552. First Catch (7/10)
The Harvest left the dock and sailed into the deep sea in the wind and waves. Overhead, a helicopter whirring and whisking, Bird's eyes scanning the radar screen and the sea, relaying some information to the fishing boats below.
The sonar fish finder's screen is constantly beating, filtering the search for the catch information and looking for the large cod fish that have been located.
In the past, fishermen had to go to sea almost every day, and each time they went to sea, they had thousands of dollars of diesel, and most of the work they did was to pave the way for today.
The sonar has a catch and mark function, and they patrol the fishing grounds again and again, marking the fish they encounter and catching them in order, not just finding a random place to cast their nets.
Poseidon consciousness travels through the water, and groups of big fish head their heads and tails come to them.
Short and sturdy mackerel, slender Atlantic herring, plump Atlantic salmon, bright-looking silver-scaled salmon, huge and vigorous haddock, schools of Atlantic cod, and patches of pollock and red whit.
These fish are the most common species in the fishing grounds and can be found in almost every area of the sea, with only the difference in quantity.
As the Poseidon consciousness travels through the deep water, turbot begins to appear, a precious sea fish with a flat body swimming carefully in the water. A few tuna two or three meters long roared in, and the turbot immediately stuck to the bottom of the sea, and its flat body was like a cardboard, and the tuna did not see it, so they sailed away.
A large halibut, more than two meters long, swam quickly, not interested in turbot of the same family, and swam towards a school of bright red alfonsino seams.
The king salmon, which is not inferior in length to the halibut, also appeared, opening its mouth to show its sharp teeth, and the halibut chose to retreat.
A clumsy sunfish swam around in the water. It turned a deaf ear to the killers passing by, a picture of a broken jar and a broken look. Occasionally, a few fish are attracted to the hormones it secretes. Absorbing these hormones in close proximity to it can treat the patient.
More sick fish choose to look for these doctors in Peterpine Rock Shrimp and Hedgehog Shrimp. They get close to the crevices of the reef where the Doctor Shrimp are hiding, allowing the little shrimp to clean them of rotting tissue and parasites.
The swarms swim on the surface of the water, and their excrement becomes a delicacy for the Petersson Rock Shrimp, the Prawns and the Prawns, who are the most warlike.
Further down the ocean, there are more precious species such as napoleon wrasse, semi-smoothtongue sole and stone snapper, which carefully swim among the seaweed, looking for food and seeing dolphins. Immediately dive under the water and hide.
The dolphin appeared on the sonar fish finder, and the bull excitedly shouted: "It's tuna again!" Look, come and see, these big fish must be ...... Oh no! ”
Several dolphins jumped out of the water and fell into the water, and the bull helplessly spread his hands, he confessed that these were dolphins and not bluefin tuna, and the fishermen burst into laughter.
Qin Shiou also smiled. He was laughing at the dolphins, which were bluefin tuna, not a pod of dolphins.
Golden mackerel, sea bass, crucian carp, bigeye snapper, swordfish, rudder bonito, bonito, bonito, mackerel......
The diversity of fish species in Daqin Fishery will definitely surprise other fishermen, such an abundance of fishery resources. Most of the fishing grounds disappeared twenty or thirty years ago.
A large school of fish appeared, this was a group of Atlantic cod, which Qin Shiou had snatched from the fishing ground of a domineering guy who wanted to bully him without spending any money. These fish are the first to come into contact with Poseidon energy, so they grow the fastest.
One year. These fish grow from palm-sized fry to more than half a meter long, and the growth rate can only be described as magical.
This year's Daqin Fishery is not the best time to fish. Fish, shrimp and crabs in the North Atlantic grow relatively slowly, and Atlantic cod normally take five or six years to be farmed before they are suitable for production, when they can grow to seventy or eighty centimeters.
But the food has to be eaten in one bite, and the road has to be walked step by step, it is impossible for Daqin Fishery to reach the limit of the fishery with the first appearance of fish, and it is impossible for Qin Shiou and Butler's sales channels to open many restaurants and hotels this year, and this year is just a prelude.
Find a school of Atlantic cod, Shaq at the helm, the sea monster and the snorting gun and the fishermen begin to lower the net, and the harvest lays down the huge net and spreads out to envelop the fish.
The fishing boat slowly sailed forward, the net was opened, the fish were caught, and the catch was reflected in the sonar fish finder, but it was not too clear, only a yellow dot could be seen, which was the catch in the net.
The harvest was driven for about half an hour, and almost all the fish entered it, the bull turned on the electric switch, the motor started, and the turbine began to recycle the net.
Zack and the fishermen opened the entrance to the ice tank, and the nets were dragged up, the ropes were stretched out of the sea, and finally the nets were together.
The net was empty when it was thrown down, and now it has become a large ellipsoid with a diameter of more than four meters.
The nets are pulled to the entrance of the ice tank and opened, and schools of Atlantic cod crackle and fall into the ice tank like hail!
Looking at these fat and huge cod, the fishermen high-fived each other in celebration, and Shaq poked his head out of the cockpit and shouted, "Guys, who can tell me how my catch is going this year?" ”
"Harvest! Bumper harvest! The group of fishermen cheered.
With Newfoundland's fishing grounds depleted, it's been a long time since the fishermen of Farewell Island have experienced the feeling of pulling their catches heartily. For fishermen, seeing the abundant catch in the fishing nets is a visual feast and a G-spot that can make them feel refreshed.
Beginning in 1970, the global catch of Atlantic cod fell by 70 percent compared to during World War II, and in the 21st century, the rate continues to decline, reaching a staggering 10 percent, turning the once land-footed Atlantic cod species into an endangered species.
For this reason, Canada did not hesitate to close the Newfoundland fishing grounds, which have not been fully opened until now, so as to save the fate of Atlantic cod and gradually restore their populations.
However, it is still difficult to recover to the peak, during the World War II when supplies were scarce, cod was the preferred by-product of the Allied people to supplement protein and nutrition, and at that time there were more than 10 million tons of annual catch!
What now? Canada produces about 800,000 tonnes of Atlantic cod a year.
The bull and Qin Shiou said that the weight of the Atlantic cod in this net is three and a half tons in total.
Putting away the fishing nets, Qin Shiou went to the ice cabin to take a look, this time the harvest was all big cod, and the small cod leaked out of the net, so the protection of the fishing ground is the best.
The harvest uses fishing nets with a diameter of 10 centimeters, and these adult cod can escape from the nets if they are worn at a good angle. However, cod are usually caught horizontally, so big fish can't escape.
Looking at these big fish jumping around, Qin Shiou laughed, the fishery has invested so much, and the capital can finally be recovered! (To be continued......) R1292