Don’t you have to eat 100% “Tongshi oysters” in Dongshi? One reason oyster farming helps peony move

 7:43am, 11 July 2025
The food you should know

Most cities in Taiwan's Ben Island and the western coastal counties in the island of Taiwan have marina industries. Due to weather conditions, oyster farms can be moved from cloud forest to Tainan for breeding, in order to make marina grow bigger and sell good prices. However, Chiayi Dongshi is still the most well-known place of origin. Whether it is moved from other places to Dongshi or other areas in the non-productive season, the name "Tongshi Oyster" is usually given.

The coastal county markets in Taiwan that mainly breed marina in Taiwan are located in Yunlin, Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, Penghu and Lianjiang County. The marina production industry in this island is due to seasonal factors. From the post-agricultural calendar to the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, artificial skewers provide artificial affixed seedlings, medium oysters and oysters, etc., and human needs are developed in various industries and labor requirements, such as artificial skewers, including artificial affixed seedlings, medium oysters and oysters, for example, and other production stages and manpower needs. Therefore, there are almost all kinds of marina to eat almost all year round.

Domestic marina from artificial affixed seedlings to cultivation. With the seasonal style, most marina has the industry characteristics of "moving"

"Everyone talks about Dongshi oysters, which have been breeding from Tainan, Yunlin and Changhua, but the main production area is considered to be in Dongshi in Chiayi." Chen Zhejun, an associate researcher in the Department of Aquatic Biology, School of Life Sciences, National Chiayi University, explained that marina is breeding in the seawater along the coast of the land by hanging, hanging, floating raft and other facilities and methods, depending on the growth level to the harvest, so there is a special industry chain and marketing model of "oyster moving".

Chen Zhejun said that in the early years, Pingtung County Linbian Township, there was a intensive oyster-raising industry, but it has not yet fallen. Therefore, the southwest coastal area started from Tainan and grew from mid-to-late February to May, but from June to October, the weather will be restricted first and the sea conditions are not suitable. Therefore, from July to September, the marigolds from Dongshi and cloth bags in Chiayi County will be on the scene, but in October, the northeastern season will be welcomed. The sea conditions are poor and the temperature is lower. The meat will become thinner and smaller, the weight will be reduced, and the price will not be good. Local oyster farms that focus on commercial reputation and income will be sold out in September.

Good water quality! It makes "Tongshi Oyster" more famous than other sources

Therefore, from July to around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was the busiest and hottest time in Dongshi Township, Chiayi County. In recent years, Dongshi's restaurants have introduced the eye-catching strategy of eating Dongshi oysters, which will promote the summer vacation to travelers to go to Dongshi to taste the food.

Chen Hongkong, a member of the Chiayi District Promotion Department, believes that one of the reasons why Dongshi oysters are popular is that the breeding environment of Dongshi Oysters has not yet had large-scale scientific and technological factories and discharged water. Therefore, the water quality creates a difference in flavor and meat quality. The local self-produced and self-selling oyster farms are also proud of the excellent water environment. In addition, many marketers and oyster cutters are concentrated in Dongshi, which attracts foreign oyster farms to process and sell them to Dongshi, thus making "Tongshi Oysters" a brand impression of high-quality oysters.

It is obviously not the Dongshi Oyster Season, but is it still marked as the "Dongshi Oyster"?

However, due to the industrial characteristics, you may not necessarily eat 100% Dongshi oyster in Dongshi, but you may also eat rosy in Tainan or Changhua, but they are all called "Tongshi oyster". Moreover, Dongshi Muli will lose production after September, but the muli in the snack business in various places will be called from Dongshi.

Chen Zhejun said that although Tainan began to breed and harvest around February, some Tainan oyster farms bought Chinese oysters from Chiayi before October and moved to Tainan for breeding. When the Dongshi oyster production period ended, it was about December. After the winter began, the marigold products from various places were still often marked from Dongshi.

You can grow up by soaking in the sea! Taiwan's marina industry is a food-filled organism that relies on the algae and organic quality of seawater. Oyster farming does not require feeding or feeding. Oyster farmer Ding Jian, who is located in Yunlin, also told Food Power that in addition to the maintenance and solidification of facilities, the marigold itself has no pollution to seawater and has a carbon-fixing effect.

Ding Jianjia said, "Taiwan climate affects the breeding of oysters, so as the seawater temperature becomes colder according to the season, it will travel from the north to the south to sell breeding. Tainan is also regulated to place oyster stands in the sea outside the sea in October. Therefore, around September, Yunlin Taixi, which specializes in artificial affixed seedlings, will be sold to Chiayi to grow into medium oysters, and then go to Tainan twice to raise fertilizer. Originally, a small size of medium oysters brought about 150 kilograms of about 1,000 yuan. If you send it to Tainan, you can increase the yield to at least 3,000 yuan."

Ding Jianjia said that in the past, if the market was short, the oysters on the island could also be fully air-saving. Therefore, Taiwan has almost had oysters and professional division of labor characteristics in the four seasons of the year. What made him feel helpless is that in recent years, the marigold industry has become arbitrary for the marketers to order prices casually, resulting in profit gaps and affecting the oyster farming income. However, the income of the elderly who have almost never had young oyster farming and the shortage of manpower was affected and they would only give up. The oyster shed oyster stand is actually an important artificial fish reef, which will affect both the ecology and the coastline.

Improve the working environment and local scenery Establish the brand identity of "Tongshi Oyster" and the market area separation

. Regarding the development of the "moving" model of the maturity of the 24-day development of the maturity of the Chinese government, Zhang Jiancheng, head of the Chiayi County Government, said that Chiayi County is the location of the Yunjianan Aquatic Region. In 2022, it will establish the first legal maturity storage site in Dongshi to improve the environmental problems caused by the arbitrary stacking of oyster shells in 50 years, and also recycle maturity as a raw material for biotechnology research and development..

Considering population aging and long-term sitting on a low stool due to stools, which is not conducive to the health of those who are young, Chiayi Dongshi also began to encourage oyster farms to establish indoor oyster farms, work in certain heights and fast spaces, and improve hygiene conditions. At the same time, it has also begun to promote the water product traceability system, actively expose producer information, enhance consumers' sense of confidence in local oyster farms, and establish brand identity and market separation from self-produced Dongshi Oyster Farms.