Wild prawns are popular and sell for 8 yuan each in Qingdao.

Dozens of kinds of small seafood are sold on the wharf to attract people's attention during the open sea season in Qingdao, Shandong province, September 5, 2016. Only Qingdao wild sea-caught prawns can only be bought in the open sea season, and the quantity rarely becomes a precious food and is favored by the public.

Qingdao prawns and zebra prawns on the fishing port stalls range from 8 yuan to 12 yuan each, with a height of 15-20 centimeters, and the price has become a hot item.

In October 2015, the "sky-high price prawns" incident in Qingdao caused heated discussion, and the business owners used ordinary farmed prawns to impersonate "sea-caught prawns" to slaughter customers.

At present, it is very difficult to see wild sea-caught prawns in the market, and they can only be encountered sporadically on the wharf after the opening of the sea, with no more than 20 at most on each stall. Only the eagle claw shrimp (standing shrimp) and mantis shrimp, which are loved by the people of Qingdao, have a high yield and can be seen everywhere.