Ha Tinh fishermen in jellyfish harvest season, earning millions every day

April 16, 2024 | 15:34

TPO - At this time, coastal people in Thach Ha district ( Ha Tinh ) are busy entering the season of catching specialty jellyfish. This year, the weather is favorable, each trip to sea, fishermen earn millions of dong.

In the sea areas of Thach Van, Thach Tri, Thach Hai (Thach Ha district, Ha Tinh province), the jellyfish harvest season is bustling.

According to fishermen, jellyfish season usually lasts for a month, from March to April. This year, there were jellyfish weighing over 50kg, so transporting them to shore was very difficult.

Jellyfish harvesting does not require as much investment in cost or fishing gear as other seafood, but still earns millions of dong every day. In the photo, when the boats reach the shore, the women who buy jellyfish have prepared tools such as trailers, styrofoam boxes, buckets, plastic trays, etc. to buy quickly.

Jellyfish after being processed, cut, classified, initially processed, washed with seawater.

Then transport to seafood purchasing and processing facilities in the area. Some facilities also clean jellyfish directly on the shore.

Compared to previous years, this time the jellyfish catch is less, but there are many beautiful, large jellyfish buds that sell for high prices.

Fishermen said that on average each boat going out to sea catches about 4 tons of jellyfish.

During peak season, each boat earns about 2-3 million VND per day, and during low season, from 200,000 to 1 million VND.

Fresh jellyfish are purchased, processed, cleaned, caught, and initially prepared at the beach.

Previously, jellyfish were only soaked in salt to become salty jellyfish and then sold on the market. However, in recent years, in order to increase the value of jellyfish, production facilities have upgraded and processed it into ready-to-eat jellyfish.

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/ngu-dan-ha-tinh-vao-mua-thu-hoach-sua-bien-kiem-tien-trieu-moi-ngay-post1629402.tpo