Nghe An fishermen brave the waves to hunt tons of sea shrimp every day

At dawn, fishermen of Quynh Nghia commune gathered at the local beach to exploitsea ​​shrimpAccording to the locals, the shrimp season starts from October of the previous year to the end of March of the following year. For a long time, people have exploited shrimp in coastal areas, using simple tools but if they are lucky, they can catch hundreds of tons of shrimp every day.

Since dawn, people in Quynh Nghia commune (Quynh Luu) have been wading into the sea to catch shrimp. Photo: Ho Dinh

Fisherman Ho Van Tu said: “Currently, it is the season of sea shrimp, so people wake up very early to go fishing. According to experience in recent years, people go hunting for sea shrimp before dawn, at this time the shrimp float up and swim to shore in large numbers, so it is easy to catch. Some people are lucky enough to “scoop” dozens of kilograms of shrimp, if they catch them all day, they can get hundreds of kilograms of shrimp.”

To catch sea shrimp, people are currently using a Y-shaped pole 3-4 meters long; the two ends are lined with a layer of net so that when people wade in the water, they can "scoop" the sea shrimp inside.

Fishermen bring shrimp ashore. Photo: Viet Hung

Fisherman Nguyen Van Hoang shared: “Here we go fishing for shrimp along the coast, the productivity will not be as high as the boats that go fishing in the open sea, using better tools. This morning, around 4am, we gathered at the bottom of the sea to hunt for shrimp, luckily today we went along the dense sea shrimp flow, scooped up 2-3 quintals of shrimp for an income of more than 1.5 million VND”.

Currently, it is the season of sea shrimp, so people catch a lot of them. After catching the shrimp, people bring them to the markets to sell for 10,000 - 12,000 VND/kg. Sea shrimp is a familiar food for Vietnamese people. Not only rich in calcium, sea shrimp is also rich in protein, more than chicken, pork, beef... Therefore, when entering the season of sea shrimp, many families buy it to prepare dishes such as: soup, stir-fry, steam... served with sour star fruit and vegetables.

Shrimp is caught and put into trays to prepare to be taken to the market to sell. Many elderly people also take advantage of the opportunity to go to sea to catch shrimp to earn extra income. Photo: Ho Dinh - Viet Hung.

In addition, the sea shrimp caught ashore will be processed into shrimp paste by the people of Quynh Luu coastal area, dried for use and sold gradually, the rest is mostly purchased by traders to sell to people far away, restaurants, hotels, for export, etc.

According to research, people in the coastal areas of Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town are currently actively exploiting sea shrimp. In many places, people catch shrimp in the open sea such as Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town), Tien Thuy commune (Quynh Luu), some days they collect tons of high-value sea shrimp.../.