How Chinese Demand For Fish Maw (Swim Bladder) Fuels A $52 Million Industry In Uganda

How Chinese Demand For Fish Maw (Swim Bladder) Fuels A $52 Million Industry In Uganda | So Expensive

Рет қаралды 1,292,217

Күн бұрын

Warning: Graphic Content
Fish maw - the swim bladder of a fish - is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per kilogram. It’s often viewed as a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and it's given out as gifts at important events and stockpiled as a speculative investment. It’s one of the “four treasures” of Cantonese cuisine, along with abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin. But the main reason fish maw is so desired is its supposed medical value. Because of its high levels of collagen and fiber, it's believed to promote healthy skin, boost the immune system, and aid digestion. Fish maw is also often recommended in China for postpartum recovery and to reduce post-surgery pain. But because of overfishing in East Asia, China now imports the majority of its bladders from other countries, like Uganda. In Uganda, fishers compete for Nile perch in Lake Victoria and ship them to China for extremely high prices.
MORE SO EXPENSIVE:
Why Queen Elizabeth Loved These $150 Crystal Glasses
• Why Waterford Crystal ...
This Ancient Paper Can Last 1000 Years. So Why Is It Disappearing?
• This Ancient Paper Can...
11 Of The Most Expensive Items Made In The USA
• 11 Of The Most Expensi...
------------------------------------------------------
#china #fishmaw #insiderbusiness
Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more.
Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: www.businessinsider.com
Insider Business on Facebook: / businessinsider
Insider Business on Instagram: / insiderbusiness
Insider Business on Twitter: / businessinsider
Insider Business on Snapchat: / 5319643143
Insider Business on TikTok: / businessinsider
How Chinese Demand For Fish Maw (Swim Bladder) Fuels A $52 Million Industry In Uganda

Пікірлер: 883

@nnndddzzz1 10 ай бұрын

I got a feeling that in China, every part of the animal is anti aging other than regular meat

@koopa5504 10 ай бұрын

Helplessly delusional

@LiNapster 10 ай бұрын

@@koopa5504 They sure live a hell of a lot healthier for longer compared to Americans though, don't they?

@koopa5504 10 ай бұрын

@@LiNapster First of all they don't live longer, they're about at the same range of age expectancy. Secondly, I'm swiss, ranked 3-4 in terms of life expectancy and we don't know fairy tales like asians like to spread literred with unscientific nonsense. Healthier? I doubt, but yes americans are horribly unhealthy and uneducated in general.. doesn't make asians, especially chinese, less delusional in terms of buying fraud products with supposed "health benefits" ...it's all about manipulation and mind-controll, ask the media and the people about critizising the government.

@BlitzkriegFeuerFrei 10 ай бұрын

@@LiNapster Yeah, but where's their quality of life? I'll give up a few decades of my life so that I can eat normal meat and not fish assholes and turtle testes.

@AlastorYagami 10 ай бұрын

@@LiNapster the life expectancy of China is not higher than the USA

@rickyspanishhh6007 10 ай бұрын

I breed and raise African cichlids in the USA, quite a few are from lake Victoria. What most people don't know is how massive of an impact these fish have had on the native species The Nile perch they are catching are absolutely decimating the native speices, and have been for decades. Most Native species in the lake max out at 5", which is snack size for these big fish. It's great there is a high demand for them. I am glad the fisherman are targeting them, which is helping keep the numbers down. Hopefully one day, they can be eradicated so the lake can go back to what it once was. Many species in lake Victoria are endemic to the lake, and many species have been red listed or gone extinct, so the removal of these non native apex predators is the only way these native fish will survive. For anybody curious about what native fish I'm talking about, look up Victorian cichlids. There are hundreds of different species and many of them are absolutely gorgeous, bright reds, greens, blues, yellows etc..

@nancysmith9487 10 ай бұрын

Ever think of training them to eat there own kind? Like rats??

@Misaki11111 10 ай бұрын

So using that same logic, humans should also be hunted and killed because we're the ones killing everything.

@sebastian3004 10 ай бұрын

Americans can't think like you. They just see a big fish and think 'oh it must be very old. you shouldn't kill that. you piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' That's how exactly Americans will say.

@geekroute 10 ай бұрын

Tangayikan Cichlids keeper here. *waves*

@KonradvonHotzendorf 10 ай бұрын

@@Joe-sg9llLOL 🤣

@theemclane4037 10 ай бұрын

"It tastes better than pizza" 😭😭😭

@Rasoai 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jonathanyoung8109 10 ай бұрын

How about you put it on pizza 🤯

@lilstan314 10 ай бұрын

lol pizza that’s it !!!! PIZZA!!!!!

@Shawn_Lai 10 ай бұрын

Lol they must have not had good pizza

@duffman2201 10 ай бұрын

@@jonathanyoung8109 i m italian.....after the pineapple this.......do you want to kill us all?

@CampbellJRMartin 9 ай бұрын

FYI that maw also has a purpose in the medical industry, it is used to make surgical threads.

@yukinagato1573 10 ай бұрын

Can I point out how really cool it is that this market has switched from an endangered species to an invasive one? They are helping to preserve one ecosystem while profiting from it, which is nice. (As for the totoaba problem, 😐😬🙃)

@rentoshine2038 10 ай бұрын

You have no clue what your talking Dude..they Just will destroy the next fish....Not cool..Money or not

@yukinagato1573 10 ай бұрын

@@rentoshine2038 If it's invasive, it's best to just remove it from the invaded territory. Invasive species can completely affect the ecosystem, destroying the native population they prey on, while having no natural predators, or outcompeting species in their niche. This unbalance can even lead native species to extinction. As invasive species are generally our fault (humans trading animals, plants, etc., and letting them escape), I don't see a problem in making an industry that relies on hunting/removing an invasive species. This can really help to stabilize the invaded environment, to avoid even more extinctions. As for the endangered species, like the ones illegaly traded, yeah, hunting them is really bad.

@aylahughes9185 10 ай бұрын

u get it. at some point we just have to stop letting the locusts consume everything in site.@@rentoshine2038

@kenfern2259 10 ай бұрын

totoaba problem is honestly is so destructive , it also causing the vaquita extinction . We all witnessing this in this timeline , there's less than 15 left in the wild.

@dishwasher69 10 ай бұрын

@@rentoshine2038shut up

@peterkucia2890 10 ай бұрын

Love to see a Ugandan fisherman make way above average by EU standards

@WambedeDickson-wr7gk 10 ай бұрын

As a Ugandan I would like to say that this trade has fuelled rampant government corruption and imprisonment of fish traders in the country.

@harrellt1405 10 ай бұрын

Anywhere there is money there will be corruption. But i think for the short term it definitely gonna give some boost. Long term i see these fish going away

@andrewgagne5063 10 ай бұрын

Oh boy. I am so sorry.

@s._3560 10 ай бұрын

Everywhere if there is money to be made, there will be corruption. Just live simple lives, catch your own food, eat, sleep and relax.

@deebil8099 10 ай бұрын

What a surprise... It seems like everything Chinese people get involved with in Africa involves corruption. China is extremely corrupt, so they must feel right at home when doing business there.

@sumonechan8514 10 ай бұрын

Lol guess what? Even if you get rid of this trade, "rampant government corruption" will not go away. The problem isn't related to trading in general, it's related to...something else. I hope you can figure it out someday.

@anxiousduck 10 ай бұрын

Can I commend the narrator on her smooth narration and calming delivery. Wonderful job

@q_ayyah 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@OneOut1 3 ай бұрын

You're thinking an AI robot.

@torgiebride8558 2 ай бұрын

@@OneOut1 Well, the AI's HUMAN name is literally listed at the end of every video...

@hiimryan2388 10 ай бұрын

Fun fact: you can make glue from the fish maw. This glue has traditionally been used in composite bows

@CampbellJRMartin 9 ай бұрын

and surgical threads!

@iedaabdullah5743 9 ай бұрын

@@CampbellJRMartinyeah! it's weird i don't see anyone mentioning this

@jitteller9042 10 ай бұрын

proud of them hard workers, they deserve more just this little opportunity and loophole💯

@711jastin 10 ай бұрын

The most expensive piece i saw in person, was a piece weight ~1kg dried, 200k$ for that piece. It's from a rare species, Boesemania microlepis, existing only in certain fresh water bodies in Southeast Asia. As weird as it sounds, traders have to store these literal gold in safes.

@penguinpingu3807 10 ай бұрын

If something sells for 200k you bet your ass I am putting that shit into a gold safe

@711jastin 10 ай бұрын

@@penguinpingu3807 not the weirdest way people store these stuff, one trader i know rent a safe in a bank to store a 20k piece.

@walden6272 10 ай бұрын

@@penguinpingu3807 Imagine coming home and your wife accidentally cook it for dinner. LOL

@penguinpingu3807 10 ай бұрын

@@walden6272 ngl, I would be eating it because that thing is for eating. Though, I would be piss because it supposed to be for a special occasion.

@Zahrul3 9 ай бұрын

Why the hell does it matter if fish maw comes from a certain species, they all taste the same lol

@doctorseafood9561 10 ай бұрын

I am also relate from fishmaw bussiness. This video is very informative and best. Thank alot for this wonderful video 🤝

@nnf9431 10 ай бұрын

Glad that the belt and road initiative has reached Uganda

@ensignofindustry1033 10 ай бұрын

The Schrutes value hog maw the most; especially around holidays.

@myIGbin24h 10 ай бұрын

i love how chill the ugandan guy is

@JOGA_Wills 10 ай бұрын

Hahaha Hakeem the fisher @ 7:41 is hilarious, give that man the maw and the money! You understand?

@Ayella_256 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for showcasing our country. 😅😊

@laidejpeg 10 ай бұрын

I love fish maw. Its delicious in soups and has a great texture!

@sovitaseng5519 10 ай бұрын

Lol literally what I was gonna type the same. I just thought it tastes good and texturally contrast to the crab meat. I hate saying this but I feel the west is so ignorant sometimes. Like they’re the only ones on this earth lol. There are other shit in the world ppl are aloud to be different. I was shookethhhh when I when I was offered Rocky Mountain oysters and was knocking them back until those bastards told me they were literally balls lol. 🤷🏻 perception changes.

@betterhomesxperience8911 9 ай бұрын

@@sovitaseng5519 am looking for market, any referral please

@kenfern2259 16 күн бұрын

@@sovitaseng5519as long as it's not endangered , it's fine if the stuff is coming from endangered species then yes ppl would have a problem with it common sense no?

@munghinhoy4501 10 ай бұрын

We live in Sitiawan town in Malaysia. The people here like to eat fish maw cook in sweet and sour soup..

@ESSBrew 10 ай бұрын

Chinese will say any endangered crap is a viagra

@celyl 6 ай бұрын

I've had fish maw and it is delicious. It's made in casseroles, stews and soups. Not fishy tasting at all.

@qxezwcs 10 ай бұрын

Oh wow so much fish maw. Yum!

@joshs3775 10 ай бұрын

This is awesome, i hope it doesn't encourage people to breed them for profit. I love that they're removing an invasive and making good money

@usingThaForce 8 ай бұрын

So you Devils can make money but God's chosen people can't make a profit off of our own land and fishes? That is literally ass backwards

@brianm1907 7 ай бұрын

Perch and Carp propagate like weeds. They are ravenous pests and need no breeding.

@monokendo 10 ай бұрын

"It tastes better than pizza" only because they want you to buy it 😂

@yunantheobserver6841 10 ай бұрын

If it taste like tripe I'll buy it.

@johnathan5720 10 ай бұрын

If I was presented with pizza and soup made from swim bladder then I would chose the soup. lol

@alexandreutiyama547 10 ай бұрын

Uganda: six fish, it was a bad day. U.S.: we have a 4k maw as a keep sake. My god the discrepancy.

@jnak974 10 ай бұрын

The population of nile perch has been declining a good 15 years ago. We’ve known about this for some time now. Also, the average American doesn’t consume fish maw commercially. YES, the discrepancy is huge but we could have done something about this when I first heard about this decades ago.

@dioniciotorres4290 7 ай бұрын

He has that love every fisherman has for the fight the fish gives❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

@sdfgh6017 2 ай бұрын

Hats off to finding a lucrative way to take care of a invasive species

@yennlingc 10 ай бұрын

Fish maw taste amazing !

@uniqueauction 10 ай бұрын

I love eating fish maw, abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin soup.

@springpocket6941 10 ай бұрын

That's the good shit

@hyperboreanforeskin 4 ай бұрын

🤢

@critterjon4061 3 ай бұрын

Dude is playing endangered species bingo

@CFinch360 Ай бұрын

Thanks for contributing to the endangering of species and global decimation

@shaibchigwere4645 10 ай бұрын

Meen am enjoying this video

@jnak974 10 ай бұрын

WHY NOT USE ASIAN CARP!!!! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!

@slewone4905 10 ай бұрын

Yellow croakers are farmed raised now, but what I see are small fish. It might be too expensive to raise them to get a decent size swim bladder. I on the other hand substitute it with fried pork rind. although, I would try to get the baked version of it. But I wouldn't know what to do with the type of swim bladder I see. I never used i, but I might know what to do if they fried it up and it puffs up like pork rind. And for those who are form Europe, It used in some beer. it's called isenglass.

@eriksonyw 8 ай бұрын

Interesting! I've never heard such thing called isinglass before and just googled it to confirm what u said. Thanks.

@jbusta8548 7 ай бұрын

Ooo yummy dried fish bladders lol!

@kigongowinnie4014 10 ай бұрын

As a Ugandan, I will start demanding my fish as whole at the market 😅😅😅😅

@farcenter 10 ай бұрын

Love this

@xianx9483 10 ай бұрын

I need it in abundance, as much as I want. As long as you have the goods

@KlaBoi-qj8oh 10 ай бұрын

You need to catch the fish yourself.

@kigongowinnie4014 10 ай бұрын

Women in Uganda don't 😂

@bananasenpai 10 ай бұрын

Holy shit, fish maw! Those things really do taste heavenly. My favorite is a soup, with some black vinegar. Yummmmmmmm

@OutrageousPenalty 10 ай бұрын

Yin and yang is equilibrium, fish bladder doesn't float nor sink, it's equilibrium Probably a chinese dude : Let's make DOOLLAZZZZ 💲

@dumbfrog123 10 ай бұрын

Win-win for both the locals (meat) and Chinese (fish swim bladder).

@stebopign 10 ай бұрын

now i can finally find out where it comes from. those things are great

@500dollarjapanesetoaster8 10 ай бұрын

My question is: can you use salt water fish as well? Most fish have swim bladders. You figure most fish processors would welcome a new income stream. I get that not all of them may be "perfect" but you can at least hit that budget conscious niche. Since we have an Asian carp problem in some areas of the US, then hunting them for their maws (as well as meat) would incentivize more people to go after them.

@CutePuppy520 10 ай бұрын

Yes, you can use swim bladders from salt water fish and turn them into fish maw, in fact, the most expensive fish maw usually comes from the croaker family, croakers are salt water fishes

@steventan5618 10 ай бұрын

I might be wrong, but from what I heard carp has a muddy smell to their meat, and I guess their swim bladder will have the same issue to for it to be considered

@slewone4905 10 ай бұрын

yes. if you watch the video, the chinese originally use yellow croaker. It's being farmed, but the ones i see in the market is small. It might not be economically to farm one that yield a good size bladder. and small I mean the length of a hand and the bladder would be the size of a finger . Not sure which finger. the Taotoba they mention is found in the gulf of california. Most of the Swin bladder is from the conger pike . I think I see them coming from SOuth Africa.

@slewone4905 10 ай бұрын

and the problem with Asian carp is that it's fast growing and cheap. if you can cheaply catch them , it could be processed for something we eat as well.

@TheSongwritingCat 10 ай бұрын

I thought the carp issue was too much pollution in US waters

@tslee8236 10 ай бұрын

One's rubbish is another person's treasure. A win-win scenario.

@psycho5946 10 ай бұрын

i still dont get it, why Chinese always practice old way without any proof of medicinal purpose

@jetezekieljayme9202 10 ай бұрын

Because apparently, everything endangered will increase the size of their men's little non functioning testicles.

@It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin 10 ай бұрын

better than pizza? Now wait just a minute, Sir.

@joshuakelvin8254 10 ай бұрын

Very yummy indeed , especially for soups ❤

@croissant5545 10 ай бұрын

loveee fish maw its so good

@scorpioninpink 10 ай бұрын

If it is an invasive species in Lake Victoria then they are raking dollars here while helping the local population of these fish in check.

@ryan49805 10 ай бұрын

Tastes better than Ugandan pizza or REAL pizza??? 👀 😅

@andrewgagne5063 10 ай бұрын

I was asking the same question.

@erictemitope1386 10 ай бұрын

lol😂😂😂

@viktorcheng2061 10 ай бұрын

That man is a true snake oil salesman

@asjoe444 10 ай бұрын

I tried this fish bladders once. I'd said they are indeed tasted very good. But Pizza still the winner for me lol.

@BxBxProductions 10 ай бұрын

@@asjoe444 had this more than once and its one of my favorite things to have if it's available but not something i'd really go out of my way to have. the taste is pretty neutral but mate i swear to god the texture is to die for and only a good chef can pull it off.

@perfectallycromulent 10 ай бұрын

it's really strange seeing products that are supposedly very valuable and expensive being sold in open cardboard boxes and generic plastic bags. it don't get it, the japanese will wrap up cheap and trivial items so they look great, while these shops are selling luxury goods like junk at a yard sale.

@rajZ772 10 ай бұрын

And they handle them with bare hands throwing here and there..

@LiqqaRoni-cx3tx 10 ай бұрын

I'm sure your new 2023 Lamborghini V8 was test driven by that 19 year old who drove it to the lot 😂

@perfectallycromulent 10 ай бұрын

@@LiqqaRoni-cx3tx then prove it. tell us about the lamborghini delivery process and how it's as sloppy as tossing some fish parts in a cardboard box on the store floor and letting whoever comes by handle them.

@thaer12345 10 ай бұрын

Chinese don't have class

@rianodong2082 10 ай бұрын

@@thaer12345 like you people don't have manner.

@theotv5522 5 ай бұрын

Do not let this video distract you from the fact China ate these fish into near extinction and now are buying from Uganda so they can do it again.

@camilancodot4049 10 ай бұрын

Here in indonesia, we also have a species of fish that most expensive their swimp blader, we called by "Tirus" , for 10 kg of fish price 5000 $ but . The different with Uganda, we not pop the blader.

@eggbenedict-gt7mw 10 ай бұрын

Barramundi

@camilancodot4049 10 ай бұрын

@@eggbenedict-gt7mw different

@masterimbecile 10 ай бұрын

We have a joke amongst us Chinese: “The planes in the sky, the trains on the ground, and the ships in the ocean: these things we don’t eat. Everything else, we do.”

@s._3560 10 ай бұрын

Wrong. That's only a Hong Kong Cantonese saying. Only certain people eat exotic food because they want to challenge each other to bravery. Even those who eat some insects are people of hill tribes bordering Thailand, Vietnam region. Most other groups of Chinese do not eat those things. They just stick to the normal farm animals like most other people in the world.

@unearthedname87 10 ай бұрын

My favorite soup. But so expensive. Only can eat it once a year.

@johnathan5720 10 ай бұрын

It's a luxury for sure.

@slewone4905 10 ай бұрын

Make it with fried pork rind.

@amnesiai 10 ай бұрын

That's crazy. Just over-fish one area and move to the next! sounds like a great plan

@geekroute 10 ай бұрын

Nile perch is an invasive species and wiping out the native fish population in lake victoria

@sys4358 10 ай бұрын

3:38 “Fishing for an invasive species”. It is not even that far down the videos man…

@walden6272 10 ай бұрын

This is an invasive species, they are doing good for their environment and making money. Win Win.

@fengmin8 10 ай бұрын

Like the USA. Bomb one country and then onto thr next!

@girishsharma9711 10 ай бұрын

Chinese would eat anything to stop ageing 😅😅

@bldmyamean8352 10 ай бұрын

I gotta be honest. I had no idea wth I was eating when I first tried it.. but that thing is effing delicious...

@AllenHanPR 10 ай бұрын

When he said it taste better than Pizza. I was literally holding a slice eating pizza. I was like is it reading my mind?

@ermaautencio2985 9 ай бұрын

😂kind of!!😂😂😂😂😂

@SquidSnuggles 8 ай бұрын

Lol. I really doubt it's better than pizza. Maybe if you've never had za 😂

@CryptolockerMD 10 ай бұрын

Kind of remind me of dried pig ears. Dogs love em.

@HomeDistiller 10 ай бұрын

It's funny that the guy keeps getting robbed on his way to sell to the Chinese.. He hasn't worked it out yet 😂

@oma15 10 ай бұрын

30KG? more like 8 pounds!! LOL

@Bobsagot90 10 ай бұрын

try 3 maybe 4

@256Kaku 10 ай бұрын

I feel good when it pulls me😂

@brukujinbrokujin7802 8 ай бұрын

Fish maw soup taste divine.

@pimpdaddy1469 10 ай бұрын

What gets me is at the end when that lady says it gives him nostalgia and it reminds them of back home, how's is that? What happened to their fish what did they do with their fish did they ever have that kind of fish or they just like that fish from another country and if it is how is that nostalgia if they never have that fish till then? 😅 🧐

@ivanttosuckyourblood 10 ай бұрын

It's a childhood dish served at special occasions at the family table. Sort like turkey on Thanksgiving. So when you grow up, you want to carry on the tradition for your kids.

@pimpdaddy1469 10 ай бұрын

What happened to their fish 🐟

@dearhunter7206 10 ай бұрын

he wouldn't be lifting it like that if it was 30 kg's.

@biglenny-he2wm 10 ай бұрын

Looks like less than 10kg to me

@joshs3775 10 ай бұрын

They were very clearly not talking about the small fish he's holding. You think that he caught the biggest fish he's ever landed while they happened to be recording? Think critically for a second before getting all mad

@dearhunter7206 10 ай бұрын

@joshs3775 they literally said that he caught 6 fish that day and the biggest was 30kg they show all 6 fish and the one he was holding was the biggest one.. maybe you should know what you are on about before chiming in.. 😏

@dearhunter7206 10 ай бұрын

@@joshs3775 .

@xianx9483 10 ай бұрын

I need it in large quantities, and I will buy as much as I can. As long as you have the goods and you are willing to wholesale, I will buy them all.

@leagueplayer9710 9 ай бұрын

Im a chinese from South America. I sell fish maws. How can I contact you?

@xianx9483 9 ай бұрын

@@leagueplayer9710 How much per kilogram

@1millionchallenge185 Ай бұрын

Hii your contact I'm supplier from india

@ayacu578 10 ай бұрын

I don’t see a problem as long as its sustainably caughty, though it’s probably the main issue in this business

@Fuzzle1985 2 ай бұрын

Fried fish maw in soup is delicious. Chewy and squishy.

@stevewang2 3 ай бұрын

The strangest thing is how did the Chinese figure out a way to process fish swim bladder and eating it? Instead of treating it as garbage and throwing it away.

@sophroniel 10 ай бұрын

Dude must have strong hands for that line to not cut thru his hands!!

@jovanmitrovic8619 10 ай бұрын

4k a month is pretty good

@RyanEglitis 10 ай бұрын

Why anyone would spend that much on mild flavored collagen is beyond me. Shark fin, Abalone, & Sea cucumber aren't much better - they're all a lot tougher than other nicer types of seafood.

@callmekham8458 9 ай бұрын

nostalgia, tradition, believing it keeps you young. The same can be said of the West when you talk about caviar which is just fish eggs, a shiny rock to give to someone for marriage, or anti aging serum beauty products that prey on the vain. The toughness is part of the it all, texture is very important in Asian cuisine and some people love chewy stuff.

@RyanEglitis 9 ай бұрын

@@callmekham8458 Fish eggs at least taste nice and salty and go pop. Not worth the price, but still pretty good.

@jacobishii6121 10 ай бұрын

Used to be a lot of Nile perch like that at 50lbs they have just been over fished

@Belioyt 10 ай бұрын

Overfishing Nile perch on Lake Victoria is a good thing, Nile Perch is an invasive species introduced by British Colonial government from Egypt.

@kashinath4764 7 ай бұрын

Yes I saw videos of these cooking the fish bladder but always wonder what is this is

@bappadityadas1992 10 ай бұрын

Indian Ghol fish also so expensive.

@TwoAcresandaMule 10 ай бұрын

We should turn them on to the Asian carp in the US waters

@carriemartin8921 10 ай бұрын

👍they can have ALL of mine

@702havingfun 10 ай бұрын

He said it tastes better then pizza 🍕 😂😂😂

@MichaelChengSanJose 10 ай бұрын

Uh, I’ve had fish maw many times and never thought there was much taste to them. It’s pretty much bland collagen and protein until you put some sauce or soup on them. Nice crunch, but I wouldn’t pay much money for them. Glad to hear that the trade is helping to manage an invasive species though. That’s how the Chinese like to handle it, eat our way out of the problem. Plenty of those untapped opportunities in the US.

@slewone4905 10 ай бұрын

Shark fin and Fish maw doesn't have much "taste" it gives the soup body and umami. you know like msg. It's a flavour enhancer.

@godzillamothra5983 10 ай бұрын

fish bladder is so delicious when you make soup out of it

@joshuat6124 Ай бұрын

Now we just need Lionfish stings to be added to the list of "Cantonese Food Treasures" and that'll be another invasive species taken care of!

@carejone829 10 ай бұрын

They eat all the fish in south china sea and now they are hunting corals in west philippine sea, they are sick

@jetezekieljayme9202 10 ай бұрын

I really wish they'd eat their own endangered panda instead of other endangered species. Tell em panda hearts are the secret to immortality.

@nikolai3620 3 ай бұрын

I bet money that guy has never tasted a real pizza in his life.

@yyyyy354 3 ай бұрын

Does chinese market have any interest in lion fish? It would help a lot

@schorriemorrie_04 10 ай бұрын

Insider Business thought let's make a lighthearted human interest documentary about over-fishing so no to criticize the Chinese and Africans too much.

@123fd3s 10 ай бұрын

$4000 per piece? some really old pieces go for more than 90k usd

@incyphe 10 ай бұрын

what do fish maw, abalone, sharkfin and sea cucumber all have in common? They're very expensive. And they all have very little taste.

@jmill5858 4 ай бұрын

I was dating a Chinese girl in high school and she brought me to her uncles wedding. Pretty sure I was eatting this until her grandma smiled at me and said to my gf. "so how does he like fish stomach soup" in Cantonese. yea I was done after she told me what she said 😂

@mgarduno606 Ай бұрын

30 kg Fish is over 66 LBS no way that fish weighs that much. And the biggest fish he caught was 98 kg or 216 lb fish! Wow

@GreatSageSunWukong 10 ай бұрын

Whats with the subtitles he's speaking perfectly clear english

@russellking9762 9 ай бұрын

You'd think that the Chinese would at least fork out for some refrigeration facilities here to preserve the quality of the product

@sdrice2007 10 ай бұрын

More exploration of Africa.

@kevinstory872 10 ай бұрын

need to send china some lionfish and zebra mussels and florida pythons, best way to deal with invasive species is eating them.

@gaveintothedarkness 10 ай бұрын

Just tell them it has anti aging properties and helps with your vitality and BAM profit.

@HarpreetSingh-xr6em 10 ай бұрын

@@gaveintothedarkness better one is it increases libido they are crazy for that shit

@r3dpowel796 10 ай бұрын

For real china will probably buys them for 200$ each. if in a day you catch 30 then you can make 6000$ dollar a day.

@slewone4905 10 ай бұрын

they will eat snakeheads. zebra mussels are questionable, because they store heavy metals and might poison them. They will eat the snake and send us back boots. I am wondering why we don't see that part more often. they might like lionfish. I was told they are like scorpion fish in flavour. But they prefer live fish. Hong kong is falling apart, but if you got a bunch of them in a tank, it might make a good show for them to have them cook it.

@wc4109 10 ай бұрын

Other posters who said fish maw taste yummy.... No it doesn't. Fish maw itself has no taste, even worse no texture... I even wonder if any scientific evidence for its nutritional value...

@MrWhite-yg6yk 8 ай бұрын

Let’s prey that the Chinese never catch wind of the powerful aphrodisiac known only to a select few as “Human Horn”

@北岸bakon 7 ай бұрын

lol Western people has eaten up bunches of animal species such as the Stella's Sea Cow, Dodo, Whitebait, Passenger Pegeon, etc. stop pretending to be a virtuous holy Virgin Mary or something, the situation of the Large Yellow Croakers in China is just alright because China's planting and breeding techniques are among one of the best in the world, China produces more than 60% of the world's farmed sea products but western media will never report it cause they want you to think that there are only few fish living in China's sea then you can start to criticise

@arawiri 10 ай бұрын

Save the swim bladders 🎣

@dirkd7510 10 ай бұрын

Its nice to see Chinese Communist embracing the Capitalist concept of supply and demand. Bravo. Cheers.

@fatalisth 12 күн бұрын

6:44 no way that fish weighs 30kg

@JOHNDOEX11 8 ай бұрын

Why doesn't China just create underwater fish farms to reproduce more so they're not endangered. They do it in Mexico

@北岸bakon 7 ай бұрын

we did, but they won't report, they want you to think there are one or two fish in China's sea

@GR4MPI 10 ай бұрын

❤

@curtielambert 9 ай бұрын

the story of the endangered totuava should also be about the vaquita (also endangered)

@tftfgubedgukm7911 10 ай бұрын

It's mainly the umami it gives to soups.

@ya2a16 2 ай бұрын

Why not making fish farms for this kind of fish and maw , it will be a good idea to save the species and fulfill the big demands , like caviar fish farms