China's first swordfish has been on the market on 6 june this year, with retail prices rising by 10-20 per cent over the same period last year, at a peak of nearly five years, at a price of 2,000 yuan/screech for each of the 1. 5 and 1. 9 sizes, at a price of 3,200 yuan/screech for each of the 2. 2-2. 5 sizes, at a price of 3,400 yuan/screech for each of the 2. 5-32 sizes, and at a price of about $4,000 per screech for each of the sizes of the same sizes, and at a rate of more than 320,000 for the same period。
Wholesale analysis suggests that, influenced by the imminent listing of swordfish in the wildlife list and the possibility that the yangtze will be completely banned, as well as by the delay in the wholesale marketing of artisanal swordfish, the price and sale of swordfish this year is likely to be “final madness”。
It's a week late
The day the swordfish came on the market, when jiangyang and east's two major international swordfish wholesale markets were hot, and after 6 p. M., wholesalers opened their doors. Most of the swordfish imported from jiangyang and east's international fish market came from the country's largest swordfish wholesale market — the river-pave market — and a few from zang ming. Since it was the fishermen who had fished the previous day, the eastern international fish wholesalers had been admitted before the early hours of the following day, the fish from the stall had been laid on the ice, which was watery, fresh and brighter in sunlight。
Early in the morning, there were catering enterprises and kitchens, and the wholesalers issued almost the same prices。
Not knowing how to price it, not knowing what the buyer really thinks, and not being influenced by weather and fake swords, wholesalers are reluctant to take in early, which has caused a slight delay in the listing of swordfish this year, one week later than in the previous year, with no more than 200 pounds on the first day。
The wholesaler, mr. Chen, revealed that one of them had a shopkeeper who had been trying to “discover the road” a few days earlier, and had not sold any. Other wholesalers have seen this, and the new ideas have been shaky, and no one is selling swordfish. However, the time for listing was near, and after analysing the weather, catch and consumption needs, businesses eventually set the date for listing on 6 march。
Since the opening of the market, the international wholesalers in the east have been trying hard to get rid of the swordfish as soon as possible. Listen to the noise, a lot of people are looking at fresh swordfish and applauding it, “it's too expensive to eat.” and some old eaters are trying to figure it out. Is the swordfish worth more this year than last year? What is the quality of swordfish this year?
The old mr. Eater, who sat in front of the crowd, told reporters that he was 70 years old this year and that he had come to eastern international for swordfish almost every two years. “remember, it's been 50 years since the swordfish were eaten, and because of their price, i usually buy cheap ones, like a knife or two. This year's opening market is expensive and medium-size swordfish will sell more than $2,000
There's a lot of fake swords in the kitchen
“swordfish usually refers to the long river, and one of the reasons for this year's night market is because there are too many fake swords in the market.” boss li, who has been operating international aquaculture in the east for more than 10 years, has stated that this year has not been as bold as the other wholesalers, and many citizens are afraid to buy counterfeit fish because they are afraid to buy swordfish in the early market. Because it's expensive, if it's a fake sword, it's no one wants it。
The day before yesterday, journalists went to the main market to visit the market, and journalists travelled north along lu's road towards the town's restaurant, huang's roads and tang's bay roads, as well as a pavilion on gian road, where they were calling for the sale of “cheaves” and offered 10 to 20 different prices for a “cheaves” weighing 1-2. The owner of the town restaurant, who took journalists to the market, watched these “swordfish” shake his head, “it's not the sword that sells them, because it can't be sold so cheaply and it doesn't look like it”
In his speech, mr. Wang compares the sword with a true sword: "the sword's eyes are big, the sword has a certain curvature, and the sword is the full `stream' knife." not only are there differences in appearances, but there are also many differences in colours. Boss wang explains that the sword is white, the tail is black and the fish is strong. The cleaver's body is thin, its back is blue, its meat is thicker and its eyes red. The jaws of the lake are no longer sharper, the filaments of the fins are shorter, and the fish are “sle”. Although the ice knife is a knife, it is significantly less fresh because of its length in the freezer, and it has fallen off the scales。
Since the first swordfish were listed on the market only in limited quantities and at high prices, there were very few stalls in the kitchen where they were willing and willing to sell real swordfish, and jiangyang and the international fish wholesalers in the east sold their goods on a wholesale basis, with large numbers of restaurants and customers. Mr. Lee told the reporter that he had more than 10 old clients and that every year he came to book them as soon as he was on the market. The largest number of reservations this year is for swordfish at scales 1. 5-1. 9, most of which are to be delivered to the customer before the festival. “the stock of swordfish is ordered at tens of pounds, but only a small number of customers are booked for swordfish at scales 2. 5-3.”
There are also more than 20 customers booking swordfish from the wholesaler, mr. Chen, and the booking is estimated to be over 100 pounds. “a pre-valuation panel is usually negotiated and, if accepted by both parties, the official price is determined on the basis of the day of arrival. Pre-evaluations may sometimes vary widely, but they are old clients with high levels of trust and trust between them, and since many clients have already left their homes or have decided to send them, the breakdown of contracts is rare.”
In interviews, journalists learned that more than 3 taels of “special knives” had also been booked, indicating that there was a need to get addicted before the swordfish were banned, even if it cost a million pounds. But a number of wholesalers told reporters that more than 3 taels of “tweet knives” were very rare: “there must be, but sometimes there is, how much, and it is really hard to estimate.”
This year, or the swordfish last
More than a year ago, the national list of priority wildlife conservation aquatic wildlife adjustment programme was publicly consulted, and the swordfish and mackerel in the yangtze were included。
Industry believes that this adjustment programme is likely to be adopted and implemented this year, and that if included in the national list of priority wildlife protections, swordfish will be protected by national wildlife laws and regulations and will be banned next year. The price of swordfish this year is affected by the double overlap between reduced production and “last catch”, which is likely to further affect the price of swordfish。
While rumours of swordfish entering the wildlife list are imminent, rumours of a total ban on the yangtze are beginning to emerge. According to an expert in the aquaculture industry, the yangtze tributary has been under complete arrest for 10 years, and the ministry of agriculture website has issued a circular on a comprehensive ban on fishing in the river basin, covering 10 years from 1 january 2000 to 24 december 2026. “the 10-year ban on the capture of the red river is a signal that it is likely to be used as a pilot by the national authorities, and that the ban on the capture of the yangtze is a matter of time before the yangtze is fully lifted.”
In addition, large-scale sashimi seedlings were successfully cultivated four or five years ago, followed by stable squirt production of squirt fish by fully artificial reproduction techniques, while artificial squirt fish were used for emulation. At present, the greatest difficulty encountered by artisanal swordfish is the problem of bait. According to the press, the bait used by artificial stabbing is mainly live fish, live shrimp, which is very demanding, too big or too small, and which must be delivered to the mouth. Without the replacement of live fish shrimp with artificial baits, the problem of mass fish farming and mass marketing cannot be solved。
At the present time, it has been difficult to achieve a true scale farming of swordfish, which has led some to fear not only of the taste of margarine farming, but also of the difficulty of marketing it in large quantities in the near future. The industry analyses that, for the three reasons mentioned above, the price of swordfish will show a new rise this year, as the number of wild swordfish is falling。
