After a four-day break in the precious crab season, the Crab Claw was once again engaged in the work of catching shrimp and crabs, and the icebreaker led the Crab Claw out of the harbor with Diego and Marlene to the sea where the cage had been originally cast.

When the sun rose above the sea the next day, Bei Hai had steadily stopped the ship to the position of the float, and the turned off engine Bei Hai had not yet come to let the sailors start to work, and they heard a noise from the deck, and all the sailors were already busy on the deck.

"Everyone's spirit is very good!" Behai went to the deck and spoke to Matt, who was directing the sailors.

Matt smiled and said, "Such a precious fishing season has been resting for four whole days without storms and tsunamis, if they don't work hard, how can it be done!" ”。

Bei Hai listened to Matt's words and smiled, and then began to walk around the deck.

The floating buoy was quickly pulled up by the sailors, and after Isla expertly removed the buzzer from the rope, Lauren hung the rope on a fixed pulley and motioned to Mike who was guarding next to the rope reel to start winding the rope, while the rest of the sailors stood next to the side of the boat and stretched out their heads to look at the direction in which the rope was inserted into the water. These people don't have a job right now, but when the cage comes up, they'll have something to do.

After about four minutes of circling, the first cage was faintly visible in the water.

"It's coming!" I don't know who shouted, all the sailors standing next to the side of the ship stretched their heads, and even Bei Hai raised his feet and took two steps towards the side of the ship, although Bei Hai already knew the situation in the underwater cage. However, I am happy to share the joy of this harvest with my sailors.

As the cage got closer to the water, the contents of the cage gradually became clearer.

"There's something, and it doesn't look small!" Isla's sharp eyes saw the contents of the cage and couldn't help but cry out happily.

Little Mike wanted to operate the reel, but he couldn't see the contents of the cage, so he asked anxiously, "How big." How many are there? ”。

Lauren also saw the contents of the cage clearly at this time, and directly turned his head to little Mike and said: "There are four, all of them are very good, and it is estimated that the smallest ones are about twenty pounds!" ”。

"That's really great," little Mike nodded when he heard it, and said while sticking his head, but unfortunately he didn't see the cage rising to the side of the boat for two or three seconds, and couldn't help but be a little anxious, although he controlled the rope reel, but little Mike didn't dare to directly increase the speed of the reel, if he did this, I don't know how to scold himself for a while.

When the cage was pulled up, all the sailors saw several large crabs in the cage, and in addition to the large crabs, there were two Marbury blue dragons. It's a pity that the two big pincers left of these two blue dragons have few body parts left, needless to say that they have been eaten by these four surviving big crabs.

Isla and Lauren each grabbed the cage with one hand, and then lifted the buckle on it, flipped the cage over, and knocked the large crabs inside. Then he just pushed the cage behind him. Immediately, two sailors took the cage and began to remove it from the main rope and drag it aside.

Dominic and Conry are standing behind Isla and Lauren, and their task is to pick and bundle crabs, and the crab picking is to remove the undesirable crabs that are caught, except for the female crab that is too small. Although there are no special requirements for the giant king crab and the Marbury blue dragon now. However, crabs and female crabs that are too small to be fished commercially are still not allowed to be fished commercially.

Each of the four big crabs meets the requirements, just like Lauren said, the smallest one is twenty pounds (about 9 kilograms, big crabs, each big tong is the size of an adult's palm), if only with Isla and Lauren, let alone four crabs, even if it is two plus the weight of the cage, the two of them can't get it, but because of the crane and everyone knows how to save thousands of dollars to use them, although it is not as skilled as tuna fishing, but it can be regarded as a soft voice.

Dominic and Conry each have a glove rope pliers. I opened the clamp sleeve and directly put a set of two large crab claws, and then pushed the king crab with the clamps on it from the drain of the operating table. In this way, there is no way for the giant king crab to kill each other in the cabin, and everyone's happiness will be devalued.

When the second cage was brought up, there were four giant king crabs in it, but there was also a small Marbury blue dragon, this blue dragon was still a big fate so far, because there was still food in the cage that did not bury the crab's mouth, but its fate was already sealed when it was happily put on the pincer by Kang Li.

One by one, the cages were lifted to the deck over time, and the eighty-five crabs and six Marbury Blue Dragons made all the sailors on deck smile.

Now the king crab is about 31 dollars a pound, which is much more expensive than the king crab in Alaska, because the king crab is large and the meat is thick and delicious, and it has been welcomed by American diners as soon as it appeared in the market.

It seems that there will be an agency to analyze everything that the United States does here, and then come up with an expectation, including the expected market price, and now the price of thirty-one dollars at the beginning of large-scale fishing is the expected price of the market, or the price of futures, and it is not an accurate thing.

The cages of the first group came up, and everyone took advantage of the time to move the boat for a short rest, of course, this rest was about ten minutes, and then the cages of the second group were followed.

Bei Hai watched the ship reach the side of the second set of cages and turned back to sleep in the cabin, and the affairs on the bridge were completely handed over to Matt, the first mate.

Matt looked at the busy figures of the sailors on the deck and listened to Diego and Marlene happily talking about this time.

"My first group came up with about 1,800 pounds of crabs, and 300 pounds of blue dragons, what a bumper harvest" Diego's voice was full of joy, you must know that a cage is about 60,000 dollars, this is to make money in the water! In the left fishing season, you can get about 100,000 US dollars. This is still the income from Bei Hai's previous offshore play, and later Diego's own entire fishing season is not as good as his son who works for Bei Hai for a year.

Marlene also smiled and said, "Then the first cage of the two of you is not as much as mine, I calculated that there are at least 1,900 pounds of crabs here." But I have two and fifty pounds of shrimp here, and there are six of them, but four of them are female shrimp and can't stay, by the way, what about Hull, we're going to ask him if he can continue like this in the future, and if it goes on like this, I will definitely treat him to a drink at the end of the fishing season! ”。

"That's right! What about Hull! Diego said happily as well.

"Captain Hull is resting now, and after looking at the harvest of the first basket, he said that the remaining eight or nine are not far from ten. I didn't have anything to look at, so I went back to sleep, and I was full of energy and sailed at night. By the way, why didn't you two go to rest? Matt asked, paying attention to the situation on the deck.

Diego laughed twice before turning to Matt, "I'm not on the night shift tonight. Now is the time to enjoy the joy of harvest! ”

Marlene listened and said, "I'll go to rest later, but I'm getting older, unlike Hull's young man, who sleeps for a few hours, I'm only five or six hours here, so now I'm enjoying the joy of the harvest as much as Diego!" See, no. Another cage came up on my side. There were two crabs in there this time, but the largest sailor said he was thirty-five pounds! It's a big guy, and he almost occupies a third of the cages alone."

Diego also said at this time: "This one of mine here is not small, and it is estimated that it is also thirty pounds. Otherwise, how about we make a bet? At the end of the day, everyone compares the biggest crab or shrimp they have caught, a hundred dollars! ”。

"Okay! I'll bet with you on our boat, although my first cage here is not a surprise, but I still believe that the biggest crab this season must belong to our big crab claw" Matt smiled confidently and made a bet, now a hundred dollars is a matter for anyone.

Marlene smiled and responded. But after agreeing, he began to sigh: "I now think my ship is too small, and the cage is only a little more than a third of your Crab Claw." In this way, we waste too much time unloading back and forth at the port, which is all fragrant money."

"I'm also a little sorry now, I didn't agree when Hull asked us to get a big ship" Although the arithmetic is not good, but Diego doesn't need to calculate how much he can earn if he listens to Bei Hai, at least two to three percent more than the current income! This is not one or two thousand yuan, according to the harvest of the first cage, it is a net income of four or five hundred thousand dollars, maybe it will be higher, so how can Diego not sigh?

Marlene soon let out the same exclamation as Diego, and now they only hated that their boat was too small and let the opportunity to make money slip out of their hands.

Matt couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words of the two: "Since you regret it, then you still have a chance." There are three big boats in Gloucester that haven't been rented out yet, and even if Gloucester doesn't have any other harbor here, if they don't catch shrimp, they will have to rest in the harbor now."

"What did Hull say?" Hearing Matt say this, Diego immediately felt a little moved, if he did this, although it has been more than ten days now, but as long as he has money, he can still make money according to this step, it is nothing more than a matter of more or less.

"What can the captain say?" Matt smiled and said, "You don't know his temperament yet?" He has no opinion on what you said before, and now how to come! ”。

"Then I'll go and ask first, and I'll get busy with this for now," Diego said.

Marlene was also a little moved when she heard this, and after chatting with Matt, she was also going to get a big ship to join the fleet.

But in less than ten minutes, Diego's sighing voice appeared in the intercom again: "Alas, it's slow!" ”

"What's wrong?" Matt asked.

Marlene said: "Now there is not even a ship, just this morning all the idle ships that can go to sea have been booked, and now as long as there is no ship left that can withstand the Atlantic wind and waves, not only that, but there are also a group of people who are willing to rent ships at a higher price, and now it is difficult to find a ship in the entire port, including the fishing ports in Canada."

"How so?" Matt asked.

Diego said: "I heard Creek say that each of the six or seven ships returning to port now has three or four thousand pounds of catch, and the price has run to thirty-seven dollars a pound today, and almost all the people in Gloucester are now looking for boats to go to sea!" ”。

"I see," Matt's smile couldn't help but bitter a little. (To be continued......)