A series of fishmeal processing facilities in Nghe An are 'hungry' for raw materials.

The fishmeal processing line of the North Central Seafood Company Limited in Quynh Thuan, Quynh Luu, invested over 10 billion VND but stopped operating due to lack of raw materials. Photo: Van Truong.

Since the beginning of the fishmeal production season (April 2017), some fishmeal processing facilities in the coastal areas of Nghe An have not been able to operate due to the limited amount of raw materials collected. As a result, many workers have been left without jobs.

In the same situation, the fishmeal processing factory in Dien Hung commune (Dien Chau) belonging to Xuri Viet - Trung Seafood By-product Processing Company Limited, with a capacity of 240 tons of raw materials/day, has stopped production, and over 120 workers have had to temporarily stop working.

Dien Chau has 4 fishmeal production facilities, of which only 1 is a limited production facility owned by Mr. Hung in Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau.

In Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town, many fishmeal processing factories are facing the situation of being "shelved". For example, Hai An fishmeal processing factory in Quynh Thuan has a large investment, with a processing capacity of 100 tons/day. However, after 4-5 months due to lack of raw materials, production had to stop completely, and over 100 workers had to quit their jobs.

In Quynh Luu district, there are 4 facilities processing fishmeal for animal feed, of which 3 have stopped operating and 1 is operating at a low level.

The factory without raw materials of the fishmeal processing factory in Dien Hung commune (Dien Chau) belonging to Xuri Vietnam - China Seafood By-product Processing Company Limited. Photo: Van Truong.

Up to now, Nghe An has 10 fishmeal processing facilities for animal feed. Since 2015, these facilities have been operating very effectively, promptly collecting small fish for fishermen as well as creating jobs for over 400 local workers. However, due to the scarcity of raw materials since the beginning of 2017, most of the factories have had to close down or some are struggling to operate, at risk of bankruptcy.

According to experts, the cause of the bad harvest of trash fish is that fishmeal factories do not have raw materials.

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