What fish and shrimp are good to farm in the Year of the Pig? Recommended farming species

In the blink of an eye, it is time to release fry again. Which aquaculture species look promising this year?

According to relevant information, the American crayfish, that is, the red swamp crayfish, is an important edible shrimp species and also an important bait for fishing. The annual demand for freshwater crayfish in European and American markets is 120,000-160,000 tons, with self-supply capacity less than 30%. Vigorously developing the farming and processing of freshwater crayfish at present offers very broad prospects in the international market.

In the domestic market, freshwater crayfish consumption is extremely hot; in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province alone, from June to September each year, daily consumption of freshwater crayfish reaches 80-90 tons, and this consumption is gradually heating up in large and medium-sized cities such as Wuxi, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.

For a long time, the market price of mandarin fish and @#@236@#@ has remained relatively high among freshwater fish and stable over the long term, sometimes even showing an upward trend. When adjusting the structure of freshwater aquaculture species in 2007, manpower, financial resources, and technical strength should be concentrated on the farming of mandarin fish and yellow swamp eel (Monopterus albus) to improve farming quality.

Channel catfish is not only the main freshwater fish farmed in the United States, but also a hot-selling fish in the U.S. market, with very large demand. According to relevant information, the U.S. and EU markets annually @#@136@#@ processed channel catfish products 400,000-500,000 tons, while local production can only meet 50%, with the rest relying on imports. In recent years, provinces such as Jiangsu and Hubei in China have introduced and developed the farming and processing of channel catfish, exporting about 13,000 tons in 2006, with very significant benefits. At present, there is demand but no supply, and market demand is very large, so farming has great potential.

From June to September last year, the price of freshwater pond fish rose sharply. This year, the price of freshwater pond fish is still very promising, and the rise has come earlier; conventional freshwater fish had already risen in price in January.

Penaeid shrimp and river crab are the leading industries of China's marine and freshwater aquaculture and are also key export-earning products. In recent years, the farming area and output of penaeid shrimp and river crab have increased substantially. Last year, the risks of shrimp and crab farming increased. Penaeid shrimp suffered restrictions from U.S. anti-dumping measures, and exports were difficult to resolve in the short term. The river crab market has become saturated, and coupled with a short sales period of only 3 months each year and a narrow sales range, mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and other provinces and municipalities, while the river crab farming boom is still spreading, so this year the sales of shrimp and crab will become the main contradiction.