Tan Phu: fishing by float ponds

Mr. Bui Quang Hoa-Phuong Lam village 2 and Mr. Dang Van Quy- Phuong Mai village 2 are people who trigger the model of fishing float ponds on the ground. In the middle of 2006, after reading of model of raising eels by canvas, so they had been urged to study, when returning Mr. Hoa implemented test eel breeding. However, that turn had not been succeeded due to weak breeds. Then, the two men discussed together to improve their ponds for fishing. When the ponds had been finished, Mr. Hoa bought anabas to breed and Mr. Quy also makes a similar pond to breed mixed catfish. Mr. Hoa said “We discussed to breed 2 kind of fish to compare, because these ponds have been made by nylon canvas, so it fits to this kind, but doesn’t to that kind. The result shows that this pond is not suitable to breed anabas, but to breed mixed catfish. 

Called by float pond on the ground because it has been made to major water contained in the ground, the pond is very simple that only need a free terrace and dig down to 30 cm, then spread down a nylon canvas. Around the pond’s edge is driven in 1 meter bamboo or wooden stakes, after that tie canvas’s edge to stakes. At the bottom of the pond is a layer of 10 cm mud and overflow from 60-80 cm, above is water hyacinth to reduce water’s hot degree and clean pond’s water.

Mr. Quy said, some places are so rocky that can not dig down, so it only needs to level the terrace and finds rocks to make squares with a wide or narrow range depending on self. Rocks have been heightened to 30 cm, later also driving in stakes surrounding and spreading canvas, it is not necessary to dig down. Mr Quy’s pond is wide over 20 square meter of water surface with only 120 thousand VND of expenses. Until now, more than 8 months, Mr. Quy has been bred 3 turns of mixed catfish. Each turn after 2 month of breeding, he gets 500 thousand of profits.

The model of “fishing shallow ponds” has been learned by many Tan Phu locals. At Thanh Tho village 2, after visiting this model, Mr. Tran Viet Hoa appreciates and transfers his rows of pigsty to fishing ponds. Mr. Tho said such fishing is very simple, and calculated to get quite high profits and utilize every terrain.

Mr. Dang Van Quy next to his pond

(Translated by THKC)