Thanh Chuong residents continuously catch 'giant' eel fish on Lam River
(Baonghean.vn) - During the flood receding, fishermen on the Lam River in Thanh Chuong district continuously caught "giant" eel fish.
On the morning of October 7, while fishing on the Lam River in the Ha Mountain area, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuy, residing in village 1, Thanh Ha commune, caught a 10 kg eel.
Immediately after catching the fish, many people came to buy it. At noon of the same day, he sold the fish to a resident of Nam Dan district for 7.3 million VND.
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The 10 kg catfish was caught by Nguyen Van Tuy. Photo: Huy Thu |
Previously, on October 6, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Luu, residing in Giang Tien village, Thanh Giang commune, caught a 12 kg catfish. This fish was sold by Mr. Luu to a regular customer for 11.7 million VND.
On the same day, Mr. Tran Van Quang in Thanh Ha commune also caught a 13 kg catfish and sold it for over 10 million VND.
Thus, in 2 days, 3 fishermen on Lam River in Thanh Chuong District caught 3 "giant" eel fish. According to local people, eel fish is a fish with delicious meat, often living in streams, creeks, or deep water layers in rivers and lakes.
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The 13 kg catfish was caught by Mr. Tran Van Quang. Photo: Bao Nam |
The price of the fish is being sold on the market from700,000 - 1,200,000VND/kg, depending on the type of fish and weight of the fish.
"After the flood, the Lam River water is receding rapidly, so fish from the upstream districts may have followed the water downstream, so Thanh Chuong people have been able to catch fish continuously" - said a fisherman on the Lam River in Thanh Ha commune.
Eel (also known as eel) is a species that breeds in the sea but migrates from there into freshwater rivers, upstream to streams with stable currents and lives in caves in shallow streams. During the rainy season, they drift to Lam River (Ca River) and can go to sea to breed. This is a very rare specialty, so eel is sought after by many people. Therefore, the number of this fish species is also decreasing significantly in the natural environment.
