Clams washed up on Bai Sau beach in Vung Tau when it was early in the morning, hundreds of people caught them in a few hours, luckily selling a few million dongs.
At 5:30 on November 18, dozens of people scratched clams (clams) in Bai Sau beach. At this time, the tide is low and the clams are washed into the sea by nearly a kilometer from Nghinh Phong cape to Hon Ba (Vung Tau city).
Many people carry their tools and run along the coast of Bai Sau to find fishing grounds. The clam rake is a thin iron rake, a sand filter and a mesh bag over 3 m long that is attached to the bamboo-section.
Ms. Loan (nearly 50 years old) is one of the dozens of women who work as clams. Due to her weakness, she only scratched the edge of the water and sometimes went ashore to rest. “From scratching clams to scratching chang chang, scratching all year round. Winning three or seven meals is not enough, this profession is just enough to live on”, Ms. Loan said and said, today she earns 500,000 VND.
People focus on raking in the sea of clams that have just washed up. They worked quietly, not fighting for the yard.
“The clam appeared a lot in this area three days ago. At that time, I and nearly 10 people couldn’t scratch it, earning 5 million dongs in a few hours. Now there are still many, but people come too many,” a resident said.
A few people went to the rocks to scratch the clams.
According to Mr. Le Tuan, 54 years old, in the Long Dien district, people call it “flying clam” because this species appears suddenly in waves crashing on the beach, most often in the windy season from September to February of the lunar year. after.
Others find niches in the rocks on the shoal and use their hands to pick them up.
According to locals, this bivalve mollusk is the largest just the size of an adult finger and it will die after a short time ashore. While other clam species are larger in size.
Mr. Dang Van Chien (in Phuoc Tinh commune) poured clams from the net bag into the bag. After two hours of scratching, his family of four caught 30 bags.
They carry bags of clams ashore, traders will buy them on the spot for 100,000 VND per bag.
Mr. Chinh (48 years old) and his wife had breakfast on the embankment after raking 4 bags of clams. He has been in the profession for more than 10 years. Two years ago, his wife accompanied him. “During low tide nights, everyone and I have to sleep along this beach to keep up with the water,” Chinh said.
Two people went to the beach and caught clams to cook soup. “Yesterday too much drifted in, I caught a bunch of them to boil to get water to cook soup. It was very delicious, so I went out to catch it today”, the woman said.
In Ba Ria – Vung Tau, there are hundreds of people, mainly in Long Dien and Dat Do districts, who work as clams, chang chang on the beaches from Vung Tau city to Xuyen Moc. Clams, chang chang are collected by traders to Nha Trang as food for lobsters. Follow vnexpress