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New methods of breeding fish, turtles upgrade farm incomes
By Li Huacheng and Fei Lai |
October 25, 2010, Monday
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XUHANG Town's ornamental fish breeding operation has risen to national standards at the Aquaculture Demonstration Base in Jiading, the largest fish research and development farm in Shanghai.
As a leading company, Wanjin Ornamental Fish Breeding Co Ltd will invest 5 million yuan (US$751,631) to bring new species of fish and turtles to the area, and plans to increase output 20 percent in two years.
The company is trying to integrate aquaculture development with science, education and tourism.
Jiading has 1,133 hectares of water area devoted to aquaculture. Of that, 206 hectares are in intensive fish ponds and 400 hectares are in "inner" ponds. The agriculture department is trying to introduce new fish-breeding technologies to help farmers increase their incomes.
"With the demonstration area, we can find new ways to breed fish," said Luo Huaming, a fish farmer in Xuhang Town.
"Now that there is a unified supply of fry and feed and a unified system of technology support and sales, raising fish becomes much easier."
Jiading's Special Aquatic Breeding Base, located in Huating Town, has adapted new varieties here, including the Pacific fish saury and the Asian yellow pond turtle. Each pond has a full-time technical staff.
The artificial propagation technology of the fish saury has reached advanced stages and can now be raised on a large scale. Breeding of the yellow pond turtle has also become profit-making. The turtles each eat only 10 yuan worth of feed a year but can fetch 360 yuan at market, said Hu Chunhui, an aquaculture expert.
At present, the artificial propagation and hatchery technology of the turtles have been mastered which will be introduced to fish farmers for large-scale production.
Jiading is currently studying propagation techniques for a European pond turtle and the red crystal shrimp. There are already 15 households breeding American snapping turtles, bringing in income of about 15,000 yuan a year for each household.
As a leading company, Wanjin Ornamental Fish Breeding Co Ltd will invest 5 million yuan (US$751,631) to bring new species of fish and turtles to the area, and plans to increase output 20 percent in two years.
The company is trying to integrate aquaculture development with science, education and tourism.
Jiading has 1,133 hectares of water area devoted to aquaculture. Of that, 206 hectares are in intensive fish ponds and 400 hectares are in "inner" ponds. The agriculture department is trying to introduce new fish-breeding technologies to help farmers increase their incomes.
"With the demonstration area, we can find new ways to breed fish," said Luo Huaming, a fish farmer in Xuhang Town.
"Now that there is a unified supply of fry and feed and a unified system of technology support and sales, raising fish becomes much easier."
Jiading's Special Aquatic Breeding Base, located in Huating Town, has adapted new varieties here, including the Pacific fish saury and the Asian yellow pond turtle. Each pond has a full-time technical staff.
The artificial propagation technology of the fish saury has reached advanced stages and can now be raised on a large scale. Breeding of the yellow pond turtle has also become profit-making. The turtles each eat only 10 yuan worth of feed a year but can fetch 360 yuan at market, said Hu Chunhui, an aquaculture expert.
At present, the artificial propagation and hatchery technology of the turtles have been mastered which will be introduced to fish farmers for large-scale production.
Jiading is currently studying propagation techniques for a European pond turtle and the red crystal shrimp. There are already 15 households breeding American snapping turtles, bringing in income of about 15,000 yuan a year for each household.
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