Bamboo swordfish
The fall swordfish is a very common species in some East Asian food cuisines. The body is thin, rounded, and rod-shaped; there are 5-6 small fins behind the dorsal fin and 6-7 free small fins behind the anal fin; the two rather protruding, but not long-margined, teeth are weak; the back of the body is dark blue, the belly is silvery-white, and the end of the muzzle and the back of the caudal peduncle are slightly yellowish.
The Chinese name for the fall swordfish is bamboo swordfish. Because of its body shape is slender like a knife, the production season in the fall, so the name autumn swordfish. Autumn swordfish belongs to the jawed needlefish suborder Bamboo swordfish family Autumn swordfish genus, autumn swordfish to animal plankton for food, such as shrimp, Brachiopods, fish eggs, copepods, etc., baiting activities are mainly in the daytime, the night basically do not feed.
The swordfish is a wild fish. Because the swordfish is a deep-sea fish, artificial culture is difficult, basically pure wild; secondly, the swordfish price is low, according to the current swordfish prices, artificial culture, then there is no profit margin, but also lost the significance of farming.
Autumn swordfish so cheap reason
Autumn swordfish is a common affordable seafood, is the barbecue of the necessary ingredients, the price is as low as a few dollars a catty. Many people think that the price of fall swordfish is so cheap, it must be artificially farmed. This is really not the case, the cheap price of fall swordfish is because of the huge amount of fishing. And it is easy to catch, fishermen just need to light a strong light on the side of the boat ramp to attract schools of fall swordfish. Autumn swordfish cheap price reasons:
1, bad taste
Autumn swordfish in the many marine fish, the taste is not very good, its meat is coarse, taste slightly bitter, small body, meat less bone big, for the main producing country Japan like to eat sashimi countries, this fish eating method is more a single, edible not popular with the big fish, more frozen exports It is sold at a cheap price because it is promoted abroad.
2, the production of large low-cost
As the saying goes, "Rare is expensive", and the rapid breeding rate of the swordfish, production, basically sold in the wild fish, without the need to spend artificial breeding, in the sale of the cost of fishing and transportation costs, visible in their The cost of sale is only the cost of fishing and transportation, so it can be seen that the selling component is very low, so the selling price is also cheaper.