The breeding of rare and precious Choong River has achieved good results

The topic 'Research on building seed production process and experiment on commercial breeding of fish in the river (Mastacembelus armatus) in Phu Tho province' initially achieved very positive results , contributing to gene storage, reproduction, developing aquatic resources in Phu Tho province and opening new directions to eradicate poverty for local people.

The river fish is one of the high economic fish species in the Red and Lo rivers. Commercial selling price in Viet Tri City (Phu Tho) is about VND 300,000-VND 350,000 / kg. However, the current over-exploitation of river fish is the main cause of serious reduction of this fish resource.

On the other hand, the research on domestic and foreign river carp has only been studied on biological characteristics, description, classification or reproduction testing on a small scale.

Phu Tho is a locality that concentrates on high river fish resources but is increasingly running out of conditions due to over-exploitation. In order to develop riverbreeding fish into a popular farming object, creating conditions for people to have the opportunity to enrich and diversify fish farming components need to have artificial breeding process and grow out of this fish species.

Based on that fact, Hung Vuong University (Phu Tho) has carried out the Project 'Research on building seed production process and testing commercial breeding of river fish (Mastacembelus armatus) in Phu Tho province'.

The project has been implemented since January 2012 by recruiting wild fish bought from the wild with the size of 100-200g / fish. After two months of artificial breeding, 30 healthy broodstock were selected (15 male and 15 female) to conduct research, using artificial stimulation hormone and fertilization techniques. , hatch artificial eggs. After artificial insemination, 3,000 fry are reared in glass tanks to monitor and take timely measures to control the disease.

The evaluation showed that after more than three months of artificial culture (from April 2012 to July 2012), farmed fish grew, developed evenly, higher survival rate, average size of 10-15cm.

Associate Professor and Doctor Cao Van, Rector of Hung Vuong University, Chairman of the project said that after the propagation of 3,000 successful Song luong fishes, Hung Vuong University initially released the number of fish on with the natural environment in the area of ​​Bua river wharf, Thanh Son district (Phu Tho).

In the coming time, Hung Vuong University continues to implement the project, multiplying more Choong river breeding fishes, completing the process of breeding commercial river fish, transferring science and technology to production establishments and farmers. People, develop river fish farming to meet the demand of the market and reduce the pressure of exploiting Choong fish in the wild. This is also a solution to contribute to environmental protection, exploitation and rational use of natural resources, towards sustainable development.