Why is it so expensive? Is it really a bit "outrageous"? Indeed, seeing the news, it is estimated that many people are more surprised, a news about "an 8.7 catties of wild yellow croaker, sold for 68,800 yuan", has aroused a lot of heated discussions, this can be said to be a relatively rare thing.
Indeed, this fish can be called "top value", so what is it all about?
Is the big yellow croaker really so expensive? Let's explain in detail why the wild big yellow croaker is so expensive, and from the point of view of the discovery of the big yellow croaker, the population of the mainland is also quite a lot, so it must be reasonable to be able to buy such an expensive one, what is the factor, let's take a look at it step by step.
8.7 catties of wild yellow croaker sold for 68,800 yuan!
That's right, this thing is really not bragging, it's a matter of facts, this can be said to be the ceiling of the "fish world", according to the report, this happened in Wenzhou.
According to the report, the Wenzhou Longgang-registered fishing boat Zhelongyu 08818 caught a wild yellow croaker with a body length of about 90 centimeters and a weight of 8.7 kilograms when it was operating in a sea area in the East China Sea, and sold it for 68,800 yuan.
And publicly said that he has been engaged in fishing for 42 years, and he has never caught such a large yellow croaker for so many years - that is, the first time he encountered it in 42 years, and he was really excited to see such a large wild yellow croaker.
Therefore, in the end, it was sold for 68,800 yuan, which can be regarded as a "big profit".
However, there has been a lot of news about the capture of wild yellow croaker in Zhejiang over the years, and there are also many fishermen who are really "getting rich overnight", for example, in 2022, the fishing boat in Shipu, Xiangshan, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province caught nearly 5,000 catties of wild yellow croaker in the 165 sea area east of the Yangtze River estuary, 1,300 yuan/jin for more than one catty, 2,100 yuan/jin for more than two catties, and 2,900 yuan/jin for more than three catties.
At that time, the fishermen themselves said that they had been out to sea for 29 years, and this was the biggest harvest. In the end, this batch of wild large yellow croaker was bought by 4 wholesalers at an average price of more than 1,900 yuan per catty, with a turnover of 9.57 million yuan.
Therefore, it can be seen that there are still a lot of things about catching wild yellow croaker in Zhejiang, which are relatively typical examples. Of course, in 2023, there will also be such a situation, when a fishing boat from Longwan in Wenzhou caught a wild yellow croaker with a body length of 66 centimeters and a weight of 4.76 kilograms when operating in the waters near the mouth of the Oujiang River.
At that time, this large yellow croaker was sold for a high price of 18,000 yuan, and in the three months before and after, Longwan fishermen caught more than 3 catties of wild large yellow croaker three times, etc.
This shows that there are more wild yellow croakers in the mainland, but what many people see is that the price of wild large yellow croaker seems to have been mainly "expensive", and they have not seen how cheap they are, what is the situation?
Why is there more wild yellow croaker, but the price is still so expensive?
That's right, the big yellow croaker is a special fish, also known as "yellow croaker, yellow croaker, big fresh, cucumber" and so on, its body is extended and flattened, the scales of the lower part of the body often have 1 golden gland and are golden yellow, of course, the whole body of the fish is almost kept yellow, so there is no problem with calling the big yellow croaker.
It is mainly distributed in the northwest Pacific region, and is distributed along the coast of the mainland, among which there are more soft mud or sediment bottom sea areas that inhabit within 60 meters of water depth, like clusters, have a wide diet, and mainly feed on crustaceans such as shrimp and crabs and small fish.
However, the big yellow croaker is a precious, edible economic fish, its meat is fresh and tender, rich in protein, is a good fresh food, not only fresh sales, canning and processing into "melon fish" and "yellow croaker", but also can be comprehensively utilized. Therefore, human fishing for it can be said to be extremely serious, and it has quickly become a critically endangered species.
According to public information, historically, yellow croaker, cuttlefish and other fish were listed as one of China's four major marine fisheries, but problems such as large-scale fishing soon followed, resulting in a decrease in these fish.
In 1974, production reached more than 200,000 tons, but in 2000, the East China Sea produced only 9,035 tons, due to the decline of human resources due to large-scale fishing.
Therefore, its value has increased even more, so it is normal for the price to become higher, because it is less, and the value is high.
Therefore, the large yellow croaker is very popular, but it is relatively rare, as long as it is caught, it must be a "high price" transaction.
However, it is also true that there has been more wild yellow croaker in recent years, but the number has not yet reached the objective situation, so why has the wild yellow croaker increased?
In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the mainland has brought results to its protection and other issues, such as carrying out small-scale aquaculture and artificial breeding exploration, and gradually carrying out large yellow croaker breeding technology research, realizing the release of large yellow croaker, etc., strengthening the control of the fishing moratorium, etc., under multiple factors, let everyone see that the fishing of wild large yellow croaker is constantly improving.
Therefore, everyone has seen a lot of news about catching large yellow croaker. But relatively speaking, although there is a lot of news in this regard, the output still cannot meet the market demand.
Therefore, generally speaking, the price per kilogram of wild large yellow croaker can still be maintained at 2000 yuan to 6000 yuan, more than 1.5 kilograms of large yellow croaker can not be found, this time found an 8.7 kg wild large yellow croaker, the price must be much higher.
However, it is still important to emphasize that the capture needs to be measured
That's right, seeing that there are signs of recovery in the resources of large yellow croaker, it does not mean that you can fish at will, and you should also give the big yellow croaker some opportunities to "breathe", such as catching some small large yellow croaker, which can be released or something.
At the same time, strengthen the monitoring of wild large yellow croaker and other issues, do not after large-scale open fishing, and eventually push the wild large yellow croaker to the brink of extinction, that is really not there.
However, many people may say, aren't you just jealous of others?
There is absolutely no such meaning here, just look forward to reasonable fishing, after all, any kind of creature to completely restore to a stable situation, then this time cycle still exists, not to mention the protection level of wild large yellow croaker is still "critically endangered", so scientific and reasonable fishing, which is the foundation for maintaining biological development.