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Yantai has more than 1 million mu of scallop breeding bases, including harbor scallops, ctenophore scallops and other species. Every year, more than half of the country's scallops are produced in Yantai aquaculture areas. In mid-to-late November, The Scallops in Laizhou Bay entered the harvest period, and this year's market was better than the past year, which reassured farmers.
Scallop harvest season is more expensive
Qu Weiqiang, a scallop farmer in Laizhou, said with a happy face: "This year, there is more wind, more rain, and the scallop farming density is smaller than usual, so the scallop bait is also sufficient, the food is better, the length can be faster than usual, and the length is good." ”
Qu Weiqiang introduced that this year's farmers have learned the lessons of last year, reduced the stocking density, and the bait of scallops is sufficient and the long head is also large. Although scallop farming also depends on the day to eat, in the exploration of breeding experience, farmers dare not slack off for a moment. Qu Weichun has been engaged in scallop farming for nearly a decade, he said that he is also constantly learning, this year's abundant and bumper market, let him feel that a year of hard work has not been in vain.
Qu Weichun, head of Jinchao Aquatic Products in Jincang Street, Laizhou City, said: "I have been farming for ten years, this year is a good year, the output is also high, the price can be three or four yuan higher than last year." This year, the supply of scallops is in short supply, there are Weihai, as well as many self-employed households in Hebei have come to buy, the price is about four pieces higher than last year. ”
Scallops are fat and popular scallop edges are in short supply
Scallops harvest, volume and price rise, how is the sales situation in the market? The reporter saw in the seafood market that generally ten pieces of twenty pieces of scallops are enough for the whole family to eat a meal, simple cooking, good quality and low price, so that many citizens have purchased scallops to taste. In Yantai, the scallops that the citizens can feast on can be multiplied in the south, and some even sell them.
Dong Shaobo, a scallop vendor in the seafood market, told reporters: "I have a customer in Zhejiang, this little red shellfish zhejiang is not there, they go back to talk about selling." In March, there were seeds, and the seeds were yellow, and he went back to sell them. He told me that scallops are more profitable than sea oysters. "In the concept of many people, scallops on scallops are the most nutritious value, but in the past two years, eating scallops has become fashionable, and the price of scallops has caught up with scallops." Dong Shaobo said: "Generally go to the hotel, this price is thirty-eight (yuan), forty-two (yuan) ah, forty-five (yuan) such a price." The scallop side is not enough to sell, because there are few in the full market, and one or two is the most. ”
Dried scallops are highly valued by southern diners
Fresh scallops are popular, and dried scallops are also popular for their shelf life. Dried scallops not only retain the nutritional value and freshness of scallops very well, but also greatly extend the storage date when the storage conditions are suitable. Huang Lei, a seller of dried scallops, introduced that dried scallops are sold throughout the country, and the south eats more, and there are more soups in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Fujian and other places.
Yantai dried scallops are favored by foreign diners, mainly due to good quality and high freshness. Huang Lei said: "The scallops on this side of Yantai are relatively fresh and fresh. ”
From five yuan and one pound of fresh scallops, to thirty yuan a pound of scallops, more than 40 yuan a plate of scallop edges, and then to more than 100 yuan a pound of dried scallops, the economic value of scallops is also increasing with the deepening of deep processing. Yantai scallop deep processing still has a lot of space to be developed, like ready-to-eat scallop edges have also been listed, on the basis of ensuring safety and quality, scallop deep processing road will become wider and wider.