Ly Son purse seine season

Every year, in May and July, fishermen of Ly Son island district (Quang Ngai) are busy going out to sea using purse seine nets to catch aquatic products, mainly anchovies. This rhythm of life becomes an interesting subject for photography lovers.

The “dance” of the green nets on the sea comes in many different shapes, such as circles, hearts or lotus leaves. Seen from above, each net is stretched out in the middle of the sea, as if skillfully arranged by an artist.

Purse nets are used to catch fish by filtering water, and are dropped from ships and pulled up to the ship. Purse nets are used to catch fish in schools and are only dropped to a certain depth. When anchovy schools are discovered, fishermen use a seine net to catch fish. The ship is pulling the purse seine. During the fishing process, the shape of the purse seine always changes. From the beginning of the net, it is a flat net, to the end of the net, it is a cylinder, and when the rolling process is carried out, it is a spherical cone shape."

These are some of the shares that author Vu Minh Duc wants to send to the audience through the photo series Ly Son in the purse seine season, through the Photo and Video contest Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam, organized by the Department of Foreign Information, Ministry of Information and Communications .

The photo contest on the website Vietnam.vn is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and over, to honor individuals and groups with positive information products, making practical contributions to the propaganda and promotion of beautiful images of Vietnam to the world . At the same time, it helps people in the country, compatriots abroad and international friends access authentic images of the country, Vietnamese people, Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights, towards a happy Vietnam through the authentic, vivid, objective perspectives of professional and non-professional authors in the country and international friends.

Prize value: 2 first prizes, each 100,000,000 VND; 2 second prizes, each 30,000,000 VND; 2 third prizes, each 20,000,000 VND; 10 consolation prizes, each 5,000,000 VND; 2 prizes for the work with the most votes, each 10,000,000 VND; 2 prizes for the work with the most shares, each 10,000,000 VND./.

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