Many people say that king crabs are expensive because they are rare.
In fact, Xiang Yang felt that the so-called scarcity makes things valuable, which is based on the fact that the quality of the items themselves is extremely good.
If the quality is not good, the item will be worthless no matter how rare it is.
"The quality of this pepper crab is slightly better than the king crab, but much worse than the Bering Strait long-legged crab. It is a very common long-legged crab. The price should be around two hundred yuan per catty," said Xiang Yang.
"How is this possible? This is a king crab!" Fang Youqun obviously could not accept this price. He looked at Xiang Yang with a painful expression.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to this guy who was already obsessed with money.
There are more than a hundred species of crabs that are called king crabs by merchants around the world, but the only king crab that is recognized by the majority of customers is the Alaskan king crab.
This pepper crab looks very big, but in fact, after you break the shell open, most of the shell is empty. Although the meat tastes better than the king crab, it is not cost-effective for customers to buy it.
"What are you mumbling about? What does the price of crabs per pound have to do with you? The important thing is to clean up the catch on the boat." Seeing that Xiang Yang ignored Fang Youqun, Chen Qingsheng immediately shouted.
"Can't you see I'm cleaning?"
"Besides, how come this has nothing to do with me? I'm a very good diver. If this crab is valuable, I can dive underwater and catch it."
"If I can catch a few valuable crabs, do you think my brother Yang will treat me unfairly?" Fang Youqun said rather dissatisfiedly.
Chen Qingsheng was almost amused by Fang Youqun's words, "If this crab is really an Alaskan king crab, the captain would never let you go down to catch it."
Fang Youqun naturally didn't believe what Chen Qingsheng said. Hearing this, he just gave Chen Qingsheng a disdainful look and let Chen Qingsheng experience it himself. Chen Qingsheng was so angry that he almost fought with him.
Xiang Yang was amused by Fang Youqun's actions and said, "Master Chen is right. If this crab is really an Alaskan long-legged crab, I would never allow you to go into the water."
Fang Youqun was stunned and asked quickly: "Brother Yang, why is this happening?"
"Could it be that Alaskan long-legged crabs are so easy to catch that Brother Yang can catch them all by yourself?" Fang Youqun asked stupidly.
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "On the contrary, Alaskan king crabs are so difficult to catch that seafood markets around the world are using other long-legged crabs to impersonate Alaskan king crabs."
There have been media reports that Alaskan crab fishermen are endangering their lives when catching Alaskan king crabs.
Alaskan crab fishermen have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, with a workplace fatality rate more than fifty times that of the general worker.
During the crabbing season, an average of one crab fisherman dies every week in the Bering Strait, and crab fishermen often work more than twenty hours a day.
Extreme fatigue and the cold climate made the fishermen's reactions gradually slow, and they could not even stand steadily on the bumpy and slippery deck. It was under such circumstances that many people were swept into the sea by the fierce waves and drowned.
Of course, with extremely high risks comes extremely high returns.
Under the heavy exploitation of fishing companies, shipyards, fleets, and captains, an ordinary crab fisherman can take home at least 600,000 yuan as long as he survives the crab fishing season.
The Bering Sea between Russia's Far East and Alaska is one of the most dangerous places in the world for fishing. The sea here is often in constant storms, and many Alaskan fishermen risk their lives to go out to sea to fish year after year.
During the two crab seasons each year, Alaskan fishermen go out to sea in large fishing boats to catch king crabs and a type of crab called Opilio that is little known in our country.
The crab boats in Alaska are different from Xiang Yang’s fishing boats. The captain cannot return home whenever he wants.
Each time they go out to sea to fish, Alaska's crab fishermen will not return until the crabs fill their boats. The fastest time at sea is only three days, and the slowest time may even be as long as more than two months in the ice and snow.
In that extremely cold and harsh weather, Xiang Yang, with super-advanced equipment, led the crew in the water for an entire afternoon and they were all freezing.
Xiang Yang simply couldn't imagine how those Alaskan fishermen survived diving in such a harsh environment for two months with simple equipment.
In our country, fishermen generally do not go out to sea during stormy weather.
However, Alaskan fishermen often have to complete high-intensity work in constant offshore storms, encountering waves that may exceed twenty feet at any time.
Xiang Yang once saw a surveillance video of Alaskan crab fishermen in an ocean forum.
In that surveillance video, the sea surface continued to rise with waves close to 80 feet high. Alaskan crab fishermen worked under such conditions and worked for 20 hours straight before taking a break.
Through the screen, Xiang Yang could see the raging waves of the sea.
"In short, don't think about Alaskan king crabs. There is no way I will go fishing for Alaskan king crabs." Xiang Yang told Fang Youqun.
"Why not go? Just because they are difficult to catch? Alaskan king crabs are very valuable. I think we can find time to go to the Bering Strait." Fang Youqun said anxiously.
Is it worth the money
Xiang Yang thought about it and realized that it was indeed very valuable.
During the crabbing season, each crabbing boat heading to the Bering Strait can catch an average of about 20 tons of crabs, of which at least 5 tons are Alaskan king crabs.
If a crab fishing boat is lucky and returns with a full load, it may be carrying more than 6,000 tons of crabs, and each fisherman on board can get at least 100,000 US dollars.
This is definitely a huge sum of money for the fishermen whose income levels are generally low.
One Alaskan king crab can be sold for 5,000 yuan, and now there are more and more hotels in my country that produce this kind of crab.
Such a high-priced Alaska is certainly not ordinary. The large one can weigh up to 10 kilograms, and the small one can weigh five or six kilograms. One crab leg can make a person half full. This crab is the Alaskan king crab that grows in the cold deep sea of the North Pacific. Because of its huge size, it is also called the "emperor crab".
Although, among the big family of crabs that almost dominate the entire water system, the price of king crabs is actually not high.
But in the category of long-legged crabs, the price of king crabs is definitely the highest.
There are actually not many types of long-legged crabs available for customers to choose from in my country's seafood markets.