"Captain, as soon as you are ready, please give the order!" The bull roared.

Qin Shiou waved his hand to show that he understood, and then looked at the sea surface carefully, the sea god consciousness had already entered the bottom of the sea, looking for a lobster gathering place in the bay.

The fishermen didn't say a word, looking at Qin Shiou expectantly, waiting for him to show the magical power of the family heirloom spell. They are full of confidence, under the leadership of Qin Shiou, this time they will definitely make money!

Compared with the fishermen who blindly worshipped, Qin Shiou was a little embarrassed here.

His mother's lobster Gavki is so awesome, Qin Shiou didn't find lobster seedlings all the way, obviously, the entire Lawrence Bay has been infected by this bacteria, and in the next two years, this rich bay will no longer produce Maine Coon lobsters on a large scale.

And even if the bacteria are cleared of the ocean two years later, it will take some years to recover the lobster catches of previous years.

Maine lobsters grow slowly, they have a lifespan of 70 years, and it takes four to five years to grow from a small shrimp fry to a pound. And to grow to 20 pounds, that is, about 10 kilograms, it takes 20 to 30 years!

Now the lobster production in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been reduced, in addition to the extinction of the lobster Gavkiella, there is also the crazy operation of shrimp fishing boats.

Knowing that the lobster Gavkia bacteria appeared offshore, the major fishing companies and shrimp fishing boats knew that their good days were coming to an end, and they all wanted to go crazy for the last time, and the Bay of St. Lawrence was full of boats after the lobster fishing season entered in November.

Lobster fishing in North America, like bluefin tuna, has a hard and fast standard. Small shrimp fry cannot be caught, and only lobsters that grow to half a pound, which is about 227 grams, can be caught and sold.

Therefore, the gap between the shrimp cage brought by Qin Shiou is the size of a child's fist. This gap allows lobsters under 200 grams to pass through guò, no matter how large it is.

In general, it takes 9 to 12 months for Maine lobsters to grow to half a pound, and their mating season is generally from late April to July, with the peak mating season in May. Starting in July every year, North America enters the lobster harvest season, and the United States has it earlier. Canada has a higher latitude and cooler temperatures, so the harvest season is later.

In fact. Starting with the lobster shelling in the summer means that the lobster season has arrived. However, the lobsters that have just been shelled are soft-shell lobsters, with unsatisfactory meat quality and a lot of water. The value was low, so no one fished at that time.

From September onwards, as the temperature drops, the shell of the lobster will harden and the meat quality will be better. In November, the lobsters are at their fattest, and the Canadian government has started this time until February of the following year, as the lobster fishing season, and March is reserved for lobsters to mate and reproduce.

This year's lobster fishing has been extra crazy, a large number of lobsters have already been fished, and the harvest is too late.

But they were lucky. Last night there was a terrible storm that all the shrimp boats had returned to their home voyages and suffered damage from different trips. This will give them an opportunity when there are fewer shrimp fishing boats in the Bay of St. Lawrence.

For fishermen, this winter has been a leak in the house, and it rained overnight.

The lobster Gavkia has just shown its hideous figure, and it has encountered a once-in-a-decade cold weather, and last night's storm also hit the fishermen hard, and many shrimp fishing boats have lost their shrimp pots in the ocean. Qin Shiou had guò sea god consciousness, and he had already seen several strings of shrimp fishing pots in the sea.

Lobsters are also occasionally found in these pots. But such a few sporadic ones are not what Qin Shiou wants, he can only continue to go north.

Smoking guns and others were able to endure their temperament, they gathered around smoking cigarettes and chatting, and even began to discuss how to spend the money they earned, what to buy for their wives and children, what to buy for their families, and so on.

Qin Shiou felt that such an aimless search was not possible, and began to look at the sea map to find the reef concentration in St. Lawrence Bay.

He knew that lobsters were not good swimmers and usually inhabited the shallow waters of rocky reefs, and the reefs were a good fit for their habitat.

Several reefs were determined, Qin Shiou asked Sha Ke to drive to this position, and after seeing it, the smoking gun and the others were a little embarrassed, and explained: "Captain, there may be lobster schools in these places, but it is very dangerous, there are too many reefs, do you want to take an adventure?" ”

Qin Shiou patted the shoulder of the cigarette gun and said: "We must avoid risks, but we can't be afraid of risks. Forget it, you don't understand, do what I say, forward! ”

If it was before, then Smoke Gun and the others might have to question Qin Shiou's decision, after all, it would be too dangerous to enter the reef waters during the low tide in winter. But after last night's incident, the group firmly believed in him, and he said forward, then forward!

The Harvest turned to the nearest reef area, Qin Shiou was not afraid of accidents, the Seagod consciousness was warning it, if there was danger, he would let Sha Ke turn in advance.

It is indeed a tiger that does not enter the tiger's den, and when the fishing boat is still more than ten kilometers away from this reef, a group of lobsters appears in the field of vision of the sea god's consciousness.

This lobster group is composed of about four or five thousand lobsters of all sizes, dozens of half-meter-long super lobsters are leading the team in front, and other lobsters are following behind, forming a shrimp belt several kilometers long.

Seeing these lobsters, Qin Shiou was happy, good people have good rewards, they risked their lives to save people yesterday and reaped the rewards, and on the first day they entered the Bay of St. Lawrence, they encountered a group of migrating lobsters.

Ethnic migration occurs not only in migratory birds, but also in fish and shrimp, such as lobsters, which seek out ocean currents to migrate in winter to avoid the cold.

On the whole, Maine lobsters are solitary and do not like to live in groups, but when they migrate along the warm current in autumn and winter, they will automatically gather together and travel through the bottom of the sea.

Why do lobsters, who are withdrawn by nature, move in droves? Quite simply, they form a queue to move forward, which is a good way to reduce the resistance of the water in the advance. According to research by marine biologists and kineticists, lobsters in a queue can have 65 percent less resistance than when they swim alone.

In addition, lobsters have many natural predators, such as sharks and whales, and they can also deter natural enemies and protect themselves in such groups.

However, this makes it cheaper for humans, and often fishermen can catch a large number of lobsters if they are lucky enough to get stuck in a warm current.

Qin Shiou waved his hand to signal Sha Ke to drop anchor, and then shouted: "Guys, put down the shrimp fishing cage, there is an abundant smell of lobsters here, there must be a large group of lobsters nearby!" ”

Cigarette guns and others threw away the cigarette butts in their hands, and more than a dozen people shouted the trumpet and immediately began to get busy.

The shrimp cage is not just thrown into the water at random, first of all, Shaq measured the depth of the water in the wheelhouse, which was done by the sonar radar, and he observed it for a while and then shouted: "The water depth is 110 meters!" ”

The smoking gun gestured in understanding, and he let the bull drag it over a long enough cable to be about one hundred and forty meters long at each end. Then from this position, each shrimp pot that crosses is bound to twenty shrimp pots on a rope to form a cage string.

After tying the cage strings, two skillful fishermen came up and tied the ball buoys at both ends of the cable, which were large dark red leather balls, more than one meter in diameter, and could be found floating on the sea even from a long distance.

Others feed the shrimp pots with the guts of chickens, ducks, pigs and cows frozen together, which are purchased cheaply because Canadians do not eat poultry-livestock offal, but they have a great temptation for lobsters.

When you're ready, all that's left is to throw the cage. (To be continued)