Fuyuan Salmon Breeding Area--Heilongjiang

Fuyuan county is located at the area where the Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers converge. This is the only release for the waterways of Jiamusi City and Heilongjiang Province, and allows the water to run into the sea. The port faces Russia (across the river). Further downstream one will find the Russian cities of Komsomolsk and Nikolayev.

Fuyuan County, located in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang province, sits in the most northeast corner of China, at the mouth of the confluence of Heilong river and Ussuri river, there has a water area of 30,000 ha, is the main salmon and salmon roe producing area in China, also the largest salmon fishery in China, has a good reputation of "hometown of Chinese salmon" in the world. Now, Fuyuan County has 7 large-scale fisheries, can catch about 1800 tons of salmons each year.

Salmon is a valuable commercial fish in Heilong river, each with 7 to 10 kilograms weight, tasty meat, very rich of nutrition. Its roe is more expensive, the size of each piece like a soybean, gold red and transparent, like a bead. According to experts studies, the protein contained in four roes is equivalent to an egg's, is an expensive delicacy on the state banquet. Every year has a lot of salmons export to the world.