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The Ha Tinh sea area is in the fish porridge season, many fishermen catch 20 to 50 kg per day, selling in the millions.
These days, the coastal areas of the districts of Nghi Xuan, Loc Ha, Thach Ha, Cam Xuyen, Ky Anh, dozens of wooden boats with a capacity of 6-24 CV from the sea to land about 20 meters from the shore with a full fish. porridge.
The fishermen place the fish in plastic buckets, divided into groups of about two people, transported ashore and sold to merchants.
Mr. Le Doan Thanh, 34, who lives in Thinh Loc Commune, Loc Ha District, said that the fish porridge season starts from November to early February next year. This species lives 3 to 10 nautical miles from the coast, at depths of 20 to 60 m. Fishing boats leave at 4 o’clock, return at 8-9 am at this same time. Fishing nets are second category nets with a mesh size of approximately 2-4 cm.
Boats fishing for porridge landed in Thinh Loc commune, Loc Ha district. Image: Duc hung
Every day, fishermen drag nets tens of meters in the middle of the sea. After more than an hour to collect the nets and then take the fish into buckets, pots and cover the compartment of the boat. “Every day one lucky day catches a lot of fish, it can collect almost 100 kg in one session. During the past month, an average of 4-5 hours a day, a boat of three workers catches 20-50 kg of fish gruel, “Thanh said.
Towards mid-morning, dozens of merchants with pots, plastic rails wait on the shore, dock to buy fish porridge. When they saw the boats disembark, they entered and approached, and the fishermen carried plastic buckets of fish to shore to sort them.
“This type of shellfish is difficult to preserve, so when removing and sorting it you must be careful and soft, otherwise the fish will be shredded and unusable or the price will be forced,” said Tran Thi Thao, 49 years, from the Nghi district. Spring, he said.
According to Ms. Thao, fish porridge is very expensive, so traders have to fight to pay the price to try to collect more. “Every day I buy 30 kg of fish porridge, many lucky days more than 100 kg,” Ms. Thao said.
Fish porridge processes many dishes, such as cooking soup, making a hot pot. Image: Duc hung
Local fishermen said that each time they put to sea, each boat collects nearly VND 2 million after deducting all expenses such as labor, fuel and depreciation of the gear. Some families with a large number of people buy 2-3 boats, go out to sea twice a day, each day lucky enough to catch fish porridge can earn tens of millions of dong.
In addition to importing to traders at a price of VND 70,000-100,000 per kg, fishermen also bring fish to the markets in the retail area with a higher price of VND 5,000-10,000 per kg compared to sale at the pier.
The fishermen remove the nets and classify the fish porridge. Image: Duc hung
Soft-bodied congee fish (also called fish), previously only caught as feed for livestock and poultry. For the past 10 years, this species has been favored by the market, and traders collect income for restaurants, hotels, and restaurants. Fish porridge can be processed into many dishes such as cooking vegetable soup with hot peppers, stewed vegetables, hot pot …
