On a 22CV boat fishing in Van Phong Bay, Phan Van Ky (in Dam Mon, Van Thanh Commune) shared us that this year hairtails appear sooner than previous years. "In recent days, my son and I fish hairtails every evening. We fish about 40 – 50kg/night", he said.
On a 22CV boat fishing in Van Phong Bay, Phan Van Ky (in Dam Mon, Van Thanh Commune) shared us that this year hairtails appear sooner than previous years. “In recent days, my son and I fish hairtails every evening. We fish about 40 – 50kg/night”, he said.
Not only in Van Thanh Commune, fishermen in some coastal communes in Van Ninh District also fish hairtails these days. Tran Tong, a fisherman in Van Gia said, “Hairtails are fished inshore. Small hairtail price is VND22,000/kg. Small boats under 20CV like ours fish about 50kg each night. Bigger boats may earn VND4 – 5 million/trip.”
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| Fishing hairtails at night |
However, hairtails are purchased at over VND20,000/kg but they are sold up to VND70,000 – VND80,000/kg.
“Van Thanh Commune has about 500 inshore fishing boats. Fishing hairtails and other kinds of fish has given good earning to fishermen”, said Tran Thi Thuy Phi, an agriculture encouragement official in Van Thanh Commune.
H.L
Translated by T.T
