On July 16, Mr. Phung The Dat - Chairman of the People's Committee of Vinh Giang commune (Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province) - said that due to the impact of low pressure, people in the area who raised fish in cages on the Ben Hai river suffered losses. harmful.
At about 6:00 p.m. on July 15, water poured in from the upper reaches of the Ben Hai River, causing fish in cages raised on the Ben Hai River by the family of Mr. Phan Van Sy (50 years old, residing in Tung Luat village, Vinh Giang commune) to die.
Mr. Sy has been raising cobia, grouper, sea bass... in 12 cages on the Ben Hai river for the past 6 months, each fish weighing from 0.3 to 2.5 kg with a total weight of nearly 2 tons and about 1 month more. harvest.
However, when the source water flooded back, it was possible that the caged fish were starved of air and died en masse.
Upon learning of the incident, the People's Committee of Vinh Giang commune called on people to buy back the dead fish to minimize damage.
During the night, many people and traders came to buy fish for Mr. Sy's family. Although all the dead fish were sold, the price was low and the fish were not yet ready to be harvested, so Mr. Sy's family suffered heavy losses.
It is known that on the Ben Hai River, passing through Trung Giang commune (Gio Linh district, Quang Tri province), there was also a situation where fish in the river died after water poured in from the upstream due to the influence of tropical depression.
