1502. The Next Fishing Ground

Qin Shiou watched the fishermen work, for Sha Ke and others, this kind of work is simply familiar, they used to work in the fishing grounds, not only to go out to sea to fish, but also to help clean up the seaweed planted in the fishing grounds.

In addition to the seedling farms, there are very few single-direction fishing grounds in Canada, most of which are integrated farming, fish, shrimp, crabs and kelp and sea vegetables, and those that can make money are cultivated. Just like the Daqin Fishing Ground, Qin Shiou also planted Atlantic kelp at the beginning, which sometimes meets a good year, and the level of profit is not worse than the catch.

Moreover, the catch escapes, but these marine plants are colonized and grow where they are planted.

Geng Junjie and the ten people are relatively unfamiliar with these jobs, and Shaq arranges for senior old fishermen such as bulls to bring an apprentice to work with them.

Qin Shiou watched them work, in fact, this kind of work is relatively simple, there is no need to find the location of the giant algae seedlings, just put down the climbing frame in their sea area.

The climbing structure is also not complicated, it is generally connected by two five-meter-long breeding ropes, or a ten-meter-long breeding rope is fixed to two adjacent breeding ropes by connecting ropes.

The spacing of the breeding rope is about two meters, and a plastic ball is tied every five or six meters on the breeding rope to provide buoyancy, so that it becomes a climbing frame. Later, when the leaves and vines of the algae float up, once they touch these rope frames, they will climb up on their own and grow along with them.

The fishermen were busy working, and Qin Shiou released the Poseidon consciousness, looking for those potential breeding rafts in the sea, with kelp seedlings on them, and he injected Poseidon energy into them.

In terms of living environment, the bay is not the most suitable. Macroalgae are different from ordinary seaweeds in that they prefer to grow on rocks on the bottom of the sea in deep and fast waters. Especially below the low tide line.

There are no underwater undercurrents in the bay and the waves are small. This kind of sea is not dead even if there are waves. But it doesn't matter, Qin Shiou cultivates giant algae, relying on the energy of the sea god, as long as there is sunlight and nutrients, then under the improvement of the sea god's energy, these giant algae can grow faster and better.

Poseidon consciousness swam quickly, instilling Poseidon energy into the kelp seedlings, and after absorbing Poseidon energy, a great change began to take place underwater - the algae immediately began to grow! Grow at a rate visible to the naked eye!

Macroalgae are brown algae. They are the longest family in the algae kingdom. Most macroalgae can grow to tens of meters, and the longest one can even reach 200 to 300 meters, weigh up to 200 kilograms, and rely on a sessation more than 1 meter long to hold the algae body to the reef.

Qin Shiou bought this seaweed this time, Boston deep-sea kelp, the growth limit is 300 meters, Americans generally use it to develop new energy when they grow this thing, bioenergy is the hottest topic in the 21st century, and the kelp contains sufficient bioenergy.

Under the right conditions. Common macroalgae can grow 30 to 60 centimeters in a day, while Boston deep-sea macroalgae can grow one and a half to two meters. It only takes half a year for this seaweed to grow to its limit and then it can be produced.

Even. If Boston's deep-sea algae were planted in an environment like the Gulf of Mexico — with warm currents, abundant sunlight and plenty of nutrients, they could grow year-round, and the seaside fishermen who make a living from collecting macroalgae could harvest them three to four times a year.

Qin Shiou took a fancy to the production capacity of Boston's deep-sea kelp. He wants to make the fishing industry around Newfoundland rise in a short period of time, and it is useless to rely on conventional means. You need the energy of the sea god to exert power.

In addition, the lifespan of Boston deep-sea macroalgae is generally between 4 and 8 years. Harvesting macroalgae is like cutting leeks. As long as their lifespan does not end, they can harvest leaves and vines in a steady stream.

Qin Shiou has calculated that if 1,000 kelps are planted per hectare of sea, 1,200 to 2,000 tons of fresh kelp can be harvested every year.

In order to ensure the demand for nutrients, he put only 500 macroalgae per hectare, and the effect of Poseidon energy on the transformation of macroalgae is huge, and there is already experience in the Daqin fishery, because they grow fast, they have a great demand for energy, and the planting is too intensive, which will lead to exhaustion and fishing.

Even this is enough, one square kilometer is one hundred hectares, and a fifth of the area of the fishery will be planted with macroalgae, that is, according to the minimum harvest of 600 tons per hectare, six million tons of macroalgae can be harvested per year!

This amount is extremely terrifying, assuming that the feed conversion rate is 20% - fresh macroalgae cannot make fish feed, it has to be dried, and not every part of the macroalgae can make fish feed, in short, even if the feed conversion rate is 20%, then his fishery alone can produce a million tons of fish feed a year!

Together with other species of seaweed, it is impossible to supply the fishing grounds of the whole of Canada, but it is enough to revitalize the fishing grounds of Newfoundland.

After the Poseidon energy entered the body of the giant algae, it quickly began to exert its power, and the seedlings a few centimeters long sprouted, and a main trunk took the lead in growing, the color was tender green, the thickness was about the same as the little thumb, and dense small dots grew on it.

These small dots are the vines of the giant algae in the future, a giant algae can grow more than 100 vine stalks, and small leaves will grow on the stalks, and it is believed that it will not be long before the sea surface of this sea area will be paved by seaweed.

The first phase of the project is to plant giant algae, which purifies the seawater and accumulates nutrients on the seabed before other species of seaweed can be launched.

The cultivation of kelp cannot be completed in a day or two, and it takes at least a week for more than 100 square kilometers of seaweed cultivation to be completed by about 20 fishermen.

Qin Shiou left the fishermen behind, and he went to Halifax, where he was about to take over the next fishery, the auction of Carter's Fishery, which was about to begin.

Although he has the Golden Bay Fishing Ground, he is still very ambitious for the Carter Fishing Ground, which is a very good place, located in the coastal area of Kejim Kujik, where the scenery is not worse than Farewell Island, and after the purchase, in addition to fish farming, it can also be a resort.

Kejim Kujik is a local Indian word meaning 'the place where the gods gaze', and the name is related to Indian mythology, which is believed to be the place where the gods are located is on the stars in the sky, and when night comes, the ghosts and gods will patrol their territory in the stars.

Therefore, another meaning of this name is that under the starry sky, the night sky here is particularly bright, and the stars can be seen most clearly, and the ghosts and gods on the natural stars can see the territory most clearly here, so it has the reputation of 'the place where the gods gaze'.

The Indian name is not an exaggeration, Kejim Kujik is a nature reserve that is home to two of Nova Scotia's best national parks and is also a member of the Royal Astronomical Service of Canada's Dark Sky Rankings. (To be continued......)