A large number of starfish have recently appeared in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, and these starfish feed on clams and scallops farmed by fishermen, which are highly reproductive and have almost no natural enemies.
According to Chinese media reports, a large number of starfish have appeared in the waters of Qingdao’s Jiaozhou Bay recently, making fishermen unable to fish and suffering. On average, each boat can catch 1,000 to 2,000 market pounds or more per trip. Due to the strong reproductive power of starfish, there are few natural enemies when they grow up, and there is no countermeasures at present. Even though local fishermen have killed more than 450,000 market pounds (about 225 metric tons) of starfish by manual means so far, there are still a large number of starfish that continue to cause significant damage to farms, making farmers quite headstrong. Even if the landed starfish are being bought, the low price cannot compensate for the fishermen’s losses.
According to the report, Qingdao Marine Development Bureau has already intervened to investigate and develop a response plan. At present, experts point out that it is not easy to circulate the starfish into the Jiaozhou bend and the best way to solve the problem is through salvage; according to the report, it is estimated that the affected area is up to 10,000 mu (more than 6,500 hectares) and the estimated economic loss is up to RMB 100 million.
In order to solve the problem, many Chinese netizens proposed to control the quantity by “eating starfish”, experts said it is “feasible”, but there are some problems, including only adult starfish have Food value, in addition, eating too much starfish is also bad for health. However, Chinese netizens have said that “if you can eat them, it’s not a problem” and “it’s okay, just eat them”.
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