Aquaculture flourished, and even during the Sui people began seeding Lake Tai with artificially bred predatory carp eggs; in the Tang, specialist fish fry hatcheries emerged.
隨著養殖業一日千里，隋朝時蘇州已出現人工孵化太湖白魚子，唐代從事苗種生產的魚戶便應運而生。