Workers salvage crabs ashore. Photo by Wang Yuebiao and He Xianliang

陽春三月，氣溫逐漸回升，洮北區掀起春耕備耕熱潮。近日，記者走進洮北區鑫淼水產養殖種植家庭農場，370多萬隻蟹苗在越冬池內活力十足。

“眼下，蟹塘里冬儲著兩種蟹。場里現在有越冬蟹苗4.1萬斤左右，我們今年繼續和當地的水稻農戶合作，養殖面積達到750畝，目前已經預定出蟹苗2.1萬斤了。”該場場長李曉博介紹。

"This year, Taobei District will make full use of water resources, do a good job in treating alkali with fishery, focus on the development of ecological aquaculture on large water surfaces, and highlight the cultivation of adult crabs in ponds. At the same time, we should pay attention to the comprehensive planting and breeding of rice and fishery, focus on the cultivation of crab seedlings in rice fields, and gradually form a model of cultivating crabs in rice fields and breeding adult crabs in ponds, so as to promote the integrated development of fishery primary, secondary and tertiary industries with three industries and one industry and two industries. Xu Zhen, an aquatic technician from the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Taobei District, said.

In 300 years, Sui Zhigang, a rice grower in Tianshui Village, Linhai Town, Taobei District, made a bold attempt to implement rice crab breeding in 0 acres of rice fields, and the results were gratifying, with an average increase of more than 0 yuan per mu of rice fields, and this significant economic benefit made Sui Zhigang full of confidence and expectations for this year's spring production. This year, Sui Zhigang expanded the rice planting area to 0 mu and continued to implement rice crab farming. The crab rice field rice is of good quality, and although the price is slightly higher, the sales are considerable.

In Tianshui Village, many villagers, like Sui Zhigang, have established a characteristic agricultural cooperation model with Xinmiao Aquaculture Planting Family Farm, where the farm adopts the mechanism of "unified management and sub-breeding", in which the farm uniformly puts high-quality crab seedlings and carries out professional management, and the farmers provide breeding paddy fields, and the two sides complement each other's advantages and achieve win-win cooperation. The crab shuttles freely through the rice field, which not only effectively controls the growth of weeds and the reproduction of pests, but also converts the excrement into manure, increasing the amount of organic fertilizer in the rice. At the same time, the crab activity promoted the development of rice roots, improved tillering ability, and improved the yield and quality of rice.

近年來，洮北區以“一水雙收”破題鄉村振興，從稻蟹共養到生態養殖、從“以漁治鹼”到三產融合，用生態迴圈改寫傳統農業生產模式。2024年，洮北區稻漁綜合種養面積突破18萬畝大關，綜合效益高達3891.5萬元，稻漁綜合種養實施面積和綜合效益連續9年蟬聯全省第一。今年，洮北區將繼續走好“立體生態迴圈農業”的新路，為鄉村振興注入強勁動力。