CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Why is Zhoushan hairtail so famous? How many types of Zhoushan hairtail are there? You should take a look

Why is Zhoushan hairtail so famous? What are the types of Zhoushan hairtail? You should take a look

Since hairtail cannot be bred and cultivated at present, the hairtail we eat are all wild.

There are three common types of Zhoushan hairtail in the market: fresh, frozen and air-dried. No matter which one you choose, the way to identify Zhoushan hairtail is to remember four words - "three small" and "one thick".

“Three smalls”: hairtail has a small size, a small head, and small eyes; the key is its small eyes.

Starting from late September every year, Radar Network hairtail is on the market.

Radar net fishing boats are the most mainstream and most reliable way to catch hairtail. They return to the port once every two weeks.

Every time the radar net ship arrives at the port, almost every stall in Zhoushan Vegetable Market will display the shiny silver "imperial sword". The stall owners in front of the stalls say nothing more than two sentences, "Come on, come on, little eyes, little eyes."

Or "Radar.com, Fensao Radar.com!" (Fensao is a Zhoushan dialect, meaning dry goods without any moisture)

People on the islands know that the best way to enjoy the original fish is to not touch it with even a drop of ice water. If you want ice, please keep it in a plastic bag!

Below are two photos of hairtail from Daily Radar Network.

When we say small eyes, you just look at its eyeballs. Are they very small and clever?

It can be said that small eyes are almost synonymous with Zhoushan Radar Network hairtail. Of course, the hairtail produced in Zhoushan is the most popular with small eyes, and the hairtail in Zhoushan Islands also has eyes that are not particularly small. But they are definitely not very big!

Zhoushan hairtail is not only caught by radar net fishing boats. In addition to radar nets, there are also trawling and sea fishing for hairtail.

Relatively speaking, trawled hairtail is the cheapest and easy to identify. Those that are swollen from soaking in seawater, have dirty water, and have large patches of broken skin are often trawled hairtail.

Radar.com’s hairtail fish is in the middle of the price range, while “fishing hairtail fish” is the most luxurious and rare. Because there really aren’t that many hairtail fish to catch…

Here are two fishing belts for you to see

How is it? Do you feel blinded by the hairtail? Hahaha. Hairtail production is greatly affected by weather and seasons, so the output is often very low when it gets cold. It's a blessing to eat it.

Another characteristic of Zhoushan hairtail is “thickness”.

"One Thickness": The shape of the hairtail. At the same weight, the hairtail from Zhoushan is thicker and plumper than other hairtails.

The belly of Zhoushan hairtail fish is as thick as two or even three fingers, which is also four fingers wide. The fat on the body is thick, and the meat is so tender and fat that it melts in your mouth.

So remember

Authentic Zhoushan Radar Net Hairtail

It is a hypertrophic type, not a flat and long type!

----price----

The price of Zhoushan hairtail in the market ranges from a dozen yuan per catty to over a hundred yuan or even over two hundred yuan per catty. It is at least 10 to 50 yuan higher per catty than the same size of overseas hairtail and East China Sea hairtail.

What? Hairtail from overseas? Hairtail from the East China Sea? Isn’t Zhoushan the East China Sea?

Um... not all of the East China Sea is Zhoushan fishing grounds. The only place in the world that can be called Zhoushan fishing grounds is Zhoushan...

The fish from Zhoushan Fishery is delicious, and this has been a reputation for thousands of years! Can you think of any other seafood that is so well-known because of the place name?

Therefore, there are many seafoods from other producing areas that are sold to everyone as Zhoushan seafoods... But seafood is really a big subject, you can only learn it little by little as you live. I won't go into details here.

As for how to distinguish the various types of foreign hairtail and imported hairtail sold on the market, it is very clear at a glance - you only need to look at its eyes. If it has yellow eyes, it is not from Zhoushan. It is likely to be foreign hairtail. Hairtail eyes are related to the turbidity of seawater and changes in water temperature. However, the eyes of authentic Zhoushan hairtail will not be yellow.

If the eyeballs are particularly large, they are not from Zhoushan. Although not all Zhoushan hairtail fish have small eyes, the remaining eyeballs are still not big.

Let's take a look at the authentic Zhoushan hairtail painting style.

Well, here’s a comparison of yellow eyes.

Are your eye sockets yellow?

Are the eyeballs relatively large in proportion?

So are the hairtails from other places in the East China Sea not good?

Actually, it is not bad. It is just that since ancient times, most of the hairtail fish caught or fished at sea are caught in Zhoushan fishing grounds. Secondly, the taste of hairtail fish from other production areas is indeed slightly inferior.

The most expensive one is over 300 yuan per kilogram!!!

Do you know? Radar Network Hairtail

At its most expensive, it sold for more than 300 yuan per kilogram!

It can be said to be the "Hermes" of the hairtail fish world!

Just think about it, a 2-3 jin Radar Net Hairtail fish costs more than 300 yuan per jin. That is a thousand yuan per hairtail fish!

Therefore, if you live in Zhoushan and can achieve your "hairtail freedom", you can be considered the most basic winner in life.

Over, thank you for watching haha

Is there any farmed saury? What is the difference between saury and hairtail?

The saury has been successfully cultivated artificially in the breeding base in Jiangyin City, but it is impossible to mass produce saury. The difficulty of cultivation is relatively high, and the yield per mu is relatively low. The difference between saury and hairtail: 1. Different appearance: saury is relatively small, and the body length of an adult saury is generally 18cm-25cm. Hairtail is relatively large, and the body length of an adult hairtail is generally 100cm. 2. Different living environment: saury usually lives in brackish water near the coast, and hairtail usually lives in the deep sea. 3. Different food: saury usually eats small insects and small fish, while hairtail usually eats shrimps, squid, etc.

1. Is there any farmed saury?

1. Is there any farmed saury?

There are successful cases of artificial breeding of knife fish in breeding bases, but the breeding density of knife fish is still relatively low, with an average yield of about 40 to 50 kilograms per mu.

2. Problems with artificial breeding of knife fish

(1) It is difficult to obtain saury fish. Saury fish have a rather violent character. If caught by a net, they will struggle. They will struggle very persistently and will struggle until they are exhausted. Therefore, it is difficult for these caught saury fish to survive. The breeding base mainly obtains fry by irrigating the river. The irrigating the river means building a ditch during the season when saury eggs are hatched, and diverting the Yangtze River water into the pond, thereby introducing saury eggs and fry into the pond. However, the cost of irrigating the river is relatively high, and the number of fry introduced cannot be determined.

(2) The breeding of knife fish is technically difficult. Knife fish have a rather violent temper. When artificial insemination is performed, they will be caught by the staff and held in their hands. Such violent knife fish will struggle desperately, resulting in a high mortality rate during the artificial breeding process. The success rate of artificial insemination is also relatively low. Generally, it is considered good if one pair out of ten pairs of knife fish successfully completes the insemination.

(3) The management and breeding of knife fish is relatively difficult. It is also difficult to feed knife fish. Knife fish like natural biological bait and have a very picky taste. The breeding density of knife fish cannot be increased. Knife fish need enough space to move around. As a result, the yield per mu of knife fish is relatively low, usually only 40 to 50 kilograms.

2. What is the difference between knife fish and hairtail fish?

1. Different appearance

The knife fish is relatively small in size, with an adult usually 18cm-25cm long. There are many colors on the knife fish, including light blue on the head and back, slightly yellow on the sides, grayish white on the abdomen, beige at the base of each fin, and black on the edge of the tail fin. The hairtail fish is relatively large in size, with an average adult length of 100cm. The overall color of the hairtail fish is silver-gray, with light gray on the dorsal and pectoral fins and a black tail.

2. Different living environments

Knife fish generally live in brackish waters near the coast. They enter fresh water from river mouths during the reproductive season and migrate upstream along the main stream to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Hairtail fish generally live in the deep sea, such as the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea in my country.

3. Different food

The food of knife fish is small insects and small fish, while the food of hairtail is hair shrimp, squid, etc.