New technology for transporting live fish without water: they can stay alive even out of water

An aquaculture company in the Philippines has introduced a new technology that makes it possible to transport live fish without water.

As the saying goes, "Fish cannot live without water, and melons cannot grow without vines." What is called "transporting live fish without water" actually uses a special method to make the fish "hibernate."

The inventor of this technology, Comandante, explained that the process of transporting live fish without water is carried out in three steps. First, keep the live fish in water and starve them for two to three days to eliminate waste from their bodies, then put the fish into plastic bags; the second step is to add to the plastic bags a special solvent developed by Comandante himself, and after about 4 minutes in it the fish enter a "sleep state"; finally, the entire plastic bag is transferred to a specially made fresh-keeping container at 18°C to 20°C, with oxygen bags placed around it. After this treatment, the live fish can "sleep" for about 9 hours.

Comandante showed people the whole process of taking the "hibernating" fish out of the plastic foam box and putting them into a container. People saw that once the "hibernating" fish entered the water, they immediately woke up and were still lively and jumping about.

Comandante said they did not use anesthetics. If anesthetics were used, the fish would have to wait for the drug's effects to wear off before they could wake up. With this new technology, however, the fish "come back to life" immediately as soon as they touch water.

Comandante said that transporting live fish in this way can save 75% of transportation costs. The fisheries department of the Philippine government has also affirmed Comandante's invention from the perspective of food safety.