Live Freshwater Clams from Taihu Lake
The total stock of freshwater clams in Taihu Lake is around 70,000 tons, ranking first among China’s five largest freshwater lakes. These clams are delicious in taste and rich in nutrition, making them a high-protein, low-fat aquatic product with strong demand in the Japanese market. Fishermen from Dongshan harvest the clams during the off-season for fishing, ensuring they are caught and shipped fresh. The entire process—catching, sorting, transporting, and warehousing—is completed within three days. In 1985, Wuxian County exported over 780 tons of live clams, accounting for 62.47% of the province’s total live clam exports; between 1978 and 1987, it exported 5,344 tons of live clams to Japan.
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