It has been a week since the end of the fishing moratorium in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. Fishing boats of all sizes and big cities have gone out to sea to start fishing, and a large number of local fresh seafood are on the market and entered the dining tables of the people. What are seafood now? Is it expensive to sell? In the early morning of September 9, the reporter came to the aquatic products trading market in Dalian Bay for a visit.
Fresh fish varieties are numerous and affordable. The price is more than half cheaper.
At around 2 a.m., the city is quiet. When most people are still sleeping, the aquatic products trading market in Dalian Bay is a different scene: there are bustling traffic here, hundreds of trucks gather together, the trading hall is brightly lit and crowded, and the vendors ride tricycles, shuttle between the stalls to watch and transport goods. In a few hours, these seafood will enter farmers' markets, supermarkets and morning markets across the city.
The box of fresh fish in the chilled trading hall piled up into small hills, and the transaction was overwhelming. The vendor transported the fresh fish away and prepared to deliver it to the morning market for sale. The reporter saw through several stalls that not only were the fresh fish large in number, but also had a wide variety. There are mackerel, side-mouthed fish, big and small yellow croaker, as well as sea rabbits, knife fish, pomfret, catfish, eels, etc. Wang Yanli, a wholesaler who owns a fishing boat, told reporters that there are currently a wide variety of sea fish and the prices are generally much cheaper than last year. Her fish are basically local goods from the coastal areas such as Lushun, Zhuanghe, and Jinzhou, as well as some Shandong goods. "Lushun's large mackerel is about 11 yuan per catty, 7 to 8 liang of pomfret is 80 yuan per catty, and 1 jin of heavy knifefish is more than 100 yuan per catty, which are much cheaper than last year, especially the knifefish is sold for more than 200 yuan per catty." Wang Yanli said that her daily wholesale volume has been 200 boxes of partial mouth fish and 600 boxes of pomfret. Most of the vendors who come to purchase goods come from Xinchangxing Market and Yuhua Market.
"Big side-mouth fish costs only about 8 yuan per catty. Now, small side-mouth fish costs 4 to 5 yuan per catty, and last year they were sold for more than 10 yuan." Wang Hongling, a wholesaler of Yongxing, said that she has mainly wholesaled side-mouth fish recently. This year, as the supply of fresh fish increases, the price has dropped significantly. At the same time, the quality of the fish is good and generally large in size. That night, her purchase volume reached more than 600 tons, and it was "divided up" by local vendors and vendors in Shenyang, Anshan, Huludao and other places in a few hours. Just as he was speaking, a hawker dragged more than 10 boxes of side-mouthed fish, preparing to transport it to the nearby morning market for sale at dawn. "It hasn't been so cheap for five or six years. Sea fish are generally cheaper than 3 yuan." Wang Hongling sighed that because the sea seal is well sealed, fresh fish is on the market and is cheap and easy to sell, and it also gives middlemen greater profit margins.
Bohai Bay knife fish supply decreased. The price increase may be raised during the "National Day" period
Unlike previous years, boxes of knife fish appeared in many stalls. When I asked the vendors, they all said it was Bohai Bay swordfish, but it was very fresh. Wang Yanli said that after opening the sea, they hadn't seen so many Bohai Bay swordfish in several years. Even if there were, there were still a few. A knifefish weighing more than 1 pound was more than 100 yuan per catty, and they were sold for more than 200 yuan in the past few years. Because it is much cheaper and is a delicacy that citizens love particularly. No matter how many goods come, they will be snatched away by vendors in a blink of an eye, so they don’t have to worry about selling them at all.
. Wholesale merchant Lao Lu told reporters that in the first few days of fishing, the supply of knife fish was indeed large, and he sold more than 2,000 kilograms a day. After a long period of fishing moratorium, the sea of swordfish can still form a fishing flood, and the supply is sufficient, but there are many fishing boats and concentrated out to sea. In recent days, he felt that swordfishes were obviously "insufficient" and were almost fishing. "When there are many fishing boats and intensive fishing, the swordfish will scatter and not gather, and the amount will be significantly smaller and smaller, and the price will increase a little." Lao Lu said that the recent swordfish less than 1 kilogram is 70-90 yuan per catty, which is 8% higher than when the fishing first started. When the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are over, if the supply continues to decline, the price may rise and rise again. However, he is not very worried about this. Compared with other fresh fish, swordfish is very "priced" and is not the main force in the market. As for the wholesalers, they are selling well. Recently, they are the protagonists of mackerel, side-mouthed fish, and small yellow croaker. They mainly acquire large and small mackerels from Lushun Sea Catch.
The number of flying crabs in the south is very cheap and is "crazy" by vendors
The live fresh trading hall on the car is even better than the frozen restaurant. After a long journey, dozens of trucks were parked in rows on both sides of the hall, and workers unloaded the lively flying crabs and prawns from the car into baskets.As soon as they took out the loaded flying crabs, more than a dozen vendors squeezed in front of them immediately started snatching goods and raising prices. Because it was too popular, the two vendors even started to tear each other for a basket of flying crabs, and the trading scene was too hot.
According to the relevant person in charge of Live Fresh, Dalian's flying crabs mainly come from Fujian, Jiangsu and Shandong, and the cheapest price is around 20 yuan per catty in recent days. Since seafood is called "ghost shop", as the supply continues to change, the prices are also different almost every day. When it is the cheapest, it is sold at 7 yuan per catty. There are very few local goods from Lushun, Zhuanghe and other places, and the prices are relatively expensive. Depending on the size and quality, the wholesale price per catty is 50~100 yuan, of which Zhuanghe flying crabs are 80 yuan per catty, and the most expensive one in the terminal market can reach 120 yuan. "This week, the supply of southern flying crabs is relatively large. The local flying crab market is basically full of southern goods, with an average of 130 trucks delivering goods every day." said the relevant person in charge.
live wholesaler Lao Cong is directing workers to carry flying crabs. He said that his flying crabs are from Hebei and have 4 trucks of goods per day, with about 10 tons. Due to the good overall quality, the price of three-two-fold flying crabs he set on that day was 20 yuan per catty. "This year, the quality of southern flying crabs is good, which is cheaper than in previous years. For example, the same quality sells 18 to 20 yuan/jin this year, and in previous years it was 25 to 30 yuan/jin." Lao Cong said that Dalian citizens generally like to go to the morning market to buy the freshest vegetables, so most of the morning market vendors come to him. After a while, citizens can eat the freshest flying crabs from afar.
reporter also learned that although live and fresh transactions are booming, some wholesalers say they can’t make money. A wholesaler said that there are 32 carats of live shrimp of all kinds alone in one night, and more and more are starting to fish. "Many people heard that live shrimp is easy to sell, but they flocked to stock. The large quantity caused the price to drop in the past three days, so the profits naturally decreased." The live fresh varieties are mainly white shrimp, oriental shrimp and grass shrimp. Currently, 8 oriental shrimps are 65 yuan per catty and will be launched in large quantities within one week. The prices may fluctuate due to the supply.
Shellfish was neglected, conch dropped by 30%, and the goods could not be shipped
Shellfish trading hall is far less lively than lively, but the variety and supply are relatively stable, and wholesalers packed shellfish in boxes early and waited for pickup. According to the boss of the shellfish wholesaler Wenhai Aquatic Products, Xiayi shells, abalone and red shells are 2 to 3 yuan cheaper than last year, and conchs are also cheaper than last year. Ginger snails are 27 to 50 yuan per kilogram according to their size, and local small conchs are about 18 yuan per kilogram, which is more expensive and sold for more than 30 yuan last year. The big red snail was 40 yuan/jin last year, but now it has dropped to 28 yuan. "The conch is not easy to sell after fishing. No one wants to ship it to other places. Before fishing, there are 10 boxes a day, and now only 1 box is good." The boss said that the main reason is that the number of live fresh brought back by the fishing boats has increased. People eat whatever they come down to eat. Some merchants will put the conch in the pond and temporarily raise it and wait until the New Year Festival.
Similarly, the boss of Baochuan Aquatic Products, a big shellfish wholesale company, also encountered the same situation. The clams he wholesale were transported to Yingkou, Beijing, Ningbo and other places across the country. Small clams cost 2 yuan/catties, medium clams cost 2~3 yuan/catties, and large clams cost more than 3 yuan/catties, which is not only cheaper than before starting fishing, but also shrinks the wholesale volume. "The original wholesale volume was more than 20 tons per day, but this week it was an average of more than 10 tons per day, a sharp drop of half." Lao Dong said that shellfish is mostly aquaculture products, and the supply has always been very stable. It is the main force during the fishing moratorium and sold quite well. The seawater in the north has high salinity and good water quality. Many southerners have taken seedlings to Dalian for breeding and then returned to the south for sale. Live fresh food is the most popular after starting fishing, so shellfish are naturally neglected. However, he laughed and said that it doesn’t matter if it’s not selling well. When the live fresh food price decreases and rises, or when fishing is hush, shellfish is the best seller. Peninsula Morning Post and Haili.com reporter Xiao Junlong Photographer Sun Zhenfang
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