Delicious oyster town

Xinhua News Agency Dalian June 20th.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yongjun and Guo Xiang

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Liu Hongsheng's breeding vessels had split waves and drove towards the oyster breeding area of ​​about an hour.

The island behind it is getting smaller and smaller. It is Shicheng Island and the Shicheng Township Government of Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province. In recent years, it is famous for its "oyster town" created by the "government+enterprise+fisherman" model.

Shichengxiang includes 9 islands, reefs, and crickets. The land area is only 26.77 square kilometers, and the area of ​​cultivated land is less than 15,000 mu. However, the waters of Shicheng Island are wide, with a total area of ​​508,000 acres and a beach area of ​​6,000 acres. The sea has become the "cultivated land" of people on the island. The area of ​​oysters alone reaches 100,000 mu. The delicious oysters on the table have become the livelihood of many people in this country.

When he arrived at the breeding area, Liu Hongsheng and his partners were skilled in the raft to collect the cage. A cage oyster was caught on the ship and was transported back to the island.

Liu Hongsheng drove out of the sea. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yongjun)

Liu Hongsheng is responsible for breeding, including the daily maintenance of seedlings, fishing and breeding vessels, etc. His lover Han Xiuli organizes people on the island to clean up the oysters after fishing. Daily life, work and oysters are closely linked.

Liu Hongsheng, 50, introduced that he began to raise oysters with his lover 24 years ago. From placing oyster seedlings on the reefs by the sea to receiving it, you must worry about it. At that time, the variety of twice the small oysters could not be listed for about half a year. There was no income. When it was listed in winter, it was necessary to take the cold and the meat, and it could only be sold to a small area nearby.

"The earliest boat I drove was a 18 -hp wood boat. Now this boat is made of steel, 280 horsepower, the ship is getting bigger and bigger." Liu Hongsheng is quite optimistic about the company's prospects. His monthly income can be 15,000 Yuan, "I now work at that point, more than earlier, and much smaller the risk."

Back to the island, the harvested oysters were transferred to the shore venue, and Han Xiuli began to lead dozens of women to clean up sundries such as mussels attached to the oysters and separate the growing oysters together. She said: "Previously selling oysters was selling, and a pound was about 1 yuan. Now it is about selling it. It can be sold for 8 yuan in a pound. People on the island rarely go out to work. I ca n’t find anyone, and many people come to work on the island. "

Workers are sorting oysters. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yongjun)

The preliminary cleaning oysters were sent to the company in the island's factory building. After automated cleaning and weight sorting, the insulation was packed to all parts of the country.

Wang Mingxin, head of the farm of Shicheng Island Oyster Town Industrial Co., Ltd. in Shicheng Island, Dalian, said that the current three -fold oyster oysters can be produced all year round. It is no longer just the food by the beach, and there are more and more people breeding oysters here.

In the afternoon, women who cleaned up this oyster pushed the battery car and started to work elsewhere to continue working.

Jiang Hua, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shicheng and Township, said that Shicheng Township is a typical fishery townships that are the main body of water -based breeding, production, processing, and sales. Ocean production -related work. In recent years, due to the upgrading of oysters, increased output, increased cold chain transportation, market expansion, farmers' income income effects, and the per capita income of young people is about 110,000 yuan.

Oyster after preliminary cleaning. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yongjun)

Talking about the red fire of the three -fold oyster, a township cadre next to him said: "Now women who can work together to work for money, don't catch the sea, can't see the benefits of digging wild oysters by the beach, by the seaside There are more and more wild oysters. "

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