453. Gold of the Sea
In the amazement of the expedition, the fishermen lowered the crab pots into the sea.
Crab fishing is not as fast as fishing, and they have to wait here for a day or two after putting down the crab pots before they can put them away.
Suriname was desperate: "The first time I've heard that the expedition team stays at sea to catch crabs, will we become a joke in the circle?"
Terry Kron asked disdainfully, "How much money can you make a year as an adventurer by hunting for treasures?"
Suriname said strongly: "Last year, Bitli in the United States found a Spanish shipwreck, and then earned more than 40 million US dollars, and all the money of a lifetime was earned. ”
"I'm asking you!"
Suriname's voice weakened: "Why are you asking me this?"
"I make 10 million kroner a year from crab fishing, so I wonder who gave you the courage to look down on crab fishing," Trickron said.
Eric walked out and said impatiently, "I said it, we don't disrespect your profession, it's just that we have time now, understand?
Chen Song said from it: "Okay, okay, the big guys are calm, we just stay at sea for a day or two, which won't delay much." In this way, the crab pots have been lowered, so Terry Kron you command the fishing boats to go fishing, and Eric you take your guys to study the treasure hunt route. ”
Eric was a little displeased, Chen Song quietly kicked and bent an iron plate, and then the adventurers willingly went to the meeting.
Trikron was right to stay in the area, as weasel sharks may not be the most intelligent predators in the ocean, but they have a keen sense of smell and must have an abundant catch wherever they appear.
After a while of the boats wandering around the surrounding waters, nothing good was found, but when the fishermen scooped up their nets, they found that in addition to the common herring and mackerel, there were some beautiful eels in the nets.
These eels are very small, only more than ten centimeters in size, and they are not as thick as Chen Song's index finger, so if Chen Song didn't see them with sharp eyes, it would be difficult for the fishermen to notice the existence of these small fish.
Chen Song noticed that the eels were mistaking them for marine parasites, because the eels were small and translucent, with a pointed beak and a pointed tail that looked a little hideous.
When he pointed out the existence of the baby eel, Trickron picked one up and looked at it in the palm of his hand and was overjoyed: "Lady Luck is on our boat today! She's on our boat, it's a glass eel, we ran into a glass eel!"
As a child who grew up in the mountains, Chen Song really didn't know much about the ocean, and he lacked relevant knowledge.
Seeing that Trickron was emotional, Chen Song asked, "Is this eel expensive?"
"Sure, of course, they're currently on the international market at about $1,300 to $2,000 a pound, and if you don't know about that, I'll give you a comparison, and it's $42.25 a pound of uranium, $445 a pound of silver, $500 a pound of Kobe beef, $1,300 a pound of bluefin tuna, and then you understand what they're worth?"
After listening to his introduction, Chen Song was also happy, this fish is indeed very precious, and it can be called the platinum of the ocean.
Knowing that the fishing boat had encountered an extremely precious sea treasure, the people on board rushed to open their eyes with curiosity.
Looking at the small fish that can sell for two thousand dollars a pound, Suriname and the other adventurers were dumbfounded.
Terry Kron raised an eyebrow at him and asked deliberately, "Well, sea fishing isn't less profitable than treasure hunting, right?"
Suriname muttered, "This kind of fish costs more than 200,000 kroner a pound? ”
When the crowd dispersed, Terry Kron suddenly sighed depressedly.
Chen Song asked, "What's wrong?" You don't seem to be happy?"
"Glass eels are valuable, but we can't catch them, you know, because of overfishing, chemical pollutants, water quality, climate change, habitat loss, etc., the eel is now under threat and there are very few of them," Trickron said frustratedly. ”
Chen Song said: "Are they forbidden species?"
Trickron shook his head, "Not really, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has filed a petition to list eels as endangered." The Atlantic Week Marine Fisheries Commission, where our five Nordic countries are located, has stipulated that only 744 glass eel fishing licenses are issued each year, and the fishing quota is only 9,616 pounds, not even 10,000 pounds. ”
Chen Song understood what he meant: "We don't have a fishing license, do we?"
"Who would have thought we'd have such good luck? It's really all up to Lady Luck to come across them, I've never bought a license for glass eels, just like I never bought a lottery ticket." ”
That doesn't mean they can't catch glass eels, though, and the Atlantic Weekly Marine Fisheries Commission's rules are limited to commercial transactions, so it's no problem if you just catch some and try it yourself.
It's not easy to come across glass eels, and Trickron certainly can't give up on not catching them, even if it's just to taste them yourself.
Then the fishing boats replaced the fishing nets with the large-eyed nets and the fine-grained nets, which are also known in China as the nets.
When Chen Song was in China, he read some self-media introductions, saying that it is very disgusting for Chinese fishermen to use nets, and fishermen in major fishing countries such as Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Britain, France and Australia consciously do not use this kind of nets.
When he went to Iceland, he found that this was all made up by the self-media in the black domestic fishery, and so on.
It is true that it is very immoral to use nets, and the domestic fisheries bureau has been dealing with this problem, but foreign fishermen do not consciously use such nets, because some fishery work must be completed by such fine nets.
For example, some fish species such as eels, tuna, and salmon have always relied on catching wild fry for artificial breeding to ensure production, and fishermen have to use fine nets when catching wild fry.
Of course, there is no doubt that fine nets are damaging to marine resources, and they should never be used unless it is necessary for fisheries work, because they are really cutting off offspring.
There are very few glass eels, the fishing boat swept around and put away the fishing nets, but the harvest is abundant, there are enough thousands of catties of fish to be caught, but there are mainly herring, mackerel, cod and the like, and there are very few glass eels.
In addition, the size of other fish species in the nets is uneven, and the fry are also caught in the fine nets.
Then there was work, and Trickron and the fishermen began to select the marine fish that did not meet the fishing standards, and each of them had a ruler in his hand, and when he caught a fish, he measured it, and threw it back into the sea if it was not enough.