Dawn.

Chen Yuan got up very early, came outside after washing, He Fei was collecting fishing rods, and Yang Xun was making breakfast.

"How was last night's battle?" Chen Yuan asked.

"No tuna." He Fei said again: "But I caught a yellow-lipped fish." ”

"Yellow-lipped fish?"

Yellow-lipped fish is a carnivorous fish of the genus Yellow-lipped Fish of the totoaba family, and is now a national first-class protected animal in China.

Yellow-lipped fish is found in the northern part of the South China Sea and the southern coastal areas of the East China Sea......

"This is the equator, where does the yellow-lipped fish come from?" Zhou Sheng also walked out.

"In the freezer, let's go and have a look. The fish was caught just after three o'clock last night. He Fei said.

"It looks like a yellow-lipped fish. He Fei had caught it before, and it looked similar to the yellow-lipped fish. Yang Xun turned his head and said.

"How old?"

"Forty or fifty pounds."

"It's definitely not a yellow-lipped fish." Chen Yuan said.

"Just go in and see."

When I came to the freezer, a fish with a body length of nearly one meter and a yellow-lipped fish that looked at least seven points similar.

Yellow-lipped fish is a totoaba family.

This fish is also supposed to be a totoaba family, with a raised back, a broadly curved ventral margin, an elongated caudal peduncle, a medium-sized head, and a flattened side......

The fish belly is golden.

And the color on both sides of the fish maw is darker......

"It's the totoaba family that hasn't run away, but I don't know the species." Chen Yuan said.

"Open it and see if the swim bladder is big." Zhou Sheng said.

The swim bladder of the totoaba family is generally very developed, and the swim bladder is also known as fish maw, which is one of the eight treasures.

There are many types of fish maw, but the five famous maws all come from totoaba fish. However, not all totoaba fish maw is precious.

The totoaba family is characterized by the short first dorsal and anal fins and the well-developed mucus ducts on the head. It has a wide distribution and mainly inhabits tropical and subtropical seas. The Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean, all of them. There are 70 genera and 270 species in the world, and there are 14 genera and 31 species in China......

"Open it now?" Yang asked.

"The value of this fish is the swim bladder." Chen Yuan asked: "If you return to China at an ultra-low temperature, the value of the swim bladder will be greatly reduced." ”

He Fei nodded: "I don't know how to make fish bladders." ”

"It's simple." Chen Yuan said: "Wash it and peel off the inner and outer films. This fish is large, and the swim bladder should also be large, and it can be dried separately to make sheet glue. ”

"It seems that we need to use beer to improve the clarity of the swim bladder." Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yuan: "Have you ever made a fish bladder?" ”

"I've watched people make it on the mothership before. It's so ...... simple."

Yang Xun took this one out, and He Fei brought a knife and took out the swim bladder.

This swim bladder is indeed quite large, with a length of more than ten centimeters, and the swim bladder is thick. After washing it, Chen Yuan helped cut the swim bladder, peeled off the inner and outer films, brought beer, cleaned it again with beer, and soaked it.

This fish maw has a fishy smell, and it can be removed by soaking it in beer, and it also has the effect of clarifying, using beer as a clarifier, the color of the swim bladder is brighter.

On a mother ship, the swim bladder is usually dried. However, there is no dryer here, so it can only be dried traditionally.

Fortunately, it's tropical and the sun is big.

Chen Yuan: They also drive boats to run around, and it is easy to dry.

The swim bladder is soaked first.

"This swim bladder is good, at least a few thousand dollars, or even tens of thousands of dollars." Chen Yuan said.

"So expensive?"

"The swim bladder of totoaba is inherently expensive. This swim bladder is still big...... However, whether it can be worth tens of thousands of dollars depends on the color of the swim bladder after drying. If the condition is good, it is worth the money. What to do with it after that, you ask Lin Xinhai, he will make fish maw. Chen Yuan said: "Fish gelatin is not expensive, and the skill of making fish gelatin is also very important." ”

"Good. This swim bladder is open to us. Yang Xun said with a smile.

Chen Yuan smiled and nodded: "Is the meal ready?" ”

"It's done."

Chen Yuan went over to serve the meal, added some more dishes, and came to the bow of the boat with a stainless steel basin, looking at the two fishing boats that were retrieving the hooks.

After the hook last night, at half past six today, the hook was recycled.

The two fishing boats are far apart.

Chen Yuan couldn't see it clearly......

After eating, Yang Xun asked Lin Xinhai how to make fish gelatin. After figuring it out, Yang Xun and the others went back to sleep.

Chen Yuan shouted, "Master, how many hooks have you collected?" ”

"More than a thousand."

"How many fish have been hit?"

"Not much. Yang Xun The totoaba they caught, is it big? ”

"It's estimated that it's about forty pounds." Chen Yuandao.

"That's okay."

Chen Yuan smiled: "Have you caught a totoaba fish?" ”

"Yes. But it's not big, so it can only be made with glue. There are about forty catties of totoaba here, and there are relatively few here. ”

Smaller, thin swim bladders, several stacked together and rolled into a round or ribbon shape, after drying, are called round glue or belt glue.

"Fish gelatin is expensive everywhere. If it's too much, it's not worth much. ”

Lin Xinhai smiled and said, "Have you finished eating?" ”

"Not yet."

"After eating, continue to look for fish."

"Good. How many fish gelatins do we have on board? ”

"Five or six pounds."

"Is there any complete fish gelatin?"

"There are only three complete gelatins."

"Keep the complete fish gelatin, and use it to give it away in the future." Chen Yuandao.

Lin Xinhai said 'um', and suddenly said, "There are big fish outside, I'll go out and take a look." ”

"Okay."

Chen Yuan sat in the driver's seat, started the fishing boat, and the two fishing boats came in, Zhou Sheng took out the walkie-talkie: "Hey, hey, hey, I heard the reply." ”

"I hear you." Takaga said.

"I hear you." Lin Xinhai and Luo Laosi replied together.

"How's the catch?"

"Just came up with a big-eyed boy estimated to weigh 400 pounds." Lin Xinhai said.

"Four hundred pounds of big-eyed boys, rare goods." Takaga said.

"It's estimated to be more than 400 pounds. The head of the big-eyed boy is estimated to be 100 pounds...... It's too much to lose. ”

"The tuna head is grilled and delicious."

Zhou Sheng said again: "Lao Gao." ”

"I have more than 2,000 hooks here, and only 11 tuna. 8 big-eyed and 2 albacore tuna. There is also a subspecies of tuna...... The catch is not bad, mainly because of the size of this group of big-eyed boys. Gao He said, "Are you going out to look for fish?" ”

"I'll be going right away." Zhou Shengdao.

"Come on, our target is a 100-meter purse seine boat." Takaga Island.

The laughter of Lin Xinhai and Luo Laosi was also heard on the walkie-talkie.

"The 100-meter tuna purse seine boat is parked in the harbor, what kind of wind is that." Luo Lao Sidao.

"All eyes are on." Chen Yuan said.

"Hahaha......"

A 100-meter tuna purse seine boat, maneuvering just thinking about it. But such a large ship is not easy to operate. But there are difficulties and challenges, and that's what makes it interesting.

Now I want to think about the 100-meter tuna purse seine, it's still too far, so do the work in front of you first.

Chen Yuan set three points on the chart, changed Zhou Sheng to start the boat, and Chen Yuan went back to get the drone......

(End of chapter)