Saury is a fish with a very fresh taste. As the saying goes, saury is fresh in three months. Diners who love fish should not miss the delicacy of saury. The saury before the Qingming Festival is the most "plump but not greasy and extremely delicious". At this time, the bones of the saury are relatively soft. But many friends who don’t know much about saury still ask: Is saury a sea fish? Or a freshwater fish? Where does saury come from? Swordfish is a fish with a very fresh taste. As the saying goes, saury is fresh in March. Diners who love fish should not miss the delicacy of saury. The saury before the Qingming Festival is the most "plump but not greasy and extremely delicious". At this time, the bones of the saury are relatively soft. However, many friends who don’t know much about saury still ask: Is saury a marine fish? Or a freshwater fish? Where does saury come from?

Is saury a marine fish?

Strictly speaking, no, as a Swordfish, one of the "Three Delicacies of the Yangtze River", has extremely high nutritional value. The breeding activities of swordfish usually take place in fresh water. Specifically, there are many swordfish in the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Qiantang River and other waters. However, swordfish are a rather special kind of fish, and they are also very adaptable to seawater environments with relatively high salinity. They are migratory, and when not breeding, they may live in estuaries or even offshore. Friends who love saury know that the saury is the most authentic and delicious saury. They especially admire the saury that goes upstream. Only when it migrates upstream to spawn and enters the Yangtze River can it be called a saury. The saury is left behind after passing through lakes on the way. It is called a lake knife; when it returns completely to the sea, it is called a sea knife.

Where does saury come from?

Saury is mainly distributed in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea in my country, and mostly inhabits shallow seas and estuaries. Individuals that reach maturity gather in groups every spring, then swim from the sea into the Yangtze River, carry out reproductive migration upstream along the river, and inhabit water bodies such as the river and its tributaries.

1. Yangtze River Swordfish

Yangtze River Swordfish is widely distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, from the Yangtze River Estuary to Dongting Lake, including all rivers and lakes. In the ocean, it is mainly distributed in offshore waters.

2. Qiantang River saury

In fresh water, it is mainly distributed in the main stream below Tonglu of Qiantang River, and in the ocean, it is mainly distributed along the coast of Zhejiang and the Zhoushan Islands.

3. Yellow River saury

Yellow River saury enters the Bohai Bay in early spring every year. Before the Qingming Festival, it arrives near the mouth of the Yellow River for a short stay and feeds on the spot. It enters the river mouth around the Qingming Festival and goes upstream, and most of them enter Dongping. Lake, a few can be traced back to the vicinity of Kaifeng.

4. Sedentary saury

Sedentary saury is only distributed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its affiliated lakes, mainly Taihu Lake, Chaohu, etc. There are very few lakes with long-term access to the river. See. According to existing data, the distribution limit of Taihu Lake Carp is Chaohu Lake, but it has spread to Hongze Lake, Huaihe River and nearby reservoirs.

To sum up, this is an introduction to some common sense issues about saury. However, everyone should also note that it is no longer allowed to catch saury at will, so what everyone usually eats is mainly artificially cultured.