Eels price boom
Eel Rice (Monopterus Albus) or Swamp Eel (Synbrancus) today increasingly scarce sold in traditional markets.
The peak of the dry season, dry to make the supply of eels from areas which is known as a supplier of eel as klaten, indramayu, Subang, Karawang, Cianjur and Lampung increasingly scarce. scarcity of eels in the market increasingly catapulted the price of fish elliptical like a snake but not the scaly.
Statues on the market a few days ago, the authors asked a trader who happened to sell about one-two kilograms of eels the size of the little finger and get a surprising answer, namely 120 thousand rupiah per kg. Indeed, in the season like this, eel increasingly difficult to obtain, especially eels including seasonal fish, eels meaning can only be obtained with a sizeable amount only at certain times, usually in the rainy season.
Whereas in the dry season, eel would be difficult to obtain, so the price will be very high. Fish with a complete nutrient content and is famous for its high delicious taste, so it is favored by the public. Unfortunately, until now still not much interested in cultivating, so the supply is badly affected by natural catches.
Whereas eel demand both domestically and abroad is very high. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Malaysia and Singapore are examples of eel consuming countries in the world. Eel world demand reaches 5000 tonnes per week, but only 5 percent or 250 tons that can be met.
