Dien Chau district releases 140 hectares of shrimp for the first crop
(Baonghean.vn) - Due to favorable weather, shrimp pond owners in Dien Chau district are now starting to release 150 million white-leg shrimp larvae.
After cleaning the ponds, draining the water, ensuring the area of settling ponds and water sources, spraying disinfectants on the water channels... more than 200 shrimp farming households in Dien Trung, Dien Thinh, Dien Van, Dien Kim communes (Dien Chau) are stocking 140 hectares of shrimp for the first crop.
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Dien Trung farmers release shrimp for the first crop. Photo: Mai Giang |
This crop, farmers mainly apply biosafety farming technology, floating tank farming technology, greenhouse shrimp nursery technology, etc. The district's agricultural sector as well as localities propagate to farming households to balance, spread out, and interrupt the crop to proactively source seeds and consume them when harvesting. Seed management is also strictly controlled, must have origin and quality assurance before being released for farming.
Currently, farmers have released 70% of the first crop shrimp area and are striving to close the entire area in the next week.
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Applying floating tank shrimp farming technology in Dien Chau. Photo: Mai Giang |