Nghe An fishermen hit the jackpot with squid

In recent days, dozens of fishing boats using pink nets in Quynh Phuong ward (Hoang Mai town) have returned to shore after many days at sea, catching seafood. This is the second trip this month and every boat was lucky to catch a lot of cuttlefish.

Returning to shore on the morning of November 21, fishing boat NA 901/94 of fisherman Nguyen Van Duyen in Quynh Phuong was busy transporting trays of cuttlefish and sea fish to shore. Going out to sea to fish in the Gulf of Tonkin, after only 10 days, his boat caught 7 tons of seafood with a total income of more than 500 million VND; of which, over 2 tons of cuttlefish, earned more than 300 million VND..

Fishermen are happy because of the good squid fishing season. Photo: Viet Hung

According to seafarers, the squid season starts from August to December of the lunar calendar. To catch this seafood, fishermen use pink nets. At around 3am, fishermen drop the net into the sea, then wait 4-5 hours before pulling it up. The squid will stick to the net and the fishermen will remove it and put it in trays. When the hold is full of squid, some ships sell it right at sea to ships in Hai Phong and keep a few hundred kilograms to bring back to shore to sell to traders.

The bigger the cuttlefish, the more delicious, firm and crispy the meat is, so the bigger the cuttlefish, the higher the price. Accordingly, large fresh cuttlefish costs 200,000 VND/kg, if preserved in ice and brought back to shore for sale, the price is 170,000 VND/kg. The rest of the price ranges from 80,000 - 15,000 VND/kg.

In addition to squid, Hoang Mai fishermen also caught dozens of tons of valuable fish such as catfish, flying fish... Photo: Viet Hung

In addition to catching squid, Hoang Mai fishermen also caught dozens of tons of valuable fish such as catfish, flying fish... Fishermen shared that from August until now, with 2 trips to sea each month, each worker earns an average income of over 20 million VND/person.

On a recent trip back to shore, a boat caught dozens of trays of 10-12 shrimps/kg worth 350,000 VND/kg. The year-end fishing trips with good harvests have encouraged fishermen to go offshore.

Some boats even caught dozens of trays of 10-12 shrimp per kg. Photo by Viet Hung

Hoang Mai town currently has about 600 fishing vessels, of which more than 100 are pink net fishing vessels, 200 are bag net fishing vessels, and the rest are other fishing vessels.

Mr. Ho Xuan Huong - Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Phuong Ward (Hoang Mai Town) said: "Many fishing boats returning to shore recently have had a big catch of seafood and brought in high incomes, some earning from 400 - 500 million VND; although the year is not over yet, the catch up to this point has reached nearly 17,000 tons (an increase of 1,500 tons compared to the plan of 15,600 tons).