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Sea fish prices down, fishermen stay on shore
Fish prices in the Cuu Long River Delta have unexpectedly dropped dramatically by 50% in the last two weeks, leaving fishing boat owners in dire straits. Hundreds of fishermen in the Cuu Long River Delta dare not go out to sea now for fear of losses.
Prices of fish have unexpectedly dropped in the last two weeks, while fishing and transport expenses have increased dramatically. Fishermen in U Minh and Tran Van Thoi districts in Ca Mau province said that the prices of several kinds of fish have decreased by 50%, which has brought losses upon a lot of ship owners.
Nam Trieu, a fisherman at Song Doc habour, said that he had suffered the loss of VND30mil from his latest fishing trip due to the unexpected fish price decreases.
Previously, when the prices of fuel and ice water increased, farmers still went fishing because they could still earn money with the sale prices at the time. However, a lot of fishermen nowadays have to leave fishing boats idle as the fish prices have decreased to levels which cannot bring them profit.
On September 14 at Tran De (Soc Trang province) and Song Doc (Ca Mau province) harbours, the prices of fresh and dried cuttle-fish decreased by 10-15% over the levels of two weeks prior. Other types of fish, including codfish and blue fish, also decreased by 30-40% in price.
Tuna, which is the favourite of many people, have also seen prices drop from VND21-22,000/kg to VND16,000/kg, while assorted fish for aquaculture feed workshops have slid from VND3,700/kg to VND2-2,200/kg.
VNA
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