Why is there a serious fish shortage in Japan? Japanese eels are suffering from a serious fish short

The eel fry of the endangered Japanese eel have suffered an extremely severe fish shortage this season, and the catch in Japan and abroad is only about 1% of the same period last year. The harvest will continue until April, but if it continues, the catch is likely to be at an all-time low.

The eels mainly migrate back to the coasts of Taiwan, Chinese mainland and Japan from around November to April of the following year. According to practitioners familiar with the situation abroad, Taiwan, which was the first to start fishing, caught only about 1 percent of the same period last year. The same level is said in Chinese mainland.

Kagoshima Prefecture, which started fishing for eel fry relatively early in Japan, said that it had caught only kilograms in the 15 days since the fishing ban was lifted on December 10 last year, which is only about 1% of last year's kilogram catch. Although Miyazaki Prefecture has not announced the catch, the prefecture's Fisheries Policy Division says that "this season has been quite bad." According to relevant sources, the local area is only about 1% of the same period last year.

According to Japan's ** Fisheries Agency, about 6 tonnes of eel fry were released into domestic fish ponds in two months in 2016. Around 1960, about 200 tons of eels were caught in Japan, but the catch of eels in Japan has since decreased dramatically, and in 2013 the harvest was more than 5 tons, the lowest in history. After that, it is about 15 tons per year. The decrease is said to be due mainly to the destruction of the river environment and overfishing.

In fact, it's not that the Japanese like to eat fish, but they only have the most fish and the cheapest, and modern Japan can still import other materials, and there is really nothing in ancient Japan, only two ways to farm and fish, and other meat can only be eaten by the big nobles during the New Year's holidays, which can be regarded as a very high treatment. In this case, Japan has eaten fish for thousands of years, and its food culture is naturally inseparable from fish, forming a fixed mode of thinking, which is why Japanese people like to eat fish.

Japan is an island country with a small land area, mountainous land, small arable land, and a lack of natural resources, but abundant marine resources, so it has formed a unique cultural environment. Japan's fishing culture has always been very developed, and in ancient times, Japanese fishermen went in and out of turmoil and made a living from fishing, and fishing has always been one of Japan's pillar industries.

Ancient Japan formulated a lot of national policies. In order to balance the contradiction between population and food production, in order to ensure that the output of arable land and food is not wasted, it is forbidden for ordinary people to raise livestock, and in order to achieve this, the people are directly forbidden to eat meat, and supplemented by religious concepts, so that the ancient Japanese completely gave up the pursuit of livestock meat. In fact, most people could not afford to eat meat at that time, and this ban was mainly to restrict the wealthy.

Pure food output is not able to meet the needs of population growth, without meat supplement, it is necessary to make up in other aspects, as a country surrounded by the sea, it is very important to ask for resources from the ocean, so the Japanese fishing industry has developed, marine fish and freshwater fish have become the main meat of the ancient Japanese, and Japan's national specialties are also related to fish. In addition to fish, rice is highly regarded in Japan, and in ancient times, not everyone could eat it, and these are unique habits that have been cultivated in a special environment.

Even today, the Japanese are no longer limited by the land environment, can import a variety of ingredients, but the role of fish has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, people are completely accustomed to fish as an ingredient, and enjoy it, of course, this is also slightly higher than other ingredients, but the influence of habit is greater.

Modern fishing technology is more developed, but the number of people is also more, every year is consuming huge ocean rain, some of the more popular ingredients are endangered by human eaters, the ocean can not bear so many of us foodies, Japan's eel shortage is purely because of overfishing, less food can be raised for a year or two.

Japanese people like to eat fish, just like Henan people like to eat noodles, Shanxi people like to eat jealousy, Sichuan people like to eat chili peppers, habits are based on the geographical environment, and there is a close connection with the ancient cultural heritage. Sometimes I think it's strange to think about it, the reason why we like to eat is actually because our ancestors liked to eat this, and it's really a little helpless.

Around the sea is the most fish, many people around the sea do not like to eat fish, especially like us Hainan people, if you eat fish is very picky, but as an island country like Japan, if they import food is quite expensive, if they do not import the production of products and not enough to eat, if they encounter a fish shortage has to eat, otherwise how to eliminate? Of course, without our Chinese cooks, the food of a small country is not delicious.

Japanese people are so fond of eating eel that they even set every Tuesday as a day to eat eel. Eel is usually served with sweet soy sauce and grilled, and on days of ancient customs, this dish is enjoyed, and eating this dish on a midsummer day helps to cope with the heat.

Recently, Japanese eels have suffered a serious racial fish shortage, which is very dangerous for the survival of the eel race, in fact, not only eels are in danger of fish shortage, many other species of fish also have fish shortages, but there are more and more humans who like to eat fishIn the face of a shortage of eels, do you know why Japanese people like to eat fish?

First of all, I think it is due to the geographical location of Japan and the long history of Japan, eating fish is an inseparable part of the daily life of Japanese people, because Japan is surrounded by the sea, so in terms of marine resources, Japan can be said to be very richMany of the world's fish and seafood are imported from Japan, and Japan has been fond of eating fish for a long time, surrounded by the sea.

Secondly, it is the reason for the excellent environmental conditions in the sea area, which leads the Japanese to like to eat fish, because of the geographical location of Japan, the sea area here is less polluted, the sea water is clean, and the longitude and latitude location are beautiful, and the temperature is suitable throughout the yearTherefore, the fish here grow very well, because of the pollution-free reason, the fish here can be eaten almost raw, that is, we often say to eat sashimi, in such a unique condition, the fish grown, the Japanese people like to eat very much.

Finally, fish is very nutritious to the human body, and especially for the brain, fish are rich in protein and other nutrients, these nutrients are almost necessary for brain development, and eating fish is simple and convenient, you can absorb so many nutrientsTherefore, the Japanese who often eat fish are very smart, and it is not only good for the brain, but also for beauty and beauty, preventing Alzheimer's disease, and nourishing yin and kidneys, so men and women of all ages like to eat fish in Japan.

Summary: In Japan, eating fish has become a must-have habit for Japanese people to eat three meals a dayIn addition, Japanese seafood is abundant, clean, and has many benefits in eating fish, so Japanese people are very fond of eating fish.

Japan has been fond of eating fish since ancient timesLiving environment, food, cultural customsand so on are important reasons.

Japan is an island country, surrounded by the sea, and has very little food other than fish (most of which is imported from abroad).

The Japanese love not only fish, especiallyLove to eat raw fish. There is also why Japan's money is not valuable, because the value of the currency of each country is directly proportional to the amount of gold reserves in the country, Japan has a small territory, and the second is a large and small island, so it has very few resources, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and eat fish for comparisonIt's a good deal

JapanFood ** is very high.

For example, rice is one yuan per pound in China. In Japan, it can reach 3 yuan a catty. And Japan's fish is only a few yuan a pound more, almost close to the ** of rice, it is estimated that the reason why Japanese people love to eat fish,Relatively cheap

Food culture and customs.

However, Japanese culture has always been influenced by China, especially since the Sui and Tang dynastiesChinese culture has always been learning with an attitude of prostrationof, especiallyDietary, and even more so. The Japanese like to eat sashimi, which is learned from the Tang Dynasty, and there are many records of eating sashimi recorded in the Sui and Tang dynasties in China, so I will not repeat it here. The Chinese character for "鲐" means to cut a very thin fillet of fish.

In Japan, all restaurants that make sashimi like to hang a sign with the character "鲐 (脍)" in front of the store. That's why Japan even eats itand Chinese Studiesof.

Also, it's okay to eat fishPrevention of Alzheimer's diseaseto reduce the risk of breast cancer. It is also very beneficial for a country like Japan, where work is stressful and the sex industry is very developed.

From the point of view of **, health, etc., the JapaneseEatFish is relatively cost-effective, so it's normal for Japanese people to like to eat fish.