Fishing industry suffered 890 mln yuan loss from Typhoon "Fitow"
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2013 10:02
The recent strong typhoon "Fitow" caused severe damage to local fishing industry. Ningbo Ocean and Fishery Bureau has already launched an overall fishery relief program.
Statistics show Ningbo fishing industry had suffered direct economic losses of 894,025,000 yuan (US$ 146 million) by 10:00 am on October 10. The figure includes 363.1 million yuan (US$ 59.32 million) losses to Xiangshan, 180 million yuan(US$ 24.91 million) to Yuyao, 135 million yuan105,985,000 in Ninghai, 105,985,000 yuan(US$ 17.3 million) in Fenghua, 93.91 million yuan (US$ 15.34 million)in Yinzhou District. The most severe damage is caused by torrential rain. The flooded farming ponds and broken cage nets resulted in the escape or death of a large number of fishes, shrimps and crabs.
The flood has affected 206,316 mu (13754.4 hectares) fishing farms, leading to economic losses as high as 891.6 million yuan. In addition, 57 fishing boat were damaged or sank in the flood. The good news is that nobody in fishing farms is killed or missing.
