Zhangzhou News Network News (Yun Bao) On December 1, in renjia village, Lieyu Town, Yunxiao County, fishermen were gathering at the dock to sort the newly caught Ba Fei clams. These fresh clams grow in the Zhangjiang Bay area, the meat is tender, sweet and delicious, high nutritional value, favored by consumers everywhere, is an indispensable delicacy on the table.
According to the "Records of Yunxiao County", Yunxiao County has 188,100 mu of freshwater water surface and internal sea surface, of which 109,500 mu is available for aquaculture, mainly located in the Zhangjiang Bay and Dongshan Bay sea areas. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, after the county fisheries department twice discovered the naturally growing Clam Resources in the Meihai Area of Chendai Reef, it began to pilot artificial stocking in chendai jiaomei, Lieyu renjia, Dongxia Changyang and other villages, with the intention of effectively protecting coastal resources and guiding fishermen to increase their income. During this period, the county's Bafei clam culture spread throughout the coastal townships, the area once increased to 1333.34 hectares, and the processed Bafei clam meat was exported to Europe, America and Japan, with an output value of 102 million yuan.
At the beginning of the millennium, the main clam-producing area of Ba Fei in Yunxiao County gradually converged on Lieyu Town. Local coastal fishing villages, especially Renjia villages, aim at the growing market demand, and develop in groups in the form of cooperative shareholdings, etc., and expand the breeding base to the southeast coast. With pollution-free breeding and unique delicious flavor, Lieyu Bafei clams have gained a reputation and have been recognized as geographical indication trademarks and famous trademarks in Fujian Province. At present, Lieyu Town has been identified by the municipal government as a professional township of "one township and one industry", and is a national demonstration breeding base for 10,000 mu of Ba Fei clams. The town has 100 fishing vessels with 800 horsepower, with an annual sales of more than 1 million tons of Ba African clams, with an annual output value of 6.18 billion yuan, occupying more than 80% of the national market share. The landmark industry of "Lieyu Bafei Clam" has made local fishermen drum up their pockets, more than 400 fishermen have become rich because of "clams", and Renjia Village has become a famous "100 million yuan village" in Yunxiao County.
Yunxiao Dongshan Bay LieyuHai District is the main production area of Bafei clams in our province, which has more than 80,000 mu of shallow beaches, of which 25,000 mu can be used for the cultivation of Ba Fei clams. With the increase in market demand, fishermen also through the form of cooperatives, group development, the breeding base to the southeast coast, the annual sales of Ba African clams more than 1 million tons, the annual output value of 6.18 billion yuan, occupying more than 80% of the national market. And the fishermen have also embarked on the road to riches because of the small Bafi clams.
Yunxiao County is located in the southeast coast, belongs to the South Asian tropical marine monsoon climate, four seasons of evergreen, sufficient sunshine, pleasant climate, developed water system, abundant fresh water, marine fishery resources are very rich, rich in mud cockles, Ba African clams and other high-quality aquatic products.
Responsible editor: Wu Pengju, Lin Kun, Fang Yifan
Source: Zhangzhou News Network