"One, two, three, pour! As the night deepened, baskets of freshly caught yellow croaker were dumped on the work table, waiting to be weighed, sorted, packed and shipped.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, the fishermen of Luxi Island in Dongtou, Wenzhou, were extremely busy, and they worked 24 hours a day to send delicious large yellow croaker to all parts of the country.
The staff weighs the freshly caught large yellow croaker. Photo by People's Daily reporter Wang Liwei.
There is a saying in Jiangsu and Zhejiang called 'no yellow croaker is not a feast', as a necessary dish in the reunion dinner, eating large yellow croaker in the New Year means 'there is more than (fish) every year'. Chen Yufei, secretary of Luxi Village, said.
Wenzhou Dongtou Luxi Township is known as "China's ecological large yellow croaker hometown", the breeding enterprises here are committed to deep-sea aquaculture, 1 cubic meter of water only breeds 3 large yellow croaker, so that the taste and nutrients of large yellow croaker are like wild varieties. With the quality advantage and the trust of consumers, the first quality of Wenzhou large yellow croaker has been relatively high.
Offshore aquaculture is most afraid of wind and waves. A typhoon can cause tens of millions of yuan in damage. These self-developed soft deep-water cages have strong wind and wave resistance and are the 'artifact' of large yellow croaker farming. In the Luxi Island Ecological Large Yellow Croaker Marine Breeding Base, Shi Fuming, chairman of the Yellow Croaker Island Marine Fishery Group, pointed to the "circles" on the sea and said.
The largest group of deep-water anti-wind and wave cages in the country. Photo by People's Daily reporter Wang Liwei.
The reporter saw that there were more than 60 small "circles" nested in a large "circle" in the base, which rose and fell with the waves. "Don't underestimate these 'circles', they are all surrounded by ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, and they have survived a 16-level typhoon and are still intact. Shi Fuming said.
Traditional purse seine culture sometimes causes damage caused by the friction between the body of the large yellow croaker and the net, which affects the quality and sales of the large yellow croaker**. Is it possible to breed without nets? There really is.
The country's first large yellow croaker intelligent networkless sonic marine ranch. Photo by People's Daily reporter Wang Liwei.
In another breeding base on Luxi Island, the reporter saw that red cylinders on the sea surface were connected into lines, enclosing a bay. "This is the intelligent netless sonic marine ranch that we are experimenting, emitting sound waves through the device on the cylinder, which is like putting a 'tight spell' on the big yellow croaker, and the big yellow croaker does not dare to cross the sonic fence, so as to realize the cultivation without nets. Shi Fuming said.
The breeding base is far away from the mainland, how to know the breeding situation in real time? In the background of the "Intelligent Sonic Networkless Marine Ranch Data Screen" on Luxi Island, the reporter saw that the water temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity of the breeding sea area were clear at a glance. With a few clicks on your phone, you can also realize automatic bait.
Shi Fuming showed the background of the "Intelligent Sonic Networkless Marine Ranch Data Screen". Photo by People's Daily reporter Wang Liwei.
With the continuous iterative upgrading of aquaculture equipment, more and more enterprises are engaged in deep-sea large yellow croaker farming, forming an industrial belt and industrial cluster from north to south, covering Dongtou Luxi Island, Ruian Beiji Island, Pingyang Nanji Island and other sea areas. At present, there are 31 large-scale aquaculture enterprises of large yellow croaker in the city. Xu Xiong, deputy director of Wenzhou Agriculture and Rural Bureau, introduced.
With excellent quality, in recent years, Wenzhou large yellow croaker has been directly supplied to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, swam to the international dining table such as the G20 Summit and the Hangzhou Asian Games, and has obtained the national agricultural product geographical indication product and the national geographical indication certification trademark.
"Wenzhou Big Yellow Croaker" geographical indication certification trademark on large yellow croaker products. Photo by People's Daily reporter Wang Liwei.
As Wenzhou big yellow croaker is becoming more and more popular, Shi Fuming's business is getting better and better. "The average annual sales growth is about 20%. Shi Fuming introduced that in addition to fishing, in recent years, they have also developed large yellow croaker fish cakes, large yellow croaker grilled fish prefabricated dishes, etc., to extend the industrial chain. In Luxi Island, the local government has achieved a comprehensive annual tourism income of 26 million yuan by launching large yellow croaker sea fishing activities and developing island style tours.
In the future, Wenzhou large yellow croaker industry will continue to build a platform, strengthen scientific research, build a brand, expand the market, cultivate a leader, and extend the chain, and strive to achieve a total output value of more than 10 billion yuan in the whole industry chain by 2026. Xu Xiong said. (Wang Liwei, Xu Minghao).