Capelin fish are attracted by the convergence of the cold Arctic Snap and the Gulf Stream in Newfoundland's fishing grounds each spring, bringing abundant plankton and seaweed.

Capelin fish swim from the cold deep sea to the shore and then begin to feed in preparation for the upcoming mating reproduction.

More and more capelin fish gathered in the fishing grounds around Farewell Island, and the sea was almost crowded with this kind of fish, Qin Shiou was afraid that these seemingly weak small fish would squeeze all the fish and shrimp in his fishing grounds to death.

Of course, this is unfounded, but in fact, the arrival of schools of capelin increases the chances of predation for the big fish in the fishing grounds. Despite the integrity of the ecological chain of the fishery, capelin is far more delicious than herring and mackerel for salmon and cod.

Capelin has high nutritional value, especially rich in calcium, the mother fish has a lot of fish roe in her stomach, and a healthy mature female fish can account for a quarter of her own body weight!

The big fish, which had been dormant for a winter, attacked one after another, scattering around the fishing grounds to hunt, and the capelin schools encountered an existential crisis.

But because of the constant supply of capelin fish, the size of the fish school has not decreased at all, despite the predation of large fish and birds.

This kind of grand occasion can always attract a lot of people to watch, Winnie and others sometimes come to the dock to watch, Shaq said to Qin Shiou: "In the past, there was the most cod in the Newfoundland fishing ground=, this is the scale, so it will be said that you can step on the back of the cod and walk ashore from the boat!" ”

There was a strange long roar from the depths of the fishing grounds, the sound was crisp and continuous, and then a huge wave was raised. It's like a fountain that erupts.

"Humpback whales are coming." Shaq laughed, "These guys always catch this feast every year. Never absent. ”

Qin Shiou asked with interest, "Humpback whales?" There are still such big guys around Farewell Island? ”

Humpback whales, if not the world's largest cetacean, are the ocean's most behemoths. They are large and bloated, growing up to 145 meters in length, about the size of a basking shark.

However, compared to the clumsy and lazy basking sharks, humpback whales are much more diligent, they do not swim fast, but they are very persistent, and they can swim from Australia in the southern hemisphere to the North Pole every year, this ocean trip across the world can be described as thrilling!

"Boss, for us to say goodbye to the island. You still have a lot to know. You don't know that when there was a lot of cod in the fishing grounds, our Newfoundland fishery was once the largest gathering place for humpback whales in the world! The sea monster said proudly.

Shaq looked at the ocean and said, "With humpback whales arriving so early this year, I think our fishing grounds will be restored to their previous grandeur, and maybe eight to ten humpback whales will be attracted to stay here for a while." ”

"What does a humpback whale look like?" Shirley asked curiously.

Qin Shiou pulled her into the helicopter and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

The first to arrive at the fishing grounds were two humpback whales, a large whale with a small whale, which floated on the surface. Get close to each other and play, squirting water for fun.

This fish has a lower dorsal fin and does not have a straight back like other cetaceans, but arches upward. It forms a graceful curve, like the throne of the god of the sea, hence the name "humpback whale".

Qin Shiou watched this big fish with great endurance through guò sea god consciousness. He fed them some Seagod energy, hoping that they would remember the Great Qin Fishing Ground. I came here every spring after that.

Absorbing the Poseidon energy, the mother humpback whale seemed to be a little hungry. It dives into the water and opens its large mouth to start hunting.

Like basking sharks, humpback whales hunt by sucking, and can absorb 50,000 liters of seawater with a single suck, which is terrifying!

Of course, in this way, the capelin falls into its big mouth along with some cod and seaweed, and it uses filter feeding to filter out the seawater and leave small fish and seaweed, which are swallowed into the stomach with relish.

Baby humpback whales are not yet able to hunt directly and need to use their mother's milk.

But in the past days, my mother had been diving deep into the ocean to protect it, and there was no suitable food for it. From the day she dived into the deep sea, the mother humpback whale could no longer hunt and needed to live on the fat she had stored before.

Now that the fat is exhausted and there is not much milk, the baby humpback whale sucks for a while and leaves disappointed, waiting for its mother to hunt the capelin and replenish the fat and convert it back into delicious milk.

Snowball swam over at some point, and it looked lonely at the little humpback whale that followed its mother to play, and its figure was extremely lonely.

Qin Shiou suddenly remembered the scene when he first saw the snowball, when there was a great white whale with it, but what about the mother whale?

Capelin fish have eaten enough plankton and seaweed in their fishery and have accumulated enough strength before they begin to multiply.

Unlike almost all fish, capelin are land-spawning fish, which means that in order to continue their species, they must go ashore and go to the beach to spawn and fertilize.

And there is only one way to get to the beach, and that is to surf and jump onto the shore beach when the tide is high.

So in the next few days, the people who said goodbye to the town could see the abundance of the sea.

Countless capelin fish follow the wave and rush onto the beach, and Qin Shiou's fishing ground beach is almost full of this kind of fish, countless!

Whether it's a bobtail swooper or a red-footed boobies, they're going to have one of the most comfortable hunting opportunities of the year, as they can lie on the beach and open their mouths, and a capelin will automatically burrow into their mouths.

But the capelin has no choice, and they must complete the important task of breeding the race under the butcher's knife of natural predators.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of capelin follow the waves to the beach, and the seaside is in unprecedented chaos......

Capelin fish tumbled ashore, seabirds scrambled to hunt for food, and some big fish followed, and as soon as they hit the beach, they began to churn wildly, making the atmosphere even more frantic by the waves and sand.

However, capelin fish are not without a way to survive, they spend a lot of time on the shore, only a dozen seconds.

They follow the waves and come ashore, and when the waves recede, the mother fish follows the waves back to the sea. In these tens of seconds, the male must find them and then complete fertilization on the side.

Even more brutal is here, where the waves are constantly churning and crashing against the shore, and the females can return to the ocean after laying fertilized eggs. The males, on the other hand, are exhausted and will die on the beach unless they are particularly lucky enough to be swept back into the sea by the waves.

This is the law of nature, and this is the fate of the capelin family.

But after the children saw this, they couldn't stand it, Shaq, sea monsters and other fishermen talked and laughed and brought fishing nets to pick up fish, Michelle timidly asked Qin Shiou: "Why don't you let these little fish go back to the sea?" ”

Qin Shiou explained the reason, saying that they didn't have the strength to go back to the sea, and Michelle asked, "So, aren't they picking up fish to eat or sell?" ”

"Of course, we can't eat that much, and now that there are such fish everywhere, who would buy them?"

Hearing what Qin Shiou said, Michelle and his children ran to the beach, picked up the male fish that were weak and jumped into the sea and threw them into the sea, and the children of the fishermen such as Xiao Shaq also participated, and the back had the unique strength and stubbornness of the teenagers. (To be continued......) R1292