[Commentary] May is approaching, and the crayfish that provokes taste buds is about to usher in a period of high yield. As a "supper supper", how did the crayfish "live and jump" from the lake to the table of diners in China and even the world? A few days ago, the reporter visited one of the main producing areas of crayfish-Nanyang County, Yiyang, Hunan, in the hinterland of Dongting Lake, followed shrimp farmers at 5 a.m. to catch shrimps, visited the morning market for temporary trading of field plots, to see how crayfish were sorted and packed, and shipped to Everywhere.

　　As soon as it dawned on the sun, Sun Quan, the head of farming technology in Nanxian Farmers' Rice and Shrimp Cooperative, led the shrimp farmers to the paddy field. I saw them wearing lights, rowing a small crayfish-carrying boat, and heading for the lobster cages placed in advance in the paddy field. Sun Quan told reporters that the peak production of crayfish is generally in May, June, and July. At present, they mainly harvest shrimp seedlings, move them to the vast paddy fields of the Dongting Plain, and plant rice for intercropping to increase land productivity. .

　　[Same period] Sun Quan, head of aquaculture technology of agricultural and rice cooperatives in Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan

　　(Are the prawns picked up together, are we going to the morning market to be sold everywhere?) Yes, yes. The seedlings of it (crayfish) should be released (raised), and then the prawns should be selected and sold.

　　[Explanation] Sun Quan said that when the crayfish harvest period arrives, shrimp farmers have to get up earlier every day, and they will go to the water to collect shrimps at about 2 a.m. and send them to the nearby temporary trading morning market to transport them before dark. To everywhere. Yan Guodong, a trader who is harvesting shrimps in the field, said that although the epidemic has affected the crayfish market to a certain extent, the shrimps he has collected have been sold to Shanghai, Nanjing and other places. I believe it will soon be the peak season for production and sales.

　　[Same period] Crayfish vendor Yan Guodong

　　(Where do we send the shrimp now?) If it is sent to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Nanning, there will be less goods now, orders will not be able to move outside, and the market is not very good now. (Should it be better in May?) It should be better.

　　【Explanation】 It is reported that rice and shrimp cultivation is a characteristic industry that has been established in the Dongting Lake area where fences and nets are forbidden due to ecological improvement. In 2020, Nan County plans to plant 680,000 acres of rice and shrimp, with an annual output of 100,000 tons of crayfish and 300,000 tons of rice and shrimp, with a comprehensive output value of more than 15 billion yuan. At the same time, many local crayfish deep-processed foods have been developed and exported to Europe and the United States.

　　Reporter Xu Zhixiong Fu Jingyi reports from Yiyang, Hunan

Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]