China has a tradition of eating fish since ancient times. In the past, fishing capacity was limited. Therefore, most of the fish eaten by Chinese people are mainly freshwater. Among them, herring, grass carp, silver carp, and bighead carp are the most popular. Famous and known as the four major big fishes.
With the improvement of people’s living standards, the demand for aquatic products is increasing. Now these types of fish are not cheap on the market, and nowadays fish are often installed in a basin It's gone, but in the United States, this school of fish can grow several meters and is flooded.
In the United States, this group of freshwater fish from Asia is called Asian carp. They were originally not available in the United States, but in the 1970s, they were introduced from Asia in order to deal with the aquatic plants in rivers and lakes.
Due to sufficient food, no natural enemies, these fishes and their strong reproduction ability quickly flooded the United States, and its body size has become extremely large, can weigh hundreds of catties. Close to the weight of a juvenile cow.
These Asian carps seriously threaten the living space of native fish. The U.S. government has tried many ways to deal with these fishes, such as building dams, poisoning, etc., but they have had little effect, and they were later encouraged. People eat them and they result in . Many Americans think that Asian carp has many spines, scales, and has a heavy smell. It is not suitable for consumption. The method of "eating" to reduce the number of Asian carp simply does not work.
So why not sell it to China? There is a saying that the water pollution in the United States is serious, the quality of fish meat is not up to standard, and there is a protest against animal protection.On the contrary, opinions vary.
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