The annual hurricane season is always the obsession of those who aquaculture. The storm not only cause damage on the facility which also swept away much effort and money of people. To minimize damage, the harvest fisheries timely before the storm is extremely important.

Actively responding to floods

According to mr. La Success in rural Van Excavated East, Huong Phong (ho chi minh CITY. Hue), this year the weather has help for the aquaculture place convenient than ever before, less heat, harsh. Although there are few installments environment is not good, cause some damage, but the farmers have handled quickly. Many families, not only his family, there was interest and are beginning to harvest in order to minimize damage before the rainy season.

Share, mr. Vo Van Chapters, lake home aquaculture in the Public Square (Quang Dien), suggests that people have started to harvest seafood from about a month ago. It is expected that in mid-march 9, harvesting the tea will take place. Although a number of ponds is still small and has to reach the size of commercial products, the local still encourage people to harvest early in order to avoid damage during hurricane season. People in the Public Square proved determination, although the selling price is lower, they still preferred harvest to protect the fruit.

According to information from the commune people's COMMITTEE of Public Square, in the past days, local authorities have a positive test and support the aquaculture accelerated harvest, to ensure not to people resistant to damage. For the form feed cage and shrimp on the sand, some area has yet to be harvested. Authorities have organized guide to apply the measures reinforced embankment, protecting fisheries from being swept away in floods.

Mr. Phan Nam, Head of department of Agriculture and rural development, Quang Dien district, agency hydrometeorological countries have warned that flooding can occur a deluge in the Central region in the last months. To actively cope and limit the damage to the aquaculture industry, agricultural district is coordinating with the local to advocate and promote the harvest. The officers will also be assigned to each area to propaganda, guide the home base aquaculture implementation of measures for prevention and remedy the damage caused by floods, in order to stabilize production.

Complete the harvest before the flood and storm coming

Mr. Phan Nam stressed that before the storms and floods occur, people need to prepare, full of raw materials, fuel, materials, machinery and equipment necessary for the prevention and remediation, including mesh, bollard lights, battery, generator, lime, boat, boat, lifesaver... in Addition, children need entire harvest or autumn pruning aquatic products when they reach the size commercial products. Also need to install exhaust spill, luminescent trees, and reinforced the shores of ponds and lakes as well as the ancillary works to ensure safety when the storm, the flood came.

The local has held training sessions for people on the reinforcement of the infrastructure works service, aquaculture products such as farms, dikes, dams, canals and the grid in order to minimize damage in natural disasters. Officers will monitor to check and fixed wiring, anchor, buoy, cage, ensure hygiene for cage, at the same time planned to relocate the cages to the safe area and airtight. In no case can move, the need to shield, facial, cage with nets whose mesh size is suitable to keep the seafood inside.

Mr. Nguyen Long An, Deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and rural development, said the perception of people about the protection of fisheries in winter storms, floods there have been many positive changes. Most of her children was active in the procurement and implementation of measures for protection and safety for fisheries, to limit the damage. However, the province still many cages and pens aquaculture on rivers, swamps and ponds, has not yet been harvested. Part is due to fisheries has not reach the size of commercial products, in part because her children retained for consumption on the occasion of new year with higher prices. Agriculture recommends people should harvest the entire fisheries as soon as possible before the storm and the flood came, and implement measures reinforced dikes and ponds to protect the safety of seafood rest.

(*) Source: Shrimp