CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What fish is famous in Jiujiang?

Located in the Pearl River Delta with a well-developed water network, it has two major water systems, the Beijiang River and the Xijiang River, and has natural advantages in aquaculture and logistics.

The traditional breeding techniques of Jiujiang fish and flower are an important carrier of the Lingnan culture of "Fishing and Farming with Cantonese Charm". The Jiujiang fish and flower industry has a history of hundreds of years and has a high reputation and influence across the country.

Jiujiang fish counting competition.

“Fish flowers are as thin as needles, and one spoonful can yield tens of millions of them. Only people in Jiujiang can distinguish them.” More than 500 years ago, people in Jiujiang began to catch fish flowers in the Xijiang River. The catching, transportation, identification, and breeding of fish flowers all embody the wisdom of the working people of Jiujiang.

Since the mid-to-late 1980s, artificial breeding of fish fry has been successful, and the ancient river fishing skills have gradually been replaced. In particular, after nearly 50 years of development, artificial breeding of fish fry has evolved from the breeding of the four traditional carps to the selection and breeding of new species of famous, special and excellent fish, and the production technology and management level have been continuously improved, allowing Jiujiang to gradually develop into a nationally renowned "freshwater fish fry production base."

According to statistics, the area of ​​Yuxingyoutang in Jiujiang Town is about 35,000 mu. There are more than 70 fish hatcheries in the town (including 4 municipal-level aquatic breeding farms and 5 district-level aquatic breeding farms), more than 20 main hatchery varieties, 1 new variety developed through cooperation, and the annual production of freshwater high-quality fish fry exceeds 40 billion (together with the four major grades of Huaijia fish fry, the total output exceeds 100 billion), and the hatching volume of California bass accounts for 60% of the total hatching volume in the country.

At present, there are about 2,500 people engaged in the freshwater fish seed industry in Jiujiang. Every year, there are 30,000 professional customers and merchants from other places who come to Jiujiang Town to purchase. It is an important distribution center for freshwater fish fry in the Pearl River Delta.