College student from Jiangyan, Jiangsu returns home to farm "mermaids"
College student from Jiangyan, Jiangsu returns home to farm "mermaids"
(Agricultural Wealth Network) On November 3, at the Qingshui Wharf Seafood Breeding Center in Jiangyan City, Liu Jiliang was introducing to guests the Yangtze "mermaid" he had successfully trial-bred. This fish is golden all over, with three black vertical stripes on its body, and its dorsal fin is like a high-raised sail. Domestic diners call it "smooth sailing," while Southeast Asian experts call it the "Yangtze mermaid." Its true scientific name is the Chinese sucker fish (Myxocyprinus asiaticus).
Liu Jiliang, now 30 years old, graduated from Dalian Ocean University in 2002 and had been engaged in aquatic technology research in Wuxi for several years before that. Starting last year, he returned home and invested 1 million yuan to set up a breeding center, and with the help of the Beijing Fisheries Research Institute and Nantong Minghao Aquatic Company, he carried out industrialized recirculating aquaculture of rare species such as the Chinese sucker fish, hybrid Chinese sturgeon, southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma), and pearl fish. Through scientific and technological research, the 2-inch-long fry introduced from other places before the New Year had grown into adult fish more than 1 chi long, selling well in the Jiangyan-Tai area as well as the markets of central and southern Jiangsu.
Liu Jiliang said that next, through repeated experiments, he would also work to convert the industrialized breeding of rare fish such as the Chinese sucker fish, southern flounder, hybrid Chinese sturgeon, and pearl fish to pond aquaculture as soon as possible.
It is understood that the breeding of specialty fish has very good development prospects and very good economic benefits. For example, if rare fish are bred through industrialized aquaculture, 7.5 kg of adult fish can be produced per sq m, and pond aquaculture can reach a yield of three to four hundred kg per mu. The meat of specialty fish is delicious, tender and tasty, with an average market price of 60 yuan per kg, and the benefit is more than 4 times that of breeding the four major Chinese carps.
Liu Jiliang, now 30 years old, graduated from Dalian Ocean University in 2002 and had been engaged in aquatic technology research in Wuxi for several years before that. Starting last year, he returned home and invested 1 million yuan to set up a breeding center, and with the help of the Beijing Fisheries Research Institute and Nantong Minghao Aquatic Company, he carried out industrialized recirculating aquaculture of rare species such as the Chinese sucker fish, hybrid Chinese sturgeon, southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma), and pearl fish. Through scientific and technological research, the 2-inch-long fry introduced from other places before the New Year had grown into adult fish more than 1 chi long, selling well in the Jiangyan-Tai area as well as the markets of central and southern Jiangsu.
Liu Jiliang said that next, through repeated experiments, he would also work to convert the industrialized breeding of rare fish such as the Chinese sucker fish, southern flounder, hybrid Chinese sturgeon, and pearl fish to pond aquaculture as soon as possible.
It is understood that the breeding of specialty fish has very good development prospects and very good economic benefits. For example, if rare fish are bred through industrialized aquaculture, 7.5 kg of adult fish can be produced per sq m, and pond aquaculture can reach a yield of three to four hundred kg per mu. The meat of specialty fish is delicious, tender and tasty, with an average market price of 60 yuan per kg, and the benefit is more than 4 times that of breeding the four major Chinese carps.