Nghe An fishermen earn more than 2 trillion VND from sea
Despite difficulties, Nghe An fishermen still actively stick to the sea, catching nearly 107 thousand tons of seafood, worth more than 2,000 billion VND in the first 6 months of 2024.
Stick to the sea
FishermenThe coastal areas of Hoang Mai town, Quynh Luu district, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, Cua Lo town, although still facing many difficulties due to high fuel prices, depleted seafood resources, lack of seafarers... but since the beginning of the year, they have still actively stuck to the sea. There are large capacity ships, fishing for long days at sea, bringing back full holds of seafood.
Therefore, every time the boats return, the fishing ports in the province are bustling with the scene of transporting and trading seafood between fishermen and traders. Trucks loaded with seafood leave the fishing ports one by one, to the cold storages, seafood processing facilities, craft villages, etc.
Mr. Phan Van Tai's boat in Hong Hai block, Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town) in the first months of this year had many trips to catch tons of valuable seafood, earning hundreds of millions of dong. Mr. Hai said that his boat usually goes 7-9 days/trip, due to his experience in the profession.seafood exploitation, so most of the trips are profitable. There are trips that catch 4-5 tons of fish, after deducting expenses, each crew member gets 5-6 million VND.
Lach Quen fishing port, Quynh Luu district is the anchorage of hundreds of large capacity boats after each voyage. Big boats, big engines, fishermen catch fish by purse seine, seine net in the open sea, so seafood often has high economic value: hairtail, squid, silver pomfret, mackerel, anchovy... There are boats that bring back hundreds of kilograms of squid that are dried in the sun right on the side of the boat, worth hundreds of thousands of VND/kg.
According to the ship owners, after catching squid, the big ones are selected to dry in the sun, after drying they are placed in barrels. Squid dried at sea is the best, so it has high economic value, a lucky trip that can dry over 100kg of squid can earn nearly 100 million VND, not to mention other seafood.
According to the Lach Quen Fishing Port Management Board, except for the unfortunate trips that encounter monsoon winds or unfavorable weather, the boats have to return to shore early, so the catch is low, but on the remaining trips, every boat brings back at least 3-4 tons of seafood of all kinds, some lucky boats catch over 10 tons of fish, earning hundreds of millions of dong in just 5 days. However, the cost of each trip is also high: fuel, ice, food, provisions, etc. and labor costs.
Lach Van fishing port, Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau district is bustling with boats, people, and vehicles coming and going to buy fish, especially transporting trays of fresh squid, mantis shrimp, crabs, etc. from boats to shore to sell at a good price. Mr. Tran Duc Giang, a fisherman in Dien Ngoc commune, excitedly said: Each season has its own products, the boat exploits the sea area about 25 nautical miles from shore, the fishing time is only one night, although the output is not much, but the freshness is delicious, not preserved with ice, so it is favored by the market, especially during the tourist season.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - Vice Chairman of Dien Ngoc Commune People's Committee said: Currently, Dien Ngoc Commune has more than 252 large and small boats, mainly exploiting near-shore seafood, the products are mostly anchovies, squid, shrimp, crabs, etc. On average, each day reaches over 100 tons of various types of seafood, of which a part is sold fresh by traders at rural markets, and during the anchovy fishing season, traders come to the fishing port to buy them, steam them and dry them, or process them into fish sauce.
Along the coast of Dien Chau district, every day fishermen from the communes of Dien Thanh, Dien Ngoc, Dien Bich, Dien Hai... in addition to fishing by boat, also use rafts to catch herring, jellyfish, and mussels... earning dozens of tons per day. Although the output is not very high, these seafoods are fresh and are consumed strongly by the market to prepare delicious dishes for the tourist season.
Caught nearly 107 thousand tons of seafood
In the first 6 months of 2024, under the conditions of fuel prices remaining high, aquatic resources declining, and a shortage of seafarers in localities... but fishermen in the areaNghe Anactively stick to the sea.
According to the Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Control, in the first 6 months of the year, seafood exploitation output reached nearly 107 thousand tons/plan of 188,000 tons, reaching 56.9% of the yearly plan, up 3.15% over the same period last year. Economic value is more than 2,000 billion VND.
In addition, aquaculture output reached 36,479 tons/plan of 70,000 tons, achieving 52.11% of the yearly plan, up 3.96% over the same period last year. Of which, freshwater aquaculture output was more than 30 thousand tons; brackish and saltwater aquaculture output was 6,317 tons.
Nghe An currently has 3,624 fishing boats. Of which, 2,727 fishing boats must be registered, with the longest length of 6m or more. The total number of seafood exploitation workers in the province is more than 11,000 people. Of which, the number of offshore workers is 7,460 people, the offshore workers is 1,904 people, the coastal workers is 1,729 people. Nghe An fishermen mainly fish by the following occupations: trawl nets, purse seine nets, scoop nets, hooks, etc.
Fisheries logistics in coastal localities always meet the needs of fishermen. Accordingly, the whole province has 88 fuel supply facilities directly serving fishing vessels with a total maximum supply capacity of 40,497 liters/hour; 111 large and small ice production facilities, with a total maximum design capacity of 1,221 tons/day; 48 fishing gear facilities; 42 marine engine service facilities; 172 cold storage facilities with a total volume of about 16,430 m3, maximum capacity of 15,000 tons. There are 266 small seafood processing facilities, 03 facilities invested in modern technological equipment, 05 traditional fish sauce processing units, 10 craft villages participating in purchasing products to process fish sauce, make various types of fish sauce, steam and dry.../.
According to data from the Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Control of Nghe An
