After people's living standards have improved, all kinds of aquatic products have also been served on the people's tables, like fish that have not been seen before, and now they can spend money to buy, and today, with developed logistics, whether in the south or in the north, you can eat aquatic products from afar. In fact, when it comes to fish, some people will think that it is better than meat, mainly because of its high nutritional value, and it will not produce higher fat and calories.
In some aquatic markets, in addition to the more common crucian carp or grass carp, you can also see some rare fish, in inland cities, will be transported from the coastal areas to sell, a wide variety of varieties, can be for different consumer groups to choose. For example, the mudskipper sold in the market is a relatively rare species, although it is not large, but the price is much higher than that of ordinary fish.
Speaking of mudskippers, everyone may not have heard of this name, if you talk about jumping fish, you may know. It is an ancient fish that has evolved relatively low, and in coastal areas, farmers also call it Flower Jump. The biggest feature is that you can live in the water, you can also jump, a bit like a frog, when you go to catch, the difficulty is still a bit big. It generally lives on the beach by the sea, hiding in mud or stone crevices, in the past, in the coastal areas, there were many people to catch wild mudskippers, hiding in the mud is difficult to find if you do not move. Due to the increasing number of people caught, there are fewer and fewer mudskippers around the sea, and the surrounding farmers spend a day to catch 3 to 5 pounds of luck.
In the Xiapu area of Fujian Province, which is close to the sea and has abundant water resources, local farmers have seen the business opportunities of mudskippers and carried out breeding projects, which have created good benefits in the past few years. At that time, in the market can sell 50 ~ 60 yuan a catty, casually use purse seine breeding more than 10 acres, according to the price of 60 yuan a catty last year, even if the output is only 200 pounds, a year can also earn more than 100,000 yuan.
Although mudskippers can make money, farmers are also very hard, because it will make holes in the mud, it is easy to escape from the ground to escape from the purse seine to cause losses, often check whether the fence is damaged, but also replace regularly, it is a very troublesome thing. In addition, although the mudskipper has a gills and can live in the water, it can also jump out of the water and survive in the silt for a long time, which also makes it difficult for farmers to catch. Every time it is the fishing season, the amount of fishing is not much, and it is very hard to dig a hole in the soil, and the farmers have to pay for help.
This summer, it is the season of mudskipper fishing, local farmers are also busy fishing, some farmers said that due to the overall market situation of aquatic products this year, the price of mudskippers has also been greatly affected. A few years ago, it could sell for 60 yuan a catty in the market, and now the local fishing has been listed for 200,000 catties, but the price is only 38 yuan a catty, which has fallen sharply. Farmers also shouted that they could not bear it, at the current price, selling a pound will lose 5 yuan, and they will not dare to raise it again next year.
Today, the price of mudskipper fish has dropped a lot compared with the pre-menstrual period, but many consumers say that they still can't afford to eat it. Because of this year's poor income, consumers have also been moderate in spending money and are more willing to buy some low-priced fish to eat. Like the high-priced mudskipper, it can only rely on the consumption of the catering industry to drive sales.
For the mudskipper fish a pound a year ago 60 yuan, now a pound loss of 5 yuan, farmers can not bear, but consumers say can not afford to eat, what do you think? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.