Lakes flooded with ice, Nghe An farmers 'cry' because of losing billions

As a locality with strengths in aquaculture with an area of ​​thousands of hectares, however,Quynh Luu districtCurrently, the locality is heavily affected by floods, many ponds and lakes are flooded, and aquatic products of households are swept away by floodwaters.

Many aquaculture areas in Quynh Luu district are flooded with ice. Photo: Hong Dien

Mr. Nguyen Van Chat, Quynh Dien commune (Quynh Luu) has 1.7 hectares of traditional fish farming and 3 sao of white-leg shrimp. However, heavy rain in the past 2 days has caused the entire pond and lake of his family to be flooded, fish and shrimp have all spilled out, estimated damage is about 100 million VND. Because the water has not receded, it is currently impossible to find a solution at this time.

All of Mr. Chat's family's shrimp and fish in Quynh Dien commune (Quynh Luu) were swept away by floodwaters. Photo: Hong Dien

Not only Mr. Chat's family, but this is also the situation of thousands of aquaculture households in Quynh Luu district. According to preliminary statistics, by the morning of September 26, floods had caused nearly 500 hectares of freshwater aquaculture, 80 hectares of shrimp farming in the communes of Quynh Bang, Quynh Nghia, Quynh Luong, Quynh Hong, Quynh Dien... to be swept away by floodwaters, causing tens of billions of dong in damage.

Many crab and snail farming areas of Duc Thanh Commune Aquaculture Group, Yen Thanh District are flooded with ice. Photo: Quang An

In Yen Thanh district, the situation is similar, many aquaculture areas are also submerged in water.

Mr. Tran Quy Bao, member of the Aquaculture Team of Duc Thanh commune, districtYen Thanhsigh: "I have 10 hectares of commercial snail and crab farming, however, heavy rain and flood water came so quickly, my family couldn't react in time, all the ponds and lakes were flooded, it is estimated that 5 tons of specialty snails and crabs were swept away, the immediate damage is about 1 billion VND...".

There are ponds and lakes where the water is almost up to the roof, beyond saving. Photo: Quang An

Dien Chau district is also a locality that suffered heavy damage due to floods. Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the district's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said: "In addition to many areas of crops being flooded, the whole district has more than 300 hectares of aquaculture being swept away by floodwaters, embankments and nets in ponds, lakes and shrimp ponds were flattened, in which, the most damage was in Dien Yen commune with 180 hectares, Dien Van commune with 60 hectares....".

It is known that among the aquaculture households that suffered losses, there were many households raising the third crop to sell during the upcoming Tet holiday. However, due to the complicated flood situation, many households suffered almost total losses.

Many ponds and lakes in Dien Yen commune, Dien Chau district were wiped out. Photo: Quang An

Faced with that situation, the Department of Fisheries has requested localities to urgently count the damage to aquaculture during the flood to have timely solutions and support. In addition, the authorities also directed localities to be ready to mobilize human resources and organize environmental cleaning of damaged farming areas when the water recedes. Use drugs and chemicals to disinfect, sterilize and treat the water environment after rain, storms, tropical depressions and floods have passed.

At the same time, it is necessary to quickly review and forecast the demand for aquatic breeds, food, and aquaculture environmental treatment chemicals to serve the recovery work after storms.