Wangjiangjing Town is located in the heart of the Hangjiahu Plain, the main road from northern Zhejiang to southern Jiangsu, and is within an hour's drive from Jiangsu, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
With a superior geographical environment, rich river resources, and a mild and humid climate, it is a typical "land of plenty" in the south of the Yangtze River.
The town has a total area of ??127 square kilometers, including 6,735 hectares of cultivated land, and a total population of 80,000.
The town's aquaculture area is 3,080 hectares. In 2006, the town's total freshwater fish output was 10,700 tons, with an output value of 142 million yuan; aquatic products were deeply processed to 550 tons, adding more than 16 million yuan in added value.
The fishery output value accounts for 54% of the fishery output value of Xiuzhou District. It is an important fishery town in Xiuzhou District. In 2001, it was named the "Hometown of Black Carp" by the Provincial Ocean and Fisheries Bureau.
Wangjiangjing Town, the "hometown of herring", has a herring breeding base of more than 10,000 acres, with an annual supply of more than 3,000 groups of herring and other original species, nearly 5,000 tons of pollution-free herring, 600 tons of herring products, and an output value of more than 80 million yuan.
Herring and its complete industrial chain have become a highlight of Wangjiangjing Town's fishery, with its scale, output and industrialization level ranking among the top in the province.
The fishery production in Wangjiangjing Town has a high degree of agglomeration and a large scale, and has formed a leading industrial chain.
The town has initially formed a one-stop industrial development pattern of production, supply and marketing, and has strengthened the programming of variety breeding, breeding technology, and supply and marketing services.
The town attaches great importance to the brand marketing strategy of agricultural products. Well-known brands such as "Jiahechiqing" dried herring and "Natural Dang" soft-shelled turtles have certain influence in Zhejiang Province and Jiaxing City.
It has built 1 national-level original breeding farm for the four major fish species in the Yangtze River, 1 provincial-level herring breeding farm, 1 provincial-level pollution-free herring standardized breeding demonstration base (270 hectares), 1 provincial-level recreational fishery base, and provincial-level agricultural science and technology
There is 1 large-scale enterprise; 3 municipal-level leading fishery-related agricultural enterprises, and 1 district-level leading fishery-related agricultural enterprise. Three of them have passed ISO9001:2000 quality system certification.
4 farmers' professional cooperatives have been established, including 1 provincial and municipal demonstration professional cooperative; 4 pollution-free aquatic product production bases have been certified, 4 aquatic products have passed pollution-free agricultural product certification, 9 registered trademarks have been created, and provincial famous trademarks have been created
1, 2 city famous trademarks, 2 city famous brand products, "Jiahechi Qing" herring and herring products have been registered and protected as origin marks.
In 2005, the Jiaxing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce recognized Wangjiangjing Town as the “Professional Trademark and Brand Base for Aquatic Products”.
The development of the aquaculture industry in Wangjiangjing Town is indeed eye-catching, ranking among the top in the province in terms of breeding area, varieties and output.
The total area of ??aquaculture in the town is 46,200 acres, including 9,688 acres of intensive fish ponds (the fishery base is mainly green and crucian carp); 10,135 acres of inner pond culture (fish ponds excavated in paddy fields are mainly used to breed famous, special and high-quality new aquatic products);
There are 26,377 acres of Waidang culture (cage culture is mainly based on the four major species of fish, and large water surface culture is mainly pearls).
In 2006, the output of various aquatic products was relatively high, including 4029 tons of black carp, 1350 tons of crucian carp, 1980 tons of silver carp, 992 tons of bighead carp, 750 tons of vannamei shrimp, 370 tons of grass carp, 156 tons of bream, 95 tons of green shrimp, and mandarin fish.
There are 62 tons of fish, 48 tons of soft-shell turtles, 47.6 tons of bream, 46 tons of pearls, 25 tons of sea bass, 750 tons of other fish, and 10,000 ornamental fish.
In 2006, the per capita income of farmers in the town was 7,713 yuan, an increase of 8.1% year-on-year; the per capita income of farmers engaged in fishery was 9,285 yuan, an increase of 815 yuan, or 9.6% over 2004.
Wangjiangjing Town, Xiuzhou District, the "Hometown of Herring" welcomes people from all walks of life to visit.