Many specialty fish species in the mountain wholesale market

Natural freshwater fish of the smallest to largest sizes appear in the fish market in the northwestern mountains.

The fish market is located at the foot of the Pa Uon Bridge across the Da River in Quynh Nhai District (Son La), bustling day and night.It has the smallest size freshwater fish to tens of kilograms, all consumed quickly when brought to shore.

The small fish usually come in the night and early in the morning, the big fish trade takes place in the afternoon because these fishes are caught in the distance and transporting to the shore takes time.

The smallest species is the short- haired fish (also known as candle fish, glass fish) - a typical fish species of the Da river water.Fish that feed on surface water, fishermen use nets built at the bow of the boat to run up the river to catch.Wholesale fish at the boat cost from 100 thousand VND / kg.

Shrimps are caught the most, dozens of tons a day.A boat that catches one day and night gets about 50kg.All were brought to the semi-shore bank, shrimp died and people sold to factories to make dried shrimp.Shrimp with large size of 30 individuals / kg cost 280 thousand.

Each boat when docked often carries many types of fish. Traders in the provinces go to each boat to collect the desired fish. Fish caught in catfish and barramundi are small so it is often not enough to consume.

Lagerstones are called, living at a depth of tens of meters below the river. The fish are very strong, so when caught, people have to use a rope to tie many rounds through their mouths and then drop them next to the boat to the shore. "These fish restaurants in Hanoi and Hai Phong always order without having to sell. The bigger the fish, the higher the price because of such a long-term new life, usually 700 thousand / kg," said Nguyen Van Hai, driving. said in Hai Duong.

The man tried to hold the fish to 70cm long.Every day, the river wharf provides about 30 kg of fish, this is a rare species.The natural cloves weigh from 0.6kg to 1.2kg.The price of live chops sold at the market is 350 thousand / kg.

"The fish weighing 30kg appears every day, some days people catch the net to bring more fish carp to the weight of half a pound ," said Nguyen Thi Xuan, the merchant.

The fish brought up from the boat are fresh and quickly weighed.

The purchase takes place "rolling", after the seafood gets on the car, small businesses and sellers take notes and then pay.

Each truck carries dozens of barrels of big and small fish.Fish stocked in cold water and aeration to keep fresh on transit.

Trucks lined up at the wharf to collect seafood, traders mainly came from Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hanoi .