This Decision approves the master plan on the network of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing ships through 2020, with orientations toward 2030, with the following principal contents: 1. To plan those ports and shelters on the basis of tapping to the utmost the natural conditions, ensuring compliance with traditional customs and practices of local fishing communities and to the construction of fishing ports in close association with storm shelters for fishing ships and fishing logistic services establishments. 2. The master plan on the network of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing ships must comply with the development master plan of the fisheries sector and local socio-economic development master plans in combination with the master plan on sea and island defense and security infrastructure in order to protect the environment and ecosystem, adapt to climate change and sea level rise and promote international integration, contributing to the implementation of Vietnam’s Marine Strategy through 2020. 3. To speed up the socialization to mobilize to the utmost sources from various economic sectors as well as assistance of foreign countries and international organizations in the construction of facilities and management of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing ships. Its objectives are: 1. To complete the planning of a system of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing ships along the coast and on islands endowed with favorable natural conditions where concentrate a large number of fishing ports so as to meet fishing ships’ needs for places to anchor and receive logistic services towards industrialization and modernization. 2. To form international important exchange hubs which shall serve as a driving force for development of the fisheries sector’s industrial parks, coastal economic zones and large fishing centers (in Hai Phong city and Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Kien Giang provinces) linked with key fishing grounds; to create attraction and driving force for the fisheries sector to develop toward effectiveness and sustainability. 3. To concentrate on investing in construction of regional-level storm shelters for fishing ships in coastal provinces and cities and on islands with high storm frequency, and step-by-step upgrading existing storm shelters linked with fishing ports, enhancing the use efficiency of the system of storm shelters. 4. To improve the capacity of fishing ports; to improve infrastructure facilities and services in ports so as to meet the demand for fishing logistic services, ensure food safety and hygiene, contribute to economic, tourist, cultural and social development, environmental sanitation and new-countryside building. The master plan covers 28 coastal provinces and cities with fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing ships built along the coast or on islands. The master plan is elaborated for the period through 2020, with orientations toward 2030. Based on natural characteristics, number of fishing ships and traditional practices of fishermen, the system of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing ships shall be classified and built according to specific criteria.
Вьетнам · 2015-11-12