Fishermen rush into jellyfish fishing season

Xuan Hoang• DNUM_AGZADZCACC 06:21

(Baonghean.vn) - It's jellyfish fishing season, every day fishermen in Dien Chau district have heavy rafts, earning millions of dong.

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This is the jellyfish season, fishermen in some communes, especially Dien Hai commune of Dien Chau district, use rafts to fish all night long. From early morning, hundreds of rafts are connected to the shore, traders drive cars to the place to buy jellyfish. Photo: Xuan Hoang

When the rafts reach the shore, people mobilize manpower to use tractors to carry jellyfish from the rafts to the shore. Therefore, the scene of transporting and trading jellyfish here is more bustling every morning. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The locals excitedly said that the jellyfish were big and heavy, so each raft could catch tons of jellyfish after one night, some rafts brought back 6-7 tons, so they could not reach the shore, but had to stop about 50m from the shore, then transport the jellyfish in by handcart. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Old fisherman Nguyen Van Tien, residing in Dien Hai commune, said that jellyfish fishing usually starts from the previous afternoon and ends the next morning. Each jellyfish weighs 30 - 40 kg, so transporting it is quite difficult. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Coastal women participate in transporting jellyfish to shore. Photo: Xuan Hoang

This year, traders buy jellyfish right on the spot at a price of 4,500 - 5,000 VND/yen. Rafts catch 6 - 7 tons, earning around 3 million VND, rafts with at least 3 tons earn 1.5 million VND. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Jellyfish are purchased by traders, then sold to processing facilities right in the commune. It is known that Dien Hai commune has about 100 rafts, specializing in catching jellyfish this season, each day can catch hundreds of tons. Photo: Xuan Hoang