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(CCTV Finance "First Time") In Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, in recent times, the price of freshwater fish has been rising continuously, and even grass carp has broken through the "ten yuan mark".
In the aquatic product sales area of a supermarket in Luzhou, the reporter learned that compared with the beginning of the year, the price of freshwater fish such as carp and grass carp has increased.
Citizens of Luzhou, Sichuan: Grass carp may be a little more expensive, eleven yuan a pound.
Zhang Wei, manager of a supermarket in Luzhou, Sichuan Province: The increase is almost 15 to 20 percent.
Merchants said that the high wholesale price directly led to the rise in retail prices. The reporter then went to an aquatic wholesale market in Luzhou City, where the price of almost all common freshwater fish is on the rise.
Zhang Jin, a merchant in the aquatic products trading area of a wholesale agricultural products market in Luzhou, Sichuan: The price of crucian carp has almost doubled.
Wang Zaiquan, a merchant in the aquatic products trading area of a certain agricultural products wholesale market in Luzhou, Sichuan Province: In previous years, the price was high for three or five days, and when it was out of stock, it was high, and this year's stability was high.
According to aquatic product wholesalers, in recent times, the price of freshwater fish is high and the number is relatively small, so that sales have also been affected.
Liu Danyi, manager of the market management department of a wholesale agricultural products market in Luzhou, Sichuan Province: The average sales volume has decreased by more than 20 percent, and 30,000 to 40,000 kilograms of fish are sold in a day.
So, what is causing the price of fish to rise?
Telephone interview Wang Zepei, head of the fishery and fishery administration section of the Luzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Province: During the epidemic in 2020, because consumption did not go up, the pond was stored, which disrupted the normal breeding cycle of some farmers. That's why there is a problem with the amount of culture this year. In addition, the price of fry is rising, as is the price of fish feed, which has contributed to the rise in the price of fresh water.
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(Edited by Gong Xinyu)