Fishermen in Hoang Mai town have a good fishing season on the last trip of the year.

Fishermen in Quynh Lap commune, Hoang Mai town, had a big catch of anchovies on their last fishing trip of the year. Photo: Thanh Yen

Being present at Quynh Lap fishing port at 3am on January 16 shows the urgent working atmosphere on the ship at the dock,fishermanbusy transporting fish from the ship's hold to the dock.

Owner of sea fishing boat NA 98919TS of fisherman Dau Dinh Son residing in Dong Tam village, Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town) said, he set sail 4 days ago, fishing in the Gulf of Tonkin, using a cast net, according to plan he would arrive at the port in about 3 days, but because of the monsoon and a good catch of anchovies and herring, he returned earlier than planned. This trip he brought back 18 tons of anchovies, 1 ton of herring and squid, with a selling price of 14,000/kg of anchovies, his ship earned over 250 million VND, after deducting expenses each crew member earned about 5 million VND.

Anchovies are currently priced at 14,000 VND/kg. Photo: Thanh Yen

Crew member Nguyen Phuc Tung in Quynh Lap commune, owner of fishing boat NA 93702TS, said that his boat brought back 15 tons of anchovies, 2 tons of silver pomfret and herring. During this time, the prices of all seafood have increased slightly. After deducting expenses, the income of the sailors has also increased, so the fishermen are excited.

The anchovy season is in full swing, and fish processing factories for export are also working at increased capacity. Mr. Nguyen Van Chung - the owner of anchovy processing factory, is working with workers to load fish onto transport vehicles. He said that these days, dozens of fish processing factories for export in the area are working at full capacity, with each anchovy steaming factory consuming an average of over 30 tons/day. Fresh anchovies are transported and steamed immediately, so the quality is high, creating jobs for hundreds of workers.

Processing anchovies in Quynh Lap commune. Photo: Thanh Yen

At Quynh Phuong fishing port, dozens of fishing boats also docked on the last night of the year, bringing with them many valuable seafood. Fishing boats near the shore had a big catch of herring, squid, and red crab. The price of herring was 12,000 VND/kg, red crab was 150,000 VND/kg, and squid was 150,000 VND/kg.

Mr. Ho Xuan Huong - Chairman of Quynh Phuong Ward People's Committee said: In the commune, there are 711 fishing boats, the ward's fishing output in 2022 reached 19,763 tons.

With the achieved results, Hoang Mai town is encouraging fishermen to go out to sea, hoping that the first fishing trips of the new year of the Cat will be lucky./.