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"100 million tons of Antarctic krill is a gold mine at sea."
Antarctic krill is known as the "gold mine of the sea", which contains huge economic value, and its value is far more than "100 million tons" can be measured.
How will the benefits of the fluorescent organs of Antarctic krill and the huge size of Antarctic krill in the waters near Antarctica be distributed?
Why is China the biggest beneficiary?
1. The characteristics of the peculiar Antarctic krill.
A small bright red creature that looks particularly strange when looking up in the depths of the ocean, this animal is called "Antarctic krill".
The special feature of Antarctic krill is that it has two pairs of eyes about 1 cm in size, and if you look closely, you will notice that the eyes of Antarctic krill have a soft blue sheen from time to time.
The source of this blue light is the fluorescent organ of Antarctic krill, which can emit strong light, and this strong light has no effect on the survival of krill itself, but it has a great deterrent effect on krill predators and can scare predators away.
Therefore, when krill are frightened or want to mate with other krill, they will open the fluorescent organs to appear particularly dazzling, so as to achieve the purpose of covering themselves.
Some scholars believe that the existence of these fluorescent organs may be related to the environment in which Antarctic krill live, after all, the environment of Antarctica is very dark, but Antarctic krill live in a dark environment, and this fluorescent organ can also be said to be a kind of evolution, which is to make Antarctic krill adapt to the dark environment.
There is also an opinion that the fluorescent organs of Antarctic krill are only a behavior related to survival and mating, and its fluorescent organs may have deeper reasons and meanings, and this organism is still worth studying.
2. Antarctic krill population and distribution.
Antarctic krill is mainly distributed in the sea near Antarctica, and Antarctic krill is also suitable for living in shallow seas, so in the distribution of Antarctic krill, most of the Antarctic krill are inhabited in a depth of several hundred meters, and Antarctic krill is also a huge number of large-scale breeding organisms.
In the waters near Antarctica, the number of Antarctic krill can be said to be very large, the number of Antarctic krill can reach half of the total number of all organisms in the entire sea near Antarctica, and the number of Antarctic krill is still growing.
Never before in the world has an animal with such a large range and number of movements, and their numbers are constantly growing.
There are up to 1 billion tons near Antarctica.
3. Nutritional value of Antarctic krill.
Antarctic krill has a very high nutritional value in eating, Antarctic krill is rich in protein and minerals, and the meat of Antarctic krill itself is very full, even when cooked, the meat of Antarctic krill is full, not so hollow.
Therefore, Antarctic krill can be said to be very delicious in terms of eating, and Antarctic krill also contains a kind of chitin, which is very beneficial to human health.
The chitin of Antarctic krill can clean the intestines of the human body, which can effectively reduce the cholesterol of the human body, and at the same time, the chitin can also protect the liver of the human body from being invaded by various harmful substances.
At the same time, the nutritional value of Antarctic krill is also reflected in the fat content, the fat content of this animal is very low, and the muscle content is very high, everyone can not worry about eating this animal because of excessive fat intake and affect health.
4. Utilization of Antarctic krill resources between countries.
Before 1989, Antarctic krill resources coexisted peacefully around the world for decades, and almost every country would not monopolize this resource, because the glaciers near Antarctica and the harsh climate have also become the reasons why countries are reluctant to go to Antarctic krill.
In addition, the Soviet Union has developed Antarctic krill resources, but the Soviet Union has only made a rough statistics on the scale of Antarctic krill resources and made an estimate of Antarctic krill resources, so the Soviet Union's development of Antarctic krill resources is very limited.
It was not until 1989 that the resources of Antarctic krill were exploited by various countries, because Antarctic krill is a very important marine resource, so various countries have also seriously developed and researched the resources of Antarctic krill.
Soon after, Japan established an Antarctic krill fishing base in the waters off Antarctica, dedicated to Antarctic krill fishing.
And Japan in the Antarctic krill fishing at the same time, but also found a higher economic value of the organism, this creature is a kind of Antarctic krill, called "white shrimp", the size of white shrimp is much smaller than Antarctic krill, but the nutritional value of white shrimp is higher.
Therefore, Japan has also conducted research on white shrimp in the waters near Antarctica, and found that the number of white shrimp is also very large, so it can be said that Japan is at the forefront of the world in the development of Antarctic krill resources.
After Japan, Norway and the United States have also developed Antarctic krill resources, but the United States and Norway have only conducted a detailed investigation on Antarctic krill resources, and the development of Antarctic krill resources is not very in-depth.
And in 1956, Russia also carried out a large number of Antarctic krill fishing in the waters near Antarctica, but in the process of fishing, Russia found that the number of Antarctic krill is too large to count, so in the process of fishing, the fishing boat will be full, so Russia also found in the process of fishing Antarctic krill that the number of Antarctic krill is very large, but after that, Russia also explored the resource development of Antarctic krill, but after the establishment of large fishing boats, Antarctic krill resources were fished, but in the process of fishing, Russia found that the number of Antarctic krill was decreasing, so Russia also stopped the development of Antarctic krill resources.
China has also developed Antarctic krill resources after 2010, but China is very cautious about the development of Antarctic krill resources, and will not overexploit Antarctic krill resources, and will conduct regular surveys and development of Antarctic krill resources to ensure that Antarctic krill resources can be used sustainably.
5. China's use of Antarctic krill.
As mentioned above, China is the main exporter of Antarctic krill, so China is very aware of the amount and resources of Antarctic krill, but it is also very cautious in the process of exploiting Antarctic krill resources.
As a very important marine resource, Antarctic krill will also take into account the local ecological balance and environmental protection issues in the development process, so China is also very cautious about the development of Antarctic krill resources, and will not overexploit the resources of Antarctic krill.
At the same time, China will also formulate a very strict environmental protection policy to strictly restrict and supervise the development of Antarctic krill resources to ensure the sustainable use of Antarctic krill resources.
epilogue
Antarctic krill is known as the "gold mine of the sea" for good reason, the number of animals is very rare, and the nutritional value of Antarctic krill is very high, making it a very important marine resource.
However, with the development of Antarctic krill resources, the issue of environmental protection and sustainability will become more important, so various countries will also study and discuss it.