Because the body of the opium fish is rich in nutrients, it was made into fillets and exported to other countries.
The opium fish itself is mainly distributed in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, and then gradually in the western Pacific Ocean also has more distribution, in Russia, Japan and other countries, every year there are a large number of opium fish fishing, but they only eat the body of the opium fish, rarely eat the head of the fish, because the head of the fish has very little meat, a lot of thorns, and is considered to have no food value.
But in China, this is the best fish soup stew ingredients, so now China has a large number of imports of these opium fish head to the country every year, and China's Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea also fishing opium fish, the same reason is that the head will be divided down in the domestic market to sell, the body of the fish sold to Japan and other countries. So the ingredients of opium fish are so fully utilized.
Nutritional value:
Opium fish is a common name, the scientific name of this fish, "turbot", also called it "flake fish", opium fish is a class of halibut, more growth in the cold water areas of the outer sea, belonging to the benthic fish, year-round settlement in a certain sea area, without long-distance travel. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for it.
The opium fish is sweet in flavor, flat in nature, and non-toxic; it can replenish the deficiency and benefit the qi. Opium fish in the protein, vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, iron content are high, can effectively prevent osteoporosis, rich in nutrients. Opium fish is flat, sweet flavor, non-toxic, can replenish the deficiency and benefit the qi, is warm to replenish the qi nourishing food. However, it should not be eaten more than one, there is the effect of moving qi. The general population can be eaten.
In fact, the meat on its body is more delicious, expensive, not much domestic. A lot of the body of the fish are exported to Japan to make sashimi.
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