Fishers in Changhua say the 2,500 mullet they caught on a recent trip are nearly double the size of those caught in previous years. Mullet roe is a popular Lunar New Year delicacy and the fishers expect this haul to bring in an additional US$30,000 to US$60,000.
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00:00Fishers in central Taiwan say mullet caught this year are larger than previous years.
00:06Normally, one bucket can hold 60 fish.
00:09But this year, one bucket can hold 40 fish.
00:12It's very beautiful.
00:14A fishing boat off the coast of Changhua caught around 2,500 large mullet.
00:21They say this year's fish weighed almost twice as much as the ones they usually catch.
00:26Mullet roe is a delicacy in Taiwan often eaten during the Lunar New Year.
00:31Bigger fish have larger sacks of roe,
00:33and fishers say they expect to make an additional 30,000 to 60,000 U.S. dollars from this haul.