Chenyi California Bass

Chenyi California Bass

　　Chenyi Village is a typical Jiangnan fishing village, with over 4,000 acres of fish ponds, and 80% of households engaged in aquaculture. Since 2001, the village has pooled contracted land from households through a shareholding system, and unified planning and construction have been carried out to renovate old fish ponds, establishing an aquaculture park covering more than 4,000 acres.

　　 After renovating the fish ponds, the village shifted its focus to a specialty—California bass farming—replacing the traditional approach of raising the "four major domestic fishes." The Linghu Town California Bass Professional Cooperative was established, and the “Chenyi” brand trademark was registered. The village pioneered the use of origin codes and hanging tags for supermarket sales of California bass, achieving product traceability. In September 2011, it was recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture as a National “One Village, One Product” Demonstration Village. Meanwhile, the California Bass Professional Cooperative adopted a “six unifications” approach in management: unified breeding species, unified feed supply, unified loan applications, unified technical training, unified disease prevention and health care, and unified brand building, making it a regional advantage industry in local modern agriculture. According to statistics, in 2011, the village achieved a California bass output value exceeding 100 million yuan, with per capita fishery income of over 10,000 yuan.