Quang Nam’s fishermen catch giant pregnant ray

LookAtVietnam - After over one hour struggling with a ray over 200kg, some Quang Nam fishermen landed the fish on May 16.

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Senior fishermen reported that this is the biggest ever ray swimming near the shore that they have seen in their lives. The fish carried a big egg sack.

The giant fish was caught at a coral reef near the coast by seven fishermen. "It took us over one hour to bring it to the shore," reported one fisherman.

The fish was chopped up the same day while hundreds of people watched.

"We saw a big egg sack in the stomach. Perhaps it was seeking a place to lay eggs when we caught it," the fisherman added.

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Life floats by

LookAtVietnam - Chai Village, a little fishing village hidden behind a mountain in the Tri Nguyen islands off Nha Trang, offers tourists an attractive seascape and tasty cuisine.  

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There are around 50 families in the village, most of which live in floating houses built on rafts. Others raise fish in cages under rafts on the sea but they live on the island. They earn their living not only by selling seafood to traders but also by serving it to tourists.

Telling us about the history of the village, locals said Tri Nguyen was deserted not too long ago. But fishermen from some central provinces like Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Binh Dinh arrived with their boats to avoid strong storms.  more>>

Sea and Island Week to take place in Quang Binh

LookAtVietnam - Vietnam Sea and Island Week 2010, themed "The ocean of the life, preserve the life of the ocean", will be held in the central province of Quang Binh from June 4-6.

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Hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the event will include a number of activities such as a sea and island festival, a fair promoting the sea-based economy and a meeting in response to World Environment Day (June 5), World Ocean Day (June and the International Year on Biodiversity.

During the week, a sand painting contest for students, an exhibition of photos on sea and islands and an exchange between young people from the Vietnam General Department of Sea and Islands and Quang Binh province will be held.

Other activities will include visits to traditional craft villages and outstanding seafood processing companies in Quang Binh province and exchanges among businesses.

Developing the island economy is one of the government's priorities Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a ten year master plan for the island economy by 2020 that aims to boost the rapid, effective and sustainable development of the island system, create a breakthrough in developing sea and island economies and turn islands into bases strong enough to defend the nation.

The plan sets a target of raising the island economy's contributions to the national economy to 0.5 percent from the current 0.2 percent and reaching an island economic growth rate to 14-15 percent per year by 2020.

To reach the goal, around VND162.5 trillion will be needed from now to 2020.

Source: VNA

Ly Son Island reveals its charms

VietNamNet Bridge – Idyllic Ly Son Island, 25 kilometers off the coast of the Quang Ngai province coast, is the home of the Hoang Sa flotilla. Fishermen and sailors from Ly Son have patrolled and protected Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratley) archipelagos since ancient times.

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Source: VNE

Fish stories abound at Vietnam Seafood Festival

VietNamNet Bridge – A 34kg tra catfish, a 0.5kg shrimp, etc. are prizewinners displayed at the first Vietnam Seafood Festival in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Festival helps build Vietnamese seafood trademark 

The 34kg tra catfish, owned by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Cuc in Can Tho city, is recognized as the largest catfish in Vietnam.

Cuc bought this fish from a catfish farm in the southern province of An Giang. Initially the fish is only 14kg in weight but after 20 years, it weighs up to 34kg.

  

The biggest basa catfish in Vietnam is 12kg in weight, 94cm in length, owned by the Can Tho-based Bien Dong Seafood Company. The firm caught this fish in the Mekong River and has bred it for over ten years.

A shrimp of 510gr, 35cm is recognized as the largest shrimp in Vietnam. This shrimp comes from a breeding shrimp farm in Can Tho.

Other special creatures are a 30kg fish and a giant crayfish.