Difficult output, nearly 15,000 tons of seafood in Nghe An in stock

Fishermen in Quynh Lap, Hoang Mai town, bring seafood from boats to shore. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Le Hoi Hung - Chairman of Doan Ket Cooperative - in Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town) said: The cooperative has 10 cold storage warehouses mainly freezing seafood, squid, mackerel, spotted fish... with a reserve of over 700 tons. The cooperative's frozen goods have long been mainly exported to China and neighboring provinces.

However, since the outbreak, seafood has been difficult to sell. Recently, local authorities have created favorable conditions such as providing necessary paperwork and connecting with traders in some central and northern provinces to sell products. However, sales volume is slow, only 2-3 tons of seafood are sold per day, and the selling price is 25-30% lower than normal days.

Some fishermen in Quynh Lap ward shared: Seafood prices at the port have dropped sharply, previously mackerel was usually sold for 160,000 VND/kg but now it is only 130,000 VND/kg; type I squid was priced at 300,000 VND/kg but now it is only 180,000 - 200,000 VND/kg...

Due to the impact of the epidemic, many cold storages in Nghi Tan (Cua Lo) are facing difficulties in selling their products. Photo: Thu Huyen

Hoang Mai town has over 1,000 fishing boats, with an average monthly catch of 3,500 - 4,000 tons of various types of seafood. There are 70 cold storages in the area, currently holding nearly 5,000 tons of seafood.

Faced with that situation, the Town reviewed the production plan, synthesized the reserve capacity of the freezers and cold storage to have a plan to purchase seafood for the returning ships. Create conditions for customers from other provinces to purchase seafood in accordance with the anti-epidemic process. However, due to the complicated development of the epidemic, the amount of seafood consumed is slow, estimated to consume about 15 - 20 tons of seafood per day.

Similar situation in the districtQuynh Luu,There is still a lot of frozen inventory. The owner of a frozen warehouse in Tien Thuy commune, Quynh Luu said: The major markets are Da Nang and some southern provinces are implementing strict social distancing, so most of the customers have stopped trading. The family's frozen warehouse currently has about 200 tons of seafood left, which is currently mainly consumed within the province in very small quantities.

Seafood stockpiles, many cold storages have no more space to store goods. Photo: Thu Huyen

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture of Quynh Luu district, the district currently has 40 cold storages with a total capacity of over 2,000 tons. The amount of seafood stored in the warehouses is over 1,500 tons. The district has created conditions for "green lane" vehicles to pass through the purchasing checkpoint.seafoodfor fishermen, however, very few vehicles come to buy seafood these days.

Mr. Tran Xuan Hoc - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development added: Nghe An currently has 288 cold storages, concentrated in Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Hoang Mai town, Nghi Loc, Cua Lo town; there are nearly 15,000 tons of seafood of all kinds in stock. The biggest difficulty now is that most of the cold storages in the province are full, so buying seafood to store for fishermen to exploit is even more difficult.

To solve the above difficulties, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinates with related sectors to strengthen trade promotion and connection to bring seafood to consumption at Big C and Vinmart supermarkets in Nghe An. Contact and connect with businesses outside the province to purchase seafood for frozen warehouses. Apply and promote the development of seafood consumption forms through online retail distribution forms...

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