Fishermen are bumper by using mixed gill net

According to Tra Vinh Department of Aquatic Resources Exploitation and Protection, after two years of implementing the model of supporting fishermen to modernize the first offshore fishing means, the province now has more than 80 fishermen. boldly invest in the procurement of mixed gill net, improve the economic efficiency of fishing from 1.5-2 times compared to traditional gill net.

Mr. Huynh Van Hanh in Vinh Hung Hamlet, Long Duc Commune, Tra Vinh City, was the first to be supported by the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide credit and technical incentives to buy mixed gill net. catches bring high economic efficiency in the last two years.

Catching seafood with mixed gill net for high productivity

Mr. Hanh said, a mixed gill net has a length of 8,000 meters, a height of 20 meters, a 16x16cm mesh size, with an investment of VND1.2 billion. Although the cost for a mixed gill net is 30% higher than the traditional gill net, in return, the catch up to 70% of the big fish reaches 4-16 fish / kg and has high economic value. , as; mackerel, pompano, snakehead fish, .

During a 7-10 day sea voyage, the catch yield of mixed gill net is much higher from 1,100 to 1,200 kg of fish, except for the cost of mixed gill net with an average income of about 42.3 million VND. / trip, and the traditional gill net is only about 25-26 million VND.

In addition, the cost of remodeling mixed gill net such as mesh mending, mesh net . only costs 15-20 million dong / year, while traditional gill net has to spend nearly 100 million dong / year.

Tra Vinh province currently has a fleet of 120 CV or more vessels capable of off-shore. In order to help these fishing vessels improve their economic efficiency, the provincial agriculture industry is mobilizing fishermen to switch to a mixed gill net.

Fishermen in need, will be supported on concessional loans to purchase nets, transforming tunnels with Polyurethane materials that are light, durable, tight, preserving fresh seafood for a long time, reducing consumption ice for 20-30% per trip and extend fishing time to 9-15 days.