Ships return to avoid storm Nalgae, hundreds of tons of seafood arrive at Nghe An fishing port

These days, major fishing ports in Nghe An are always bustling with fishermen returning to avoid the storm. Photo: Xuan Hoang

These days, at the major fishing ports in Quynh Luu district, Hoang Mai town... fishing boats are bustling back to shore. According to the locals, normally a trip at sea lasts more than 10 days, but this time due to a storm at sea, they returned early.

Fisherman Ho Huu Thien in Quynh Nghia commune (Quynh Luu) said that although they only fished for 8 days, the crew caught and processed 120 kg of dried squid (priced at 1,200,000 - 1,500,000 VND/kg), more than 1 ton of boiled squid (priced at 120,000 VND/kg) and some other types of fish. The total income of this fishing trip was over 400 million VND, after deducting all expenses, each crew member earned 10 million VND.

On this occasion, the fishing grounds are quite favorable, in addition to anchovies, people also catch many types of fish with high value. Photo: Xuan Hoang

"A large capacity boat with over 700 CV like mine normally fishes 12 days/trip, but due to the storm, it had to return, resulting in a lower catch. This time, seafood is easy to catch, has high value, and traders buy it to store for Tet, so the output is favorable" - fisherman Ho Huu Thien shared.

Through some other boat owners, it is known that the seafood caught includes mackerel, silver pomfret... so the value is quite high. However, some boats have to return to avoid the storm after only 3-4 days of sailing, so the catch is low, while those that sail for 5-8 days all have quite high output and are profitable.

Traders buy seafood right at Lach Quen fishing port. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Quynh Lap commune (Hoang Mai town) has numberlarge capacity shipsthe most in the province. Mr. Phan Van Hai, Chairman of the Commune Fisheries Association, said: By the afternoon of November 1, basically local fishing boats fishing offshore had returned to port to avoid the storm. Among them, there were boats that caught over 15 tons of seafood, the smallest boat caught at least 6 tons. However, whether there is profit or not depends on the value of the seafood; boats that catch a lot of squid, silver pomfret, mackerel... will make a lot of profit; on the contrary, boats that catch anchovies will make little profit, or break even.

For the past 3 days, Lach Quen Fishing Port has been bustling with boats coming to unload seafood. Mr. Nguyen Duc Dong - ManagerLach Quen fishing portsaid, this time there are nearly 100 large capacity boats of Quynh Luu fishermen registered to dock at Lach Quen fishing port, so there are hundreds of tons of seafood docked at the fishing port. After the storm has passed and fishermen have a break, it will take about 3-4 days for people to continue going out to sea to catch and supply seafood for the end of the year.