Sa Pa salmon affirms the brand

 

 Sa Pa salmon attracts tourists

 

After Covid-19, Sapa tourism gradually recovered. Only counting the number of visitors to Sa Pa on the occasion of the 30/4-1/5 holiday has reached nearly 100,000 visitors. Going to Sa Pa, visitors can experience, admire and discover the Northwest mountains and forests, especially accessing and learning about the cultural identity of the Mong, Dao, Giay ethnic groups living in Sapa. this.

 

After visiting the villages, visitors have the opportunity to enjoy the rustic dishes, especially salmon raised in Sa Pa. At this resort, some restaurant systems also specialize in serving fresh salmon as well as dishes prepared on the spot from salmon. On weekends, the number of visitors increases significantly and everyone wants to enjoy local cuisine, especially when Sa Pa salmon has affirmed its name in the country.

 

Nguyen Mai Phuong in Hanoi said that every summer, my family also arranges time to travel to Sapa. Sapa has very special weather, while in Hanoi it is as hot as fire, it is cool here. After taking the cable car to the top of Fansipan, my family also ordered dinner at a restaurant in town to enjoy salmon salad, and fried salmon skin... I see that the dishes made from Sa Pa salmon are all good. Delicious and fresh while being reasonably priced and making a wide variety of dishes. 

 

 

The owner of Thuc Mai salmon farm said that, after Covid-19, the number of tourists coming to Sa Pa will continue to increase, so the demand for enjoying salmon on the spot as well as buying it as a gift will be great. Therefore, salmon farmers have more income, creating more jobs for local people.

Sa Pa salmon is mainly raised in Ngu Chi Son commune (Sa Pa, Lao Cai). This area has an altitude of over 1,500m and is quite cold. Mr. Tran Chung Hung, owner of Song Nhi restaurant system and also the owner of a salmon farm, said that, except for the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, Sa Pa salmon is always a priority for diners to choose dishes in the meal. . Therefore, the salmon farmers here do not worry about the output. There was a time when the farmed salmon in Sa Pa was not enough to sell, so the income for cold-water fish farmers was quite good. However, this does not mean that the price of Sa Pa salmon is pushed up, but mainly sold to get quantity and income from wages for serving and processing...

 

Thuc Mai salmon farm in Can Ho Mong village, Ngu Chi Son commune (Sa Pa, Lao Cai) is one of the first farms in Sa Pa to standardize the process of raising and processing salmon into packaged products. Tourists can buy these as gifts, and take them to many places in the country. This also helps Sa Pa salmon to open a new direction instead of just being used to process dishes at eateries and restaurants...

 

Whole smoked salmon, sliced salmon, salmon fillet, and trout... of Thuc Mai salmon farm are products with 3 OCOP stars of Lao Cai province. To do this, the farm owner has applied salmon farming according to VietGAP standards; Farming establishments also actively send samples for analysis, quality assessment and announcement of nutritional indicators of products. When Sa Pa salmon products get OCOP certification, consumers feel more secure and confident about the quality, especially the issue of food safety is currently being concerned by society.

 

Le Trung Thuc, owner of Thuc Mai salmon farm, said that when raising cold-water fish, we apply high technology, import seeds from the Institute of Cold Water Fisheries and the food source is also standard, selected and purchased by businesses. has a reputation for the stable quality of salmon, ensuring standards.

 

Thuc Mai salmon farm is one of the first 7 cold-water fish farming establishments in Lao Cai to actively invite experts to analyze and assess the environment, meeting all the standards to be recognized for the farming process according to VietGAP standards.

 

The most important thing in salmon farming is to keep the water clean, periodically prevent fish diseases by bathing in dilute saltwater, so that the salmon products will meet the standards. In the coming time, we will strive to develop more salmon-related products such as braised salmon with shrimp that can be eaten all year round, said Mr. Le Trung Thuc. 

 

"Salmon is collected once a year, if you don't, you will have eggs and meat that won't taste good. The color is not suitable for salads. Therefore, when processing salmon products, you must choose the right time and choose the right way. processed to suit each market time. For example, salmon sausage is suitable for the elderly and children, so the farm produces more salmon cartilage products suitable for young consumers," said Mr. Thuc Mai. added.  

 

Currently, each year, this farm supplies hundreds of tons of commercial salmon to the market. In addition to salmon consumed in Sa Pa, salmon processed to supply to consumers through retail channels, sold at supermarkets accounts for about 50% of farm-raised salmon. 

 

In the locality, the Economic Department of Sa Pa town is the state management agency that directly supervises, inspects and evaluates periodically or irregularly in order to help salmon farms maintain their prestige in the market. 

 

"Thuc Mai salmon facility is currently being rated as 3 stars, we plan to upgrade. Since this is Sa Pa's main product and strives to improve salmon products in the coming years", Ms. Tran Thi Lan Huong, Deputy Head of the Economic Department of Sa Pa town said.

 

 

Lao Cai is a province with the advantage of developing cold-water fish farming. With a spring water system with a low temperature of 8-20 degrees Celsius, if properly put into use for salmon and sturgeon farming, the ability to achieve very high efficiency, especially in Sa Pa, Bat Xat, Bac Ha...

 

The cold-water fish farming contributes to economic development, creates new production models, new farming subjects, diversifies products and contributes to job creation for a part of the population, especially those in the region. deep-lying, remote and ethnic minority areas.

 

Therefore, the management and use of water resources have been concerned by specialized agencies and the People's Committees of districts and cities, propagating and guiding to establishments and production households to use safe water. meet the requirements of economic development and living in the community. Coldwater aquaculture facilities are currently using water sources from streams in the area in common with other economic fields such as rice production, crops, etc.

 

According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lao Cai province, cold-water fish farming establishments with a discharge volume of less than 10,000m3 according to regulations do not have to prepare an environmental protection plan and do not have to apply for a permit to discharge wastewater into water sources.

 

However, to ensure proper water management and use, it is still necessary to strictly manage water resources in cold water fish farming, to overcome wasteful use of water resources. Thereby, forming a sense of considering water resources as commodities, users have to pay fees, water resources are resources for development.

 

In order to continue to improve the efficiency of water resource management and ensure sustainable development, it is necessary to continue promoting the propaganda, dissemination and mastery of the provisions of the law on the use of water resources, improving Raise awareness and responsibility in protecting water resources, preventing and combating pollution, degradation and depletion of water resources...

Encourage projects to apply scientific advances in the production process, using a circulating water purification system to reuse water resources. Research, supplement and perfect the system of policies, laws and mechanisms for appropriate management, use and protection of water resources to avoid water source disputes... thereby ensuring water sources for fish development. sustainable cold water.