CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Is sea cucumber profitable?

1. Is sea cucumber profitable?

Selling sea cucumbers is very profitable. We supply them at the lowest wholesale price to ensure that our partners make a lot of money. The sea cucumbers from Shandong Peninsula are of guaranteed quality and the lowest price out of the pond (the price on December 29 was 65 yuan). They can be processed and dried. We also supply dried sea cucumbers (the recent price is: 1,600 yuan). New and old friends are welcome to come to inspect and purchase.

2. Types, origins and characteristics of sea cucumbers.

What types of sea cucumbers are there?

According to records, there are about 1,100 species of sea cucumbers in the world, and about 120 species in my country. Most of them are inedible. According to statistics, there are 40 edible sea cucumbers in the world. Edible sea cucumbers account for half of them in my country, reaching 20 species.

According to whether there are conical fleshy tubercles on the back of sea cucumbers, they are divided into two categories: "sea cucumbers" and "light cucumbers". Among them, "sea cucumbers" are mainly species of the family Stichopus, while "light cucumbers" are mainly species of the family Holothurian, Cucurbitaceae and Cucumis family.

1. Sea cucumbers: Apostichopus

The family Apostichopus includes the imitation sea cucumber, the plum blossom sea cucumber, the green sea cucumber and the flower sea cucumber.

The imitation sea cucumber is also known as the gray sea cucumber, sea cucumber, gray sea cucumber, sea mouse, or the sea cucumber in people's common language. It is 20-40 cm long, cylindrical in shape, with 4-6 rows of irregularly arranged conical fleshy spines (called warty feet) on the back; the ventral surface is flat, with dense tube feet arranged in 3 irregular longitudinal strips, which are used to adhere to reefs or crawl. The mouth is located at the front end, biased towards the ventral side, with 20 frieze-shaped tentacles, and the anus is biased towards the back; the skin is sticky and slippery, the muscles are well-developed, and the body can be extended or curled. The size, color and number of fleshy spines often vary with the living environment. It likes to live in the sandy seabed and rocky reef bottom with slow and stable water flow, no fresh water injection, and rich seaweed. It hides during the day and comes out at night; it hibernates in summer when the water temperature is high; it has the phenomenon of excreting when the environment is not suitable; it has a strong regeneration ability and can regenerate after being damaged or cut. Sea cucumbers are distributed along the coasts of Shandong, Liaoning and Hebei in my country, and are mainly produced in Weihai, Yantai, Dalian, Changshan Island, etc. The fishing season is from November to June of the following year, especially in June and December when the catch is the largest. July to September is the sea cucumber hibernation season. Sea cucumbers have thick and soft walls, and are the best quality sea cucumbers, known as the "crown of sea cucumbers."

Plum blossom sea cucumber is also known as pineapple sea cucumber. The body length is generally 60-75 cm, and the longest can reach 1.2 meters. It is about 10 cm wide and 8 cm high. It is the largest species in the sea cucumber class. The back thorns are very large, and the bases of every 3-11 thorns are connected in a plum blossom shape, so it is called "plum blossom sea cucumber"; because its body shape is very similar to pineapple, it is also called "pineapple sea cucumber". The bone pieces in the skin are very simple, one is a tiny, overlapping and dense granular body; the other is a slender and branched 2-3 times, irregular X-shaped body. When alive, the body color is bright, the back is orange-yellow or orange-red, with scattered yellow and brown spots; the belly is red; the tentacles are yellow. It lives in coral sand bottoms at a depth of 3-10 meters; it is distributed in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and my country mainly produces it in the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea. It is large and thick, with good quality, and is the best edible sea cucumber in the South China Sea.

Green sea cucumber is also known as square column sea cucumber and square sea cucumber; flower sea cucumber is also known as yellow meat sea cucumber, white sea cucumber and square sea cucumber. They are all very common edible sea cucumbers in the South China Sea, with high yield and are too soft and tender.

2. Sea cucumbers: Holothuria

Holothuria includes nine species of sea cucumbers, making it the most diverse family:

The patterned white sea cucumber is also known as white melon sea cucumber, white milk sea cucumber, two-spot sea cucumber, etc. It is fat, with almost the same width at the front and back ends, resembling a winter melon. Its body color changes greatly when it is alive, with a white or light yellow base; the back is slightly light yellow-brown, with a reddish-brown horizontal spot on the front and back, so it is called "two-spot sea cucumber". It is a large edible sea cucumber with thick and tender meat.

Snake-eye white ginseng is also known as tiger fish, leopard fish, spot fish, etc. Its back is dark gray with yellow snake-eye-like markings arranged in irregular vertical rows. It lives on the sandy bottom with a few seaweeds in tropical coral reefs at a depth of 6-18 meters. Its meat is fat and tender.

The radiant sea cucumber is also known as stone sea cucumber, cucumber sea cucumber, etc.; the white-bottomed radiant sea cucumber is also known as boot sea cucumber, red melon sea cucumber, etc.; the black-wrinkled radiant sea cucumber is also known as black sea cucumber. These three types of sea cucumbers are all large edible sea cucumbers living in the waters of the Xisha Islands, the Nansha Islands and other areas. They have good quality but low yield.

In addition, there are black sea cucumber, jade-foot sea cucumber, black milk sea cucumber, and rough sea cucumber, which are all common edible sea cucumbers in my country's South China Sea and are of lower quality.

3. Glechoma: Cucurbitaceae

The Cucurbitaceae family includes three types of Cucurbitaceae: square-column Cucurbitaceae, naked Cucurbitaceae, and knobby Cucurbitaceae. Because of their hard body walls, their edible quality is poor.

4. Glechoma: Glechomaea

The family Colocasia includes two species: the sea sweet potato and the sea club:

Sea sweet potato is also called eggplant cucumber and sea eggplant. Its shape and color are very similar to sweet potato, so this kind of sea cucumber is called "sea sweet potato". Its body is spindle-shaped and generally 4-12 cm long. When alive, its body is flesh-red, with a very thin and translucent body wall. After drying, its back is brown-black and its abdomen is light brown. The quality is poor, but the price is low. Many restaurants use this in sea cucumber recipes, taking advantage of people's unfamiliarity with sea cucumbers to improve the quality of the dishes and confuse people.

The sea mouse, also known as the sea rat, has a smooth body surface, without tube feet or fleshy spines. When alive, its body is gray-brown or yellowish-brown. Its body wall is very thin and translucent, and its longitudinal muscles and internal organs can be slightly seen through. Its edible value is very low.

Origin of Sea Cucumber:

Generally speaking, sea cucumbers are produced in both the north and south of my country, but the types are different in the north and south. The further south you go, the more types of sea cucumbers you have; the further north you go, the better the quality of sea cucumbers. As for sea cucumbers, they are mainly produced in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. In addition, the area from the Tumen River estuary in eastern Jilin Province to the north of Russia's sea cucumbers was also an important production area in the past.

Characteristics of sea cucumbers: high ash content.

3. How much is a kilogram of sea cucumber?

Sea cucumbers are divided into wild and farmed. Generally, wild ones are more expensive than farmed ones. The price varies according to the length and distribution of the spines. Generally, farmed ones are cheaper if you buy them directly in the coastal farming areas of Laoshan. The price of dried goods is

The wild ones are priced between 1200 and 1800 yuan, and are generally 300 to 400 yuan more expensive.

4. What is the prospect of sea cucumber farming?

It would not be a bad thing if a reasonable profit could be guaranteed instead of huge profits. In this way, sea cucumbers would enter the homes of ordinary people. With a bigger market, the overall profit of the sea cucumber farming industry would not be much less.