Hit the jackpot with silver pomfret on the first fishing trip of the year, each Nghe An ship earned nearly half a billion
(Baonghean.vn) - After only 3-4 days of going out to sea to catch seafood at the beginning of the new year, fishermen in Quynh Luu were lucky to have a big catch of hundreds of tons of silver pomfret, earning nearly half a billion VND per boat.
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| On the afternoon of January 31 (the 7th day of the Lunar New Year), many purse seine fishing boats of fishermen in Quynh Long commune (Quynh Luu) continuously arrived at Lach Quen wharf in the joy of a good seafood season. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Due to the shallow channel, large ships cannot approach the wharf, so they have to hire boats to transport fish from the sea, 2 km from the mainland, to the shore to sell to traders. After importing fish, these ships will prepare food and ice to leave the wharf that same night. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Fisherman Tran Thanh in Phu Lien village, Quynh Long commune - owner of the fishing boat returning to shore on the afternoon of the 7th day of Tet said: "The boat went out to sea to catch seafood from the 4th day, and on the evening of the 6th day of Tet, the boat dropped its net and caught more than 10 tons of silver pomfret. The crew members on the boat were excited to work all night and immediately returned to shore. The first trip out to sea in just 3 days, we earned nearly 500 million VND, each crew member earned over 10 million VND/person". Photo: Viet Hung |
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| The fish were transported ashore, dozens of workers at the wharf together classified and arranged them on trays to be weighed and sold to traders. Silver pomfret was purchased by traders at 48,000 VND/kg, a higher price than during the year. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| On the 7th day of Tet, it was recorded that at Lach Quen port, about 10 purse seine boats of Quynh Luu fishermen returned to shore and all had a big catch of silver pomfret. On average, each boat caught 5 - 10 tons, such as the boats of fishermen Nguyen Van Thai (Quynh Long); Ho Van Huy (Tien Thuy); Pham Khac Tiep (Quynh Nghia)... Photo: Viet Hung |
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| According to the fishermen, the successful first fishing trip of the year brought a lot of excitement to the people because last year the seafood exploitation was not very effective. The lucky "sea trip" encouraged the fishermen to prepare the conditions to go out to sea soon. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Quynh Luu has nearly 1,200 fishing vessels, of which about 700 have a capacity of 90 CV or more. In 2020, the whole district strives to exploit an output of more than 74,000 tons of seafood. Photo: Viet Hung |
