Can sardines be farmed? How much is the market price per jin?

Sardines are known as sardines in Hong Kong and are mainly used for food, but the meat can also be used as animal feed, mostly for canned food. It was originally caught in Sardinia, Italy, and distributed in the isothermal marine area at latitudes 6-20 degrees from north to south. So can sardines be farmed? How much is the market price per jin?

Can sardines be cultured artificially?

Sardines are difficult to raise and are generally not farmed Sardines are offshore warm water fish, difficult to raise, lazy, often crowded together and motionless, with a high mortality rate, usually dense groups, coastal migration, feeding on a large number of plankton, spawning mainly in spring, eggs and hatched young fish after a few days have been drifting with the water before metamorphosis as free swimming fish, most sardines are suitable for about 20: 30 ℃, only a few species have low temperature. For example, the optimum temperature of sardines in the far East is 8-19 ℃, and light purse seine, drift Gill net, large pull net and set net are generally used for fishing.

Second, the price of sardines

Sardines grow fast, have strong fecundity, and the price is relatively cheap, usually about 16 yuan per jin, and only about 10 yuan per can, and there are at least five sardines in it. Market sales of sardines generally say that sardines are sold very little. Most of them are sold by tons, 10 kilos per carton, 129 yuan for 10 cases, 119 yuan for 11,99 cases, and about 108 yuan for 100 cases.

III. Sardine species

1. Golden sardines

The golden sardines are small sardines of the genus Herreridae, having a cylindrical body, slightly flattened laterally, 129mm long, medium-large head and wide back. The eyes are equal in size, well-developed lipid membrane, covering most of the eyes, small mouth, equal length of upper and lower jaw, fine teeth on palate and tongue, large Gill, false Gill, distributed from Atlantic to western Pacific eastern Indies to southern Japan, and in China from the East China Sea to the South China Sea.

two。 Sardines in the far East

The far eastern sardines, also known as spotted sardines, are one of the herring families of the radioptera, which are distributed in the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Atlantic regions, including South Africa, East Africa, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, China, the Philippines, the West Coast of the United States, the West Bank of Canada, Central America, and the West Coast of South America. It seems common to have 40,000 to 50,000 fish in a school, feeding on plankton for a living.

3. South American sardines

South American sardines are small and medium-sized migratory fish along the coastal mid-pelagic, distributed from southern Africa to the eastern Pacific Ocean, and are found in all parts of Taiwan, China. They are migratory small and medium-sized fish along the coastal mid-pelagic, with plankton as the main food, such as diatoms, copepods and other small invertebrates, with an annual world output of more than 500000 tons. The main fishing methods are drift gillnet, purse seine, incineration net and trawl.

4. Qiu's little sardines

Qiu's small sardines, also known as small sardines, gold belt sardines, commonly known as green scales, sardines, sardines, etc., is one of the herring families of Radiopteridae, migratory small and medium-sized fishes along the coastal mid-upper layer, with plankton, such as diatoms, copepods and other small invertebrates as the main food, mainly distributed in the western Indian Ocean, from India to Sri Lanka At the same time, it can be found in Madagascar and Morisses, and is also distributed in the South China Sea.

5. Small scaly sardines

Small sardines are small and medium-sized migratory fish along the coastal mid-upper sea, sometimes entering estuaries, inner bays or lagoons, with plankton such as diatoms, copepods and other small invertebrates as the main food. it is distributed from eastern Africa to the Philippines, north to Taiwan and south to Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan is distributed in the southern, western and Penghu waters. Can be fresh, dried or pickled for sale, the main fishing methods are drift Gill net, purse seine and trawl. 、

The above is the introduction of the market price and species of sardines by Tuliu.com. Sardines are deep-sea fish and are not suitable for artificial culture. Sardines are warm water fish in the coastal waters, which are generally not found in the open sea and the ocean, and usually inhabit the middle and upper layers, so artificial culture is difficult.