Why are yellow-spotted fish sold at high prices?

Catching the yellow sardines, the fishermen will collect the profits up to hundreds of millions, so they are called by the seafarers "swimming gold" or "heavenly Vietnam".

On March 3, Nghe An fishermen caught the 8kg fish in the shape of golden sardine, offered to buy with the price up to hundreds of million but the owner did not sell. In the past few years, seafarers in Dong Nai and Ben Tre have been lucky enough to catch yellow fish and "change their life after only one night".

Explanation of the value of yellow sardines , Dr. Nguyen Duc Cu, Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) - each has a research topic on yellow sardines - said to create so the value of their billions is not in meat, but in the bubble . "Ball of yellow sardines is the raw material to create sewing thread in medicine. This type of thread has the ability to self-destruct after sewing for patients," Mr. Cu said.

The mouth of the yellow sardines has a characteristic yellow color.(Photo: Bao Dai unite).

Besides, according to the long-standing concept of China, the dish from goldfish is always "high flavor and taste". They think that this food will bring good luck and make a big deal. In the past, goldfish were priced around 15-20 million VND / kg, now up to 30-40 million / kg.

Professor Mai Dinh Yen, a fish expert, added that this fish is mainly sold to advanced countries like Japan, the US and China - countries that have the technology to produce stitches from fish balls. In addition, hard fish scales should also be used to create pluck.

Yellow-spotted fish named scientific Otolithoides biauritus , belongs to the set of bass. Their mouths are wide, the muzzle is sharp, the most obvious point is turmeric.

In Vietnam, yellow carp is mainly distributed in the estuary of the Red River and Mekong River Delta. In the world, they are distributed in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China. Experts said, although rare, they have not been included in the Red Book.