The big winner of midday fish epidemic prevention is popular in the Chinese household market, but the high drug residue and 70% production are hidden worries for development.

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Wuhan pneumonia has had an impact on the domestic fishing industry, especially the prices of wild tuna and cultured grouper that follow the restaurant and banquet route have fallen, but farmed noon fish (commonly known as noon larvae) have sprung up in the household market, and both domestic and foreign sales are very popular. the price has reached 140 yuan per catty from February to April, an increase of 30% and demand is in short supply. many grouper farmers are optimistic about the development of afternoon fish and accelerate the trend of conversion.

However, both noon fish and grouper are based on China as the main market, and there is also the risk of over-reliance on the single market in 70% of the sales. in addition, due to the high culture density, it has been reported many times that the drug residue test is unqualified, which is a hidden worry for the development of domestic sales. For the development of the industry, in recent years, many young fishermen have tried to establish brands based on their production and marketing experience, looking forward to opening up the domestic market for midday fish.

The mid-day fish, known as "noon" in the folk, is of moderate size and is favored by the household market (photography / upstream and downstream). Noon fish farmers have doubled in three years and 70% of the sales are in the market, because the price of epidemic prevention is higher.

Wild noon fish is expensive and is a dream food and glutton delicacy for anglers. Although there is still a gap in taste between farmed noon fish and wild noon fish, the price is close to the people and the meat is delicate, and the standard listing size is 300 grams, which is suitable for the household market. in addition, China has not yet raised lunchtime fish on a large scale, and the number of exports has increased sharply.

After 2016, the grouper industry was in the doldrums, and many grouper farmers switched to raising noon fish, which also made the number of fish farmers increase all the way from about 300 in 2016, and nearly doubled in three years. According to the statistics of the Fisheries Department, the number of noon fish farmers (including part-time farming) in 2019 is close to 600, of which 80% are concentrated in Pingtung.