Fishermen earn 100 million VND profit after each anchovy hunting trip

(Baonghean.vn) - In the last days of the year, fishermen in Quynh Luu caught a lot of anchovies after a long trip at sea, earning a profit of over 100 million VND.

Fisherman Nguyen Van Ha, owner of the ship named 67/CP, which just docked at Tien Thuy fishing port (Quynh Luu), excitedly said: After 8 days and nights at sea, his ship caught about 21 tons of anchovies. With a selling price of 10,000 VND/kg, the total income was 210 million VND, after deducting all expenses, the profit was about 100 million VND.

So, after this year-end trip, the members of his fishing boat have a considerable income. Compared to other trips, this trip has a quite high income.

Anchovies are mainly used to make fish sauce.

Fishermen transfer anchovies from the boat's hold.

Mr. Ha's 67/CP boat was built with a steel hull, worth 16 billion VND, completed nearly 3 months ago. Thanks to the modern machinery system, fishing is more convenient and safer than his previous wooden hull boat with a capacity of 400CV.

Tien Thuy fishing port these days is starting to be crowded with boats, because after this trip, the large capacity ships, fishermen carefully arrange their fishing gear and anchor their boats to rest for the Lunar New Year.

Anchovies are purchased on the spot by traders at the current price of 10,000 VND/kg.

Observing at Tien Thuy fishing port, An Hoa, Quynh Nghia on this occasion, it was found that the fishing boats using seine nets were all full of anchovies. Anchovies were purchased strongly by traders at 10,000 VND/kg, which is low compared to other times of the year. However, with each boat catching over 20 tons, the profit was around 100 million VND/trip.

Tien Thuy fishing port (Quynh Luu) at the end of the year.

Quynh Luu district has 1,275 fishing boats, of which 790 boats have a capacity of over 90CV. In 2016, Quynh Luu fishermen caught nearly 59 tons of various types of seafood. January 2017 is the anchovy season, so the boats using seine nets mainly catch anchovies, the anchovy output caught in this January is about over 2,000 tons./.

X. Hoang - Quang An