Cat Ba Bay Management Board was established to promote strict management to bring farming development in a sustainable manner associated with protecting the landscape and marine ecological environment.
The Bay Management Board was established to promote the strict management of aquaculture to develop in a sustainable manner in combination with protecting the landscape and marine ecological environment. Address: Address 104 - Nui Ngoc Street - Cat Ba Town - Cat Hai District - Hai Phong City. Phone: 0313.688.939 Email: banquanlyvinhcatba@gmail.com
In May 2010, a Cat Ba Bay Management Board was established, which is a non-business organization of Cat Hai district, Hai Phong. Cat Ba Bay Management Board has promoted the role and responsibility of advising the District People's Committee in managing, rearranging the anchoring order of aquaculture cages, managing environmental sanitation and collecting fees for visiting the bay. Implementing Decision No. 1572 / QD-UBND dated September 27, 2010 of Hai Phong City People's Committee, approving detailed planning on aquaculture in Hai Phong sea areas till 2015, orientations to 2020. Based on in the implementation plan of the District People's Committee with the goal of reducing the number of fish cages on the bay by 50%, moving all aquaculture rafts in Cat Ba Bay to the new planning point to create a landscape for the tourism area. In addition, the Bay Management Board also promotes environmental sanitation management on the bay, mobilizes the socialization of environmental sanitation and mobilizes people to expand and build new rafts. With the drastic guidance of the District People's Committee, the effective entry of functional departments and especially Cat Ba Bay Management Board. In just a short time, the management and arrangement of rafts have been closely implemented.
After nearly 6 months of socializing the environment, people's awareness has been improved significantly. The owners of the rafts equipped the garbage containers on their boats and rafts so that the garbage collection team brought them to the gathering place as prescribed for disposal. Most of the households also voluntarily contribute money to the waste collection team monthly to maintain the regular operation. Just in a short time into operation, the Management Board of Cat Ba Bay has done a good job of managing and collecting fees to visit the Bay. By the end of December 2010, over 900 million dongs have been collected, contributing to increasing the district's revenue source. Up to now, after 10 years of formation and development, Management of Cat Ba Bays has affirmed its position and role in the implementation of tasks and functions of managing, preserving and promoting the value of the bays of Cat Ba archipelago, making an important contribution to the management and improvement of the bay environment and the district budget collection.
Regarding environmental sanitation, from its inception to the present, the unit has organized 435 meetings to disseminate documents related to the work of "strengthening the improvement of the bay environment", visual propaganda by 210 Banners print environmental protection messages on rafts and encourage tourists to visit and aquaculture households to implement them together.