Fish caught by
fishermen in a port in Ha Tinh Province. Photo by VnExpress/Tuan Son
It's taken authorities five months to let
people know what is and what is not safe to eat.
Authorities in the central province of Ha
Tinh will distribute a list of 154 types of seafood caught from the seabed
within 13.5 nautical miles of the central coast that health officials are
warning locals to avoid.
The list will be posted at fishing ports and
markets in the province, Nguyen Cong Hoang, director of Ha Tinh's Aquaculture
Division, told VnExpress on Thursday.
The move comes after the Health Ministry on
Tuesday warned the public against eating deep-sea marine life caught within
13.5 nautical miles of the provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua
Thien-Hue in the wake of the infamous toxic spill in April.
Illustrated by VnExpress/Viet Chung
The Vietnamese government announced on June
30 that the Vietnamese unit of Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group
was responsible for discharging toxic chemicals from its steel plant into the
ocean, killing marine life and poisoning fish in the four central provinces.
The steel plant took responsibility for the
disaster in June and pledged to pay $500 million to clean up the pollution and
compensate those affected.
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