1983: Starting Out as a Big-Time Aquaculturist on a Small Island

[A novel about aquaculture in the early 1980s: first kelp and oysters, then eel fry and mud crabs...]

Back on a small island in 1983, Li Duoyu risked his life to haul in a net of large yellow croaker. He thought he would make a fortune, but reality dealt him a face-slapping blow: in those days, large yellow croaker fetched only forty cents a pound.

But Li Duoyu also discovered that far from the coast, dried oysters, squid, kelp, and razor clams sold for astonishing prices. He was the first to start farming kelp, even though nobody else thought it would work. Then came oysters, eels, mud crabs... While everyone else was still risking their lives fishing through fierce winds and waves, Li Duoyu had already made a fortune. He even began exporting eels to an island nation... Next, he planned to raise abalone in the south and export dried abalone to Hong Kong.

The story is set in the 1980s. If you’re interested, come in and take a look. This is a small temple, so if it’s not your thing, don’t come in or leave negative comments. The author also states that the setting is entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, it might just be true.