Nghe An fishermen catch sea shrimp and earn millions of dong every day.

Shrimp is brought ashore to be sold to traders. Photo: Viet Hung

For more than a week now, people in Manh Son village, Tien Thuy commune (Quynh Luu) have been excited because after each trip to the sea, they have caught a lot of fish.sea ​​shrimp, bringing in high income.

Quickly passing trays of shrimp down to shore, fisherman Ho Van Tung shared: "Today my boat caught about 500 kg of shrimp, after this trip we will make 2-3 more trips before resting. It's shrimp season so everyone is trying to catch more trips to earn income."

At the same time, many boats of Tien Thuy commune people have returned to shore. Fisherman Pham Ho Bac said that because it is the shrimp season, traders buy a lot, at the price of 5,000 - 6,000 VND/kg; on lucky trips of 1 - 2 hours, the shrimp return to shore, fresh and delicious, so traders buy at a higher price of about 8,000 - 10,000 VND/kg. In the past few days, we have caught about 1 ton of shrimp each day, after deducting expenses, we have a profit of about 4.5 million VND (divided equally among 3 - 4 workers).

Because it is currently in season, sea shrimp is purchased at 5,000 - 6,000 VND/kg. Photo: Viet Hung

Mr. Nguyen Van Uoc - Chairman of Tien Thuy Commune People's Committee (Quynh Luu) said that the whole commune has 300 fishing vessels, of which 50 are under 30 CV capacity, specializing in offshore fishing. Currently, it is the shrimp season and it will last until the end of the second lunar month of the following year, after which people switch to crab, crab, and mantis shrimp. In the last months of the year, there is a good harvest, fishermen are excited, motivated to go offshore to catch fish, increase output and value.

This season, fishermen in Quynh Lap and Quynh Lien communes (Hoang Mai town) are also taking advantage of the season to catch sea shrimp. Unlike using seine nets like the people in Tien Thuy commune (Quynh Luu), fishermen in Quynh Lap commune use te boats to catch shrimp. When the boat goes out to sea, the te boat in front of the boat is lowered into the sea about 4 - 5 m deep, moving forward, the shrimp will fall into the net of the te boat.

Tons of shrimp are gathered at one point for workers to clean before being sent to processing facilities. Photo: Viet Hung

According to fishermen in Quynh Lap commune, it is currently the offshore shrimp fishing season so the yield is high.

ToanQuynh Luu districtand Hoang Mai town has about more than 100 specialized vehicles for exploiting shrimp with hundreds of workers participating. Sea shrimp will be purchased by traders and imported to fish sauce processing facilities and drying facilities.