As Han Minghua said, most of this net is sea urchins, and there are very few fish and shrimp.

However, it is no wonder that sea urchins are comparable to locusts on the bottom of the sea, they will eat up all the algae and plankton on the bottom of the sea, and almost no grass grows in the places they pass, turning the bottom of the sea into a bare "marine desert".

Without algae and plankton, fish and shrimp are slowly disappearing.

"Xiaofeng, are these horse manure sea urchins?" Li Yongmin asked.

"Third uncle, that's right, these are horse manure sea urchins," Li Xiaofeng replied with a smile.

Horse dung sea urchin is also the most common sea urchin in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Horse manure sea urchins lay their eggs in November and December, and now is the fattest season for them.

"Fifth brother, we have hardly caught any fish in this net, it's not a big loss!" Han Minghua looked at the sea urchin in the trawl and said a little depressed.

"Huazi, you're wrong about this!" Li Yonglin said with a smile, "The price of these horse manure sea urchins is not cheap!"

After hearing this, Han Minghua also reacted immediately, yes, these sea urchins can also be sold for money, and there are not only fish and shrimp in the sea that can be sold for money!

Li Xiaofeng also smiled and said, "The price of these sea urchins is indeed not cheap!"

The price of horse dung sea urchin is indeed not low, in the market of their hometown, it can generally be sold for sixty or seventy-one catties, and some chilled horse dung sea urchin on a certain treasure can even be sold for more than one hundred catties.

What's more, now is the season to eat sea urchins, and these sea urchins are very fat. Some particularly large sea urchins may weigh as little as a pound.

Li Xiaofeng continued: "Dad, third uncle, Huazi, you look at this net There are at least three or four thousand catties of sea urchins, I suspect that there are more sea urchins under the seabed we passed just now! That's why I asked Xiaojun to tell you to stop, just because I plan to come back after breakfast and pull some nets!"

After listening to Li Xiaofeng's words, Li Yonglin and Zhang Jianjun also felt that it made sense, so they both nodded.

Han Minghua was also very happy when he heard it, originally he thought that this net would definitely lose money, but he didn't expect that these sea urchins that he inadvertently caught were quite valuable, this was really deliberately planting flowers and flowers, and unintentionally planting willows and willows!

At this time, Zhang Jianjun also came over, and he was also shocked to see so many sea urchins in this net. However, he also knew that the price of this thing was not cheap in the market, so he quickly showed joy.

Seeing him coming, Li Xiaofeng smiled and said to him, "Uncle Zhang, you will arrange for someone to put these sea urchins in a living water tank later, and we will finish breakfast in a while, and we are going to go back and fish for a few nets!"

"No problem!" Zhang Jianjun said with a smile, "Although these sea hedgehogs are comparable to sea locusts, the price is indeed good!"

After several people finished discussing, Li Yongmin also signaled Li Xiaojun to untie the trawl.

After handling the sea urchins and eating breakfast, Li Xiaofeng personally drove the fishing boat, turned the bow of the boat, and sailed back towards the sea area they had passed before.

At this time, more than ten nautical miles in front of their fishing boat, there was a large area of submarine desert under the seabed, and there were countless sea urchins dotted with it!

Li Xiaofeng guessed that the area of this undersea desert should be constantly expanding, and if these countless sea urchins spread, it would really be comparable to an ecological disaster.

Li Xiaofeng's speculation is not unfounded.

Back in 2014, on the West Coast of the United States, almost 95% of California's seaweed forests were destroyed by the infestation of purple sea urchins (the number of which has skyrocketed by almost 10,000 times).

Seaweed forests play such a vital role in the ecology of the local waters that the local government has had to hire hundreds of divers to remove them from the seabed.

In the end, the divers removed more than 3.6 million sea urchins in 46 acres of sea.

Do you think they've solved these rampant purple sea urchins?

Later, they found that even hiring such a special team to remove sea urchins was just a drop in the bucket for this huge group of sea urchins, and there was no way to solve the problem.

In the end, the benefits of eating sea urchins can only be vigorously promoted in the media, hoping to encourage local residents to catch more sea urchins.

In 2018, the Australian news also reported that on their east coast, the seabed was almost completely deserted due to the flood of sea urchins, which seriously affected the biodiversity balance of local waters.

The local government also tried multiple methods, such as introducing natural enemies of sea urchins, hoping to solve the flood of sea urchins, but in the end, there was no way to completely solve the overflowing sea urchins, and finally they had to encourage local residents to catch a large number of sea urchins for consumption.

Now the sea urchins under the seabed also seem to have such signs of flooding. So Li Xiaofeng returned, on the one hand, he wanted to catch these sea urchins and sell them for money, and on the other hand, he also wanted to solve the flood of these sea urchins.

However, fortunately, the seabed terrain here is good, except for a few places with reefs, most of the places are typical of the muddy and sandy seabed of the Yellow Sea, and the trawl net can be dragged on the seabed.

If it were a sea full of coral reefs like the east coast of Australia, Li Xiaofeng would not have much to do.

It didn't take long for Li Xiaofeng to drive a fishing boat close to this underwater desert. Li Yongmin, who received his notice, also hurriedly arranged for someone to lower the trawl into the sea.

For the next few hours, Li Xiaofeng drove a fishing boat towing nets back and forth through the area.

It wasn't until almost noon that he informed the deck that the net had begun to be reeled.

When the trawl was dragged to the deck, the crew drove the sea urchin, which was almost full of spikes like chestnuts, and swallowed their saliva.

Although most of them had seen sea urchins before, this was the first time they had seen so many sea urchins at once.

Although these sea urchins seem to be quite a lot, Li Yonglin and several people know that they don't weigh the scales, and according to their estimates, this net may be at most twenty or thirty thousand catties.

After disposing of the horse manure and sea urchins in this net, it's time for lunch.

Of course, these sea urchins are indispensable for the noon dishes, what sea urchin fried rice, sea urchin steamed eggs, and sea urchin sashimi are all served.

Many people only know that sea urchin eats sea urchin yellow, but they don't know that this so-called sea urchin yellow is the gonad of sea urchin.

Generally, sea urchin yellow accounts for about 10% of the total weight of sea urchins.

The nutritional value of sea urchin yellow is also good!

Sea urchin contains 20 grams of protein per 100 grams, which is almost twice the protein content of chicken, fish and eggs of the same weight.

In addition to protein, sea urchin yellow is also rich in fats, minerals, and more vitamins A and D.

Li Xiaofeng took a sea urchin that had been peeled off, and the appearance of this sea urchin was golden, a bit like crab roe. After tasting it, this sea urchin yellow melts in your mouth, and the taste is as smooth and sweet as cream.