Nghe An: Thousands of hectares of aquaculture ponds and lakes are at risk of being completely lost.

In addition to damage to houses and crops, the flood over the past two days (September 29-30) has caused 461.5 hectares of ponds and lakes to be damaged.aquaculturein Hoang Mai town were flooded. Of which, 222.4 hectares of intensive brackish shrimp ponds were flooded, the estimated damage was more than 70%, the most severe were in wards and communes such as: Quynh Xuan with 70 hectares,Quynh Lien 26.4 ha, Quynh Di 40 ha, Mai Hung 55 ha, Quynh Loc 17 ha, Quynh Thien 14 ha.

In addition, 74.5 hectares of extensive shrimp farming were flooded; more than 150 hectares of fish ponds and 13.2 hectares of snail ponds were also damaged by more than 70%.

Hoang Mai town (Nghe An) was heavily flooded after storm No. 4. Photo: Manh Hung

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hanh - Chairman of Quynh Xuan Ward People's Committee said: In recent days, heavy rains have caused a lot of water to flow into Vuc Mau Lake, combined with high tides and strong winds, causing 70 hectares of shrimp ponds of local people to be flooded and overflowed.

Currently, the shrimp farming area of ​​Quynh Xuan ward is mainly located on the west side of Mai Giang river. At this time, many households have just released new shrimp crop, so heavy rains causing flooding of ponds not only cause shrimp to escape but also reduce the salinity in the water, risking shrimp death.

A shrimp pond of people in Quynh Luong commune (Quynh Luu) was flooded. Photo: Tien Dong

In Quynh Luu district, heavy floods in recent days have also caused 1,237 hectares of aquaculture ponds and lakes to be heavily flooded, of which 177 hectares are for shrimp farming. In addition, in this locality, more than 557 tons of salt in the salt farmers' warehouses were flooded. The heaviest damage was in the shrimp farming areas of Quynh Bang, Quynh Thanh, Quynh Luong communes...

Ms. Vu Thi Bich Hang - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quynh Luu district said: Currently, the district has just begun to make preliminary statistics of the damage. In the near future, the communes will specifically count the area of ​​​​damaged aquaculture ponds and lakes to have support policies for the people. In addition, for ponds that are directly flooded by floodwaters, depending on the actual situation, people also need to have a plan to handle and clean carefully before continuing to raise, to avoid the situation of shrimp and fish being infected with diseases, which can cause more serious damage.

Aquaculture ponds in Vinh city suffered heavy damage. Photo: Tran Chau

The rising water level of the Lam River in recent days has also caused hundreds of hectares of aquaculture farms in Vinh City to be swept away by the flood. Shrimp, duck, and fish farmers along the Lam River dike could only watch their assets being swept away to the sea. Estimated damage to aquaculture in Vinh City is up to hundreds of millions of VND./.