On the shore of a coast in Jiaodong Peninsula, there are many sacks. In the distance, there is the receding sea, exposing the tidal flats. These sacks contain not grain or sand, but variegated clams.
Farmers along the coast of Jiaodong Peninsula have a tradition of breeding variegated clams. Variegated clams are mainly exported to Japan. The cultured variegated clams grow to a certain size, and the farmers use a homemade pump to pump the clams up. This kind of pump, mainly a diesel engine, a water pump, drags a rake and mesh bag underneath.
This is a floating tool made of used car tires, and when the clams are harvested, the machine is placed on the wooden frame on it, and the workers push back and forth in the water. The clams that were smoked up, also ended up in the tires, dragged ashore along the current.
After the farmed clams come ashore, there are many impurities and empty shells inside, which are screened and treated. Two migrant workers on the car are shoveling clams on an electric sieve with a shovel. The electric sieve is divided into two parts, the size of the screen is not the same, the first part, first sift off the broken clam shell. In the second part, small clams and other impurities are sieved out.
After preliminary screening, the clams were sent to a cement pool. In this cement pool, there is something muddy, and the workers are constantly stirring. This mud pool is the most important part of the selection of clams.
It turned out that among the clams, there were many tightly closed empty shells, which looked like live clams. After entering the mud pool, after manual stirring, the empty shell will sink at the bottom of the pool, and the normal clams will float on the upper layer, and migrant workers can easily fish out the clams with a net. This method, I don't know who invented it, is a bit incredible, it is really a master in the folk!
Clams fished out of mud ponds, covered with mud. The mud should first be washed with seawater.
After washing, two migrant workers poured clams on the cement floor. Several women then picked through the empty shells and impurities by hand.
Once the picking is complete, the bagging begins. The transport of clams is made in small sacks, which absorb water and moisturize, which can ensure that the clams do not die for a long time.
A worker weighs a small sack containing 40 pounds of clams.
These clams are actually not big. Farmers said that the beach was taken back and would not let them be raised, so they could only quickly pump the clams up and sell them. These clams, a pound of about 90 grains, coastal receipt price of 2.50 yuan a catty. After the vendors bought it back, they exported it to Japan.
Coastal aquaculture is greatly affected by the environment. These variegated clams are more critical of the environment and only grow in shoals with more sand content, and sand mudflats with a sand content of 70%-80% are most suitable for them.
As the marine environment changes, variegated clams become less and less common. Variegated clams, tender meat, delicious taste, rich in nutrients, do you like to eat?
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