Guangdong's eel farming scale accounts for about half of the country's total, and now is the season for concentrated eel fishing. During this period, Guangdong eel farmers are working hard to open their nets to catch fish, and the export markets to Japan and South Korea are also ushering in the peak sales season.
At an eel farm in Taishan, Guangdong, more than a dozen workers are fishing for eels in a fish pond. Farmers told reporters that the species of these eels is Japanese eels, and they will soon be exported to Japan.
Chen Peifeng, an eel farmer in Taishan, Guangdong: Japanese customers like 4 eels per kilogram, which is about half a catty per eel. Now the specification of 1 kilogram of 4 pieces, ** at 145,000 yuan per ton, this ** has increased by about 20% compared with the same period last year, and the eels we breed will make money.
The reporter saw the first merchant Weng Wuzhen who came to buy eels at the scene, and Weng Wuzhen told reporters that this year's business is particularly good. In addition to the large demand for the Japanese eel festival in July every year, the export market is now collecting ** fish in large quantities. Last year, the production of eel fry decreased, but the demand for live eels in the Japanese market has increased, and domestic grilled eel factories are also buying, resulting in the rise of eels.
Weng Wuzhen, head of an aquatic enterprise in Foshan, Guangdong: The overall sales of live eels exported to Japan should be 25% more than the same period last year, and the stock of roasted eels has also increased by about 10% compared with the same period last year, and our purchase price of 1 ton is about 110,000 yuan, which has also increased by about 20% compared with the same period last year.
In addition to the increase in sales in the Japanese market, the Korean market has also seen growth. Compared to Japan, South Korea prefers live eels with a larger size.
Xu Liming, head of an aquatic enterprise in Taishan, Guangdong: This year's South Korean market, sales increased by 20% over the same period last year, and the sales also increased by 15% to 20%, and this year's current ** is, 1 kilogram of 2 fish, about 83,000 yuan per ton.
*: CCTV Finance & Economics.