During the fishing moratorium, dragonhead fish are prohibited from fishing. However, according to the complaints of the public, the reporter recently found that some people in the "Shangnong Batch" market sold dragon head fish. Aquatic experts believe that the corresponding dragon head fish is suspected of poaching.
Citizens complained: "Shangnong Batch" sells fresh dragon head fish
Not long ago, citizen Xiao Jun (pseudonym) complained to the Xinmin Evening News Summer Hotline that fishmongers could be seen selling fresh dragon head fish every morning in the "Shangnong Approval". Dragon head fish, also known as the first fish, water babbling, tofu fish, dog mother fish, shrimp babbling, dragon head salmon, silk ding, nine-belly fish, distributed in china in the southern Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea estuary, as well as the southern and western waters of Taiwan, because the meat is tender, the meat is less thorny and soft, favored by some consumers.
Pictured: Someone in the "Shangnong Batch" market sells such a dragon head fish Luo Shuiyuan photo (the same below)
According to the relevant regulations, during the off-season fishing season, the fishing of dragon heads is prohibited from being fished, such as sea fish such as striped fish, large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, silver pomfret, mackerel, three-wart pike crab, shrimp and maggot.
According to Article 38 of the Fishery Law of the People's Republic of China, those who fish in violation of the provisions on the prohibited fishing areas and the fishing ban period shall confiscate the catch and the illegal gains and impose a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, confiscate the fishing gear and revoke the fishing license; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the fishing vessel may be confiscated; and if the crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
"Cangnan and Taizhou local drivers transported around 1:00 a.m., three or four stalls in the market are selling, you can see every day, generally from eight o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock in the morning, the drivers say that they pulled directly from the boat, fresh." Xiao Jun said that she often went to the "Shangnong Batch" to buy fish, and every time she went, she could see it, but after she reflected to the relevant departments, the relevant departments replied that when she went to check, she did not find the situation of selling and buying dragon head fish.
Xiao Jun analyzed that the relevant departments did not find the scene of selling and buying dragon head fish, which may be related to the uniforms worn by the relevant staff during inspection. It turned out that when she asked the dragon head fishmonger, the other party was "alert" and would put away the dragon head fish if there was a slight wind and grass movement.
On-site inspection: The fishmonger claims that the dragon head fish comes from farming
After receiving the complaint, the reporter recently came to the "Shangnong Approval". At about 9:00 a.m., in the Shangnong batch seafood wholesale area, it was found that a fishmonger was selling dragon head fish - a foam box, except for the water is fish, the fish surface is flooded, and the visual inspection does not look like frozen.
However, when the reporter asked if it was a "dragon head fish", the fishmonger's answer was "water babbling", and he stared at the reporter and did not speak much.
Pictured: The marked part is an empty box that once contained the dragon head fish
Soon after, when the reporter returned to the stall, the box of dragon head fish seen in front of him was gone. Coincidentally, at the request of another person, the stall owner turned to the truck behind the stall, removed a cardboard box from the trunk, which was nominally "dragon head fish", quickly opened it and quickly wrapped it, and then returned it to the truck compartment. When it was opened, the reporter noticed that the dragon head fish in the carton were frozen, and the size was almost twice the size of the dragon head fish in the foam box in the front.
And when the reporter came to the stall about half a year ago, there was another foam box in the same position on the stall, and the bottom of the box was crushed ice, and the dragon head fish were placed on the ice. The color is similar to the dragon head fish in the foam box in front.
Where did this box of dragon head fish come from? Fresh? The stall owner did not answer positively, only saying that this box of dragon head fish was farmed by himself, priced at 700 yuan, not for retail.
Pictured: This carton contains the dragon head fish as a frozen product
Aquatic experts: The dragon head fish is not farmed and is estimated to be poached
The reporter noted that above the carton nominally "dragon head fish", the company is "Zhejiang Hongxing Aquatic Products Co., Ltd." The scope of business shown by Tianyan check does not have a similar word for "aquaculture".
The reporter took pictures of the dragon head fish in the foam box she saw twice and passed it to Xiao Jun, and when she looked at it, she said that it was similar to what she had seen before, and it should be fresh. When the reporter showed the same photo to the three fishmongers in the seafood market, one person did not judge, and the other two said that it was "fresh goods" when they looked at it.
Aquatic expert Wang Decai said that the price of dragon head fish is generally not high, perishable, has no breeding value, and there are no farmers who specialize in this type of farming. Since these dragon head fish are too small to be caught with hooks like fish with fish, he believes that they can only be caught in nets. Since it is still in the off-season, Wang Decai estimated that these dragon head fish were poached.
From the foam box packaging of these dragon head fish, Wang Decai believes that it is impossible to produce from the East China Sea, because when fishing in the East Sea, the fish are packed in a plastic lattice, without foam boxes, "nine times out of ten it is from the South China Sea, the road is far, so the foam box plus crushed ice or dry ice."
A little different from what others have said, Wang Decai passed on photos through reporters, believing that the batch of dragon head fish is not fresh, "Generally fresh dragon head fish, the color is a little transparent, and should not be so red." ”
Another expert, who did not want to disclose the unit and name, also said that he had basically never heard of the cultivation of dragon head fish, and the expert suggested that the relevant departments could ask the fishmongers for a ticket to find out the true origin of these dragon head fish.
Xinmin Evening News reporter Luo Shuiyuan