Nghe An: Caught more than 149 thousand tons of aquatic and seafood products

According to the Department of Fisheries, Nghe An province currently has 3,521 fishing boats, of which 1,450 have a capacity of over 90 horsepower. In 2018, the province reduced 383 boats with a capacity of under 90 horsepower.

The joy of Quynh Luu fishermen after each fishing trip. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In 2018, the output of aquatic and marine products reached 149,365 tons, an increase of 12% compared to 2017. Of which, the output of marine products was 143,100 tons/plan of 139,000 tons, 6,260 tons of inland exploitation/plan of 5,000 tons. The total value is estimated at 3,383 billion VND.

Of the 143,100 tons of seafood, there were 650 tons of shrimp, 25,657 tons of selected fish, 45,504 tons of scad, 62,955 tons of trash fish, 1,785 tons of squid, 666 tons of cuttlefish, 439 tons of crab and 5,449 tons of other products.

Purchasing seafood at fishing ports. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Nghe An fishermen catch seafood by main methods: hook, line, purse seine, and drag. Of which, trawling has the highest yield with 39,293 tons, purse seine 35,751 tons, trawl over 20 thousand tons... other methods have yield of over 48 thousand tons./.