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Karachi: The golden fish caught in the net while hunting in the open sea made the fishermen of Ibrahim Haidari silver, they became millionaires overnight.
The crew of Ibrahim Haidari’s fisherman Haji Yunus Baloch, who was fishing in the open sea of Karachi (North Arabian Sea), caught fish worth 70 crores. Run, the manna weight fish was sold at Karachi Fish Harbor for 70 crores.
According to fishermen, the fat-like pulp from the stomach of sawa fish is used in surgical thread, due to which a fish is worth millions of rupees. This fish, called golden sawa, has become rare. The meat sells for Rs 1,000 per kg, but due to the fat-like pulp, it is sold at the price of gold.
According to WWF Technical Adviser Mohammad Moazzam Khan, Sawa belongs to the croaker species, it is called Sawa in Sindhi and Croaker in Balochi, while its scientific name is Argyrosoms japonicus, its size is one and a half meters and its weight is 20 to 40 kg. It can even be.
It is hunted throughout the year, but from November to March, its availability becomes easier because it is the breeding season, during which it is present on the water in flocks, making it an easy target for fishermen. Is.
They say that the reason this fish is expensive is because of its air bladder, which is called pota in the local language, through which it travels to the surface of the sea and underwater.
Apart from this, they also reflect grandeur, the way people keep gold in their homes, the Chinese keep this dry potty in their homes, and are considered a symbol of adornment.
Some traditional Chinese medicine also refers to the use of cotton wool for joint pains, among other things, according to the WWF, there is no truth in making surgical thread from cotton wool.
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