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for many years, liao sea cucumber has been a well-known brand of chinese sea cucumber, and its unique quality is the best in the country. during this year's liao sea cucumber harvest season, a china news service reporter visited liaoning, the main producing area of ​​liao sea cucumber, and learned that although the output of sea cucumbers is good, the price has continued to fall. this year it has reached the lowest point in many years, and the income of farmers has been greatly affected.

sea cucumber prices continue to fall

a reporter from banyuetan visited a large sea cucumber breeding base in jianye township, linghai city, jinzhou. many divers were catching sea cucumbers in the sea cucumber pens. in front of the pond of breeder li zhisheng, he picked up large sea cucumbers up to 20 centimeters long, but he couldn't smile: in previous years, five sea cucumbers weighing one catty could be sold for 60 to 70 yuan, but now it's hard to sell even at 27 yuan per catty.

there are more than 480 sea cucumber farmers in jianye township. they did the math for a reporter from china news service: a 100-acre ginseng breeding pen produces an average of 15,000 kilograms of sea cucumbers per year. based on the current price of sea cucumbers, the annual income is only 400,000 yuan, while the various costs for ginseng seedlings, labor, feed, sea area usage fees, etc. exceed 450,000 yuan.

a sea cucumber industry webcaster with more than 100,000 fans said that the current online and offline sea cucumber sales have encountered a "cold winter". a few years ago, it was common for his online live broadcast to sell over a million yuan per show, but now, he can only sell tens of thousands of yuan per live broadcast at most.

fishermen are transporting sea cucumber seedlings. photo by long lei

vicious competition resorts to "price war"

a reporter from china news service learned from the main sea cucumber producing areas such as dalian wafangdian, yingkou, and jinzhou linghai that the price of sea cucumbers has fallen mainly due to the following three reasons.

——vicious competition.many farmers told banyuetan reporters that more than 10 years ago, most of the country's sea cucumbers were produced in dalian, liaoning. in recent years, some places outside liaoning have purchased dalian sea cucumber seedlings and raised sea cucumbers locally, and sea cucumber production has "bloomed everywhere." li zhisheng said that in recent years, many people from other places have come to buy liaoning sea cucumber seedlings. they buy a large number of sea cucumber seedlings that have been cultivated for about 1.5 to 2 years and go to the southern waters to cultivate them in hanging cages. according to farmers, the water temperature in the south is high, and sea cucumbers can mature in less than half a year. they are then transported back to liaoning from the south and labeled as "liaoning sea cucumbers", and can be sold at the same price as liao sea cucumbers.

——consumption decreases.the head of a sea cucumber breeding farm in liaoning told the china news service: "every year during the spring festival, our industrial park produces at least 10,000 sea cucumber gift boxes for sale in the holiday market. so far this year, only a few hundred have been sold."

——a mixed bag.in the summer of 2018, liaoning experienced long-term, large-scale, and high-intensity hot and humid weather. many farmers lost their harvests and production dropped sharply. some illegal processors and vendors went to other production areas to purchase sea cucumbers, transported them back to liaoning and sold them as dalian sea cucumbers. nowadays, counterfeiting "liaoning sea cucumbers" and selling inferior products as good ones are common. in recent years, internet live streaming has become popular, and inferior sea cucumbers have begun to appear on online platforms on a large scale. due to their extremely low prices, they quickly seized the market, further deteriorating the industry ecology.

when will there be standards for liao ginseng?

industry experts and breeders believe that the protection of the century-old liao sea cucumber brand can be strengthened from the following three aspects.

first, support enterprises to extend the industrial chain and increase added value. a reporter from banyuetan learned that due to the lack of local deep-processing enterprises for sea cucumbers, most of the sea cucumbers farmed in liaoning are currently purchased by foreign vendors and then processed into dried sea cucumbers for external sales. according to farmers, 30 kilograms of fresh sea cucumbers can be made into 1 kilogram of dried sea cucumbers. according to the current purchase price of fresh sea cucumbers, the price of 30 kilograms of sea cucumbers is less than 1,000 yuan, while the market price of dried sea cucumbers is 3,500-3,600 yuan per kilogram. some big brands can even sell one kilogram of sea cucumbers for more than 10,000 yuan. the short industrial chain and lack of deep processing capabilities have seriously affected the added value of liaoning sea cucumbers.

second, formulate industry standards to ensure the quality of liao sea cucumbers and protect the brand value. some farmers said that they could not tell the authenticity of liao sea cucumbers on the market at a glance. the interviewees suggested that relevant departments should take the lead in formulating liao sea cucumber standards, make clear provisions for salt content, protein content, iron content, important nutrient polysaccharide content, etc., and grant geographical indication certification. at the same time, carry out organic sea cucumber certification, cultivate organic green industries, and increase the supply of high-quality seafood.

the third is to strengthen source breeding to improve quality. zhu hengwei, president of the dalian wafangdian sea cucumber association, suggested that the sea cucumber industry should carry out selection and hybrid breeding, create a batch of high-yield, stress-resistant and excellent varieties, establish a new variety breeding and promotion demonstration base, promote improved varieties, and continuously enhance the quality of liao sea cucumbers.

banyuetan reporter: sun renbin and zou mingzhong