Seafarers make a fortune by "hunting" for razor clams
(Baonghean.vn) - After Tet, many people in the coastal area of Quynh Luu started going to the sea to "hunt" for the specialty clams. With homemade tools, people can hunt hundreds of clams every day, earning 300 - 500 thousand VND/person.
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Not only hunting on the shore, many people also wade far from shore to hunt for sea clams. Photo: Viet Hung |
When the tide goes down, people in the coastal communes of Quynh Nghia, Quynh Minh, and Quynh Bang wade into the sea to hunt for the specialty. During this season, sea clams thrive under the sand, so people flock to hunt for them to earn extra income.
Living near the sea, after Tet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong in Quynh Bang commune brings her tools to the sea to hunt for seafood specialties. With a stick cut in half and clamped to a thin iron bar, Ms. Huong can hunt 5-7 kg of clams per day, earning 200-300 thousand VND/day.
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| Taking advantage of low tide, people go hunting for sea clams. Photo: Viet Hung |
Clams are mollusks with two shells, living mainly in the sea and hidden under the sand; to hunt them, people have to hold a tool and walk backwards and scratch the sand, until they hear a "clack" sound, then they can easily hit the clam.
Before and after Tet, clams were scarce because there were no hunters, so many restaurants sought to buy them; therefore, the selling price was also pushed up. From 20,000 VND/kg before Tet, the price has now increased to 40,000 - 50,000 VND/kg but there is still no stock to buy.
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| Before Tet, sea clams cost 20,000 VND/kg, but now the price has increased to 40,000 - 50,000 VND/kg. Photo: Viet Hung |
Not only hunting on the shore, many people also wade far away to hunt for this sea scallop. Many people are lucky enough to hunt hundreds of sea scallops in just one session, after selling them to traders, they earn about 500 thousand VND.
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| Clams are an ingredient to prepare many delicious dishes such as grilled clams with scallion oil, cucumber mixed with clams, sweet and sour stir-fried clams... Photo: Viet Hung |
Clams have a sweet and salty taste, contain a lot of protein and many nutrients that help increase endurance and energy. Clams are ingredients to prepare many delicious dishes such as grilled clams with scallion oil, cucumber mixed with clams, stir-fried clams with sweet and sour... In particular, they can be used in the treatment of a number of diseases such as chronic gastric and duodenal ulcers, hepatitis, jaundice, gallstones, night sweats and a number of other diseases./.
