College students in Jiangyan, Jiangsu Province return to their hometown to raise "mermaids"

(agricultural Wealth net) Liu Jiliang is introducing his successful Yangtze River mermaid to guests at the Qingshui Wharf Seafood Culture Center in Jiangyan City on November 3. This kind of fish is golden and has three black vertical stripes, and its dorsal fin is like a high sail. Domestic diners call it "plain sailing" and Southeast Asian experts call it the "Yangtze River mermaid". Its real scientific name is "rouge fish".

Liu Jiliang, 30, graduated from Dalian Ocean University in 2002 and has been engaged in aquatic technology research in Wuxi in the past few years. Since last year, he has invested 1 million yuan to set up an aquaculture center in his hometown, and with the help of Beijing Fisheries Research Institute and Nantong Minghao Aquatic products Company, he has carried out factory circulating water culture of rare species such as carmine, hybrid Chinese Sturgeon, Paralichthys olivaceus and pearl fish. After tackling key scientific and technological problems, the 2-inch long fry brought back from other places a year ago have grown more than 1 foot of adult fish, selling well in Jiangtai region and the markets in central and southern Jiangsu.

Liu Jiliang said that in the next step, through repeated experiments, he will convert rare fish such as cochineal fish, flounder flounder, hybrid Chinese Sturgeon and pearl fish into pond culture as soon as possible.

It is understood that special fish culture has good prospects for development and good economic benefits. For example, industrial culture of rare fish can produce 7.5 kilograms of adult fish per square meter, and pond culture can produce 300 to 400 kilograms per mu. The meat of special fish is delicious, delicate and delicious, and the average market price is 60 yuan per kilogram, which is more than 4 times that of the four farmed domestic fish.