Siberian sturgeon swim into the Yalu River to settle down

    On the Yalu River by Hekou Village, Changdian Town, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, the newly added cage sturgeon farming zones have become a striking sight since this spring. According to the head of the Dandong Municipal Ocean and Fisheries Bureau, the city's cage farming area increased by 100,000 sq m this year, bringing the total cage fishery area to 300,000 sq m; from January to April, freshwater cage-fish exports reached 1,500 tons, with 500 tons exported in April alone, among which Siberian sturgeon has become an important species.

The Siberian sturgeon is a rare fish species that grows for 9 years before spawning, selling for more than 40 yuan per kg. The Yalu River basin is rich in freshwater resources, with more than 500,000 mu of “living water” available for cage fishery development. In recent years, the Dandong Municipal Ocean and Fisheries Bureau traveled to Fuyuan County in Heilongjiang to introduce Siberian sturgeon fry, and provided 300,000 yuan worth of sturgeon fry free of charge to the city's largest cage farming base, along with technical services, and cage sturgeon farming finally succeeded.

Beijiang Village, Daxichazi Town, Kuandian County is located near Yongfeng Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Yalu River. At present, the village has 80,000 sq m of cage farming area and more than 80 boats with a displacement of over 1.5 tons, and has been designated a pollution-free farming base by the Ministry of Agriculture. Driven by last year's successful sturgeon farming, more than 30 additional households invested this year, and the village's cage sturgeon farming area reached 30,000 sq m. The village already has 6 farmed species including German mirror carp, crucian carp and sweetfish; half of its more than 300 laborers are engaged in cage farming, and the fresh fish produced has entered supermarkets in Beijing, Changchun and Harbin in batches.