Some 14 seafood processing clusters covering 78.83 hectares have been invested in the central province of Nghe An so far to promote production efficiency for local fishermen.
Fish sauce production at Tan An seafood processing village in Quynh Luu district (Photo: VNA)
Nghe An (VNA) – Some 14 seafood processing clusters covering 78.83hectares have been invested in the central province of Nghe An so far topromote production efficiency for local fishermen.
The move is to push the development of seafood processing and preservationwhile creating jobs and increasing income for locals.
Enterprises have built large-scale aquatic processing establishments in coastaldistricts, including a fish powder processing plant in Dien Hung commune, DienChau district with a capacity of 150 tonnes of raw materials per day andrevenue of 220 billion VND (9.7 million USD) per year.
Royal Foods’ Nghe An canned fish processing plant was located in Nghi Locdistrict and Northern Masan Food Industry Centre was also built at Nam Camindustrial park.
With 82 kilometres of coastline, Nghe An has high demand for seafood processingestabishments. However, the construction has been hampered by capital shortage,land clearance and unstable supply of materials for processing.
The province is completing mechanisms encouraging the investment in infrastructure,environmental treatment systems and other conditions in the aquatic processing clusters,facilitating firms’ sustainable development. It also zones off processing areasand forms offshore high-capacity fishing vessels to increase productivity.-VNA
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Fish sauce production at Tan An seafood processing village in Quynh Luu district (Photo: VNA) 
