SQUID fisheries in the Myanmar Sea are thriving, ensuring domestic consumption and foreign exports, according to a fisheries product businessperson from Shwe Padauk Fish Market.
“Squid catch volume significantly increased. Squids larger than three inches are designated for the hotel industry and foreign markets. Those smaller than two inches are supplied to the domestic market. Grew in squid catch volume facilitated domestic and foreign supplies. As squid fishing is flourishing in winter, the market is likely to see a higher number of squid inflows,” he said.
Squids are mostly caught in January and February. Those squids sized smaller than three inches are domestically sold while larger squids are exported.
Squids caught by Salon People from the Myeik Archipelago are sent to Yangon City and shipped to foreign trade partners with container vessels. Thus, Myanmar’s squid fisheries have been prospering. — KK
