The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee inspected the storm recovery work in Van Don and Cam Pha.

On September 11, comrade Trinh Thi Minh Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, inspected the damage and recovery work of storm No. 3 in the sea area of ​​Van Don district and Cam Pha city.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested Van Don district and Cam Pha city to support fishermen in collecting waste from damaged rafts and aquaculture sites, without affecting the environment and ensuring safety of waterway traffic.

According to preliminary statistics of Van Don district, storm No. 3 has caused heavy damage to aquaculture activities at sea, with estimated losses of over 2,200 billion VND. Of which, molluscs are estimated to have suffered over 1,300 billion VND; marine fish over 500 billion VND; other seafood nearly 400 billion VND. In addition, 318 raft houses were damaged; nearly 90 boats of all kinds were sunk or broken.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee visited people cleaning up HDPE buoys floating at sea.

In Cam Pha City, it is estimated that 158/371 aquaculture facilities were damaged by the storm, with total estimated damage of hundreds of billions of VND. After the storm, people in Van Don District and Cam Pha City focused on checking and collecting all remaining aquatic products; collecting HDPE buoys floating on the sea; repairing and reinforcing damaged cages.

Checking the actual damage situation and talking with affected aquaculture households, comrade Trinh Thi Minh Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, sympathized and shared the difficulties of the affected families; at the same time, encouraged the families to try to overcome the difficulties at this time, stay calm, and quickly restore farming for the remaining cages that can be repaired and continued farming.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee inspected rafts damaged by storm No. 3 in Ong Cu island area, Cam Dong ward, Cam Pha city.

He emphasized that the damage to people's property in aquaculture due to the storm was very large and severe. Therefore, the authorities of Van Don district and Cam Pha city need to promptly mobilize and continue to support people to overcome the consequences; protect the remaining property of people, help people restore production as soon as possible; continue to count the damaged households, the extent of damage, and from there propose support mechanisms and policies for people.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee visited the Phuc Nam Aquaculture and Import-Export Trade Service Cooperative at Ong Cu Islet, Cam Dong Ward (Cam Pha City), which remained after storm No. 3.

With the large number of damaged cages and oyster farms, the comrade requested the two localities to guide households and arrange forces to support collection and salvage, avoiding environmental pollution and not affecting inland and national waterways passing through the area. For broken or sunken watercraft, which are at high risk of causing environmental pollution due to oil spills, the two localities need to immediately deploy salvage and containment, not allowing it to affect the marine environment.

Aquaculture cages of Cam Pha city residents were severely damaged by the storm.

HDPE buoys in aquaculture were swept away at sea by storm No. 3.

To ensure sustainable aquaculture and adaptation to climate change, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested that the two localities, based on approved plans, especially marine aquaculture plans and marine economic development orientations, need to develop comprehensive solutions to restore marine aquaculture in a more sustainable direction, especially in the current increasingly complex weather conditions.

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