PIONEER ENTERPRISE IN OYSTER FARMING IN VAN DON

Ha Long Investment Development and Production Company Limited (BIM Group) is a pioneer in testing and putting Pacific oysters into production, gradually becoming a strong OCOP product in the Van Don district.

Workers of Ha Long Production Development Investment Co., Ltd. preliminary processing fresh oysters after harvest.

Nearly 15 years ago, fishermen and small production facilities in the Van Don island district were only familiar with native oysters. BIM Group, through Ha Long Production Development Investment and Development Co., Ltd., was the first unit to accurately assess the very suitable natural conditions of the local sea, deciding to bring Pacific oysters back. manufacturing.

However, despite having large, healthy, delicious, and nutritious oysters in hand, businesses still have to persevere for many years to conquer the market, from the popular and high-end segments. The Company's fresh-shredded and peeled oyster products are gradually appearing more and more, from local seafood markets to supermarkets, supported by local authorities to participate in trade promotion programs... 

To release many new products from oysters to meet domestic consumption, ensuring seasonal factors and aiming for export, in the following years, the Company makes a bolt innovative move in guiding farmers to apply the model. clean oyster farming according to the quality criteria prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Specifically, the unit not only applies strict standards in selecting varieties, ensuring the safety of farming areas, but also throughout each stage of exploitation, preliminary processing, processing, preservation, and transportation to consumers. use. 

For whole oysters or semi-fresh intestines, the oysters after harvesting will be quickly cleaned of parasitic algae and washed through an ozone tank, so that when packaged, they can be preserved for another 10 days while still ensuring quality. nutritional quantity. Oysters products, production line from shelling, cleaning raw materials to avoid broken shells, rinsing with dilute salt water to remove viscosity, then stir-frying, tearing, mixing with shrimp and meat according to the requirements. rate of study, packed into sterilized vials.

Pacific oysters are hung on ropes and raised in cages in the waters of Van Don.

On the one hand, at some farms in many other localities, farmers let oyster larvae grow on old tires, or cement columns, causing strange smells when eating raw oysters, and even encountering residue. cement. This means that the quality of the product is not guaranteed. On the other hand, Ha Long Production Development Investment Co., Ltd. reuses oyster shells after exploitation. Each string of oysters is connected by a line, and dropped into the sea at the rafts, becoming "home" for the next batch of oysters.

 As a result, the Company not only solves the problem of production waste but also ensures the best quality of oysters, along with a high harvest quantity. Products gradually entered the prestigious supermarket systems, such as BigC, Metro, A-one... Fresh oysters on the banquet table, packaged oysters in supermarkets, or processed products. such as oyster sauce, oyster spring rolls, oyster spring rolls, and oyster sauce... are very well received by consumers.

 Implementing Resolution No. 13-NQ/TU dated May 6, 2014, of the Provincial Party Committee on "Development of fisheries economy in Quang Ninh province to 2020, vision to 2030", Van Don district determined: Fishery economy is one of the spearheads. Therefore, the deep processing and development of value-added products from oysters such as at Ha Long Production Development Investment Co., Ltd have contributed to opening a new direction, taking advantage of the advantages of aquaculture development. local sea.

(Hoàng Giang - Báo Quảng Ninh)