Nghe An will attract small-scale establishments to 5 concentrated seafood processing zones.
(Baonghean.vn) - In order to concretize the Provincial People's Committee's Fisheries Economic Development Program for the period 2022-2025, with a vision to 2030, on the morning of December 20, in Vinh City, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to listen to and give opinions on the draft Project on concentrated seafood processing development for the period 2024-2030.
Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Also attending were representatives of the Provincial People's Committee Office and relevant departments and branches.
At the conference, speaking about the necessity of building a Project, the representativeDepartment of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Processing Managementsaid: In 2023, Nghe An's seafood output is expected to reach about 267 thousand tons. However, the processing capacity infrastructure is still limited; many are small-scale, located in residential areas, so there are many shortcomings. In the area, there is no enterprise that acts as a focal point, purchasing seafood in the area for centralized processing for direct export.
Nghe An currently has 89 facilities for collecting, processing, freezing and cold storage, 224 cold storage warehouses; the province also has 5 seafood processing facilities for export or satellites for export enterprises; 27 facilities for processing steamed and dried fish; 5 fish meal processing facilities; 4 companies specializing in processing fish sauce and fish sauce; over 786 household establishments participating in purchasing, processing and trading seafood...
Therefore, to realize the economic development strategy of the fisheries sector for the period 2023-2025 and vision 2030; to increase the value of seafood, to serve the traceability of origin for export, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop a Project.
The project closely follows the objectivesFisheries economic development programAccording to Decision 5238/QD-UBND dated December 31, 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee; at the same time, prioritize resources and develop policies and mechanisms to attract seafood processing facilities to operate in a concentrated manner.
According to this Project, the province will attract businesses and processing facilities toConcentrated fishing logistics area30 hectares in Quynh Thuan commune (Quynh Luu); 60 hectares of concentrated seafood processing area in Dong Hoi Industrial Park, Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town); 2 hectares of concentrated seafood processing area in Ban Ve hydroelectric lake area; 5 hectares of concentrated seafood processing area in Yen Thanh; 2 hectares of concentrated seafood processing area in Hua Na hydroelectric lake area (Que Phong).
Speaking at the conference, representatives of departments and branches agreed with the content of the project. However, the branches also requested to clarify the model of the facilities in the Seafood Processing Logistics Zone in Dong Hoi Industrial Park to have a basis for proposing appropriate investment incentives; priority should be given to attracting projects with advanced science and technology, environmentally friendly...
Based on comments from departments and branches, representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development explained some details of the plan proposed in the draft Project.
Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De assigned the Provincial People's Committee Office to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to carefully review the name and scope of the Project before submitting it to the Provincial People's Committee. The upcoming Project must adhere to the province's export program targets until 2025 and 2030 approved by the Provincial People's Committee.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee basically agreed with the plan of 3 concentrated locations that have been planned in Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh (or Dien Chau) and Hoang Mai Town, but suggested considering arranging 2 concentrated processing zones along National Highway 7 and National Highway 48 instead of arranging them in 2 communes in the Ban Ve hydroelectric reservoir area (Tuong Duong) or Hua Na (Que Phong) because the location is too far and the source of raw materials is not guaranteed.