The annual consumption of fish products in Japan is as much as twice that of European and American countries. Regardless of whether Japanese people like to eat fish or not, we have to admit that it is the habit of eating fish that makes Japan one of the countries with the longest life expectancy in the world. According to department statistics, each person in Singapore eats an average of one pound of fish per week, making Singapore the country with the largest fish consumption in Asia after Japan and Hong Kong. However, China's per capita fish protein intake is much lower than that of other Asian countries. It can be seen that China's aquatic product market still has immeasurable prospects.

The annual consumption of fish products in Japan is as much as twice that of European and American countries. Regardless of whether Japanese people like to eat fish or not, we have to admit that it is the habit of eating fish that makes Japan one of the countries with the longest life expectancy in the world. According to department statistics, each person in Singapore eats an average of one pound of fish per week, making Singapore the country with the largest fish consumption in Asia after Japan and Hong Kong. However, China's per capita fish protein intake is much lower than that of other Asian countries. It can be seen that China's aquatic product market still has immeasurable prospects.

In the face of this sleeping market, what kind of tools should be used and what kind of mentality should be used to dig out the potential wealth from this "gold mine" underfoot?

In fact, as a major producer, trader and consumer of aquatic products, my country's aquatic product output ranks first in the world, and it is the only country in the world where aquaculture output exceeds fishing output. Since the 20th century, the fishery industry has begun to emerge in China, and the opening of a large number of fish farms has led to the emergence of a number of feed, processing and breeding enterprises. In the past ten years, my country's fishery economy has maintained rapid growth. In less than 16 years, my country's total aquatic production has grown from 39.06 million tons in 1998 to about 63 million tons in 2014.

With the rapid rise of the fishery industry, more and more people have begun to pay attention to freshwater aquaculture. From the initial ordinary pond culture to the current diversified culture mode, factory fish ponds, family courtyard ponds, river and canal reservoirs and other methods have been widely used. Nearly 18.38 million square meters of freshwater area in my country has been greatly developed for aquaculture.

According to relevant data analysis, my country's freshwater fish production will continue to grow from 2014 to 2017. According to statistics, my country's freshwater aquaculture area increased by 1.67% year-on-year in 2013. In addition, the average annual growth rate of my country's freshwater fish production from 2009 to 2013 was 5.5%. %. From this, it can be predicted that the output of freshwater fish in 2015 will reach more than 29.3291 million tons.

It can be seen from a series of data that my country's freshwater aquaculture still has development potential. At the same time, the overall level of freshwater aquaculture in my country is not high at present. By accelerating the integration of aquaculture resources and accelerating technology promotion and application, the industry will have more space. In addition, my country's freshwater fish also have broad development prospects in the fields of export, processing, and food.

2013 Review: Difficulties

2013 was a difficult year for freshwater aquaculture in my country. The first is the low terminal price of freshwater products, and many farmers are on the verge of loss. In 2013, the market prices of major freshwater aquaculture species in the country continued to decline, especially for carp in northern China, grass carp and tilapia in southern and central China, and bream in eastern and central China. Due to the long-term sluggishness of the market, the profitability of breeding has been compressed, and there has been a large-scale loss of farmers.

On the other hand, affected by the sharp rise in the price of raw materials in 2013, especially protein raw materials such as soybean meal up to 4,700 yuan/ton and rapeseed meal up to 3,800 yuan/ton, resulting in rising feed costs and high prices, which in turn caused grass carp, grass carp, grass carp, etc. The feed cost of tilapia increased by nearly 0.4 yuan/catties. This is undoubtedly worse for farmers.

Third, the proportion of dealers on credit has increased significantly. The low fish price in the early stage and the loss of farmers made it difficult to recover a large amount of arrears from the dealers operating the feed, and the profits earned by many dealers operating the feed could not afford the interest on the funds. And feed manufacturers also have their own difficult lessons: dealers want to get enough attractive profit margins, farmers want to get cheap products from dealers, manufacturers are also faced with a dilemma in credit sales.

Looking back on 2013, farmers in many parts of the country have been losing money for more than three years in a row, and their confidence in farming has been severely hit. Under this circumstance, the entire industry is caught in a dilemma: if you continue to work, you will be worried about getting deeper and deeper, and you will suffer from the difficulty of capital operation; if you give up this industry, you will face the difficulty of transformation: many people have to try to follow the trend to raise shrimp, crabs or other specialty aquatic products, but such changes are still uncertain.