Squid Fishing In Vietnam

[glen]

Hi everyone, I am interested in collecting some information about squid fishing in Vietnam. I have extracted some good starting information below from the Vietnam Fisheries Information Center website. If you can provide any extra information about good squid fishing spots in Vietname please let us know!







All the best, Glen







<big>Squid Fishing in Viet Nam</big>



According to the latest data, there are 25 squid

species under Teuthoidea order in Viet

Nam’s territorial waters. Most of them live in the depth of

less than 100m from the surface. The remainder lives in open sea waters

at the depth of more than 100 m under the surface. Squids are sensitive

to the changes of hydrologic conditions, climate and light, hence their

migration is based on the season, day and night. In general, during the

day, the water surface is heated up by the sunshine, making the water

temperature higher, hence squid often swim toward the bottom or lower

layers. During the night, when the temperature of water surface

reduces, they swim from bottom layers back to the surface.




In the dry

months (December – March),

squids migrate to shallower waters (less than 30m). In rainy months

(June – September), they migrate to 30-50m deep waters.




Distribution: Similar to

cuttlefish, in the Northern waters, squids are concentrated in major

targeted fishing grounds, i.e. Cat Ba, Cai Chien, Co To, Hon Me - Hon

Mat island and Bach Long Vi, especially in the spring. In Southern

waters, major areas where squid can be found are Phan Rang, Phan Thiet,

Vung Tau, Ca Mau and the surroundings of Con Dao, Phu Quoc islands.




Fishing

season: Squid could be caught all year around. However,

there are two main fishing seasons for these species, including

Northern season (December-April) and Southern season (Jun-September)




Fishing

gears: squid fishing gears using light resource such as

squid long line, luring liftnet, liftnet, squids falling net. Strong

light intensity is used to attract squids since these species are

light-oriented. Squids often concentrate at high density within the

light halo. As a result, Viet Nam as well as many other countries often

uses fishing techniques together with light tackle to catch squids.




Catch: 

the annual squid catch in the territorial waters of Viet Nam is

approximately 24,000 tons, of which the Southern waters production rank

the first with over 16,000 tons (accounting for 70%), followed by Ton

Kin Gulf and Central waters with 5,000 tons (20%) and 2,500 tons (10%)

respectively.






<big>Common squids in Viet Nam’s territorial

waters</big>



1. Mitre Squid







Scientific name: Loligo chinensis




- Diagnostic features: Loligo chinensis is a big

squid species of about 350-400mm in length. 




- Distribution: this species lives in surface

layers. They are widely distributed along the coast of Viet Nam from

the North to the South.




- Fishing season: all year around but the main

fishing seasons are January- March and June – September




- Fishing gears: hook and line, luring liftnet,

liftnet, falling net using light tackle

 




2. Japanese

Squid






Scientific name: Loligo japonica




- Distribution: this species lives in shallow

marine waters and continental shelf. In summer, it often swims to

coastal areas with the depth of less than 10m to spawn. It is mainly

distributed in the Central region and Southern region, especially

abundant in Nha Trang and Binh Thuan.




- Fishing season: all year around but the main

fishing seasons are from January to March and from June to September




- Fishing gears: hook and line, luring liftnet,

liftnet, falling net using light tackle




 



3. Beka

Squid  




Scientific name: Loligo beka Sasaki


- Distribution: this species inhabits mainly in

open sea. It often swims near the shore to spawn in dry season. The

eggs released often clot into lumps of 30-50cm. Each lump contains

about 20-40 eggs. This species is distributed in the Northern, Central

and Southern region of Viet Nam.




- Fishing season: all year around but the main

fishing seasons are from January to March and from June to September




- Fishing gears: hook and line, luring liftnet,

liftnet, falling net using light tackle






4. Bigfin reef

Squid  






Scientific name: Sepioteuthis lessoniana




- Diagnostic features: The mantle is big. This

species looks like both squid and cuttlefish. Its mantle is 250-400mm

in length. The mantle length is 3 times bigger than the width.




- Distribution: This species is distributed widely

in the Northern, Central and Southern region of Viet Nam, but most

abundant in the Gulf of Tonkin, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan

provinces.




- Fishing season: all year around but the main

fishing seasons are from January to March and from June to September




- Fishing gears: hook and line, luring liftnet,

liftnet, falling net using light tackle 


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5. Japanese flying Squid 




Scientific name: Todarodes pacificus


- Distribution: This species inhabits in both open

sea and off-shore waters, at the depth of 500m. It adapts to the

temperature range of 5-270C. It concentrates in

the Central region of Viet Nam.




- Fishing season: all year around but the main

fishing seasons are from January to March and from June to September




- Fishing gears: hook and line, luring liftnet,

liftnet, purse sein, gillnet using light tackle














Source:

[url="http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=mucong"]http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=mucong[/url]





Note: There is additional information about cuttlefish here - [url="http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=mucnang"]http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=mucnang[/url]





And there is information about octopus here:

[url="http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=muctuoc"]http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=muctuoc[/url]

[glen]

Here is some information about the common names for certain squid species in the vietnamese language:





<big>

Some high-value Cephalopod species of Viet Nam</big>

<table>

<tbody>

<tr>

<td style="font-weight: bold;">

No.

</td>

<td style="font-weight: bold;">

Vietnamese name

</td>

<td style="font-weight: bold;">

Common name

</td>

<td style="font-weight: bold;">Scientific name

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

1.  

</td>

<td> Mực nang mắt cáo

</td>

<td>Kislip Cutlefish

</td>

<td>Sepia lycidas

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>2.

</td>

<td>

Mực nang Nhật bản

</td>

<td> Japenese spinless

</td>

<td> Sepiella Japonica

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>3.

</td>

<td> Mực nang vân hổ

</td>

<td>Pharaoh cutlefish

</td>

<td> Sepiella pharaosis

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>4.

</td>

<td> Mực nang vàng

</td>

<td> Golden cutlefish

</td>

<td> Sepiella esculenta

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td> 5.  

</td>

<td> Má»±c nang lá»­a (nang

vân trằng )

</td>

<td>

Broadclub cutlefish

</td>

<td> Sepiella latimanus

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>6.

</td>

<td>

Mực ống Trung Hoa

</td>

<td> Mitre squid

</td>

<td> Loligo chinensis

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

7.

 

</td>

<td> Mực ống Nhật Bản

</td>

<td> Japanese squid

</td>

<td> Loligo japonica

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

8.

</td>

<td> Mực ônga

Bê ka

</td>

<td> Beka squid

</td>

<td> Loligo beka Sasaki

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td> 9.

</td>

<td> Mực lá

</td>

<td> Bigfin reef squid

</td>

<td> Sepioteuthis lessoniana

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>10.

 

</td>

<td width="180">

Mực ống Thái

Bình Dương

</td>

<td width="180">

Japanese flying squid

</td>

<td width="192">

Todarodes pacificus

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>11.

 

</td>

<td width="180">

Mực tuộc

</td>

<td width="180">

Marble octopus

</td>

<td width="192">

Octopus dollfusi

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

12.

 

</td>

<td> Bạch tuộc Ôxen

</td>

<td> Short arm octopus

</td>

<td> Octopus Ocellatus

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td> 13.

</td>

<td> Mực tuộc đốm trắng

</td>

<td> Common octopus

</td>

<td> Octopus vulgaris

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>







Source:

[url="http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=muc_bachtuoc"]http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.as...nu=muc_bachtuoc[/url]

[Cliff M-F]

Hi Glen



I have just posted a query about squid fishing in Vietnam and have since found this information of yours.



I don't suppose you have any further information/personal experiences?



Cheers



Cliff

[glen]

hi there,



sorry i have not had a chance to visit vietnam but would love to go there one day! i love the food!!!