China News Service, Taizhou, September 3 (Fan Yubin, Luan Yinyi) From the “knock-and-bang” fishing, to the exploration of small cage aquaculture, to becoming China’s largest deep-sea anti-wind and wave cage breeding base; A dime per catty to several thousand dollars now... For many years, Dachen Island in Taizhou, Zhejiang has devoted itself to raising "a fish", and has continued to import the "shared wealth password" for the coordinated development of agricultural industrialization and the island’s economic revitalization.
Dachen Island large-scale copper nets enclose the sea to breed large yellow croaker Pan Kanjun
Large yellow croaker is an important species of marine fish farming in China. It is located in the Dachen sea area outside the Taizhou Bay of Zhejiang Province. It is subject to the intersection of cold and warm currents, smooth tidal flow, fertile water, rich bait, and moderate temperature and salt. It is an important large yellow croaker breeding area along the coast of China.
From the farming of small wooden fish steaks in 1996 to the transformation and upgrading to a large-scale copper netting sea-sea farming model in 2021, the yellow croaker farmer Chen Zhaode witnessed the development of the big croaker farming industry.
"The color, size and meat quality of large yellow croaker raised in a copper net enclosure are closer to wild large yellow croaker." Chen Zhaode said that the use of copper nets to enclose the sea not only improves the ability to resist wind and waves, but also the area of a single cage can be expanded to the upper limit. 10,000 square meters will help realize the ecological concept of healthier, high-quality, and environmentally friendly large yellow croaker farming.
Yang Xiaoping's live broadcast brings the big Chen yellow croaker Photo courtesy Yang Xiaoping
Dachen yellow croaker farmer Zhou Haihua has been engaged in this industry for nearly 10 years. He deeply feels that the big yellow croaker farming industry has played a leading role in the economic development of Dachen Island.
He talked about the establishment of the Dachen yellow croaker enterprise to a large extent to solve the problem of labor for the people on the island. Many yellow croaker aquaculture companies hired local fishermen who had switched productions to re-employ them, vigorously develop modern aquaculture, and drive the islanders to get rich and increase their income.
Taking its company as an example, it has recruited 70 or 80 workers for breeding, fishing, and transportation. This year's breeding volume and sales have increased by 20% compared with last year.
"From more than 10 orders a day to more than 100 orders, Dachen yellow croaker has been in short supply." Zhou Haihua said.
At present, Dachen Island has 13 yellow croaker breeding enterprises, 8 breeding bases, 5 large copper seine breeding areas, and 710 deep-water cages. It is the largest large yellow croaker deep-water cage breeding area in China.
The annual output of Dachen yellow croaker is more than 4,000 tons, and the output value is about 400 million yuan, accounting for about two-thirds of the output value of yellow croaker in Zhejiang Province, an increase of about 200% compared with the beginning of the "13th Five-Year Plan".
Right now, using "Internet+", Dachen yellow croaker is being sold all over China.
"Hello everyone, I am Xiaoyuer, do you know how to cook yellow croaker?" On the other side of the phone screen, young female anchor Yang Xiaoping kept introducing the big yellow croaker in her hands, telling netizens how to identify wild big yellow croaker and how to make it.
Yang Xiaoping is a "post-80s" who has been married to Dachen Island for more than three years.
One side of the water and soil raises the other side. Raising large yellow croaker is the main income of the Dachen fishermen. Yang Xiaoping is one of them. She shares daily life such as fishing yellow croaker, fishing yellow croaker, weaving fishing nets and cooking yellow croaker on the video platform. More than 50,000 people.
With the help of the live webcast, the fresh and delicious agricultural products are delivered directly to the table from the deep sea, opening up a market for high-quality agricultural products.
Yang Xiaoping revealed that the sales volume through live streaming can reach more than 1,000 jin a day at most.
In the future, she will continue to introduce Da Chen Huangyu to more people through short videos or live broadcast platforms.
Yellow croaker wall painting, yellow croaker slogan wall, yellow croaker special fitness track, fish extension wall, yellow croaker lamp, yellow croaker road... Entering Dachen Island, large yellow croaker elements come into view from time to time, dressing up the island style.
Home-boiled big croaker photo by Sun Jinbiao
Since the beginning of this year, Dachen Town has made great efforts to promote the development idea of combining fishery and tourism on Dachen Island, which is a "strong yellow croaker town and a thriving town", and has designed more than 10 visual landscapes with fishery elements such as yellow croakers, fish schools, and waves.
The life scenes of the fishermen are painted on the walls, and deep-sea fish are paved on the road. On the viewing platform of the Guangyuan Fishery Breeding Base, a "Yellow Fish Road" attracts many tourists to take photos.
"The designer used mosaic tiles to lay the three-dimensional color painting of the upper reaches of the yellow croaker, which means to strive for the upper reaches." According to the relevant staff in Dachen Town, the street lights on both sides of the yellow croaker also designed the yellow croaker pattern.
LED lights, light blue water ripples, yellow croaker patterns... Entering the Dachen Yellow Croaker Cultural Exhibition Hall, a modern technological wind rushes toward you.
"Through the transparent screen interactive system in the exhibition hall, visitors can intuitively understand the relevant situation of Dachen yellow croaker farming." said the cadre of the Economic Development Office of Dachen Town.
The painted yellow croaker on Dachen Island attracts tourists to "check in" by Luan Yiyi
According to reports, this application scenario using intelligent integration of science and technology vividly showcases the cultural content of yellow croaker such as the "large yellow croaker in memory", "rooted cultivation of large yellow croaker", "East China Sea large yellow croaker capital", and "croaker culture in action" on Dachen Island. And industrial development and changes, thereby enhancing the visibility of Dachen yellow croaker.
In fact, yellow croaker has always been an indispensable delicacy on the table of Taizhou people.
Entering the Nine-Nine Beaver Restaurant on Dachen Island, a variety of yellow croaker dishes are a must for tourists to visit the island.
"Home-baked yellow croaker, scallion oil yellow croaker, big soup yellow croaker, shepherd's purse yellow croaker, sweet and sour yellow croaker..." The person in charge of Dachen Island Nine-Nine Beaver Restaurant detailed the yellow croaker dishes introduced in the store and said that he hopes to improve the yellow croaker method through innovation and enrich the yellow croaker taste. , Let more people fall in love with yellow croaker.
Photo by Luan Yiyi in a corner of the Dachen Yellow Croaker Cultural Exhibition Hall
Not only that, but the integrated development of fishing and tourism has made the lives of the islanders on Dachen Island more and more prosperous.
In the context of the comprehensive digital reform in Zhejiang Province, Dachen Island is planning in-depth projects such as the integration of fishery and tourism, taking advantage of the island's resources, cultivating and developing maritime leisure tourism and other industries, and promoting the high-quality development of the island economy.
As of May 2021, Dachen Town, Jiaojiang District, where Dachen Island is located, has achieved a total fishery output value of 289.09 million yuan and aquatic product output of 30,830 tons.
As of the end of July 2021, the number of tourists has reached 67,000.
“As a strong town with special characteristics of yellow croaker in Zhejiang Province, Dachen yellow croaker has become Dachen’s characteristic advantageous industry and a leading industry that enriches the people." Xia Ziyuan, deputy mayor of Dachen Town, introduced that the next step will be to develop recreational fisheries, forming "feeding yellow croaker, enjoying The industrial chain of yellow croaker, fishing yellow croaker, eating yellow croaker, and buying yellow croaker will promote the in-depth development of the integration of fishing and tourism, further cultivate the deep processing and marketing of yellow croaker, explore the culture of large croaker, encourage islanders to make souvenir products such as yellow croaker, and gradually promote The islanders of Dachen Island realize common prosperity.
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