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Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is likely one of the most costly dried-seafood merchandise on the planet. A Chinese language delicacy, it could actually fetch $450 to $1,000 per kilogram. It’s usually considered as a logo of wealth and prosperity, and it is given out as presents at essential occasions and stockpiled as a speculative funding. It’s one of many “4 treasures” of Cantonese delicacies, together with abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin. However the primary motive fish maw is so desired is its supposed medical worth. Due to its excessive ranges of collagen and fiber, it is believed to advertise wholesome pores and skin, increase the immune system, and help digestion. Fish maw can also be usually advisable in China for postpartum restoration and to scale back post-surgery ache. However due to overfishing in East Asia, China now imports nearly all of its bladders from different international locations, like Uganda. In Uganda, fishers compete for Nile perch in Lake Victoria and ship them to China for very excessive costs.
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How Chinese language Demand For Fish Maw (Swim Bladder) Fuels A $52 Million Business In Uganda
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Western proper gander…. vaccine suppose to work!
Basically China’s delicacies are left parts of the animal that had no other use so were marketed as anti-aging or whatever else they claim. It’s all marketing….
What an utterly vile culture that has got no refined taste and will just about eat anything?
in America but has to speak Chinese. They are destroying fish habitats but Non-proven [fake] !medicine"
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!
Those little Y.D will eat anything.
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
Fried fish maw in soup is delicious. Chewy and squishy.
Hats off to finding a lucrative way to take care of a invasive species
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We are a company from Morocco that specializes in exporting first-class shark fins and fish. We are looking for a partner to deal with in this type of fish remains. Greetings.
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
In my country rich chinese people eat plecos
Please don't over fishing it
Cost mroe than LV purse.
cantonese people will eat anything
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.
Chinese making africa rich. Thats more appropriate
Does chinese market have any interest in lion fish? It would help a lot
I bet money that guy has never tasted a real pizza in his life.
China is awesome and super fd up at the same time (because how they treat animals, nature and people). Just a very destructive part of their culture.
Also the Nigerian dude doesn't remove the fish from the hook for hours…
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 😂
Bovid24 coming ?
Next year it will be eyeballs this bs ill stick to chicken.
Everything is medicinal in china 😂
China just eat normal food ffs
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.
These Chinese are stealing fish in other countries.
More moar maw!
Why are Chinese so wierd about food?
I've had fish maw and it is delicious. It's made in casseroles, stews and soups. Not fishy tasting at all.
He lives in US but can't speak English
Praise Yahweh for his abundance in Yeshua Holy Spirit mighty Name
China overfished their waters and are now Stealing fish and other sealife from all over the globe! Saltwater locusts!
When are the chinese going to stop there pilaging ?. Now fish bladders , and rhino horn, shark fins ,elephant tusks ,tiger penises ,really. when are the gonna become adults?.Come on guys be mature world citizens , not terrorists of the eco world.
Ooo yummy dried fish bladders lol!
He has that love every fisherman has for the fight the fish gives❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
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Bcoz : its rare …to get
It's almost always the chinglings that have the weird appetite for weird stuff and claim it'll cure this or that.
Do you think if I tell the chinese my dingle berries are anti ageing they'll pay for them?
I dont think the person narrating this video knows what a KG is…
Don’t care about its medicinal effect.
But fish maw soup is really delicious…!
Fish maw taste similar to porkskin…but much better taste!.,
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3:47 It's not early morning. You can see from the shadows that the sun is almost overhead.
Yes I saw videos of these cooking the fish bladder but always wonder what is this is
say what you say about china, but it created more jobs in africa than any other outside country.
this is the reason why china wants the Philippine sea so bad
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