A coastal commune in Nghe An earns 75 billion VND/month from seafood fishing.

In recent days, many fishing boats of Quynh Luu fishermen have continuously returned to the port to export seafood. Photo: Viet Hung

Once known as a commune with highly effective purse seine fishing, in late October, dozens of fishing boats from Quynh Long commune, Quynh Luu district (Nghe An) returned to shore, bringing in large income.

We can mention the fishing boat captained by Dao Ngoc Anh in Dai Hai village, one of the owners of offshore fishing boats that has just brought in dozens of tons of seafood with a revenue of more than 2 billion VND, the highest in the whole commune.

Unable to hide his joy upon returning from the sea, fisherman Dao Ngoc Anh shared: “This month, our ship went out to sea on two trips, the first trip earned more than 500 million VND and the recent trip back to shore earned 2 billion VND. Each crew member earns from 15 to 18 million VND/person/month.”

Many fishing boats of Quynh Long commune returned to shore with a big catch of seafood. Photo: Viet Hung

During this time, dozens of lead purse seine fishing boats in Quynh Long commune also had a good season of valuable seafood such as mackerel, tuna, hairtail, silver pomfret... In October 2019 alone, there were fishing boats that went out to sea for 7-10 days and brought in an income of 1-2 billion VND/boat.

The entire Quynh Long commune has 152 fishing vessels, including 86 offshore fishing vessels with a capacity of over 90CV and a total workforce of nearly 3,000 people. From the beginning of the year to October 27, the catch reached 24,500 tons. The catch in October alone reached more than 4,500 tons, generating revenue of nearly 75 billion VND (a record to date).

Valuable seafood caught from the sea include: mackerel 140,000 VND/kg; hairtail 120,000 VND/kg; tuna, silver pomfret 40,000 - 50,000 VND/kg. Photo: Viet Hung

Mr. Tran Quang Ve - Secretary of the Quynh Long Commune Party Committee said: "In this October, through understanding the seafood exploitation situation from fishermen, in the commune there are about 25 boats earning from 1 - 2 billion VND and about 17 boats earning from 800 million to 1 billion VND. Especially in this October, in addition to the high output, the value of seafood also increased. Like last September, the output reached nearly 4,000 tons for a revenue of 50 billion VND, but this October the output reached 4,500 tons, but the value reached 75 billion VND./.