Artificial eel breeding technology to help Taiwan

The Japanese tradition of eating eel rice on the "Eel Day" in summer has become increasingly known to the Chinese people recently, but few people know that Taiwan was once the "Kingdom of Eels" in the 1990s, with an annual output of up to 60,000 metric tons, more than 80% of which was supplied to the Japanese market. demand and market share of nearly 60%. Among them, Zhang Zanhua, the key figure who was the first to bring Taiwanese eels to Japan and ushered in the prosperous era of the Taiwanese eel industry, served as the three-term chairman of the Taiwan Eel and Shrimp Export Industry Association, passed away on the 12th of last month. He lived to be 90 years old. Han Yushan, director of the Fisheries Science Institute of National Taiwan University, who has been friends with Zhang Zanhua for many years, said that what he remembers most about Zhang Zanhua is the many times they had eel rice together. Zhang Zanhua is very enthusiastic about the eel industry and likes to talk about ...