Recently, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice to solicit public opinions on the "Directory of Wild Animals under National Key Protection (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)". Sharp-eyed people found that the "snail" was included in the list of national second-level protected animals. This makes foodies not calm - Guangxi people with a long history of eating snails, can they still happily pick snails in the future? What about the snail powder that is selling more and more hot at present? With everyone's questions, Xiaobian interviewed relevant experts.
market:
Field snails sell large quantities
Buyers are mainly powder shops and supper stalls
In Guangxi, there are two main types of freshwater snails that people often eat: field snails and stone snails; in some places, they are collectively referred to as snails. It is understood that field snails and stone snails are both Guangxi food materials, and the daily consumption is huge.
On the afternoon of June 23, Xiaobian saw in the snail sales area of the Tancun Farmers' Market in Nanning City that vendors were working hard to clean the basin of freshwater snails, and some people skillfully put the snails on the machine. In the meantime, from time to time, the owner of the supper shop came to buy.
For the vendors who deal with snails every day, they are very concerned about the news that the "snails" circulating on the Internet have been included in the "List of Wild Animals under National Key Protection (Draft for Comments)". Hearing the interview with the editor, a stall owner stopped the net sieve in his hand and asked: "Do you really want to protect it?" But in a few years it will grow everywhere. Another vendor subconsciously asked, "What about snail powder?" Guangxi people love to eat snails so much! ”
Some vendors said that although they only have five or six stalls, they retail nearly 1,000 kilograms of field snails and stone snails every day, and the buyers are mainly snail powder shops and supper stalls. Local goods are not enough to sell, and they have to be purchased from Hunan, Hubei and other places, and many foreign goods are said to be wild.
A snail-loving "foodie" said that he also saw the information said on the Internet, but he always felt that it was not very true. After all, field snails and stone snails are easy to grow, and they can be seen everywhere in village ponds and ditches.
expert:
Snails to be listed for protection
It's not the same as the snails we often eat
With many questions, Xiaobian dialed the phone number of the Guangxi Aquatic Wildlife Rescue Center.
"This 'snail' is not the 'snail' we often eat, but a unique animal." Wang Dapeng, an associate researcher at the center, explained that what we usually call "snail" is a common name, not an accurate scientific name. The freshwater snails that we usually eat mainly include "Chinese round field snail" and "Chinese round field snail", which is relatively large, is a field snail family, round field snail animals; there is also a kind of "ring snail" that is commonly known as stone snail and snail, generally the size of the index finger, and the surface has a clearly visible ring ridge pattern, which is the field snail family, the ring snail genus.
The "snails" to be included in the list of protection, latin name Margarya melanioides, are a genus of snails in the family Tian Snail family, mainly growing in Yunnan Province. Different "snails", their Latin literary names are different, just like the id number of animals, so that people can identify its "real body" from many "snails" at a glance.
He said that there is only one kind of freshwater snail listed for protection in Guangxi , the Red River Warty Snail, which grows mainly in the Red Water River and is now difficult to see. The freshwater snail that needs to be vigorously eliminated and controlled is the famous Fushou snail, which reproduces quickly and eats grass seedlings; the Chinese round field snail, the Chinese round field snail, and the ring snail are all animals that reproduce relatively quickly, and like to grow in freshwater lakes, rivers, ponds, ditches or paddy fields.
Now, snails have difficulty surviving in rice paddies because of the use of pesticides, but they also grow rapidly in other types of habitats. "Chinese round field snail, Chinese round field snail, ring snail, will not be listed in the national second-level key protected animal list, everyone can eat with confidence!" Wang Dapeng said.
Liuzhou:
Vigorously develop snail culture
Stabilizing the "feeding" of snail powder
The liuzhou snail powder that is red all over the country, the snail used is mainly a ring snail. Although the snail grows rapidly, the demand for snails in the snail powder industry is also increasing rapidly. It is estimated that by 2022, the snail powder industry in Liuzhou City plus the snail raw materials required for other snail delicacies will reach 40,000 tons.
On the 24th, the person in charge of the Fishery and Fishery Administration Section of the Liuzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs told the editor that the snail powder used in Liuzhou mainly relies on artificial fishing in natural waters and supply from other provinces. Liuzhou needs a large and stable source of supply, so in recent years, it has vigorously developed the snail breeding industry. Up to now, the city's snail farming area has been about 46,000 mu. The farmed snails are mainly field snails, and the proportion of stone snails is relatively small because of the high cost of breeding.
The above picture sources are CCTV4 "Gourmet China", picture scroll Liuzhou
Xiaobian learned that in January 2019, Liuzhou City launched a project to study the key technologies of Liuzhou snail breeding series for 4 years, so that farmed snails can replace wild snails and enter the Liuzhou snail powder industry.
The person in charge of a snail powder enterprise in Liuzhou told Xiaobian that their company's annual output value exceeded 200 million yuan, and the snails used were mainly purchased from the market, and most of the stone snails sold in the market were non-farmed. If the stone snail can achieve large-scale aquaculture supply, it will strongly support the development and growth of the snail and snail powder industry in Liuzhou.
I can continue to eat snail powder, and I am relieved.
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