Chapter 119 Down the Crab Pot
"Boss, it's time to start the net!" Pan Peiyu greeted outside.
"Okay, brothers, get busy!" Xiao Peng walked out of the cockpit and operated the crane to help collect the net.
The catch was not much, only five or six hundred kilograms. Wen Jie took a closer look: "Boss, we have been running at sea for so long, just to come here to catch a big fishy one? ”
The big head fishy in Wen Jie's mouth is actually cod.
Cod is one of the most caught fish in the world every year, especially in Western countries, because it is one of the most popular fish among consumers in Western countries.
In Qindao, this fish was almost not popular in the early years, and the problem can be seen from the name of this fish ------ the locals are fishy, and it does not look delicious when you hear the name.
However, in recent years, there have been more and more in the market. A large part of the reason is that the number of traditional fish species that people like is decreasing. So the big head has also entered the field of vision of businessmen, and it is better to sell badly than not to sell at all, right?
Moreover, this kind of fish is cheap in the Qindao aquatic market, when there are many fish in winter, it is less than ten yuan a catty, which is considered a cheap fish, which makes people always feel that the big head is a low-grade fish.
In fact, this 'big-headed fishy' is an out-and-out good fish. It's just not suitable for the cooking methods commonly used by Chinese people.
There are only three types of cod in the true sense of the word: Atlantic cod, Pacific cod, and Greenland cod. And the low-grade fish in the mouth of the people of Qindao is the Pacific cod.
Of course, there are at least 50 kinds of close relatives, among which haddock, pollock, whiting, and Norway haddock are all very important economic fish.
In particular, the yellow pollock is regarded as a delicacy in the world by the people of the Xian people, called 'Ming Tai fish', and is one of the favorite sea fish of all the Xian people.
Cod is very popular in European and American countries because of its spiny meat and high protein content. They will slice the fish directly, and only keep the steak for sale, and the price is not low.
But in Huaxia, because of its light taste, and at the same time, it is difficult to deal with its fishy smell in Huaxia cuisine, and most of the time it can only be eaten as smoked fish. So it became a low-grade fish.
This is the reason why Wen Jie dislikes this fish.
Xiao Peng was very happy when he saw this big fishy head: "Pan Peiyu, shabu shabu for a while, remember to add big fishy fish steak." These fish don't need to be stored, we'll eat them these days. ”
"Okay. Pan Peiyu replied while sorting the fish he caught.
"Now go directly to the crab pot, hang two big heads of fish as bait in each cage, throw the cage for two hours, and solve it quickly! Xiao Peng gave another order that everyone couldn't understand.
It is easy to get out of the crab pot, hang dead fish and the like as bait in the crab pot and throw it into the seabed. But it usually takes a night or more to harvest, so what is the two hours of cage throwing?
But after all, the captain had the right to say, and after everyone threw down the crab pot in confusion, they entered the cabin and prepared the hot pot.
Although there are air conditioners in the ship, it is still very cold under the cold sea breeze in the Sea of Okhotsk, and hot pot is the best food to protect against the cold.
"Xiao Peng, I see that the fishery resources in the Sea of Okhotsk are not as high as I imagined, this net is so big and fishy, and it is not as good as our fishing ground. Yang Meng fried cod steak on the side.
Cod has few bones, so cut off two pieces of fish meat along the bones and peel off the skin, which is a good ingredient. And there are no thorns at all. Best for frying.
"What are you anxious about? Although it is said that it is the Sea of Okhotsk, it belongs to the place where it meets the Wa Guo Hai, and the water quality here is still close to that of the Wa Guo Hai. ”
"Although the name of the Wa Sea is Wa Guo, it is actually the high sea, and it is almost surrounded on all sides, with Russia to the west, North and South Bangzi to the south, and Wa to the east, so its special hydrological characteristics have caused its limited ability to treat pollutants. Today's environmental protection in the Wakoku Sea is a mess: a lot of domestic garbage is dumped here, Russia used to dispose of waste radioactive materials here, and there is an over-exploitation of oil, which often causes oil spills. The original Wakoku Sea is a biological paradise, with more than 600 species of fish and countless cetaceans. What about the current Waguo Sea? The harsh environmental pollution, coupled with the indiscriminate fishing and whaling of the Wa Kingdom, have made it very scarce in terms of fish resources. ”
"The place where we are now is where the Sea of Okhotsk meets the Sea of Waguo, do you think there will be a big catch here?" Xiao Peng replied unhurriedly as he ate the mutton shabu.
"Boss, you know so much. Wen Jie looked adoring and slapped Xiao Peng's ass.
"Nonsense, do you think I'm here blindly? Do you know how much preparation I made?" Xiao Peng replied with a bullish face.
"Then what are we doing here?" Yang Meng asked puzzled.
"And why is this crab pot just thrown for two hours, and what can it be done in such a short time?" Wen Jie also asked the doubts in everyone's hearts.
Xiao Peng's eyes glared: "Aren't you talking nonsense? It's mid-October! And the sea area we belong to now belongs to the jurisdiction of the Japanese State, and the fishing season for the queen crab in the Japanese State starts on November 6 every year, and it is still a ban on fishing, so it won't be fun for us to let people catch it." We're poaching, you know?"
"Is there a queen crab here?" Wen Jie's eyes lit up, the queen crab is a high-end ingredient.
"Nonsense, otherwise what am I doing here?" Xiao Peng glared at Wen Jie: "I'll just say it clearly." The purpose of my visit this time is to see if I can bring queen crabs and Kamchatka crabs to our fishing grounds to breed. ”
The Kamchatka crab in Xiao Peng's mouth is actually the famous king crab.
Although the name of king crab is very domineering, in fact, king crab is not a real crab. Rather, it is a crustacean of the genus Pseudo-Rock Crab in the family Stone Crab.
The way to distinguish a king crab from a real crab is very simple, first, the king crab only has six legs plus two claws, while the crab has eight legs and two claws. The second is that all the legs of the king crab are bent backwards, which is completely different from the real crab.
After Yang Meng heard this, he shook his head: "This is unlikely, whether it is queen crab or king crab, the water quality requirements are very high, and it is not easy to survive for twenty-four hours when fished, not to mention that the water quality of our fishing ground is warm, which is not suitable for these two crabs to live at all." ”
Xiao Peng smiled mysteriously: "I've already thought of a way, I should be able to give it a try." ”
"What's the way?" Pan Peiyu was also curious. "If there is a way to bring these two kinds of crabs back to the Chinese sea to raise, it will be a blessing for all foodies. If we can really do a good job in the breeding of king crabs and queen crabs, our fishery just sells these two things is enough for us to eat and drink spicy food!"
Xiao Peng said with a little mystery: "Secret, anyway, I think of a way to try." Okay, let's eat quickly, rest for a while after eating, put away the crab pots and immediately go north to the open sea, straight to Kamchatka. ”
"Roger. Yang Meng and the others finally knew the purpose of this trip, and they were not as bottomless as they were at the beginning.
After resting for two hours, before Xiao Peng could urge, Yang Meng and the others began to hurriedly put away the crab pot. This is poaching, and getting caught is no joke.
Fortunately, the Aralei ship was small and could not hold a few crab pots, and eight crab pots were quickly salvaged.
"Damn, boss, there are so many crabs here?" Pan Peiyu was a little stunned. In each crab pot, there are more than a dozen snow crabs.
Xiao Peng smiled faintly: "There is a group of snow crabs passing by below, and we are in a better position to throw the cage." ”
Wen Jie asked, "Boss, how did you know that there were crabs passing through the seabed?"
Yang Meng knocked Wen Jie with his hand: "Why are you so curious? Ask what you should ask, don't ask blindly if you shouldn't." The sea observation technique that the boss has inherited, do you think it is casually leaking out? Hurry up and work and put all the crabs in the warehouse. ”
Xiao Peng looked at the crab pot: "Leave two female crabs with seeds and one male crab for me, and throw the rest of the female crabs back into the sea." Male crabs are preserved in a hurry. After thinking about it, "Let's keep a few more female crabs." ”
Although the Aralei is relatively small, it is 'small and has all kinds of organs', and there is quick-freezing equipment on board, which can maintain the quality of the catch well.
Otherwise, I'm sorry for the price of this ship, isn't it?
There is still a big difference in body size between queen crabs, female crabs and male crabs. Female crabs repeatedly lay eggs and hatch eggs in a short period of time, which reduces the number of peeling, so the width of the dorsal carapace of female crabs is only about half that of males.
The people of the Wa Kingdom like to eat the male queen crab because it is larger and the crab meat tastes more delicious.
But in China, no matter what kind of crab, the female is more popular. After all, the crab roe of female crabs is more delicious to eat.
Speaking of which, anyone who sees the queen crab in these crab pots will think that the queen crab is a real idiot!
In fact, each crab pot has two entrances, and crabs trapped in the crab trap can enter from this entrance and escape from the other entrance. But this has never happened.
First of all, crabs are greedy, and they won't want to leave until they run out of bait in their cages. Secondly, if a crab tries to crawl out of the exit, the other crabs in the cage will grab it and prevent it from escaping, or huddle together so that no one can get out. A veritable pig teammate.
Xiao Peng put the selected queen crabs into the living water tank, and at the same time cast spiritual enlightenment on several crabs and injected magical power into them.
This is Xiao Peng's secret weapon, using spiritual enlightenment to make the Pine Leaf Crab obey orders and use magic power to improve their physique. In this way, take them back to the Thousand Miles Rock Fishing Grounds, where they can continue to breed.
If it is really successful, you can eat fresh and delicious queen crab and king crab at any time!
You don't have to look at the fishing season, and you don't have to look at the import quota.
Think about it is all beautiful drops very!