"Zhehaiyan C50", a netizen caught a coded fish and its origin was found!

Recently, a Taizhou netizen @小羊驼 asked for help on social media, saying that he caught a coded fish on Dachen Island and was curious whether the fish could be eaten. He also attached a picture.

According to this picture, what he caught should be a black sea bream, with a pink label hanging at the end of the dorsal fin with "Zhehaiyan C50" written on it.

This matter attracted the attention of many netizens. Some said: "You fished up someone else's paper", while others said: "It might be the specimen recapture method from high school biology." Everyone was full of curiosity.

On December 6, a reporter from Chao News Qianjiang Evening News verified the origin of this fish.

Fish caught by netizens @小羊兔

Caught a coded fish

The comments section went viral

Netizen @小羊驼 is known as a fisherman. At the end of last month, he went fishing at a fishing spot on Dachen Island recommended by his fishing friends and caught this black sea bream. "I didn't notice it when I first caught it, but when I got home and took it out, I found it had a code."

Curious about the origin of the fish, he posted a request for help on social media, but he didn't expect it to attract so much attention.

In the past few days, there have been more and more comments under this post, and some of the comments are very interesting——

"Contact us before eating, or they will lose another scientific research sample."

"It's no use contacting them. Judging from the state of the fish, they probably can't save it. Let's think about steaming or braising it."

"After you finish eating, just write a review for Zhejiang Haiyan Research Institute."

"Replace the fish with another one, nail the fish back, put it back in the original waters, and wait for the publication of the paper 'History of Species Variation'."

"When the stomach was cut open, a piece of paper was found with the words: Great Chu will rise, Chen Sheng will be the king."

“If this fish is eaten by a big fish, can it digest this piece of plastic?”

In addition to these jokes, there are also some comments that seem to be very close to the truth -

"This is a project of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Marine Fisheries. It studies black sea bream and marks the release of fish. The main purpose is that black sea bream is an important marine economic fish in my country, and the research is also for future aquaculture."

The origin of this fish has been found

Remember to do this when you catch it

With everyone's doubts, the reporter contacted Zhejiang Provincial Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

"These are indeed the fish fry we released during the stocking enhancement and release. If you catch them, you can contact us using the phone number on the tag," Director Xu, head of the research project team, told reporters.

In recent years, fishery resources have gradually declined. The Zhejiang Provincial Marine Fisheries Research Institute conducts large-scale fish fry reproduction and release every year. There are three main purposes for marking the released fry. "The first is to understand its growth, how long it takes from release to capture, and how much weight it has gained; the second is to see its migration route. For example, if it is released in our Zhoushan waters, it may be caught in Wenzhou after a period of time, which means it is moving southwest; the last is to see the number of recaptures, calculate how many fish are caught by what nets, and calculate the recapture rate."

Director Xu said that if you catch or fish for a marked fish, after contacting them, you can put the fish in a plastic bag and freeze it in the refrigerator first, and then use a small piece of paper to write down the fishing time, location and tools. Later, staff will come to pick up the fish. "We will also give appropriate rewards. The main principle is not to let the fishermen suffer losses."

According to reports, the black sea bream caught by this netizen was released in early October. "We have several projects releasing fish, and probably released tens of thousands of them." When conducting subsequent recapture statistics, the institute needs the help of the public to obtain more comprehensive information. So far, the institute has received one or two hundred calls providing them with fishing information, "most of which is quite reliable."

However, Director Xu also reminded everyone that the purpose of their research is to understand how many fish will be caught in normal fishery production activities. Please do not go fishing specifically for the reward, as this will lose the value of the research.