Chapter Sixty-Nine: Out to Sea!
On August 30, 2018, it was sunny, with a southeast wind of level 2 and a wave level of 1, which was an excellent weather for going to sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhang Wei stood on the back deck of the fishing boat, looking at the gradually blurring coastline, turned his head to look around, and saw a vast expanse, this fishing boat that seemed quite huge in the fishing port was as small as autumn leaves falling into the lake, not worth mentioning.
Li Zhongguo's fishing fleet had a total of 6 large boats, but only 3 were released this time, and the remaining boats were left in the fishing port for repair.
This small fleet is in the shape of a "pin", splitting the blue waves and heading towards the open sea.
The one Zhang Wei is on is the silver-white fishing ship he boarded during his "interview" two days ago, and "Kaifeng Yuanyu 102" is its full name.
As the head ship, it has a total length of 82.8 meters, a width of 29.6 meters, a gross hull tonnage of 2,200 tons, a fishing boat power of 2,982 horsepower, a displacement of 3,000 tons, and a speed of 16 knots. In addition to the upper deck area, there is also a processing area on the negative floor and a refrigeration area on the second floor. Among them, the refrigerated warehouse has a total of 2018.68 cubic meters, which can store up to 1600 tons of aquatic products. Because it is an ocean-going fishing vessel, 112 fish-attracting lights are set up above the two sides of the hull, and about 108 main light poles of saury fishing lights are set above the two sides and on the driving deck, each about 4 meters long, totaling more than 1,600 kilowatts. In addition, there are a number of tuna fishing stations, which are armed to the teeth.
It can be said that among all the fishing boats in this sea area, it is already an absolute "big guy", and the two-and-a-half-month fishing moratorium has just been lifted.
The South China Sea has been China's inherent territorial waters since ancient times, and like the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, it is an inland sea and a territory, but the rise of China's navy has only happened in recent years.
However, the strong driving force of Chinese people's seafood consumption has destroyed the ability to regenerate marine resources, coupled with the rapid development of coastal urbanization, the coastal cities have discharged industrial sewage into the sea, and the marine pollution has worsened day by day, resulting in the further depletion of fishery resources.
"No fish in the offshore waters" does not mean that there are no fish, but that there are too few fish to catch worth.
Therefore, the fishing port of Deep Blue City has been greatly reduced, and now there is only one left, and a fishing moratorium must be set every year to ensure the reproduction of marine life, otherwise it will become a dead sea under the "exhaustion of fishing".
In the past two years, thanks to the cooperation of fishermen and the government, the ecology of the South China Sea has improved, and people have paid more attention to marine aquaculture – since there are no fish in the offshore waters, it is better to breed them.
As a result, "offshore aquaculture, distant-water fishing" has become a new fishery structure.
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The above situation was told in detail by the ship's first mate, a dark-skinned strong man from Qilu Province, that since he has entered the industry, he must always have an understanding of the general environment of the industry.
Originally, Zhang Wei, as an ordinary person who has never been to sea, wants to follow the fleet to go to sea to fish, and must go through certain training, physical examination and examination, and then be issued the "Seafarer Certificate of the People's Republic of China" by the maritime department before he can go to sea to fish, but all walks of life have various "unspoken rules", since the captain Li Zhongguo wants him to follow the sea, he can get on the boat.
Of course, this is Zhang Wei's first time at sea, and it is also the first time in his life that he has taken a boat, and he has never even taken a small boat before.
Under normal circumstances, most people who have never been on a boat, especially such a sea boat, will be seasick, but Zhang Wei does not feel dizzy, but feels that drifting with the ups and downs of the hull has a very relaxed feeling.
The ship has a state-of-the-art sonar system that uses ultrasound to detect fish, and the crew is busy doing their jobs, most of them are not deep blue natives, but from all over the country, and most of them have been following Li Zhongguo for many years.
Zhang Wei is a newcomer, and he needs to start from the basics, first familiarize himself with the various cabins, memorize the crew rules, and pay attention to everything from eating and sleeping to the sealing inspection of the cold room, to the gathering and evacuation of the storm.
A few hours later, the fleet was already some distance from the mainland, where there was basically no mobile phone signal, and the entire fleet's external communications had to rely on the satellite communication equipment in the captain's room.
Today's weather is stable, the wind is mild, the salty sea breeze blows Zhang Wei very comfortable, helping the other crew members to finish their work, he lies on the deck fence and looks into the distance, occasionally sees a small group of seabirds, like javelins into the sea to hunt small fish.
These inshore fish don't sell for a lot of money, they don't taste good if they're too small, and the fleet wants big fish from farther afield, such as tuna, grouper, salmon, etc., but for these seabirds, these small fish are a real delicacy.
In Zhang Wei's original imagination, these offshore fishing crews should be very comfortable when they are not working - eating seafood, blowing the sea breeze, sunbathing, every day is like a vacation in Hawaii, at ease.
But in fact, the life of the crew is not so comfortable and romantic, they are here to fish, not to vacation.
Such a large ship, with only 20 crew members, each of them performs their duties, and monitors the condition of the hull at all times, and keeps an eye on all equipment, including the power system, refrigeration system, power supply system, etc., not to mention the use of sonar system to monitor and track the fish at any time.
So, it's already nice that the crew has time to brag and gossip with each other for a while.
In addition, Zhang Wei was also told that fresh water, which was common on the mainland, has become a luxury in this vast ocean.
Surrounded by seawater, but there is no fresh water available, it is indeed a very helpless situation.
Of course, there are seawater desalination equipment on the ocean-going ship, and enough fresh water is stored before departure, but this time it is two or three months to go to sea, and it is impossible to think that it will be used openly.
To put it bluntly, even if you send fresh water to your mouth, you can only use seawater for bathing and washing clothes.
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Soon it will be noon, and the mobile phone will have no signal at all, let alone what WeChat and Weibo you want to go to, watch videos and listen to music.
Like many "people who will die without wifi", Zhang Wei is desperate for a mobile phone that has no signal, no network, and has completely become a "brick".
There is a very advanced satellite TV in the captain's room, but even the captain is reluctant to turn it on, the cost is too high, if you are lucky, catch a fish, under the harvest, you can turn on the TV, even if it is a celebration banquet.
Of course, there is no instant information and network signal, but there are still DVDs, records and other things on the ship, Zhang Wei saw that in the common room of the cabin, there were two sacks of discs next to the LCD TV, as well as a DVD player with a sense of age, which gave people the illusion of returning to the last century.
"My chance, where are you?" Zhang Wei took a deep breath of the fresh air on the sea, although it was fresh, he had already begun to miss the PM2.5 city air in Deep Blue City, "Two months...... Forget it, if it's so easy to find, is it still called chance? Be patient. ”
Descending the gangway, he was heading to the galley, and since he was going to be here for a long time, getting on good terms with the crew was the first step.
Step 1: He wants to show off his newfound cooking skills and conquer everyone's stomachs.