A few days ago, Cheng Bingquan, chairman of the Shengtang Aquaculture Professional Cooperative in Qingyun County, Dezhou City, answered the phone while feeding the fish. Now is the season for mandarin fish to go on the market, and merchants from all over the world have called to consult and order. "Now the southern mandarin fish is concentrated on the market, the purchase price of Tangkou is about 55 yuan per catty, and it can reach 80 yuan per catty during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Cheng Bingquan said.
The mandarin fish that has been raised for a year is fresh and tender, and the villagers are smiling
Mandarin fish is also called osmanthus fish or osmanthus fish, the meat is delicate, delicious, high nutritional value, and has the reputation of "freshwater fish king". For Cheng Bingquan, mandarin fish is the fish to get rich.
Cheng Bingquan, 51, is the secretary of the party branch of Cheng Eunuch Village, Qingyun Town, Qingyun County. In order to increase the collective income of the village, he went to Guangdong, Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing and other places to inspect the project many times. Through research, he found that mandarin fish farming has broad prospects, and the climate and environment of Qingyun meet the breeding conditions. In July 2022, the village collectively raised more than 300 yuan to build a standardized mandarin fish breeding base. In June 2023, Shengtang Cooperative was registered and established, and more than 40,000 fish fry were introduced successively, and began to explore the cultivation of mandarin fish.
More than 40,000 fish fry have been introduced, and the standardized mandarin fish breeding pond has become a "cornucopia" for getting rich
Standardized mandarin fish culture ponds
"Mandarin fish like to be quiet and photophobic, the most suitable growth temperature is 18 to 25 °C, the living environment requires fresh water quality, rich in dissolved oxygen, and only eats live bait fish...... although it is the first time to breed, but Cheng Bingquan with careful and serious, the survival rate of the cooperative mandarin fish is more than 90%, according to the current price out of the pond, the output value of this batch of mandarin fish can reach 2.6 million yuan.
After more than a year of exploration, Cheng Bingquan has become an expert in breeding. In order to improve the breeding technology, he often visited and studied in Guangdong, Jiangsu and other breeding bases, and consulted experts from the Tianjin Fisheries Research Institute to improve the breeding model.
Regular "check-ups" of mandarin fish to ensure healthy growth
A batch of fresh mandarin fish is about to be sent to Harbin by cryogenic trucks
With breeding experience and orders, Cheng Bingquan now has a new plan - to further expand the scale of breeding, improve breeding equipment, and lead more villagers on the road to prosperity.