The most expensive one is naturally the Alaskan king crab, also known as the emperor crab.
The price of fresh Alaskan king crab is about 600 yuan per pound. If it is frozen, it will be much cheaper, usually around 200 yuan per pound.
The vast majority of king crabs currently sold on the market are intelligent king crabs, and most seafood businesses can only import intelligent king crabs.
The Intellectual King Crab is the least delicious and the cheapest of all king crabs, especially the raw frozen Intellectual King Crab. Since we don't know whether it is alive or dead when it is frozen, the price is often lower than people can imagine.
"Of course I know king crabs are valuable, but I care more about safety." Xiang Yang shook his head and said.
In fact, Xiang Yang’s boat has matching crab cages for catching king crabs.
If Xiang Yang really wanted to catch king crabs, he was fully capable of doing so.
But Xiang Yang felt that there was no need for him to travel a long way just to catch crabs.
In the ocean, there are actually many seafoods that are more valuable than king crabs.
The matter of the Sichuan pepper crab came to an end, and the crew, led by Chen Qingsheng, continued to clean up the catch.
Xiang Yang stood not far away, his eyes fixed on the pile of fish.
With such a large pile of fish, it is impossible to use a fish rake to find the dangerous and valuable marine creatures in advance. Xiang Yang can only keep an eye on it to avoid missing some valuable seafood or prevent any dangerous marine creatures from appearing in the pile of fish.
After several hours of hard work, the catch on the deck was finally cleared.
"Captain, this net is really a great harvest. In addition to hundreds of kilograms of extremely valuable luncheon fish, there are also a large number of groupers. Most importantly, there are two extremely precious tunas. We must have encountered a larger school of fish." Chen Qingsheng said with a grin while wiping the sweat off his face.
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded, "Yes, the harvest from this net is indeed good. The only drawback is that there are too many red fish."
There is no way around it. Redfish is a warm-water bottom fish with a very wide habitat.
Any mixed reef and sand area, gravel area, rocky area, mud and sand area or independent reef area in the open sea are the habitats of red fish.
From the diving area with a depth of 20 to 30 meters to the deep water area with a depth of 200 meters, red fish can be found everywhere.
Red fish like muddy seabeds. They live on the seabed in the early morning and move slightly upwards at night. They are particularly lively and active.
The most important thing is that red fish have an obvious migratory phenomenon. In the season with lower water temperature, they will swim in groups to deeper sea areas. When the temperature rises, they will swim in groups towards the coast. Xiang Yang estimated that he had encountered a school of migrating red fish.
Redfish, also known as redfin snapper, is a fish of the Lutjanidae family and Lutjan genus.
In appearance, the redfish has an oblong and slightly high body, an arc-shaped dorsal edge, a flat distance between the two eyes, an inconspicuous notch on the front gill cover, about twenty-one gill rakers, and sharp teeth on both sides of the upper and lower jaws, with the outer teeth being larger.
There are four canine teeth at the front end of the upper jaw of the red fish, and loosely arranged conical teeth at the front end of the lower jaw. The teeth of the hoe bone are triangular and have no protrusion behind. The palatine bone also has velvety teeth, and there are no teeth on the tongue.
In the Beibu Gulf area of our country, spring is the spawning season for redfin snappers.
Red fish begin to conceive between October and November of the previous year and begin to spawn in March.
The end of June is the peak spawning period for redfish, and the spawning period will last until July.
The ovaries of the redfin snapper are thick and cylindrical. The left and right ovaries are basically symmetrical and covered with ovarian membranes. As the ovaries mature, the ovarian membranes gradually become thinner and are thinnest during the spawning period.
The spawning of redfin snapper is a batch ovulation type.
Redfin snapper does not have a clear concentrated spawning ground. In the sea area within 40 meters deep in the Beibu Gulf of my country, spawning red fish can be found everywhere.
However, during the spawning period of red fish, the red fish schools are more concentrated outside the Changhua River estuary, usually forming a local fishing ground.
"What's wrong? Are these red fish not good?" Fang Youqun asked in confusion when he saw Xiang Yang saying that it was a pity that there were too many red fish on the boat.
In Fang Youqun's memory, red fish should be a very delicious fish.
Xiang Yang nodded and said, "Red fish is a very common edible fish. It can be caught using drift nets, longline fishing and other fishing methods. It is mainly eaten fried or cooked in soup. For consumers, red fish is a good and cheap seafood, but for fishermen, red fish is a fish that is not easy to sell and cannot be sold at a high price."
The redfin snapper is a large economic marine fish in my country. It has thick and firm meat, rich in protein and fat, and delicious taste. It is considered a high-quality fish species with great economic value. The red fish dumplings made from red fish are deeply loved by users all over the world.
But redfish, like squid, is too common.
If it is inland, it is not so bad. The price of red fish is actually quite high. The red fish dumplings are sold for dozens of yuan each and there are still a lot of people rushing to buy them. The dried red fish shipped inland is at least hundreds of yuan per catty.
But along the coast, when fishermen catch red fish, they usually drag them home to eat.
This kind of fish cannot be sold at a good price and no one will buy it.
In the Beibu Gulf, there are fishing boats that specialize in catching red fish. Just dragging back a few nets can bring back hundreds of tons of fish. The market for this kind of fish in the southern coastal areas is basically saturated.
This is a tragedy for fishermen.
Fish are rare and difficult to catch.
However, the fish that can be caught in large quantities are often very cheap and cannot be sold.
"No matter what, this net is a great harvest for us. Let's turn around and cast another net, and then return directly." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"Return home?"
Chen Qingsheng was surprised. "Captain, haven't we already planned the route? Why do we have to return early?"
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "The route we planned before was to go to tropical waters to see if we could catch some tropical ornamental fish. That was only implemented when the catch was small."
"We have a lot of fish on our boat now, and most importantly, we have caught some mullets. Every time we bring one back alive, we can make more money. Under these circumstances, I think there is no need for us to go to the Xisha Islands again."
Chen Qingsheng nodded. Indeed, in the Xisha Islands, there are many sea areas where trawling is not allowed and fishing is only allowed by diving.
Although Xiang Yang seemed to have a good harvest every time he went diving and fishing, Chen Qingsheng still had a prejudice until now, that is, it was impossible to support such a large fishing boat by diving and fishing.
Now that we have encountered a large school of fish, it would be a good idea to turn around, drag another net, and then return.