Nghe An fishermen earn 10 million VND after only 3 hours of offshore fishing

When the boat returns, the fishermen use modified vehicles to carry each bag of net ashore. Photo: Viet Hung

At around 6am this morning (March 14), at the beach of Quynh Nghia commune (Quynh Luu), dozens of fishing boats offishermanLocals returned to shore after about 3-4 hours of fishing. It was noted that every boat had a full net of fish, so people mobilized more manpower to help remove the fish so they could sell them to traders in time.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duong, a fishing boat owner in Quynh Nghia commune, said that this morning he went out to sea at 3am and returned to shore at 6:30am. This time he had a big catch of sea bream, with all three nets full of sea bream.

Fishermen gather to remove fish. Photo: Viet Hung

Mr. Duong said that since Tet, this was the luckiest trip, the catch of hairtail fish was estimated at over 100 kg, bringing in an income of over 10 million VND, of which the cost of gasoline was only about 200,000 - 300,000 VND.

In addition to hairtail, fishermen catch herring, scad, anchovy, mullet, sea bass... with high value of over 100,000 VND/kg. Because they are caught in the open sea, about 1 - 2 km from shore, the seafood is fresh when it reaches shore.traderbuy and then bring to the market to sell.

In addition to needlefish, Quynh Nghia fishermen caught many other types of fish of high value. Photo: Viet Hung

At this time, fishermen are focusing on fishing and in about a month, they will switch to catching crabs and mantis shrimp. This is the type of seafood that serves the tourist season. With the job of going to sea in the offshore area, every month fishermen in the coastal areaQuynh Luu beachincome from 15-20 million VND/person/month.