Chapter 389: Flounder
Soon after, Wei Hang and his fleet came to the North Pacific Ocean outside the waters of Taiwan Island, and as soon as they crossed the Tropic of Cancer, everyone on the ship felt that the weather was a little cold, unlike in Tangjia Village, where they could still feel the heat when they were working outside.
"It's so comfortable, it's good to be like this all year round. Chen Jianliang and other people who have lived in the south for a long time felt this change for the first time.
It's like going to sea some time ago, the weather was so hot, and the mouth of all kinds of cold drinks was bitter, and it still didn't feel cool.
"It's easy to do, when it's hot, we go to the cold seas to fish, and when it's cold, we go to the tropical seas. ”
Wei Hai took the idea for his cousin, he was full of confidence, with this ship, where can't he go now? He heard Brother Hang say that this ship still has the ability to break ice, and when the time comes, he may be able to go to the North Pole to have fun and see what the Northern Lights are.
But he didn't think about it completely, he had a little ice-breaking ability, but it wouldn't be very strong, and what about other ships?
"Can you fish?" said a tourist.
The blue sky and white clouds, the boundless sea, and the freshness and coolness brought by the sea breeze, away from the hustle and bustle and customs, in the middle of the sea, enjoy the waves in this comfort, sit on the boat, and fish at will, this used to be what a dream picture they yearned for!
Now that he is in it, how can he let go of such a good opportunity?
"Okay, let's see who's lucky. Some tourists who are not willing to be lonely say that they have already prepared their fishing tools and are waiting to show off their skills. It's a pity that everyone is obviously more interested in going to the sea these days, and they haven't had time to play yet!
"Forget it, I won't compare. Jia Luping said that he used to be a little seasick, and he had never been to sea much, so he was not good at this thing.
"If you're fishing, go to another boat! Nothing fun. Chen Jianliang said that although he is more inclined to dive and hunt for treasures, but now the boat has not stopped, and fishing is also a good fun, which is infected by the fourth guy.
"This is more technical, and how troublesome is it to go to other ships?" Cui Jinghao also said with great interest.
He's also a veteran of sea fishing, and he's ready to show off his style! Besides, their rods are relatively advanced, so this height is still no problem.
Wei Hai and Xiao Wu have a wide range of hobbies, and they are also the masters who can't be settled. They replaced words with deeds, and they had already run in and brought the rods out.
There is no shortage of fishing rods on the boat, Wei Hang bought a batch a long time ago, and in addition, Yun Rulong's fishing rods are still here, and they have not taken them back. In his words, the baby is here first, and my brother will use it when he comes back!
If he knew that Wei Hang had used his fishing rod as a public item for everyone, I don't know how angry he would be?
Wei Hang was cultivating in the room. He didn't care about this, he didn't go to sea fishing, he was about to get married next year, and the time he could cultivate was getting less and less.
Xiao Wu is full of enthusiasm. As a result, at the beginning, everyone found out that he didn't know how to do it at all, and he was just busy.
Half-hung Wei Hai could only reluctantly teach him, and Tian Yuanbo and other people who had never used these fishing rods also humbly asked for advice on the side. Let him be a little vain.
I have to say that these high-grade fishing rods are not so easy to use, and Xiao Wu is still studying how to release the line. Others have already had some harvests, such as hairtail, moray eel, large yellow croaker and other more common species have been harvested repeatedly.
There was even a guy who caught a big crab, and who told it to bite the line and refuse to let it go?
Other precious fish are not caught, and although the ocean is rich in fish resources, if you count it by density, it is very few.
I have to say that Xiao Wu's luck is a little good, after he was busy fiddling with it for most of the day, he actually caught a grouper weighing more than ten catties for him, which made Wei Hai envious, does this count as a church apprentice starving to death of the master?
"Put it in the warehouse and chill it, right?" Wei Hai said, this time he has been at sea for a long time, and he doesn't know if he can survive until he goes ashore, so he just freezes it.
"Why is it so troublesome? Wait until you cook it and eat it. Xiao Wu said very generously.
"Xiao Wu, you are really righteous, it's decided, this grouper is hundreds of dollars a catty, I haven't eaten it yet!" Wei Hai immediately licked his lips and said, he had heard that grouper was very delicious.
"Ah, a few hundred yuan a pound? That's still not necessary, I'm going to refrigerate." Xiao Wu immediately repented, do the math, this fish is thousands of yuan, which is enough for his living expenses for several months, no wonder the third brother doesn't take 10,000 yuan in his eyes, this money really comes so fast!
Chen Jianliang pursed his lips on the side, why did he say it? He should wait until he finished eating before suing him!
"What kind of fish is this? How does it look like a discus? Both eyes grow together, it's so strange!" said a tourist who was reeling in the line.
The fish was half a meter long, with a flattened, oval shape, gray-brown on one side, with fine scales on it, and its two eyes growing side by side, and the other side was white, and the white tender flesh could almost be seen, which made him feel creepy, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many people on the boat, he would have thought that he had encountered a supernatural event.
"It's the Earth Fish. Chen Jianliang said that he had eaten in a restaurant before, and the price was quite expensive.
Earth fish, also known as flounder, is a general term for plaice, they mainly live in temperate waters, is an important economic fish in temperate waters, and is also a valuable food fish. There are also traces of them in the tropics and cold zones, all of which are produced along the coast of China, and they are all demersal marine fish, and their distribution is closely related to the environment, such as ocean currents, water and water temperature.
It is a large category of marine fish, distributed in China there are three suborders, eight families, 50 genera, 134 species, the world has more than 540 species, including the flounder family, plaice, sole family of fish. Turbot, flounder, flounder are common, flounder, flounder are common in the flounder family, flounder are common, flounder and flounder are common, and tongue sole is common in the family of soles.
"I think it's called Turbot, right?" said another tourist, confused.
"This is the flounder, the earth fish is the name of Hong Kong and Guangdong, the scientific name of turbot, commonly known as European flounder, in China is called treasure fish. It is recognized as one of the world's high-quality flounder, native to the Atlantic waters of Europe, introduced in China in the nineties, and now there are aquaculture products. Gu Haichao said.
Everyone was dizzy about him, but I finally knew that it was called flounder, and everyone had heard of it.
In ancient China, the flounder was believed to need two fish side by side, is a symbol of loyal love of the strange fish, the ancients left a lot of praise of the flounder of the good sentences: "phoenix amphibious fish flounder", "to become a flounder why die, willing to be a mandarin duck not envy the immortal" and so on.
"Does it really need two fish together to swim?" asked Xiao Wu curiously.
"Of course not, flounder are demersal fish and are no longer adapted to drifting life. They lie flat on the bottom of the sea, half-buried in the sand, with only two eyes bared to wait for their prey and hide from prey. It is also the result of animal evolution and natural selection. Natural selection, survival of the fittest, it's as simple as that. Gu Haichao explained.
In fact, the strange shape of the flounder is not innate, and the eyes of the newly hatched baby flounder are also born on both sides.
When it grows to about three centimeters long, the eyes begin to "move", moving one eye towards the top of the head, gradually moving over the upper edge of the head to the other side, and not stopping until it approaches the other eye.
Moreover, in order to survive better, some flounders can change their body color according to the color of the environment, and the color change is determined by observing the hue of the environment around their head by their eyes. So as long as it swims to a new place, it has to change its body color once, so I don't know how many times a day it has to change.
"It's a flounder. Gu Haichao recognized it for a while and said.
Turbot, also known as tooth slice and partial mouth fish, is generally 25 cm to 50 cm long, and the largest flounder is 70 cm. In the coastal areas of our country, flounder has a wide distribution. Fresh flounder can be eaten or canned, and cod liver oil can be extracted from its liver.
"Flounder is quite expensive, and it costs eighty or ninety to breed it now. Chen Jianliang said.
"Isn't that the wild one more expensive?" Wei Hai's eyes suddenly lit up, at least doubled, right?
"This fish is so big!" Xiao Wu also said, not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing the goods, compared with the two, his grouper seems to be a little small. It's really greedy, not enough to swallow an elephant!
"This is nothing, the flounder distributed in our country is relatively small, the largest Atlantic halibut, can grow to more than two meters long, more than 300 kilograms. Gu Haichao said.
Xiao Wu counted with his fingers, how much money must be there to catch such a fish? at least hundreds of thousands, right?
"How do you catch this kind of fish? Can you only catch it?" Wei Hai's heart was also eager.
"Fishermen in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea often use submarine trolling nets to catch fish, and they can also dive down to catch fish, but the efficiency is relatively low. Gu Haichao said.
He felt that as a biologist, it seemed a bit inappropriate to teach people like this, but most flounders could be farmed, and it didn't matter if there was no danger of extinction. He himself usually eats fish, and humans are carnivores.
"Then let's go to the sea to catch it, right?" Wei Hai said, fishing is not expected, so many people, and the time is not short, only to catch such a one, the efficiency is outrageously low.
"What's the use of you telling me, go and tell your brother to stop the boat!" Chen Jianliang rolled his eyes and said, he still agreed to go to the sea, you can look for treasures or something.
"Okay, I'll go. Wei Hai was still a little in awe of his cousin, but for the sake of his wallet, he could only go hard. (To be continued......)