As the saying goes: things are more expensive than rare! For example, abalone used to be a valuable ingredient, and ordinary people only heard its sound, but did not see it! But now with the improvement of breeding technology, the price of abalone is falling. Take the old market price here, a good size of live abalone, five or six dollars can be bought!
However, what I want to share with you today is that there is such a delicacy, obviously flooded, but it is still sold by thieves, it is king crab! I believe that friends who know a little about the market know that the cheapest price of a king crab has to start from five or six hundred yuan, and the expensive one can sell for two or three thousand yuan!
However, according to normal thinking, if you analyze it, the king crab sold so expensive should be that the species is very scarce, but the truth is just the opposite!
Swept across Europe and invaded Antarctica
King crabs originally originated in russia's Bering Sea, but in the last century, in order to ease the seafood supply in Moscow and surrounding cities, thousands of king crabs were imported from the Bering Sea and farmed in the Barents Sea of the Arctic Ocean! And it is this artificial breeding that lays the groundwork for the future of king crabs to sweep across Europe and invade Antarctica!
Due to the fact that in the process of breeding, several king crabs ran out of the cage, and as a result, with their hard shell, oversized crab claws, and non-picky eating characteristics, they soon became popular in the Barents Sea. In particular, the water temperature in this area is very suitable for king crabs, and there are no natural enemies, and more importantly, the food here is extremely abundant!
Secondly, the reproductive ability of king crabs is superb! Generally, an adult female king crab can give birth to tens of thousands of small king crabs at a time! Although king crabs only lay eggs every 4 years, king crabs live for more than 30 years! A female king crab from adulthood to the end of life, can give birth to nearly 80,000 small king crabs, this reproductive ability is not very strong!
With the warming of global temperatures, coupled with the fact that the waters of Europe are already the domain of king crabs, scientists have discovered king crabs in Antarctica as early as the beginning of the twenty-first century. And after so many years of breeding, coupled with the more abundant food in Antarctica, king crabs are really spreading with joy, and it is said that there were millions of them in Antarctica ten years ago! And now, it is estimated that there are millions of king crabs at the lowest!
So the question is, why does the old saying that things are scarce and expensive not work in king crabs? After all, this stuff is too much, and it is so expensive to sell, which is unreasonable! Old Yu summed up the 4 reasons, the following to tell you, you see what I said is right!
1. Caused by regulations
It is reasonable to say that there are so many king crabs that they can't eat them all, and the meat is also delicious, so it can't be made! However, if you are old enough to give an example, you will know why king crab is expensive! Take Norway, for example, they are limited fishing, that is, only people with certificates can go to the sea to catch king crabs, and there are only 200 people in the whole of Norway who hold certificates, think about it, the seabed is tens of millions of king crabs, so how many people can catch?
Second, caused by the environment
King crabs are deep-sea seafood and can live under the seabed at a depth of 850 meters, which is very difficult for fishing! If it is only depth, for us humans, we can also use equipment to solve!
But as we all know, the king crab lives in cold seas all year round, and the suitable fishing period in a year is only two months at most, coupled with the quota of licensed fishing, it can be said that at this stage of fishing, it is far from reaching its breeding speed!
But it is also because of the harsh fishing environment, resulting in a large expenditure of various costs, especially labor costs, after all, in the deep sea operations, but also fishing this fierce crustacean seafood, so this is also the main reason for the high price of king crab!
Conclusion:
Nowadays, king crabs are flooded, and it can be said that every time you eat an king crab, you are saving the underwater world! In particular, the King Crab in Antarctica has no one to catch, no natural enemies, and there is a lot of food, and the breeding rate is extremely fast! So, if we continue to maintain that quota of fishing, or deliberately maintain hunger marketing, then it must be us humans who will be hurt!
The above is what I shared with you today, ask my friends, what do you think about this? Feel free to express your opinion in the comments section! Finally, thank you for watching, thank you!