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"Boss Lin, hello, yesterday I heard Mr. Zhong say that you are coming, it's really timely, in a few days, our Haining will go to sea, and it will take at least two months to come back, in that case, I will miss meeting you."

Zhang Qiang is an old seaman with five or six years of experience in sea operations, and he has followed the Haining to sail across the sea and the world for two years, very about interpersonal communication, plus acquaintance with Lin Fan and others, at this time he pulled Lin Fan and the three of them enthusiastically.

"Brother Zhang, which countries are you going to go to sea this time? Still going to Newfoundland? Lin Fan asked with a smile.

"Distant-water fishing vessels may catch tuna near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, depending on the target of the fish; Squid is usually found in the waters of Argentina and Peru; The Bering Strait is dominated by saury fishing.

Last time we went to the Newfoundland fishing grounds, this time we are going to go to the Bering Strait to catch saury, and now it is the season for saury to grow, and many countries such as the United States, Japan, Russia, Canada, Iceland, etc., as well as our Chinese pelagic fishing boats will go to catch saury. Zhang Qiang shook his head and said, but Lin Fan was still blank in this regard, so he listened carefully.

The Bering Strait is located between Cape Dizhnev, the easternmost point in Asia, and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point in the Americas, with a longitude of 169°0' west and a latitude of 65°30'N, about 85 kilometers wide and a depth of 30-50 meters. The strait connects the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea.

The Bering Strait is a water passage connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, as well as the dividing line between two continents (Asia and North America), two countries (Russia and the United States), and two peninsulas (Alaska Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula).

The eastern and northern parts of the Bering Strait have a subpolar climate, and the winter temperature is -35~-45C (-31~-49F). The sea water comes almost entirely from the Pacific Ocean. The water is rich in life, such as salmon, herring, cod halibut, etc., which is of great economic value. The islands are also a breeding ground for fur seals and sea otters. In the northern seas, walruses, seals, and sea lions are found in the northern region.

"Brother Zhang, since the Bering Strait is the waters of the United States and Russia, will they allow us to fish? We seem to have heard that every coastal country has an exclusive economic zone, will there be a conflict with them? Lin Fan still knew some common sense about sea fishing, so he frowned and asked.

"Xiaofan is right, deep-sea fishing must be in accordance with the international law of the sea, and the operating area of fishing vessels must be strictly controlled." Zhong Huayan took over beside him, "Our fishing boats must not cross the 200-nautical-mile waters near the shore, which is people's exclusive economic zone. ”

According to relevant international regulations, the waters within 200 nautical miles of the national coast are exclusive economic zones, and fishing vessels from other countries are not allowed to enter the fishing, while the high seas beyond 200 nautical miles can be fished at will.

However, saury is mainly found in the North Pacific Ocean such as the Sea of Japan and the Bering Sea of Alaska, where they spawn and migrate from Alaska waters to the Bering Strait along ocean currents.

The area where we fish is near the Bering Strait, and the saury just grows up at this time. Because the production season is in autumn, the saury gets its name. This fish is rich in protein fatty acids and is an important edible fish in countries such as Japan and South Korea. ”

"Our family has also wholesaled saury, and I heard those boat owners say that it seems that fishing for saury is only possible at night, I don't know if it's true?" Zhou Xiaolin also asked with interest.

"You're right, unlike other fishing operations, saury fishing has to be done at night. The main reason for this is that saury is phototaxis and can use light to attract it to the vicinity of fishing boats. ”

Zhang Qiang nodded, last time he knew that Zhou Xiaolin's family was a wholesaler of seafood, and he must have been in contact with the owner of the fishing boat, so he should know something, and then continued: "The crew fixes the large wattage strong light fixtures on the side of the fishing boat, and when the fish are attracted and concentrated by the strong light, the whole school of fish will usually be caught in the net."

Fishing boats almost caught every time they put their nets down, and the largest one caught 18 tons of saury. The fresh fish unloaded onto the deck is processed immediately, and the crew who has just put away the nets have to go down to the processing area on the lower floor, where the saury is sorted and frozen according to size. ”

"Sometimes, when there is a good harvest, if there is enough fuel and daily necessities, and the crew is not tired, we will process the fish on the spot to wholesalers in the coastal countries, and then re-fish the fish and then return to China." Zhong Huayan added with a smile next to him.

"Brother Zhang, we went to sea twice with Xiaofan, and we thought it was very fun. But we don't go to sea for more than ten days at a time, and you often go to sea for two months, so won't you get bored? Wang Biao asked about Zhang Qiang's life at sea.

"There are also advantages to being a crew member on a fishing boat, no matter what kind of fish you catch, let the crew eat whatever you want, and take care of it." Zhang Qiang said with a smile, "The crew and chefs on the ship cook the saury in a different way: stir-frying, cooking, grilling, smoking, and pickling...... As long as they could think of cooking methods, they made them all over again, so that some crew members had enough to eat when they returned home. ”

Everyone laughed out loud when they said this, and all the people here have had the experience of going to sea, so it can be said that these things are everyone's common experience, so everyone feels very cordial.

Lin Fan also learned a lot of things that need to be paid attention to in deep-sea fishing, especially this kind of large-scale distant-water fishing vessel, which needs to be taken into account in the management, so he raised many professional questions while visiting the Haining with Zhong Huayan and Zhang Qiang, so as to have some understanding of the management of large-scale distant-water fishing vessels in the future.

Lin Fan learned that there were a total of 36 crew members on the Haining fishing boat, and in addition to filling up the fuel when setting off, they also had to bring enough food, medicine, fresh water and other supplies necessary for the crew.

Among them, 800 kilograms of beef alone were carried, 1 ton of peanut oil was carried, and there were also a large number of vegetables such as cabbage, radish, spinach, potatoes, etc. Excluding the expenses of fishing boats, fuel crews, salaries, sailing, daily necessities and other expenses, the last time the Haining came back from the sea, there was a profit of about 2 million yuan.

I heard that the Haining only had a profit of about 2 million yuan when it went to sea once, and Zhong Huayan was very happy about it, Wang Biao and Zhou Xiaolin both glanced at Lin Fan at the same time, but they didn't say anything.

Of course, Lin Fan knew what they meant, and the harvest he received from the first time he went to sea with the Golden Pearl was three or four million yuan, almost twenty times that of the Haining. Not to mention that the harvest of the four fishing boats this time is basically close to 100 million Chinese dollars, and no one will believe it if you say it.

Of course, Lin Fan has his own unique advantages when he goes out to sea to fish, which cannot be replicated by other fishing boats. Not to mention how many times the value of the treasures he finds on the bottom of the sea every time he goes to sea is many times that of the catch, even the precious seafood he catches every time is also detected by the aircraft on the bottom of the sea.

"Brother Lin Fan, do you want to build an ocean-going fishing boat?" Zhang Qiang heard that Lin Fan had been asking about going to sea, so he asked.

"yes, I have that idea too. In addition to visiting Brother Zhong and you this time, I also wanted to ask Brother Zhong to help me buy an ocean-going fishing boat. Even if there is no new ship, there are second-hand ones. Lin Fan nodded and acknowledged.

"In the past few days, I have heard my dad say that our Dongzhou City has taken the development of deep-sea fisheries as a prominent strategic measure to promote the development of the blue economy and build a strong marine city, and has introduced a number of support policies to support the development of large-tonnage and high-power steel fishing boats, and attract powerful enterprises to settle down and build large-tonnage fishing boats that can be fished in the ocean.

Dongzhou City will expand the ocean-going operation fleet, gradually establish modern deep-sea fishery enterprises, and promote the industrialization process of deep-sea fishery. At present, Dongzhou City has been led by the municipal government, with the participation of multiple departments such as commercial fishery planning, transportation, port and shipping port offices, to build an international seafood trading center and a cold chain logistics base, and build it into a modern international aquatic product trade platform. ”

At this time, Wang Biao suddenly said to everyone, Lin Fan and Zhou Xiaolin both knew that his father seemed to work in which department of the Dongzhou Municipal Government, so it should not be difficult to know these policies, while Zhong Huayan looked at Wang Biao and nodded thoughtfully, he should have thought of something.

"Since you have such a good policy environment in Dongzhou City, it is the right time for Xiaofan to build a large distant-water fishing boat. I was in contact with my friends in Iceland last night and they don't have any new big distant-water fishing vessels in stock at the moment, if you want to customize them in half a year.

However, they do have two second-hand fishing boats that are six or seven percent new, and they only need to replace some parts to use them normally. Moreover, the price of two second-hand fishing boats is only equivalent to the price of a new boat, about 68 million yuan, and they also promise to send 5 million worth of new parts and components to choose from. ”

Zhong Huayan took Lin Fan's matter to heart, after Lin Fan called him last night, he then contacted his friends in Iceland and got some answers, and he happened to tell Lin Fan to know at this time.

"Okay, second-hand ships are second-hand ships, as long as they can be repaired within a month, compared to being able to get a new ship after half a year, I can go to sea twice more, and I can also harvest more." Lin Fan didn't care if it was a new ship or not, because he had a super repairman in his hand, and even a second-hand boat could be transformed into a super fishing boat, ensuring that the performance was stronger than the new ship in all aspects. >