Seafood in Shanghai

I don’t know much, so I’ll explain it to you as I think.

1 First clarify two concepts.

One is that seafood is not cheap in places close to the ocean. Generally, it is more expensive in tourist cities, and Shanghai happens to be a tourist city as well. And how cheap do you think the seafood stalls in Dalian, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenjiamen and Shenzhen are? Probably more expensive than a hotel in Shanghai. In the past, almost all of these places had price issues.

Another thing is that not all seafood in Shanghai is expensive. Some common seafood, such as shellfish, are relatively affordable. The most expensive ones are basically rare or imported seafood, such as large prawns, king crabs, lobsters, etc., and these are precisely the seafood flavors that people are pursuing.

2 There are still many offshore fishing companies in Shanghai. You can check this online. However, Shanghai does not focus on developing the marine fishery industry. Moreover, due to Shanghai's rapid economic development, relatively speaking, the living standards have improved and there are many job opportunities. Moreover, due to Shanghai's high consumption level, there are also a lot of seafood products flowing into Shanghai from other places. This means that As a result, fewer and fewer people are willing to engage in offshore fishing jobs. ?

3 The places where seafood is caught are relatively fixed areas. Several cities with relatively developed fisheries around them are operating in these places. The cake is so big, and there are more people eating it, so they will naturally get their share. Just less. Most of the sea areas around Shanghai are navigation channels, and due to the relatively heavy pollution in the surrounding areas, there are very few offshore seafood. Going to distant places involves many issues such as vessel size, operating costs, fishing licenses, etc. And after so many years of fishing, The amount of seafood in the East China Sea is much less than before. The most obvious thing is that the fishermen who travel to Shengsi and Daishan cannot catch anything with one net. Not many fishermen will go far away to catch fish. In the news Often seen. This will lead to an increase in fishing costs and the price of seafood products will naturally increase. ?

4 Due to eating habits in Shanghai, many people like to eat seafood. However, as more people eat, the seafood production in the country's adjacent sea areas has decreased. A large amount of seafood needs to be imported, so the price will naturally not be cheap. Someone on Zhihu made an analysis, and I took his data to see (his data comes from UnionPay payment): in just one hour at 8 p.m., the whole of Shanghai consumed almost 15 million yuan. And if we count from 18:00 to 24:00, people in the city made about 92,000 purchases in catering activities in one day, and ate about 45.79 million yuan. Shanghai's high consumption level did not arise out of thin air.

5 When eating seafood in Shanghai, you basically go to some good restaurants. In order to ensure their reputation and grade, some high-end restaurants mostly use seafood that is shipped quickly at a higher cost or some high-end imported ones. Seafood products, this also leads to the phenomenon that seafood in Shanghai is relatively expensive. Comparatively speaking, you can still buy a lot of cheap seafood at the Jungong Road Seafood Market in Shanghai and the original Tongchuan Road Seafood Market. ?

6 As for you saying it’s not fresh, I don’t quite understand how you define freshness? Seafood is caught by fishing companies. Some fish caught in one place do not come back immediately, but have to go to another place for work. Even if they come back right away, it is impossible for the crew to keep the seafood, and they will basically die. Frozen. So basically all the seafood you eat is frozen. It's rare that when people eat seafood in a restaurant, the restaurant staff lets you choose live ones to grill. Moreover, some merchants will deliberately purchase stale seafood to attract customers in pursuit of cheap prices. This is due to the pursuit of profit. As for the imported seafood, unless you pay a higher price to ensure that it is shipped directly from the origin to the restaurant, the price will definitely be higher, otherwise the imported seafood must have been frozen for a long time and traveled across the ocean. However, some shellfish products are grown by farmers and can be quickly delivered to restaurants nearby. These products can be eaten fresh.

7 According to online statistics, the population of Shanghai was 24.2 million in 2016 and that of Singapore was 5.6 million. Assuming the probabilities are the same, assuming these people all eat seafood, the seafood supplied to Shanghai can supply the seafood of 4 Singaporeans. Is seafood in Shanghai not expensive?

To sum up, due to rising costs, reduced resources, increasing demand instead of decreasing, Shanghai’s consumption level is relatively high, and it is a tourist city. These factors have led to Shanghai’s seafood products coming from relatively few places. It's said to be high.