Successfully raising oyster seeds in Van Don

After much effort, 300,000 oyster seeds were raised by the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center in the Van Don concentrated mollusk production area in Lo Ho, Van Yen commune, and met the requirements for sale to mollusk farmers in the province. The rate of oyster seeds produced and raised ensured the technical requirements for commercial farming. In early December 2024, the first batch of raised oyster seeds was sold by the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center to mollusk farmers in Van Don district.

Quang Ninh Provincial Agricultural Extension Center successfully raised 300,000 oyster seeds at the infrastructure of the concentrated mollusk production area of Van Don.

Mr. Trac Van Lan (mollusk farmer in Quan Lan commune, Van Don district) shared: I just bought 150,000 oyster seeds to be raised in Lo Ho. The seeds raised here have the advantage of being suitable for the water source in Van Don sea area, so when raised for commercial purposes, they have the ability to grow and develop well. The transportation of seeds is also close, ensuring healthy seeds, reducing costs instead of having to go all the way to Nam Dinh to buy seeds like before.

Mr. Nguyen Chi Thanh, Head of the Practice and Technology Transfer Station, Provincial Agricultural Extension Center, said: After more than 10 days of rearing, the oyster seeds have reached level 2 size and are eligible for sale to households for commercial farming. The characteristics of the mollusk breeds raised in the infrastructure of the Van Don concentrated mollusk production area are very favorable because they have adapted to the water environment here.

From now until the end of the year, Quang Ninh Agricultural Extension Center will successfully raise 1 million oyster seeds for export to the market.

Currently, Van Don district has a demand for 10 million mollusc seeds of all kinds, but in reality, the local supply of seeds only meets 5%. Successful breeding of mollusc seeds is an important condition to realize the goal of Quang Ninh province to produce 1.5 billion mollusc seeds/year to supply the market in the province and other localities in the country.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr. Trac Van Lan, Quan Lan commune, Van Don district, checked the quality of the oyster seed batch. — Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr. Trac Van Lan (Quan Lan commune, Van Don district) checked the quality of the oyster seed batch.

Mr. Phan Thanh Nghi, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: When assigned the task, the unit successfully researched and raised the first batch of mollusk seeds for sale to the market. This is the first batch of seeds exported by the Center. The Department continues to strengthen the direction of activities at this Center to promote the initially established goals as well as effectively exploit and operate the entire water surface area as well as the invested infrastructure.

The goal of the Quang Ninh Agriculture sector by the end of 2024 is to successfully produce and raise 1 million oyster seeds in the Van Don concentrated mollusk production area infrastructure to serve the farming needs of fishermen, contributing to promoting marine farming activities after storm No. 3, serving sustainable farming.

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