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Geoduck, known as Pacific mud clam, is a high-grade seafood in the Far East, both Chinese and Japanese. じ!wWw.☆

As the scientific name suggests, it is native to the Pacific region, specifically from the North Pacific coast of the United States and Canada.

Previously, North American residents did not eat geoducks, so geoducks grew well. But since Asian immigrants began to prey on geoducks in North America, the local geoducks have become endangered.

The Newfoundland government also saw a business opportunity from this, following the depletion of cod stocks, which was one of the commercial species introduced by the government to address the crisis in fishing grounds at the time.

Unlike the squeamish turbot, geoduck survives in the Newfoundland fishing grounds, and because the ocean here has a cold and warm current, the food is more abundant, and the geoduck grows quite optimistically.

But when harvest time comes, a problem arises: Geoduck in the Pacific Ocean can live in shallows, such as the waters of Pujie Gulf in Washington State and the British Columbia fishing area.

But in the Atlantic, they change their habits, go to the deep sea, and live on the sandy bottom. In this way, the fishing cost is large, and the sand particles on the seabed must be blown away by a compressor during the catch, and then divers must be sent to pick them up, and the labor cost is very high.

In fact, the Newfoundland government is not afraid of high labor costs, as long as it can be sold at a high price in the Far East, isn't it? There's something to be earned.

In 1996, the China Fishery 36 Industry Bureau introduced this sea mussel from North America and began to breed it artificially.

Moreover, there are many sea areas in northern China that are suitable for its growth, so as long as the mussels are introduced, artificial seedling production can be carried out. Then using the heating stimulation method, the hatching rate of mussel seedlings can reach 80%-90%. Then plant it in the fishing grounds and wait for the harvest.

As for the high labor costs at harvest time? Ha. I'm sorry, brother Laojia, we are all expensive in China, but the labor cost is cheap. Moreover, geoducks seem to be brothers of the socialist camp, and when they reach the coastal areas of China, they do not go to the deep sea to survive......

The Newfoundland government was stunned at the time, did it still grow geoduck? No, it turns out that this thing is thriving in the Newfoundland fishing grounds. Species, what to fight for with Chinese goods? People have cheap labor costs and don't need freight, and Newfoundland vomits blood if the price war can be fought.

Later, geoduck became a chicken rib in the Newfoundland fishing grounds. It's a pity that the food is tasteless and discarded, the government simply doesn't care, if there is a fishing ground to catch it, then package it as a high-end ingredient and transport it to the Far East, if there is no fishing, then forget it.

This is the reason why there are geoducks in the Daqin fishing grounds, Qin Shiou went around the fishing grounds and found that there are quite a few of them, from the offshore to the deep sea. Geoduck seedlings are found in offshore waters and adult geoducks in the deep sea.

Adult geoducks are big guys. The shell can reach 40 centimeters in length and weigh nearly 10 kilograms!

Qin Shiou saw a lot of this kind of big mussels in the deep sea area, of course, this is normal, after all, geoduck is an old birthday star that can survive for 150 years.

Of course. Most geoducks are still about a kilogram, which is also the best size and the most tender meat. Qin Shiou sent a group of spear squid laborers and caught more than a dozen of them and sent them to the beach. He went to pick it up and cook it for the night.

The discovery of geoduck was a windfall -- it was a real bonus, for the government of Newfoundland. Geoduck is chicken ribs, for Qin Shiou. It's a baby.

Geoduck is expensive, and Newfoundland is more expensive than bluefin tuna because of the lack of pollution in the deep sea, pure wild, pure natural, if you only talk about the price of meat.

In this way, when the harvest season comes, these geoducks in the Daqin Fishery can increase his income a lot.

As for the most troublesome fishing problem of the Newfoundland government, it is very simple for him, just send out the gun squid hard labor group, and it will be no problem to catch 5,000 kilograms a day.

When he was in a good mood, Qin Shiou began to input Poseidon energy into the geoducks, these big mussels are seed mussels, and reproduction depends on them.

Except for the unexpected joy of geoduck, the fishing grounds have not changed much in other aspects, except that the fish are bigger, and it is estimated that the cod will be sold tomorrow spring.

Black lipped oysters survive very well in the coral reef sea area, Qin Shiou took a look, and some large shellfish have round black pearls in them. In his eyes, this is not a black bead, but a golden bead.

Seeing the black lipped mussels, Qin Shiou couldn't help but think of the huge scallops in George Shoal, that thing tasted really good, and there was a chance to see if it could be introduced.

The gooseneck barnacles also grow well on the coral reef and have plenty of food, and Qin Shiou is ready to wait for them to reproduce, and then lead them to the dock.

For things like sharks, whales, and boats, gooseneck barnacles are parasites, but for docks, it's protective clothing that helps protect the dock from the waves. Plus, they grow on the docks and are also easier to pick.

There are a lot of fish in the kelp jungle at the northwest end of the island, Qin Shiou is strange, this is the territory of sea pythons, why do these fish dare to survive here?

The sunfish gave him the answer, and the common feature of these fish is that they surround the sunfish.

Qin Shiou approached the sunfish, and could sense through the consciousness of the sea god that this ugly thing could secrete an enzyme.

These enzymes do not become inactive after leaving the sunfish, they can survive in seawater for a period of time, and other fish swallow these enzymes and can be used to treat injuries and diseases.

Even the sea pythons run around the sunfish territory twice from time to time, not to hunt or patrol, but to devour enzymes. Sunfish are also very welcoming to sea pythons, and when they encounter them, they will even go up and stay with them for a while.

It's easy to see why sunfish are clumsy and not good swimmers, and are often eaten by other fish and sea beasts in the ocean. Although sea pythons are large, the way they feed determines that they are not a threat to the sunfish: no matter how big the sea python's mouth is, it cannot swallow the sunfish whole.

In this way, the sea python instead became the bodyguard of the sunfish, and the two sides formed a mutualistic relationship, the sunfish treated the sea python, and the sea python provided protection for the sunfish.

With schools of sunfish, the kelp jungle is another major habitat for fish, which can be found here such as mackerel, sea bass, silver pomfret, Newfoundland redfish, mackerel, Atlantic flounder, alfonsino snapper, stingtail fish, silver-scaled salmon and many more.

Leaving the Giant Algae Jungle, Qin Shiou went to the deep sea to take a look, which used to be the territory of the Devouring Shark Imperial Forest Army. Now, there is a huge school of five or six hundred bluefin tuna.

Bluefin tuna are very good at living here, with abundant food and few predators, and under the guidance of the big herring, they can swim slowly, not as fast as they did in George Shoal.

The price of bluefin tuna is related to the quality of their flesh, the thicker the fat, the better the taste, and the higher the price. And the slower they swim, the more fat they accumulate, which is the same as raising pigs.

The Poseidon consciousness is now cruising faster, and after about half a circle in the fishing ground, Qin Shiou withdrew the Poseidon consciousness.

There is no crisis in the fishing grounds, but it has given him a lot of surprises, of course, he has crises now, and these crises must be solved as soon as possible, that is, bidding farewell to the ownership of the fishing grounds in the western part of the island. (To be continued......)