But in the last few years, the fugu market has seen a change.

但在过去几年，河豚市场发生了变化。

Their fugu is caught in southern Japan and airlifted alive to their Tokyo restaurants.

店内供应的河豚在日本南海捕获，然后新鲜空运至在东京的餐馆。

In Haedomari Market, the fugu is auctioned off using a bag and hidden hand signals.

在南风泊市场，人们用一个包和隐藏的手势来竞拍河豚。

From one of these farm raised fugu, one of the best parts is actually the liver.

这些农场饲养的河豚最好的部分实际上是肝脏。

There's another reason tiger fugu is getting more expensive: overfishing.

过度捕捞。

The fish can cost more than $100 a kilogram. Eating fugu is especially popular now, during the winter holiday season.

这种鱼每公斤售价超过100美元。在冬季假期期间，吃河豚十分受欢迎。

Narrator: There's another reason tiger fugu is getting more expensive: overfishing.

旁白：河豚越来越贵还有一个原因：过度捕捞。

This rigorous regulation means that, while the fish can be lethal, far more people die from eating oysters than fugu each year.

这条严格的规则意味着，虽然河豚可能是致命的，但每年死于食用牡蛎的人远远多于食用河豚的人。

The tetrodotoxin found in fugu is more toxic than cyanide, and each year about 20 people are poisoned from badly prepared fish.

河豚体内的河豚毒素比氰化物毒性更强，每年有大约二十人死于食用未妥善处理好的河豚。

The Japanese government tightly control who can prepare fugu, and chefs need to take an extensive exam before they're legally allowed to serve the fish.

日本政府严格把控能够处理河豚的厨师，在他们能合法供应河豚之前，厨师们必须参加大量考试。

This method of killing the fish means that the meat stays fresh for longer, and at Yamadaya, the fugu is aged for 24 hours before it's served.

这种宰鱼的方法意味着鱼肉保鲜时间会延长，而且在山田屋酒店，河豚要经过24小时的陈化处理才能上餐桌。

There's a fish called fugu, the pufferfish, and in the wild, they eat certain shellfish, and it creates a poison in their body, and this is one of the most poisonous fish in the ocean.

有一种叫做河豚的鱼，在野外它们吃某些贝类，它会在他们的体内产生毒药，这是海洋中最毒的鱼之一。

Farmed versions of these fish are much cheaper and many more affordable chain fugu restaurants are starting to appear, but the farmed version is difficult to raise, and Japanese consumers say it just doesn't taste as good.

人工养殖的河豚要便宜的多，而且越来越多的平价连锁河豚餐厅正在涌现，但是人工养殖很难养活，顾客们也说味道不那么好了。