Dajiahe Shrimps

Dajiahe Shrimps

　　Dajiahe Shrimps

　　Dajiahe Town is known as the "Shrimp Capital of Zhejiang." All 26 administrative villages under its jurisdiction raise shrimps, and currently, there is a shrimp farming belt centered around eight specialized villages including Xixia Wang, Yingjia, and Dajiahe, stretching from the banks of Huangdun Port

　　to Yuanshan Wharf in Xiangshan, spanning 10 kilometers. The town currently has over 8,600 acres of shrimp farming ponds, with 12 varieties of shrimps. The aquaculture industry, primarily focused on shrimp farming, generates an output value of 126 million yuan.

　　There are three reasons why Dajiahe Shrimps are famous: First, the salinity of the water in Xiangshan Port, where the town is located, is below 20‰, lower than any other farming area along China’s coast. This water quality produces shrimps with the most tender meat. Second, the shrimp feed is fresh—every early morning, shrimp farmers go to Ninghai Aquatic Products City to buy small live shrimp and fish, mixing them with egg yolk to feed the shrimp, resulting in highly nutritious and plump Dajiahe Shrimps. Third, the clear seawater of Xiangshan Port helps improve the quality of the shrimp meat.