After the heavy rain and flood, Nghe An fishermen hit a jackpot with sea shrimp
Thanh Phuc•DNUM_AFZBAZCACD 09:07
(Baonghean.vn) - The tropical depression has passed, after days of heavy rain, the sea is calm again, the weather is hot and sunny, so there are many sea shrimps in the sea areas of Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Cua Lo. This is also the time when fishermen in coastal areas are excited to start the shrimp season.
According to fishermen's experience, after a storm or tropical depression passes, the sea surface becomes calm and clear again, and shrimp appear in large numbers. These days, fishermen in the coastal area of Quynh Luu are excited to start the shrimp season. Photo: Thanh PhucFrom the moment it got light, Quynh Bang beach became bustling, fishermen gathered to rake shrimp. This year, after the flood, the sun was strong, so shrimp reproduced a lot, drifting close to the shore. Photo: Thanh PhucThe shrimp rake is a large shrimp rake with a rim with a mouth diameter of 40-50 cm, attached to a 2-3 m long rake rod. The rake net has thick mesh and is nearly 1 m long. Photo: Thanh PhucWhen going to the sea, people pull the cart backwards. In deep water, people have to use stilts to "go ruoc". Photo: Thanh PhucWhen the shrimp is heavy, the cart is pulled to shore and the shrimp is poured into baskets or basins. On days when there is a lot of shrimp, after about 45-60 minutes, the fishermen can scoop up a heavy batch of shrimp. Photo: Thanh PhucNguyen Huu Thuoc, a fisherman in Quynh Bang commune, said: "Sea shrimp are available all year round, but the season for harvesting sea shrimp along the coast is from the 6th to the 9th lunar month. Shrimp are not available every day, but depending on the tide, when the water is clear, they come ashore and fishermen can dig them up, when the water is murky, they stay offshore and have to use boats to catch them." Photo: Thanh PhucThe te profession only scoops up shrimp from the surface, so the shrimp is clean and free of any impurities. When first scooped up, the fresh pink te shrimp sparkles under the sunlight. Photo: Thanh PhucThis year, shrimp harvest is good and prices are high, so fishermen are very excited. Some days, each fisherman can catch 80-100kg of shrimp, bringing in an income of 1-1.2 million VND/day. Photo: Thanh PhucTraders from all over come to buy shrimp. The price of shrimp ranges from 12,000 - 15,000 VND/kg. Traders buy all the shrimp they catch. Mr. Nguyen Van Dung, a shrimp buyer from Quang Binh, said: "Every day I buy over 10 tons of shrimp to make shrimp paste and fish feed." Photo: Thanh PhucThere are households that do not sell but process the shrimp into many other products such as: drying them into dried sea shrimp for export, salting them into shrimp paste, stinky shrimp... Photo: Thanh Phuc
