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Can artificially raised hairtail be eaten?

Hairtail is edible. But so far, there are not a large number of artificially cultivated hairtail on the market. This is mainly due to cost constraints. Large-scale artificial cultivation of hairtail requires a large amount of feed, and has very high requirements for the environment. It requires more manpower and material resources, resulting in the cost of artificially cultivating hairtail being much higher than the cost of catching wild hairtail.

Hairtail is a deep-water fish. The characteristic of deep-water fish is that it can withstand high pressure. Although we often taste hairtail, we cannot see live hairtail. The reason is that hairtail cannot survive without high pressure. Another reason is that hairtail is a migratory creature and is not suitable for artificial breeding.

Another reason why it is not suitable for artificial breeding is that hairtail is a marine fish and cannot survive in fresh water. Of course, this is not the main reason why hairtail is not suitable for artificial breeding. After all, coastal areas can fully meet this requirement.

If we have to artificially breed hairtail, the breeding cost will be too high because it needs to be farmed in the deep sea. Of course, we can make a very large net and place the hairtail on the seabed to breed, but have you considered the size of the net? How to manage it then? If we don't manage it and let it grow naturally, why bother to catch it with a net?

What is the difference between farmed hairtail and wild one?

1. Personality difference: The difference between farmed hairtail and wild hairtail is first reflected in personality. Wild hairtail need to hunt for food by themselves. They are relatively fierce and have strong hunting ability. Only in this way can they catch enough food in the seawater and survive smoothly. But farmed hairtail is different. Their personality is not so fierce because they generally do not need to hunt for food by themselves. Humans will directly provide them with food.

2. Difference in scales: Both farmed and wild hairtail have scales, but one prominent feature of farmed hairtail is that their scales are easier to fall off, while those of wild hairtail are less likely to fall off.

3. Difference in diet: The two types of hairtail fish eat different foods. Wild hairtail fish catch animals in the sea as their food, and many species of small fish and shrimp can become their food. Artificially farmed hairtail fish sometimes also eat small fish and shrimp, and sometimes they also eat feed directly.