Raising tilapia, young man earns 400 million VND/year

Before coming to the square-head perch, Mr. Dao in Hamlet 6, Van Xa Commune, Kim Bang District (Ha Nam) used to grow and raise many different types but the economic efficiency was not high. Once, by chance, he learned about the square-head perch farming model with high economic efficiency, so he immediately came to visit and learn and decided to invest in this fish.

To have land for a farm, in early 2010, Mr. Dao boldly bid for nearly 10 hectares of ineffective rice land in Van Xa commune to invest in renovating it to raise tilapia with the hope of developing his family's economy.

Thanks to raising this type of perch, every year Mr. Dao pockets nearly 400 million VND.

After converting the rice field into a pond, he started buying fish to try raising them. Thanks to his mastery of the farming techniques, the fish grew rapidly. But the joy did not last long as he fell into a tragic situation after a historic cold spell caused his fish to die en masse, with dozens of tons of dead fish. Difficulties piled on difficulties, all the money invested in raising fish suddenly "went up in smoke".

Many times in his mind he wanted to give up the idea of ​​getting rich from the livestock farm. But with the desire to get rich on his homeland, he was urged to start over from the beginning, trying to move forward, overcoming difficulties.

After about 4-5 months of raising this species of perch, it can reach a weight of 300-700 grams/fish.

"After the fish deaths that year, I fell into debt of nearly 1 billion VND. After that, I borrowed money from relatives and friends and mortgaged my land title to have money to rebuild my business and continue raising fish," Mr. Dao confided.

Up to now, after nearly 8 years of raising this type of fish, on average each year Mr. Dao's farm produces about 80 tons of tilapia, sold at a price of 35 - 40 thousand VND/kg. After deducting all expenses, each year he pockets nearly 400 million VND.

Square-head perch has large weight and delicious meat quality that is not inferior to natural wild perch.

Speaking more about this type of fish, Mr. Dao said that this is an easy-to-raise fish, grows quickly and can be raised at high density, with a short raising time, on average the raising time is only 4-5 months before it can be sold and the economic efficiency is many times higher than other traditional fish.

According to Mr. Dao, the meat of this perch is as delicious as that of wild perch, so it is popular in the market. In addition, this type of fish can be used to cook many delicious dishes that many people like, such as soup, vermicelli or rice paper....

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In addition to selling commercial fish, on average each year Mr. Tran Quang Dao also supplies the market with hundreds of thousands of fish fry, earning tens of millions of dong and enthusiastically instructing farming techniques for people in and outside the province.

Sharing about farming techniques, Mr. Dao said that this fish species is similar to climbing perch, so it has a very strong vitality and is rarely sick. In addition, this fish species has the advantage of growing quickly and can be stocked at high density. During the farming process, just pay attention to the water source and feed it adequately so that the fish will grow well and be sold quickly. In addition, this fish species is very cold-resistant, if the temperature is below 10 degrees for a long time, the fish can die en masse, so it is necessary to calculate the farming time appropriately.

Tran Quang Dao's square-head tilapia farming model is well invested.

With his will, determination, and daring to think and act, Mr. Tran Quang Dao has risen to become rich on the low-lying land where he was born, contributing to the economic development of his family as well as the development of the local aquaculture industry.