Japan is the second largest market for ornamental fish in the world, and the related industries driven by ornamental fish are also very prosperous. These companies generally appear in the upstream of the ornamental fish industry chain, thus creating many world-renowned aquarium companies.
Japan has a huge aquarium market and it is developing vigorously.
Although Japan is a small country with a large population and very limited natural resources, it is precisely because there are so many high-rise buildings in Japan that there is not much space to keep pets such as cats or dogs, so keeping ornamental fish has become the best choice.
This choice also promoted the development of Japan's aquarium industry. Aquariums have become an important decoration in families. In Japan, 10%-15% of households have aquariums. There are approximately 12 million aquarium enthusiasts, and domestic annual sales reach 1,400 million.
billion yen (approximately 1.2 billion U.S. dollars).
The United States and the United Kingdom have traditionally been the top two important markets for Singapore's ornamental fish exports, but since 1994, Japan has replaced the United States as the main buyer.
In recent years, the demand for ornamental fish in Japan has shown steady growth.
Japan’s ornamental fish breeding technology is also world-class. Japan introduced Chinese goldfish varieties, carefully researched and cultivated them, and developed popular export varieties such as Ryukin, Zokin, Nippon Ranju, and Crown Pearl.
After more than 100 years of hard work, the Japanese have improved the koi carp native to China and made it Japan's national fish, and exported it to Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The culture and industry of ornamental fish in Japan is very developed. There are many varieties of ornamental fish. Exhibitions and evaluation meetings are held every year to reward and encourage the best varieties of the year to promote the development of the breeding industry.
For koi, the Japanese aquarium industry pays more attention to it. Koi enthusiasts have organized the "Carp Love Club" and hold a national exhibition in Tokyo every year.
Members of the "Carp Love Club" at home and abroad are invited to submit their own koi to participate in the competition.
Many koi competitions held in China will invite experts to judge to enhance the professionalism of the competition.
As Liushu popularized his fish farming experience to Han Peacock, Han Peacock also found out some Japanese ornamental fish breeding information, which made him start to pay more attention to koi and even the ornamental fish market.
By this time, Han Peacock also knew that koi carps were not as easy to raise as the clerk below introduced.
Koi have very high requirements for the external environment. For example, oxygen must be fully introduced into the pond water, parasites must be driven out, sewage at the bottom of the pond must be discharged, and other feeding methods are adopted. Only by achieving these can Koi not die easily.
Now all these can be solved by buying a professional aquarium. If you buy professional feed, there will be no problem in raising koi.
At present, the annual global export of ornamental fish is about 1 billion, and the trade volume is as high as 5 billion US dollars.
According to statistics, the global ornamental fish trade volume is growing at a rate of more than 10% every year.
There are hundreds of millions of people around the world who like to breed ornamental fish, and ornamental fish are the third most popular pets after cats and dogs.
The world market for ornamental fish is far from saturated. Its market space is still huge.
But the Japanese are not without opponents. Take the koi carp that Japan is most proud of as an example. The largest producer of koi carp is Japan. It has the most mature breeding technology and equipment, and has a large number of high-quality, pure-blooded fish.
Koi carps attract fans from all over the world.
Koi enthusiasts and practitioners from all over the world go to the birthplace of koi - Hiroshima and Niigata in Japan every year in search of famous koi.
However, in recent years, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel, mainland China and other regions have suddenly emerged, and their breeding standards and product competitiveness are close to those of Japan, which has effectively impacted Japan's dominant market structure.
So now, countries are competing on their true abilities. Whoever raises beautiful fish will have a better market.
Seeing that Liu Shu was not in a hurry to take out the koi in his hand, Han Peacock asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking to see if there are any good fish recently. If there is any development potential, I can buy it back and raise it for a few months, and maybe I can make a lot of money." Willow said with a smile.
"Look at the three-color koi store manager Xu. He is going to auction some of his fish to the koi club recently. The average starting price exceeds a thousand yuan. There are more than 20 fish raised in his ecological fish pond.
Among the koi, the highest price is over 6,000 yuan.”
“Sometimes, there will be some customers who bring their raised fish here to sell them, and it’s not uncommon for the transaction price to exceed a thousand yuan.”
"Look over there. That's a famous Japanese brand. The 'Momotaro' koi fish with a body length of about 15 centimeters are all priced at 500-800 yuan per fish. And some adult fish with a body length of more than 40 centimeters are priced at
It’s more than 10,000 yuan.”
"The skyrocketing price of koi carp has made some people excited. The person in charge of a fish farm in Xihu City, surnamed Zhang, said that he once received a boss who brought more than 100,000 yuan in cash to buy fish, and finally picked a dozen of the largest ones.
Home.
In order to raise koi carps, the boss specially set up a fish pond in the yard and hired professionals to help him take care of it. In fact, he didn’t know much about koi carps and mainly wanted to use it as an investment.
This Jinli craze is happening in all major cities in the country at almost the same time, and you will see the extent of their fanaticism after a while, Fourth Brother-in-law."
As soon as Liu Shu finished speaking, as if just to verify his words, a person stopped him: "Manager Xu?"
The three-color koi store manager Xu stared at Liushu's black convenience bag and said: "Little brother, seeing as you can go up to the second floor, you must be knowledgeable. It's not good to put the fish in the convenience bag like this."
Willow smiled and said: "It's okay. My koi is often carried and moved by me like this, so I have adapted to it."
"Oh! So this koi has a very strong vitality? Can you let me have a look?" Manager Xu's eyes lit up, and his guess just now was confirmed.
Their actions naturally attracted the attention of some experienced players.
"Have you discovered something good, Lao Xu?" An old man walked over staggeringly.
"It's just that when you find something good, don't hide it, communication can lead to development!" Another young man also came over.
At this time, several more young people gathered around, making the second floor with many aquariums more attractive.
Seeing that more and more people were gathering here, Store Manager Xu immediately said: "Little brother, I wonder if we can go inside to talk?"
Liu Shu's performance was much more mature than Han Kongque expected. He smiled calmly and said: "Today's auction hasn't started yet, so let the juniors make suggestions!"
With that said, Liu Shu walked out of the passage that some people had given way to. He went directly to the high platform in the middle of the second floor and poured the koi in his plastic bag into a huge fish tank on the high platform.
"Wow!" The audience suddenly exclaimed.
"Such a beautiful koi is rare to see outside."
"Look at the size, it's fifty-five centimeters, right?"
"The Taisho three colors are really beautiful. She looks like she has just grown up."
"It's a female fish, it should be ready to lay eggs."
Koi are relatively large, with a body length of up to 1 meter and a weight of more than 10 kilograms. They are sexually mature at 2-3 years old. They have a long lifespan, with an average age of about 70 years. They lay eggs in April-May every year.
“The color is really right.”
Maybe the koi felt the change in the environment. The water quality here was incomparable to the fish tank at Liushu's home, so the koi felt uncomfortable and jumped up directly.
I saw this big fish, more than 50 centimeters tall, jumping out of the water and reaching a height of one meter. Then it flicked its tail and plunged its head into the water, diving into the bottom without any splash.
"Wow!" There was another exclamation in the audience.
"It's full of energy! It's so energetic."
"Fifty thousand, I'll buy it for half a million." Store manager Xu was the first to bid.
"Six hundred thousand."
"Seven hundred thousand."
"Eight hundred thousand."
"Wow." The continuous quotations immediately stunned some people.
"Eight hundred thousand?"
"Really 800,000?"
"This is a Taisho that has just grown up and is about to lay eggs. It is indeed worth 800,000, but 800,000 is the maximum."
"Is there anyone else who bids? If there is no one, this Taisho three-color piece will be mine." A middle-aged man of medium height appeared at the stairway leading to the third floor at some point.
"It's Boss Fu. It seems like this is a really good koi." Someone started talking again.
If the koi carp can be favored by Fu Changsheng, the owner of the Carp House, it is naturally good.
Although there are many people here who are older than Fu Changsheng, when it comes to Xiangyu, there are really not many people who consider themselves to be more powerful than Fu Changsheng.
Liu Shu was completely shocked at this time. Although he knew that his koi could be sold for a high price, he never thought that such a koi that had been raised for two months could be sold for nearly a hundred dollars.
Ten thousand.
Therefore, just when he was about to shout out the deal happily, and when everyone thought that this piece of Tasho Three Colors would definitely fall into the hands of Fu Changsheng, a slightly hoarse voice sounded: "Eighty-eighty thousand, my old man
Think it’s worth the price.”
An old man was huddled under the high platform, holding a telescope and staring at the Taisho tricolor in the aquarium.
"Old Yu?" Fu Changsheng couldn't laugh or cry, looking at the somewhat slovenly old man.
"I'm offering 880,000 yuan, is there anyone else who wants to pay a high price?" The old man finally put away the telescope in his hand, raised his head and looked at the crowd.
In fact, Fu Changsheng was not bad at this one. The reason why he raised the price was just to create momentum.
After all, it is too difficult for retail investors outside to cultivate a good koi. He needs publicity, so he doesn't mind paying part of the advertising fee.
But he didn't expect that this bad old man actually valued this Taisho three-color piece.
At this time, Fu Changsheng took a serious look at the Taisho three-color fish in the aquarium. The body color was really good. It should not have been specially cultivated. It looked like a wild one. Maybe this was what the old man valued.
The main reason for this Taisho three colors. (To be continued..)