Japan caught poisonous fish 50 times more than puffer fish

Soshihagi fish - 50 times more toxic fish than puffer fish

Mie provincial fishery officials on October 30 said the fishermen in Toshi Island, Toba City, in the province have caught Soshihagi fish of the Kawahagi family that contain extremely strong poison.

The Mie Provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said the fish is caught in fisherman's nets 1-2 times a year in the Kumanonada Sea, noting that people "absolutely cannot eat this fish." ' Because there are 50 times more venom than puffer fish.

Soshihagi fish caught by fishermen in the area
Sea near Toshi Island, Toba City Mie Prefecture.

According to Mie provincial authorities, the caught fish has a length of about 40cm, weighs 500g. Soshihagi has been living in warm waters for a long time, but in recent years, these fish were found in Ise and Shima from October until winter.

From the beginning of October 2012, this poisonous poisonous fish appeared in the catches of Suga Island. The chairman of Isobe Catching Association in Toba, Fujiwara Takahito, 54, said: 'This fish appears more than every year. Soshihagi was found in Kumanonada but recently appeared in Shima's seaside it is very rare. Most likely due to the effects of global warming, this fish has swam back to the North. "

According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, if the poisoning of the palitoxin of this fish is found, the victim will show signs of muscle pain, respiratory failure, convulsions and nerve paralysis resulting in death . The terrible poison of this fish lies in its gut and liver.

In Japan, Soshihagi often lives in the waters of Okinawa Prefecture and Kochi. According to the Ministry's statistics, from 1953-2009, there were 36 cases of palitoxin poisoning in Japan, including 6 deaths. Although there have been no deaths due to eating Soshihagi directly, there have been reports of cattle dying from eating the wrong fish.