by a company’s representative regarding recent massive fish deaths in the central region.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested relevant ministries, agencies and localities to take comprehensive measures to deal with mass fish deaths along the central coast.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has asked its affiliates to intensify efforts to find the cause of mass fish death in the central provinces.
The Vietnam Environment Administration’s Centre for Environmental Monitoring has issued a dispatch to guide four central coastal provinces affected by the mass fish deaths in April.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is intensifying efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as part of the country’s goal of having the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning lifted.
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Dead fishes are buried (Source: VNA)
