Raising crispy carp, a specialty fish of the Duong River, all big fish, billionaire in Bac Ninh sells them all

Households raising specialty fish - crispy carp in Bac Ninh are all excited because the fish is still in high demand during Tet. Traders hunt and buy crispy carp at 120,000 VND/kg. There is a billionaire household in Bac Ninh raising a lot of crispy carp, earning a profit of 3 billion VND this Tet.

Talking to Dan Viet, Mr. Vu Van Chien, a billionaire from Bac Ninh, Director of the Chien Thang Agricultural and Aquaculture Services Cooperative in Kieu Luong village, Duc Long commune, Que Vo town, Bac Ninh province, said that in the days leading up to the Lunar New Year 2025, the Cooperative is harvesting crispy carp.

During this Tet holiday, the cooperative sold about 300 tons of various specialty fish ready for harvest, all large fish weighing 5-7kg each, to serve the Tet market.

While many people are busy shopping for Tet, fish cage owners in Kieu Luong village are busy calling on relatives and members of the cooperative to come and pull nets and catch fish to deliver to traders.

Many households in the village and commune also came to the cage to buy large crispy carp, weighing from 5-7kg/fish to bring home to eat during Tet or as gifts to celebrate the Spring of At Ty 2025.

According to Mr. Chien, in the days leading up to Lunar New Year, fish sells much better than usual and prices are also better.

"Crispy carp is selling very well, almost all traders are hunting for crispy carp to serve the Tet holiday" - Mr. Chien said and informed that the price of crispy carp that traders buy wholesale at the cage is 120,000 VND/kg, this price is about 20,000 VND higher than normal days.

CLIP: Traders hunt for crispy carp - a specialty fish raised densely on the Duong River to sell on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2025, catching all the big ones, each cage of fish caught and sold brings in a profit of 80-100 million VND. On this year's Tet holiday, a billionaire household in Bac Ninh sold crispy carp for a revenue of billions.

Currently, traders are hunting and buying crispy carp at 120,000 VND/kg to serve customers on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2025.

Chien Thang Agricultural and Aquaculture Services Cooperative in Kieu Luong village, Duc Long commune, Que Vo town, Bac Ninh province has about 300 tons of various types of fish ready for harvest, serving customers during the Lunar New Year 2025. Photo: Khuong Luc

Crispy carp weighing 5-7kg/fish is big, weighing 5-7kg/fish is hunted by traders and people to bring home to eat during Tet or as gifts to celebrate the Spring of At Ty 2025. Photo: Khuong Luc

This year, Mr. Nguyen Van Trach's family in Duc Long commune raised 35 cages of crispy carp, which are now ready for harvest.

"This year, the price of crispy carp is good and there is little loss of fish. I harvest 6.5-7 tons of crispy carp from each cage," said Mr. Trach, adding that his family earns a profit of 90-100 million VND from each cage of fish when harvested and sold.

Mr. Nguyen Van Trach is currently the Deputy Director of the Chien Thang Agricultural and Aquaculture Services Cooperative. He is currently raising 80 cages of various types of fish, mainly carp, red tilapia, and black catfish. "If we count my child's cage, my family is raising 160 cages of fish," said Mr. Trach.

With the largest number of fish cages raised on the river in Bac Ninh province, each year Mr. Trach's family imports 1,500 - 2,000 tons of bran to serve both family fish farming and supply to members of the cooperative raising fish in cages.

"The most important thing in raising fish in cages on rivers is to be persistent, choose good breeds, quality feed and control diseases to be effective," said Mr. Trach.

According to Mr. Trach, the time to raise a batch of crispy carp usually lasts from 19 to 21 months, of which the time to raise the fry and embryos is about 14 to 15 months. When there is a source of embryos, households select and classify carp weighing from 2.5 to 5 kg to create crispiness by feeding them with fava beans imported from Australia for 5 to 6 months.

Australian broad beans will be soaked directly in water for 12-24 hours (depending on air temperature) to soften the seeds for easy eating by fish and create beneficial bacteria for fish.

By feeding broad beans to change the structure of fish meat, increase meat quality, help fish meat have the right toughness and crispness. At the stage of carp creating crispness, fish often gain very little weight, mainly increase firmness, toughness and crispness.

Mr. Nguyen Van Trach's family in Duc Long commune, Que Vo town, Bac Ninh province is the largest fish cage farming household in Bac Ninh province with a total of 160 fish cages, earning a profit of 3.5-4 billion VND per year. Photo: Khuong Luc

Chien Thang Agricultural and Aquaculture Services Cooperative was established in September 2019 with 11 members and a total of 170 cages.

To date, the cooperative has 15 members with about 400 fish cages on the Duong River. For households raising many cages like Mr. Trach's, the total annual income is about 3.5-4 billion VND; the remaining members of the cooperative all have high incomes, from 300-500 million VND.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Tho - Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary and Fisheries of Bac Ninh province, said that cage fish farming, especially farming of specialty fish such as catfish, crispy carp, cold water fish in the river, is still maintained and changes the structure of farmed fish in the direction of increasing economic value.

Accordingly, cage fish productivity, cage fish output and livestock and aquaculture value ensure to maintain growth rate, contributing to the overall socio-economic development of the whole Bac Ninh province.

Up to now, Bac Ninh province has 157 households raising fish in cages in 29 villages in 21 communes in 6/8 districts, towns and cities with 2,700 cages, an increase of 2.7% over the same period in 2023 (an increase of 71 cages). The average productivity for a 108 m3 cage (6 m x 3 m x 6 m) is currently 4.5-5 tons/cage/batch.

Source: https://danviet.vn/nuoi-ca-chep-gion-ca-dac-san-song-duong-toan-con-to-bu-ty-phu-bac-ninh-he-ban-la-het-veo-20250128105711538.htm