Mud-free eel farming in Duc Tho

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan (in Duc Tho, Ha Tinh) has tried his hand at mud-free eel farming and initially brought quite good economic efficiency, opening up a development direction for farmers in the area.

Farmer Nguyen Van Tuan's mud-free eel farming model brings quite good economic efficiency.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan (born in 1987, residing in Yen Ho commune) is the first person to raise mud-free eels in Duc Tho district. Having worked in many professions such as cricket farming, mechanical processing, fish farming..., but up to now, raising mud-free eels is bringing a good income to his family. To develop the model, Mr. Tuan has invested more than 200 million VND to build a breeding tank, buy eel seeds, food...

Mr. Tuan said: "Raising eels is not as hard as raising other types of seafood, because eels have very good resistance, few diseases, and favorable output."

From the initial 2,000 eel fry, Mr. Tuan now has 7 eel farming tanks, with 14,000 eels; 1 eel nursery tank, with over 10,000 eels. The time from stocking to harvesting is 10 - 12 months. With a long farming time, eels give high productivity and delicious meat quality. When the eels reach a weight of 3 to 4 eels/kg, Mr. Tuan will sell them.

Mud-free eel farming in Duc Tho

After 10 months, each eel weighs from 250-300g.

Young eels usually eat worms, and when they reach adulthood, they are fed with fish meal. Farmed eels have good resistance, few diseases, and favorable output... however, the necessary factors are clean water sources.

Currently, Mr. Tuan sells meat eels to traders and restaurant owners at 160,000 VND/kg; eel seeds at 4,500 VND/eel. After 3 years of building the model, Mr. Tuan has sold about 1 ton of meat eels and 5,500 eel seeds, earning a profit of nearly 185 million VND. Mr. Tuan's mud-free eel farming model is being visited and learned from by many farmers in and outside the locality.

Mud-free eel farming in Duc Tho

Mr. Tuan sells eels after 10-12 months of raising.

Mr. Dao Quang Binh, Chairman of Yen Ho Commune Farmers' Association said: "After 3 years of accompanying and monitoring the mud-free eel farming model of member Nguyen Van Tuan, we have found that this model brings quite good economic efficiency. In particular, the output for eels is stable, so the Commune Farmers' Association has promoted and mobilized members to develop it. Currently, the whole commune has 3 more models."

Duc Phu

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