Billionaire in Ca Mau drains billion-dollar eel pond in billionaire commune, catches all the big ones, sells to China

At this time, farmers in Tan Thanh commune, Ca Mau city (Ca Mau province) are busy harvesting eels. The work goes through many stages of hardship, but everyone is happy with the pond owners when the fish are in season, with prices reaching over 500,000 VND/kg (grade 1 eel).

After more than 20 months of raising eels, eel farmers can sell them, usually reaching a finished eel weight of 3-6 kg/eel.

Each eel pond is about 1,000 ^m2 wide, after more than 20 months of raising, it can be sold.

This specialty fish is raised in Ca Mau City and is purchased by traders for domestic consumption and export to China.

Each eel pond is about 1,000 square ^meters wide. After pumping out the water until it is almost dry, farmers use a net to pull it through once, then continue to drain the water to catch fish in the mud to make sure no one is left behind.

Eels raised in Tan Thanh commune (Ca Mau city, Ca Mau province) are quickly transported to oxygenated ponds while waiting for traders to choose size and weigh them.

Every time eel harvest season comes, the owner of the pond raising this specialty fish in Tan Thanh commune, Ca Mau city (Ca Mau province) mobilizes strong young men to pull the net.

After pulling the net and draining the pond, farmers continue to catch fish in the mud to make sure they don't miss any.

Eel harvesters will use a net to scoop the fish up and bring them to shore, then use a wheelbarrow to transport them to the collection point.

Eels are quickly transported to temporary ponds, oxygenated, ensuring the fish are alive when traders come to buy.

Recently, Mr. Nguyen Huu Anh's family in Tan Thanh Commune, Ca Mau City (Ca Mau Province) harvested about 1.8 tons of eel fish from a pond. Mr. Anh has 42 eel and snakehead fish ponds, and sells 3-5 ponds of fish each year, earning an annual profit of 4-7 billion VND.

Source: https://danviet.vn/ong-ty-phu-ca-mau-tat-ao-nuoi-ca-chinh-tien-ty-o-xa-ty-phu-bat-toan-con-to-bu-ban-cho-trung-quoc-20241101223108498.htm