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

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

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  • @nnndddzzz1
    @nnndddzzz19 ай бұрын

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

  • @koopa5504

    @koopa5504

    9 ай бұрын

    Helplessly delusional

  • @LiNapster

    @LiNapster

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @koopa5504

    @koopa5504

    9 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

    @BlitzkriegFeuerFrei

    9 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

    @AlastorYagami

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @rickyspanishhh6007
    @rickyspanishhh60079 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

    @nancysmith9487

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @Misaki11111

    @Misaki11111

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @sebastian3004

    @sebastian3004

    9 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

    @geekroute

    9 ай бұрын

    Tangayikan Cichlids keeper here. *waves*

  • @KonradvonHotzendorf

    @KonradvonHotzendorf

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@Joe-sg9llLOL 🤣

  • @CampbellJRMartin
    @CampbellJRMartin8 ай бұрын

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

  • @theemclane4037
    @theemclane40379 ай бұрын

    "It tastes better than pizza" 😭😭😭

  • @Rasoai

    @Rasoai

    9 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jonathanyoung8109

    @jonathanyoung8109

    9 ай бұрын

    How about you put it on pizza 🤯

  • @lilstan314

    @lilstan314

    9 ай бұрын

    lol pizza that’s it !!!! PIZZA!!!!!

  • @Shawn_Lai

    @Shawn_Lai

    9 ай бұрын

    Lol they must have not had good pizza

  • @duffman2201

    @duffman2201

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @yukinagato1573
    @yukinagato15739 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

    @rentoshine2038

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @yukinagato1573

    @yukinagato1573

    9 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

    @aylahughes9185

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @kenfern2259

    @kenfern2259

    9 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

    @dishwasher69

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@rentoshine2038shut up

  • @peterkucia2890
    @peterkucia28909 ай бұрын

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

  • @WambedeDickson-wr7gk
    @WambedeDickson-wr7gk9 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

    @harrellt1405

    9 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

    @andrewgagne5063

    9 ай бұрын

    Oh boy. I am so sorry.

  • @s._3560

    @s._3560

    9 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

    @deebil8099

    9 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

    @sumonechan8514

    8 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
    @anxiousduck9 ай бұрын

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

  • @q_ayyah

    @q_ayyah

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @OneOut1

    @OneOut1

    2 ай бұрын

    You're thinking an AI robot.

  • @torgiebride8558

    @torgiebride8558

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @hiimryan2388
    @hiimryan23888 ай бұрын

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

  • @CampbellJRMartin

    @CampbellJRMartin

    8 ай бұрын

    and surgical threads!

  • @iedaabdullah5743

    @iedaabdullah5743

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @jitteller9042
    @jitteller90429 ай бұрын

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

  • @711jastin
    @711jastin9 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

    @penguinpingu3807

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @711jastin

    @711jastin

    9 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

    @walden6272

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @penguinpingu3807

    @penguinpingu3807

    8 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

    @Zahrul3

    7 ай бұрын

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

  • @ensignofindustry1033
    @ensignofindustry10339 ай бұрын

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

  • @doctorseafood9561
    @doctorseafood95618 ай бұрын

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

  • @laidejpeg
    @laidejpeg8 ай бұрын

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

  • @sovitaseng5519

    @sovitaseng5519

    8 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

    @betterhomesxperience8911

    8 ай бұрын

    @@sovitaseng5519 am looking for market, any referral please

  • @nnf9431
    @nnf94318 ай бұрын

    Glad that the belt and road initiative has reached Uganda

  • @JOGA_Wills
    @JOGA_Wills9 ай бұрын

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

  • @myIGbin24h
    @myIGbin24h8 ай бұрын

    i love how chill the ugandan guy is

  • @munghinhoy4501
    @munghinhoy45019 ай бұрын

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

  • @monokendo
    @monokendo9 ай бұрын

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

  • @yunantheobserver6841

    @yunantheobserver6841

    9 ай бұрын

    If it taste like tripe I'll buy it.

  • @johnathan5720

    @johnathan5720

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @celyl
    @celyl5 ай бұрын

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

  • @slewone4905
    @slewone49058 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

    @eriksonyw

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @ESSBrew
    @ESSBrew9 ай бұрын

    Chinese will say any endangered crap is a viagra

  • @Ayella_256
    @Ayella_2569 ай бұрын

    Thank you for showcasing our country. 😅😊

  • @ryan49805
    @ryan498059 ай бұрын

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

  • @andrewgagne5063

    @andrewgagne5063

    9 ай бұрын

    I was asking the same question.

  • @erictemitope1386

    @erictemitope1386

    9 ай бұрын

    lol😂😂😂

  • @viktorcheng2061

    @viktorcheng2061

    9 ай бұрын

    That man is a true snake oil salesman

  • @asjoe444

    @asjoe444

    9 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

    @BxBxProductions

    9 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.

  • @uniqueauction
    @uniqueauction8 ай бұрын

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

  • @springpocket6941

    @springpocket6941

    8 ай бұрын

    That's the good shit

  • @hyperboreanforeskin

    @hyperboreanforeskin

    3 ай бұрын

    🤢

  • @critterjon4061

    @critterjon4061

    2 ай бұрын

    Dude is playing endangered species bingo

  • @qxezwcs
    @qxezwcs9 ай бұрын

    Oh wow so much fish maw. Yum!

  • @alirjeff3096
    @alirjeff30968 ай бұрын

    There’s only one reason Chinese don’t eat chicken testicles; because chickens don’t have testicles.

  • @joshs3775
    @joshs37759 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

    @usingThaForce

    7 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

    @brianm1907

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @alexandreutiyama547
    @alexandreutiyama5479 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

    @jnak974

    9 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.

  • @500dollarjapanesetoaster8
    @500dollarjapanesetoaster89 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

    @CutePuppy520

    9 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

    @steventan5618

    8 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

    @slewone4905

    8 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

    @slewone4905

    8 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

    @TheSongwritingCat

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @unearthedname87
    @unearthedname879 ай бұрын

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

  • @johnathan5720

    @johnathan5720

    9 ай бұрын

    It's a luxury for sure.

  • @slewone4905

    @slewone4905

    8 ай бұрын

    Make it with fried pork rind.

  • @yennlingc
    @yennlingc9 ай бұрын

    Fish maw taste amazing !

  • @jnak974
    @jnak9749 ай бұрын

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

  • @perfectallycromulent
    @perfectallycromulent9 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

    @rajZ772

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @LiqqaRoni-cx3tx

    @LiqqaRoni-cx3tx

    9 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

    @perfectallycromulent

    9 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

    @thaer12345

    9 ай бұрын

    Chinese don't have class

  • @rianodong2082

    @rianodong2082

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @psycho5946
    @psycho59469 ай бұрын

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

  • @jetezekieljayme9202

    @jetezekieljayme9202

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @camilancodot4049
    @camilancodot40499 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

    @eggbenedict-gt7mw

    8 ай бұрын

    Barramundi

  • @camilancodot4049

    @camilancodot4049

    8 ай бұрын

    @@eggbenedict-gt7mw different

  • @sdfgh6017
    @sdfgh601721 күн бұрын

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

  • @dioniciotorres4290
    @dioniciotorres42905 ай бұрын

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

  • @stebopign
    @stebopign9 ай бұрын

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

  • @kigongowinnie4014
    @kigongowinnie40149 ай бұрын

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

  • @farcenter

    @farcenter

    9 ай бұрын

    Love this

  • @xianx9483

    @xianx9483

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @KlaBoi-qj8oh

    @KlaBoi-qj8oh

    8 ай бұрын

    You need to catch the fish yourself.

  • @kigongowinnie4014

    @kigongowinnie4014

    8 ай бұрын

    Women in Uganda don't 😂

  • @scorpioninpink
    @scorpioninpink8 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.

  • @waynewang5055
    @waynewang50558 ай бұрын

    Come on you guys please embrace the difference of each country’s food culture. Chinese discovered so many techniques and developed many methods to cook and preserve unusual cuts of the animals through our respect to the ingredients. This is pure legacy and wisdom. All countries in the world eats the same cuts of the animals, but that doesn’t mean we have to throw away the rest of the animals no? Open your mind, try before criticize.

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile9 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

    @s._3560

    9 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.

  • @OutrageousPenalty
    @OutrageousPenalty9 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 💲

  • @It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin
    @It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin9 ай бұрын

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

  • @koopa5504
    @koopa55049 ай бұрын

    I love how chinese literally eat the garbage parts of the animals so europeans can eat the good cuts lol

  • @girishsharma9711
    @girishsharma97119 ай бұрын

    Chinese would eat anything to stop ageing 😅😅

  • @dumbfrog123
    @dumbfrog1239 ай бұрын

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

  • @croissant5545
    @croissant55458 ай бұрын

    loveee fish maw its so good

  • @shaibchigwere4645
    @shaibchigwere46458 ай бұрын

    Meen am enjoying this video

  • @bldmyamean8352
    @bldmyamean83528 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...

  • @kevinstory872
    @kevinstory8729 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

    @gaveintothedarkness

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @HarpreetSingh-xr6em

    @HarpreetSingh-xr6em

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @r3dpowel796

    @r3dpowel796

    9 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

    @slewone4905

    8 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.

  • @dearhunter7206
    @dearhunter72069 ай бұрын

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

  • @biglenny-he2wm

    @biglenny-he2wm

    9 ай бұрын

    Looks like less than 10kg to me

  • @joshs3775

    @joshs3775

    9 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

    @dearhunter7206

    8 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

    @dearhunter7206

    8 ай бұрын

    @@joshs3775 .

  • @oma15
    @oma159 ай бұрын

    30KG? more like 8 pounds!! LOL

  • @Bobsagot90

    @Bobsagot90

    9 ай бұрын

    try 3 maybe 4

  • @pimpdaddy1469
    @pimpdaddy14699 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

    @ivanttosuckyourblood

    9 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

    @pimpdaddy1469

    9 ай бұрын

    What happened to their fish 🐟

  • @ayacu578
    @ayacu5788 ай бұрын

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

  • @xianx9483
    @xianx94838 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

    @leagueplayer9710

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @xianx9483

    @xianx9483

    8 ай бұрын

    @@leagueplayer9710 How much per kilogram

  • @bananasenpai
    @bananasenpai9 ай бұрын

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

  • @CryptolockerMD
    @CryptolockerMD9 ай бұрын

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

  • @jbusta8548
    @jbusta85485 ай бұрын

    Ooo yummy dried fish bladders lol!

  • @tslee8236
    @tslee82369 ай бұрын

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

  • @MichaelChengSanJose
    @MichaelChengSanJose9 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

    @slewone4905

    8 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.

  • @joshuakelvin8254
    @joshuakelvin82549 ай бұрын

    Very yummy indeed , especially for soups ❤

  • @RyanEglitis
    @RyanEglitis8 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

    @callmekham8458

    8 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

    @RyanEglitis

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @carejone829
    @carejone8299 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

    @jetezekieljayme9202

    9 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.

  • @AllenHanPR
    @AllenHanPR8 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

    @ermaautencio2985

    7 ай бұрын

    😂kind of!!😂😂😂😂😂

  • @SquidSnuggles

    @SquidSnuggles

    7 ай бұрын

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

  • @HomeDistiller
    @HomeDistiller9 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 😂

  • @amnesiai
    @amnesiai9 ай бұрын

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

  • @geekroute

    @geekroute

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @sys4358

    @sys4358

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @walden6272

    @walden6272

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @fengmin8

    @fengmin8

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @GR4MPI
    @GR4MPI9 ай бұрын

  • @TwoAcresandaMule
    @TwoAcresandaMule9 ай бұрын

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

  • @brukujinbrokujin7802
    @brukujinbrokujin78026 ай бұрын

    Fish maw soup taste divine.

  • @bappadityadas1992
    @bappadityadas19929 ай бұрын

    Indian Ghol fish also so expensive.

  • @sophroniel
    @sophroniel8 ай бұрын

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

  • @jacobishii6121
    @jacobishii61219 ай бұрын

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

  • @Belioyt

    @Belioyt

    9 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
    @kashinath47646 ай бұрын

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

  • @MrWhite-yg6yk
    @MrWhite-yg6yk6 ай бұрын

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

  • @haplol7267

    @haplol7267

    6 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

  • @carriemartin8921
    @carriemartin89219 ай бұрын

    👍they can have ALL of mine

  • @dirkd7510
    @dirkd75108 ай бұрын

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

  • @jovanmitrovic8619
    @jovanmitrovic86199 ай бұрын

    4k a month is pretty good

  • @256Kaku
    @256Kaku8 ай бұрын

    I feel good when it pulls me😂

  • @godzillamothra5983
    @godzillamothra59838 ай бұрын

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

  • @Fuzzle1985
    @Fuzzle198517 күн бұрын

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

  • @702havingfun
    @702havingfun8 ай бұрын

    He said it tastes better then pizza 🍕 😂😂😂

  • @tftfgubedgukm7911
    @tftfgubedgukm79119 ай бұрын

    It's mainly the umami it gives to soups.

  • @wc4109
    @wc41098 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...

  • @schorriemorrie_04
    @schorriemorrie_049 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
    @123fd3s9 ай бұрын

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

  • @stevewang2
    @stevewang22 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.

  • @nikolai3620
    @nikolai36202 ай бұрын

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

  • @curtielambert
    @curtielambert8 ай бұрын

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

  • @theotv5522
    @theotv55223 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.

  • @incyphe
    @incyphe9 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.

  • @Sofia-wx2ht
    @Sofia-wx2ht9 ай бұрын

    How is it cooked???

  • @itsking2u
    @itsking2u9 ай бұрын

    If aliens invade I know for a fact the Chinese will eat them.

  • @seeniedk

    @seeniedk

    9 ай бұрын

    Hell yeah😂

  • @quitcallinmebill1699

    @quitcallinmebill1699

    9 ай бұрын

    They literally cook their food in grease from sewers, so ya. They will eat anything. Part of being a dirt poor disgusting communist country.

  • @sourabhchoubey3303

    @sourabhchoubey3303

    9 ай бұрын

    Chinese eat everything Avilable in the world 😂

  • @trumpfuckbidentrumpfuckbid4859

    @trumpfuckbidentrumpfuckbid4859

    9 ай бұрын

    Truth but that is ficling racist😂😂

  • @cachesolo1534

    @cachesolo1534

    9 ай бұрын

    They will taste better than pizza

  • @jimysk8er
    @jimysk8er8 ай бұрын

    maybe they could work on the invasive carp in north america finaly?

  • @yapsiauwsoengie6507

    @yapsiauwsoengie6507

    Ай бұрын

    No, because American carp would endanger China's national security

  • @edwardchua8698
    @edwardchua86989 ай бұрын

    what kind of fish is that?

  • @russellking9762
    @russellking97628 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

  • @yeetian2774
    @yeetian27748 ай бұрын

    Chinese from GuangDong province eat them. The others don’t even know what it is.

  • @melodyparra2960
    @melodyparra29609 ай бұрын

    It don’t look any better than pizza out of there. Just stick to my nice slice of pizza

  • @JOHNDOEX11
    @JOHNDOEX116 ай бұрын

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

  • @haplol7267

    @haplol7267

    6 ай бұрын

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

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