Tuy Phong: Scallop season is here

For nearly a month now, the scallop area of ​​Chi Cong commune - Tuy Phong district, known as the capital of scallops, has been bustling and busy, signaling that this year's scallop season has arrived, right on the days before Lunar New Year 2024.

Last weekend, Chi Cong scallop wharf was more bustling than ever, with the boat owners calling each other, many young men taking turns carrying each bag of scallops to the wharf, the sound of traders weighing and calculating the price, the sound of women competing for space to pry open scallops on the spot... At the time the boats reached the shore, countless scallops were packed, the atmosphere was extremely bustling. Hundreds of fishermen were hurriedly loading the bags of scallops onto baskets and then going to shore to deliver them to the waiting traders. According to the boat owners, for nearly a month now, the sea trips have yielded a large yield of scallops. Every day, dozens of tons of scallops are landed, with prices higher than every year, so the scallop divers are excited, hoping for a full Tet this year.

Chi Cong scallop wharf is bustling when scallop season comes.

If last year, each boat only harvested a few quintals of clams per day, this year, that number increased to several tons, helping fishermen earn millions of dong per day. Mr. Nguyen Van Nhi - a sea worker in the commune shared: "This year, there are a lot of fan-shaped scallops, each of us who goes diving can catch more than 1 quintal per day. This year's price is also higher than every year, small scallops cost 8,000 - 10,000 VND/kg, large scallops cost 12,000 - 14,000 VND/kg. Every day, fishermen also earn more than 1 million VND". About a week ago, not only Chi Cong scallop wharf, but also most other coastal areas such as Phan Ri Cua, Phuoc The, Vinh Hao... everywhere caught a large amount of scallops. According to the people here, this year the amount of scallops is the largest in years and mainly sponge scallops and flying scallops. This type of scallop has large flesh and delicious meat, so scallops sell very well. The amount of scallops arriving at the port is large, so traders will buy them and hire women in the area to pry open the scallops and deliver them to big cities.

Most of the coastal areas in the province have large quantities of scallops.

Besides squid, dried fish... Tuy Phong scallop meat is considered a typical product that many people are ordering to freeze to prepare cooling dishes such as scallop porridge, stir-fried bean sprouts, scallop rolls... Ms. Le Thi Be Trinh - a person with many years of experience in buying and selling scallop meat in Phan Ri Cua added that there are currently 2 types of scallop meat: scraped scallops and diving scallops, which are very difficult for buyers to distinguish. When scraped scallops are pried open, the meat is small, has an ivory-yellow color, the meat is mushy and not as fresh as diving scallops. Therefore, scraped scallop meat is also cheaper than diving scallop meat, if consumers do not know, it is easy to buy the wrong one. On average, more than 10 kg of whole scallops will be pried open to produce 1 kg of scallop meat, sold at the spot price of about 110,000 VND/kg. After many times of buying and selling through traders, when it reaches consumers in Binh Duong , City. Ho Chi Minh... price of 1 kg of finished product is about 130,000 - 140,000 VND.

On average, 10 kilos of shelled clams produce 1 kilo of clam meat.

In recent days, the amount of scallop meat has been ordered in large quantities by many customers in Ho Chi Minh City, so the scallop meat after being prying is not enough to supply many places. The abundant scallop production has contributed to creating jobs for many coastal women, as well as adding an interesting seafood dish to the Tet holiday meals of many families. This is a typical dish of the Binh Thuan coastal region, so most restaurants and seafood shops in the province have scallop dishes to serve diners. This Tet, when traveling to Tuy Phong, do not forget to enjoy grilled scallops on a charcoal stove, because this is the season of the biggest and fattest scallops of the year.

Finished products are sold to provinces and cities.

The abundant scallop production has contributed to creating jobs for many coastal women.

According to many fishermen here, this year scallops appear a lot in December when the north wind blows, usually in previous years during the south wind season around June to August of the lunar calendar or at the end of January there are many of these types of scallops. The fact that the season is good and the price is good makes many fishermen in the coastal area excited as Tet is approaching.

Source: https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/tuy-phong-mua-so-diep-ve-116432.html