Economy

Shrimp prices are high, Nghe An fishermen are excited about the fishing season

Thanh Phuc • October 16, 2024 10:15

Cold weather and heavy fog are the most favorable times to catch sea shrimp. Nghe An fishermen are in the midst of the biggest sea shrimp catching season of the year...

đánh bắt — Fishermen in Quynh Lap, Quynh Di (Hoang Mai town), Quynh Bang, Quynh Luong (Quynh Luu) catch sea shrimp. Photo: TP

bna_1(3).jpg — Fishermen use small boats with net poles to rake shrimp offshore. Many people use net poles to push shrimp closer to shore. Photo: TP

thuyền ruốc — Fisherman Nguyen Ngoc Hoang in Phu Loi block, Quynh Di ward, Hoang Mai town, is with a group of fishermen transporting shrimp from the boat to the wharf and said: "The shrimp fishing season is from mid-September of the lunar calendar this year to January next year, the cold weather, monsoon and fog are favorable times for catching shrimp." Photo: TP

phấn khởi — His boat set sail at 6pm yesterday afternoon and docked at 5am for sales. The boat had 3 people, fishing about 3 nautical miles from the mainland, and after 1 night, his boat brought back nearly 1 ton of shrimp. Photo: TP

xúc ruốc — The current price of shrimp at the wharf is 10,000 VND/kg, almost double last year's price, so everyone is excited. Photo: TP

bán 2 — Shrimp floss is purchased by seafood processing factories to be fermented, salted, steamed, and dried for export. Photo: TP

ủ chượp — Mr. Tran Phuc Dong in Quynh Di ward (Hoang Mai town) - owner of a shrimp processing facility said: "Every day, the factory buys over 5 tons of shrimp for processing. The shrimp is purchased right at the wharf and transported to the factory for processing while still fresh. Photo: TP

sơ chế — The purchased shrimp is cleaned and put into a salt barrel according to the correct ratio, formula and secret of each household. Photo: TP

Shrimp after 1 year of fermentation produces finished products with a selling price of 25,000 VND/kg, fresh dried shrimp costs nearly 100,000 VND/kg. Photo: TP

Mr. Le Ba Ky - Vice Chairman of Quynh Lap Commune People's Committee said that during the shrimp fishing season, there are hundreds of small boats in the area working to scoop up shrimp, mainly concentrated in Dong Minh and Dong Thanh hamlets. On average, fishermen collect dozens of tons of sea shrimp every day. Photo: TP

tép khô — The whole commune has 7 workshops for steaming and processing dried shrimp for export to China. The selling price of finished dried shrimp is high, bringing in good profits and stable jobs for many local workers. Photo: TP

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