At night, fishing boats are heading towards the dock in an orderly manner. The lights on board sparkle the sea, and for those waiting on shore, it heralds the beginning of their day's work.
It turned out that it was it that made people wait so much--Wen Clam. The clam is a typical buried shellfish that prefers to live in the inland bays where fresh water is injected and on the fine sandy beaches near the estuary, of which the Yellow River Delta region is one of the main production areas in China.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the whole sea surface was still haunted by a hazy fog, and the fishing boats on the docks in the Dongying Hekou District of Shandong Province went out to sea, and they had to rush to the sea where the clams were located before the tide was low.
Local clams are often caught in groups of couples, one dragging a rubber raft forward to guide the direction. Another followed, fishing out the underwater fishing nets from time to time. And every time you catch a net, you will carry a large number of clams.
As buried shellfish, clams bury themselves in sediment for a long time, and in order to facilitate eating, they will stick out an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe to absorb microorganisms and algae from the water.
In order to unify the sales standards, fishermen use special woven bags as containers for the holding of clams. Preliminary screening at sea.
At dusk, after the tide rises, the fishermen begin to return one after another. Back on shore, they will sell uniformly according to the current price.
So how should consumers choose when buying clams?
In Hekou District, the clams bought the night before can appear in the morning market in Chengdu the next day, and every day the clams salvaged by fishermen are snapped up.
With the improvement of mechanization, the production efficiency of local fishermen who catch clams has been greatly improved, and their income has been guaranteed.