In Fuqing, there is a seafood
Definitely indispensable table delicacy
It's just —"clams."
Clams are delicious
Do you know what clams look like?
And how to stock it?
Today, Xiaobian reveals the secret for you!
February and March every year is one of the best times to release clams at the sanhua park of the national•Fuqing Taiwan Farmers' Entrepreneurship Park. Since the Lantern Festival, it has been a busy scene in the clams, mechanized ploughing, leveling the clam fields, and preparing fishermen for the release of clams.
Full of curiosity, Xiaobian visited the field
Fishermen wash and transport seedlings
The whole process of dropping clams
Pick clam seedlings, wash clam seedlings
At about 3 p.m., Xiaobian came to the clam seedling breeding pond
Dozens of fishermen gathered at the edge of the pond
The excavated clams are loaded into baskets and washed
Lin Xiaoqiang, the manager of the clam breeding base, told the editor that this is the first batch of clams released this year, which has been harvested for more than ten days, and will be completed in four or five days, and there is still a batch of release time to wait until around November.
The old fisherman who lives in a nearby village said that at six o'clock in the morning, he had already gone down to the pond to dig clams and seedlings, about ten pounds an hour, worked for 6 to 9 hours, and could collect more than 100 pounds. The fishermen's wages are calculated according to the weight of digging clams, 3.5 yuan per kilogram, and the average daily income is more than 300 yuan.
"Most of the fishermen who dig clams and fry are villagers with no other occupations in the vicinity, the average age is about 55 years old, and the digging takes 20 days to subsidize the family for 5,000 or 6,000 yuan, which is a good income for them."
Lin Xiaoqiang said, at the end of the day,
These are all dependent on the weight of the artificially dug clams
A total of 60 quintals (about 6,000 catties)
After a three-month nursery period, clams can grow to two centimeters to four or five centimeters, and their shell color is light yellow, and the flesh color is white and tender, which is sensitive to external stimuli. It is understood that the clam breeding base in Sanhua Park adopts independent seedlings, which reduces the cost of breeding and also ensures that the clams are protected from damage during transportation.
Thanks to autonomous seedlings
Clams are more adaptable to local water quality and climate
Strong vitality
Survival rate of 98%
Transport clams and release clams
Put the clams into the basket after cleaning
It is loaded into a small truck and transported to a breeding area not far away
Fishermen responsible for dropping clams
Non-stop will be filled with clams baskets
Move to a small boat
The clams in each basket weigh about 80 pounds
A basket of clams is placed in each of the four corners of the boat
The fishermen use the buoyancy of the seawater to hold up the pole
Push the clams towards the feeding area slowly
Lin Xiaoqiang introduced
The clam breeding base in Sanhua Park has more than 2,000 mu
Half is a cockroach and half a reservoir
Mimics the high tide of the sea
Arrange water intake and release water to breed clams independently
The area of this feeding of clams is 50 acres
About 500 clam seedlings are raised per square meter of clams
Xiaobian roughly calculated the next ~~~
1 acre ≈ 666.66 square meters
666.66 m2 x 50 acres x 500 grains
≈ 16 million (clams)
Fishermen rowing small boats
The clams are transported to the aquaculture beach
Spread evenly over the tidal flats
Lin Xiaoqiang said that because it can arrange water in and out independently, the time for releasing clams is no longer limited by the tide. At the time of release, the water level is generally controlled at about 40 cm, so that the clams are exposed to the water, and after the clams are released, the water is put into the reservoir to supply nutrients.
If the clams are released, they will burrow into the mudflats within 20 or 30 minutes, and if they encounter unfavorable factors such as strong wind and heavy rain after the seedlings are released, it will also affect the survival of the clams.
Xiaobian learned
If this batch of clams grows well
It can be mined in July and August
It can also be mined by the latest
During the harvest season
The sweat and hardships of clam breeders are intertwined
Only the hope of a good harvest is accompanied
Photo: Fuqing Imaging Center
Video/Song Bohai
Journalist, Editor/Pin Hong