1609. The day of the sea cucumber harvest

Qin Shiou mainly raised two kinds of sea cucumbers here, white ginseng and arctic ginseng, the former of which grows fast and has plump flesh, but in terms of nutrition or arctic ginseng is better, the fishing age of wild arctic ginseng is generally more than ten years, and ordinary cultured sea cucumbers will be caught in one or two years, and the value of the two is naturally huge.

These sea cucumbers were planted in the second year he came to the fishing ground, during which he continued to input the energy of the sea god, whether it was white ginseng or arctic ginseng, the growth was good, but Qin Shiou led the team this time mainly to catch white ginseng, and the arctic ginseng let it grow for another year.

Of course, if you come across a large enough Arctic ginseng, you have to catch it, anyway, as long as you grow to the limit, it won't grow much if you keep it farmed.

The sea temperature in the Newfoundland fishery is not suitable for breeding sea cucumbers and abalone, ordinary sea cucumbers will stop hunting and hibernate below five or six degrees Celsius, they are very delicate, the temperature is high will hibernate in summer, the temperature is low will hibernat, this period is not growing, and it is not suitable for fishing.

After Shaq gave the order to fish sea cucumbers, the fishermen began to get busy, only senior fishermen could go to the sea to catch sea cucumbers, and Geng Junjie and other more than 20 fishermen were responsible for logistics, and they could not go to sea.

Fishing sea cucumbers is hard work, and during the fishing season, they have to stay underwater for about 10 hours a day, and the long-term water pressure and soaking will cause the fishermen to suffer from various joint diseases and lung diseases.

However, the income is directly proportional to the effort, and a sea cucumber fishing season is generally one to two months, and in such a short period of time, the fisherman can earn 50,000 to 80,000 Canadian dollars, which is higher than the average white-collar worker's annual income.

But. There are still few people willing to go into the water to catch sea cucumbers, and young people can't suffer this crime.

Shaq puts on his wetsuit. This is a heavy submersible suit, like an iron can. The person is hiding inside, and there is an oxygen tube to connect the diving suit to the oxygen concentrator on the ship, and there is an iron sinker on the diving suit to drop the person to the bottom of the sea.

Wearing a wetsuit, he sighed: "Now there are fewer and fewer people willing to catch sea cucumbers, and there are even fewer excellent fishermen, when my father was young, he could catch more than 2,000 pounds of sea cucumbers a day, but now we can't do it." Catching a thousand pounds a day is remarkable. ”

Qin Shiou had to take the lead in participating, he also put on a heavy diving suit, and said with a smile: "That's not bad, 1,000 pounds a day, and the income is 2,000 Canadian dollars, and 60,000 yuan a month."

Although the fishery employs fishermen, he also has to give extra rewards to the fishermen when he does a lot of work, such as bluefin tuna fishing. The fisherman who catches it has a dividend; Another example is sea cucumber fishing, fishermen also have dividends, basically a pound is a little more than one Canadian dollar.

Qin Shiou treated his senior fishermen more sincerely, and his treatment was directly doubled. Fishermen can get two dollars, which is much better than working outside.

Sea cucumbers are expensive when they are dried, but the high-quality sea cucumbers produced in Daqin Fishing Ground. Even ready-to-eat fresh sea cucumbers are expensive. A fat pound sells for more than a hundred dollars, so he is willing to give the fisherman a little more in dividends.

Geng Junjie and the others looked at the senior fisherman enviously. Someone asked if they could follow into the water to see it. They can endure hardships, and they go abroad to make money, so they don't want to let go of such an opportunity to make money.

Qin Shiou shook his head and said: "A batch of sea cucumbers will be produced in winter, next time, you guys will take a good look at what to do this time, usually practice diving, this is not fun, guys, this is very dangerous!" ”

There are almost two harvesting seasons for sea cucumbers in a year, spring is in April and May, the water temperature in Canada is relatively low, May is the peak season for sea cucumber harvesting, and it can also be carried out in June, and autumn sea cucumber harvesting is generally from late October to mid-December.

There are two fishermen on a fishing boat, they cooperate to be in charge of a sea area, this is to prevent multiple people from becoming entangled with the underground sea at the same time, Qin Shiou and the bull are on a boat, after arriving at the selected sea area, the oxygen concentrator on the ship began to roar, and they are ready to go into the water.

The bull moved his joints to heat his body, and he said, "Boss, how about this place we chose?" I'm going to earn 4,000 yuan today, yes, I'm going down to catch 2,000 pounds of sea cucumbers! ”

Qin Shiou looked around and said, "According to the Five Elements Dragon Seeking Technique, we have sea cucumbers below, and we can catch them as much as we like later." ”

The habitat of sea cucumbers is regularly distributed, because the Newfoundland fishery is very cold in winter, so they will converge into the warm water channel under the sea, and the fishery has several warm currents, and the fishermen know how widely they are distributed.

In addition, sea cucumbers like to cling to reefs or corals to survive, so as long as these conditions are combined and filtered, it is easy to find a sea cucumber gathering place.

Hanging the sea cucumber fishing net on their waists, Qin Shiou and the bull bit the oxygen tube and put on helmet-like masks, and after giving each other a thumbs up, they sat on the side of the boat with their backs to the sea, and suddenly fell into the sea on their backs.

As they sank, the oxygen tube on the boat snaked down like a small snake, and the fisherman on board was in charge of the logistics, and when he saw that the oxygen tube might be knotted, he would quickly open it to ensure that the oxygen entered the mouth of the underwater worker unobstructed.

The seabed selected by Qin Shiou is on the southern edge of the coral reef, there is a warm current passing by, the sea cucumbers here are not only large in number but also particularly fat, normally speaking, the sea cucumbers can be processed into dry products for at least three years, and they need to grow large.

The bottom of the sea is clean sand, and some colorful parrotfish go in and out of the coral, their small mouths constantly wriggling, and sand is excreted from their bodies.

That's why Qin Shiou breeds parrotfish in abundance, which can turn dead coral reefs into fine sea sand.

After the bull entered the water, he looked at this dreamlike coral reef, and was a little obsessed for a while, so he did not go directly to catch sea cucumbers, but walked along the edge of the coral reef, and from time to time stretched out his hand to touch the coral reef.

There were some sea cucumbers where Qin Shiou fell, but he looked at them, mainly Arctic cucumbers, which were still a little small, so there was no need to catch them.

Small sea cucumbers are not fun to catch, not only because they are small, but also because they are loose at this time, they cannot be processed into dried sea cucumbers, and if they insist on selling, they can only be processed into ready-to-eat sea cucumbers. Such ready-to-eat sea cucumbers are not only nutritious, but also have a less than ideal taste, and no one in the market wants to buy them.

Releasing the sea god's consciousness to wander around, Qin Shiou immediately found a large group of sea cucumbers, and after he swam over, he took a look, and first saw a sea cucumber with an obese body and a snow-white appearance.

Although the name of the white sea cucumber has the word 'white', in fact, their body color has nothing to do with white, and this white sea cucumber is an individual that has undergone mutation in its natural state, an albino sea cucumber.

This white sea cucumber is particularly fat, Qin Shiou reached out to pick it up, and the nearby bull saw it and waved it vigorously at him. (To be continued.) )