Chapter 48: Career!

Look up at the bottom of the ocean.

The sea is undulating, and the halo refracted by the sun is beautiful.

Su Ming and Xu Yan dragged the grouper and slowly swam up.

Xu Yan licked his face and couldn't help but smile.

Su Ming wanted to ask him why he was laughing.

This grouper is estimated to weigh more than 300 pounds, but it is not heavy to drag in the water. It's just that the floating speed is a bit slow.

After coming out of the water, Su Ming waved to Guo Run. When he saw it, he rushed over to greet Su Ming and them.

On the boat, Su Ming pulled Xu Yan, and then pulled the rope to bring the grouper up.

"What a big grouper! When you dive down, you'll bring the grouper up? "Guo Run is also an old fisherman. This grouper is two meters long and is very ferocious underwater.

"Otherwise?" Xu Yan smiled and took off his diving suit. "Let's go to the next one."

"Okay." Guo Run hurriedly started the fishing boat and leaned over to the Lixia.

Lixia is more than 1,000 meters away. When talking about the side of the calendar, Zhu Ming came over and asked, "How is the bottom of the sea?" ”

"The situation is good. There is a large area suitable for offline. "We also got a huge stone point. ”

Zhu Ming looked at it and said, "Did it come from diving?" ”

Su Ming smiled and shrugged.

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I'll use a crane to lift it up." ”

Zhu Ming instructed the crane to lower the rope, and Su Ming tied the rope to the grouper's tail: "Don't be in a hurry to hang up, let the fish bleed." ”

"Okay."

Xu Yan picked up a knife and stabbed it on both sides of the gills. The crane lifted the grouper and swung it in the sea several times.

In the distance, a fishing boat raised a five-star red flag.

After Zhu Ming saw it, he quickly contacted the other party through the public broadcasting channel. After confirming the identity of the other party, Zhu Ming smiled and said, "It's you, how did you come here?" ”

"I've been here for days." Luo Laosi switched to a separate conversation channel and said, "Can you find a school of fish?" Can I share that? ”

Zhu Ming said: "If there are schools of fish, you can look for them yourself." ”。

"No fish? What are you doing here? ”

Zhu Ming said: "Build a fish trap and sink to the bottom." "What's your catch?"

"The fuel cost for the return trip is a little worse, the water depth around the bottom of the sea is nearly 200 meters, do you have divers?"

Right

"When are you going back? Can divers lend me for a few days? ”

"What do you think? The diver is Shinkai's apprentice and a companion on this sea trip. Zhu Ming said, "After so many days, your harvest is a bit miserable." ”

"The sea conditions have been terrible for the past few days. I've been hiding on an artificial island to avoid the wind. Can we join forces with you to encircle the bottom of the sea? ”

"Hmm...... Ask Shinkai. Zhu Ming said, "How deep is your fishing net?" ”

"170 meters. I know of some places where I can sink the bottom purse seine, which is just right for my purse seine depth. ”

"You don't have divers. You're not doing well. ”

"Do you have divers? I'll give you a fifth of the fish. ”

"You ask Shinkai. I don't think Shinkai can be the master of this matter. I had to ask two of his disciples. ”

Boulder zebrafish are hung on the Lixia River and frozen.

Su Ming and Xu Yan helped build the fish trap. All the accessories of the fish trap add up to more than 20 tons.

It was busy at noon. The sun is about to go down and the fish traps are built. A set of three buoys, each with a long rope with anchor claws on the long rope... There is also a string of oyster shells tied to the rope.

There are three groups of pontoons, spaced about 100 meters apart, forming a triangle.

Zhao Tian's fishing boat was late, and shouted through the walkie-talkie: "Fourth, why are you here?" ”

"My fishing boat is nearby." Lao Luo said, "Do you want to sink to the bottom?" ”

"Huh?"

"How big is your network?"

"1700 meters long."

"It's too long...... Something went wrong with the mesh. Can your two apprentices do it? Otherwise, my net is only 1100 meters wide and 170 meters wide. ”

"It doesn't matter. We'll go back after we're done netting. Zhao Tian smiled and said, "Don't worry. ”

Luo Laosi said: "My harvest is so bad. Can you ask your two apprentices to help me make a net, and the fish will be a fifth of theirs? ”。

"One out of five, you think it's beautiful."

"A quarter of an hour."

"One-third, let me ask you. Without this number, I won't talk about it. ”

The key to purse seine operations is to find the fish.

For a modern purse seine fishing vessel, the reconnaissance of fish accounts for 50 to 80 percent of the total operating time.

Before the negative tropical high, Luo Laosi's fishing boat stopped, and now the harvest is bleak.

Now this is just the beginning of the sea. After a long period of recuperation, there are plenty of fish here.

But they haven't found a big school of fish for days.

There are a lot of fish, but they are all small schools.

Bottom purse seine nets can be used to gather schools of fish, and the schools of fish that are gathered are mostly high-value schools. For example, snapper, there are a lot of brown snapper here, as well as red snapper, snapper family, and so on.

If you're lucky enough to be a fisherman, you can attract turtles and a handful of tuna.

Sunken purse seine nets are no stranger to old fishermen. This is a traditional purse seine in offshore areas. In domestic waters, inshore fisheries, let alone depleted, but there are no fish in the seas suitable for bottom purse seine nets. China also eliminated the sunken seine nets very early.

This mode of operation is still used in some Southeast Asian countries.

Offshore, the hiding places for fish are coral reefs and rocks on the ocean floor. These places are not suitable for bottom purse seine netting. These places are difficult to maneuver even with diver assistance.

There are a lot of fish in Nansha, and there are many places suitable for bottom purse seine nets, but divers need to go down to assist in the operation.

When divers dive more than 100 meters, or even more than 200 meters, and work around the nets, the risk factor is not to mention, and divers also need to participate in more intense physical work. Such divers are hard to find

Zhao Tian asked for a third of the fish.

Luo Laosi was silent for a long time, and then said, "Let's take a look at the fish in your net first." ”

"By the way, we found a rocket agglomeration area, where there are still a lot of rockets. Conservative estimates, if we put three to five tons in one net, there will be no problem. Zhao Tiandao said, "Why don't you try it." ”

"35 tons in one net?"

The rocket is still available for sale at 78,000 yuan per tonne.

There are too many rockets, especially Zhao Tian. Didn't they do it themselves? Luo Laosi didn't believe it.

"I really won't lie to you."

"So much, why don't you do it yourself?"

"I was going to do that. Last night we came to a tuna school. Zhao Tian said in frustration, "The power of my boat's fishing machine is too small. Last night the tuna school ran more than halfway. If you're lucky, you can also spot tuna at night. ”

"Okay, thank you very much. Give me the coordinates. I'm going to check it out now. Luo Laosi said excitedly.

"The coordinates are given to you tomorrow afternoon

Come over and help. Zhao Tian said.

All right

Zhao Tian smiled and gave Luo Laosi the coordinates of the fish.

For Zhao Tian and his crew, the school of fish is an option. If they find a good spot for the bottom purse seine, they won't be fishing.

The fish trap is already installed. Su Ming drove the fishing boat to the new seaside. Iron cages, ropes, floats... Frozen Antarctic shrimp hang on it.

It's getting dark.

Zhao Tian came to their fishing boat and said, "Has this location been explored?" How about collecting the net? ”

"Yes, there's a gravel flat down there, dozens of acres." Xu Yan said, "Yes, there is an old shipwreck underneath. ”

Zhao Tian was instantly stunned: "Are you sure this is an ancient shipwreck?" ”

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Su Ming said, taking out a few pieces of ceramic shards picked up from the bottom of the sea, and looking at Xu Yan.

Xu Yan's face twitched slightly, and he went back and took out the silver ingot: "There is another silver ingot." ”

Ancient silver ingots were of average value.

If you take it out, it will be tens of thousands of dollars at most. Silver is not gold. Today's gold is a few hundred dollars per gram. The price of silver is a few dollars per gram.

There is no need to pay for this benefit.

"Where can I report the discovery of an ancient shipwreck? Can I get a bonus? Xu Yan said with a smile.

"There will definitely be bonuses." "I don't know which department to report to. Once we've turned off the internet, call the Maritime Administration. ”

Zhao Tian didn't care about the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. It is illegal to salvage without permission.

No matter how valuable the wreck is, it's useless for you to put yourself in it. It's not that they don't have the ability to make a lot of money through legal means.

Zhao Tian came to the fishing boat and helped put the bait cage.

This time I brought more than 2,000 kilograms of Antarctic shrimp. I've used some before, and the rest is estimated at two thousand kilograms.

Some Antarctic shrimp were placed in iron cages and sank to the bottom of the sea. There are also buoys attached to the fishing gear to lure fish on the surface.

These are Antarctic shrimp that are used as feed, including shrimp heads and shells. Only a few dollars per kilogram.

It was all done after nine o'clock in the evening. After sending Zhao Tian back, Su Ming fixed the fishing boat next to a group of buoys, and the Lixia drove to the middle of the three groups of buoys and turned on the fishing lights.

In the evening, Xu Yan made a beef stew with potatoes. He goes to work tomorrow and has a good meal in the evening.

Tonight, the fishing boat was fixed on the buoy, and Su Ming and Xu Yan slept well.

When Su Ming woke up the next morning, he turned on the fish detector, and the screen showed a dense school of fish.

"Master, do you see a lot of fish there?" Su Ming took out the radio and contacted Zhao Tian.

"A lot." Zhao Tian smiled and said, "It's still a little far from the explosion." Do you see a big fish over there? ”

"No, it's mostly small fish."

"Wait, wait for the tide, wait for the big fish to come." Zhao Tiandao.

"You should be prepared to go to the net first," Su Ming said.

"I'm ready."

At dawn, Lixia left the center of the buoy and joined the Shinkai on the periphery

The 1,700-meter-long fishing net is enclosed by a single net, an area the size of 32 main courts. Considering that this is not a standard circle, there are more than 20 main courts.

In such a large area, it is possible to catch 100 tons of fish in the net if schools of fish are clustered together.

This still takes into account the density of fish in the Spratlys.

Compared to some fishing grounds abroad, the fish population density in the Hainan Islands is still much lower.

Purse seine fishing boats in Jiangnan can catch tens, hundreds, or even hundreds of tons of fish.

It wasn't until after eleven o'clock that the tide began to rise.

Su Ming looked at the photo of the fish detective, and there were big fish in the photo. There were a lot of them in them: "Master, I received a reply. ”

"Roger."

"Get out of the network."

"What did you find?"

"The big fish are coming."

"Tuna?"

"It could be tuna or a large sea turtle." Su Ming said excitedly, "How many fish did you see in the fish inspection picture?" ”

"It's a lot. We are now purse seine. Zhao Tian said excitedly.

It was supposed to wait a little longer, but the big fish had already arrived, so hurry up and get out of the net.

The work of going off the net is ready. With Zhao Tian's order, the Lixia was fully energized and pulled the fishing net out of the net with the help of Bao Gang and Guo Gang.

The process of seine was very smooth. Soon, the net was closed, and nearly 300 acres of sea area were closed by purse seine nets.

The two fishing boats rendezvous.

Lixia handed Guo Gang over to Xinhai. Wrap the bottom ring of the purse seine net

Shinkai handed the runner to Lixia, who was the rope at the top of the purse seine net.

The depth and width of the tuna purse seine is 270 meters. The water depth in this area is between 170 and 185 meters

The Lixia pulled the treadmill platforms at both ends of the seine to the middle of the seine and pulled the mesh of the seine net.

Now, there's another big lump under the purse seine.

Su Ming and Xu Yan put on their diving gear and drove the fishing boat to the side of Xinhai. Liu Bei got on the fishing boat and helped control the boat.

"You two stay safe." Su Ming made an OK gesture and pointed to the dive camera above his finger.

The dive camera has a Bluetooth connection to the phone screen.

Zhao Tian turned on Bluetooth and connected to Su Ming's device.

"Bandages," Xu Yan shouted.

Zhao Tian brought them buckle bandages. Su Ming took the bandage and put it in his shoulder bag. Then he and Xu Yan went into the water together and slowly sank into the sea.

Zhao Tian held his mobile phone. Su Ming's father and Xu Yan's father investigated together. Watching Su Ming and his father dive deeper and deeper, the light on the bottom of the sea was much darker, and they were also very nervous.

When diving into the sea, the nets on both sides of the platform have been straightened.

Xu Yan helped pull the net, and Su Ming used bandages to enclose both ends of the fence.

The bottom cofferdam is different from the traditional cofferdam. There are a lot of rocks at the bottom of the bottom fence, and if you close the net directly, these rocks will hang at the bottom, or they won't close at all.

The first thing to do after lowering the bottom seine is to close the seine seine. Then slowly tighten the bottom of the net.

Zhu Ming on the Lixia also received a photo of Su Ming's overhead camera.

Su Ming and Xu Yan's movements were fast, but they needed to put on four bandages about half a meter. In this way, the ends of the fence are closed without any gaps.

The ends of the seine have been straightened, and now we have to wait for Su Ming to close the seine net.

I don't know how many fish are surrounded by this net.

When Su Ming and Xu Yan closed the purse seine net, they often saw a small school of fish escaping through the gap in the seine net.

Now only a few have escaped.

Suddenly, Xu Yan saw several yellowfin tuna swimming more than two meters long. He dragged Su Ming. The two men quickly floated, grabbed the ends of the purse seine net, and drove a couple of large tuna back.

The main tuna is at least three hundred pounds and worth tens of thousands of pounds, but we can't let them run away.

Zhao Tian, who saw the big tuna, was very excited, and Zhu Ming was also very excited, and he looked nervously at the photos on his phone.

When Guo Run saw the tuna in the purse seine next to Zhu Ming, he said, "Luo Wen's net will be very rich. ”。

Zhu Ming nodded and said, "Hmm."

Zhao Tian was short of money and wanted to buy stocks with Zhu Ming. He didn't know that Zhao Tian was short of money at the time, and Zhao Tian didn't say that he was short of money, so he felt that the investment was too big and he couldn't afford to lose.

Now, I really regret it.

I'm not going to talk about the first two networks.

The harvest of this net is larger than that of the first two.

The Lixia also has fish detection equipment that can roughly determine how many fish are below. If this net is set up perfectly, the fish will explode directly.

Su Ming and Xu Yan closed their nets when they tried to chase away the big fish that wanted to escape. They ran out of gas cylinders and replaced them with another.

When Liu Bei saw it, he hurriedly drove the fishing boat over and took Su Ming and them away.

Su Ming took off his diving suit, stretched his waist, and picked up the walkie-talkie: "The purse seine has been closed, wait for us to check the purse seine net, and then start the next step." ”

"Okay. Have you rested? Zhao Tian said.

"Nope."

Xu Yan took out the aerator, drained the gas cylinder, and then lay down on the back deck. He laughed, "Take this net away, and we can go back." Do you think there are 100 tons of fish in the net? ”

It covers an area of about 300 acres.

Even if we don't make fish pots and bait cages, there are a lot of fish in that large area.

In addition, the fishing lights were turned on all night last night, a fish trap was made to make the fish feel safe, and nearly 1 ton of Antarctic shrimp was put in as bait

Su Ming didn't know how many fish were in this net.

"It is estimated that a 100-ton net will be hung, and there should be seventy or eighty tons." Su Ming also smiled.

There are a lot of valuable fish at the bottom.

Like grouper and snapper, there are definitely plenty of fish to be had. Now we can also see tuna, and turtle fish should be able to see on the fish detection screen. Large schools of turtle fish are very rare. This should be the reason why fish traps and baits attract all the turtle fish around.

A net of exploding cabins, a net of wealth.

Su Ming was excited now.

After the gas cylinder was filled, Su Ming pulled Xu Yan to the beach again. The camera was pointed at the purse seine and transmitted the situation under the sea to Zhao Tian and Zhu Ming.

After bypassing the purse seine net, Su Ming and the others returned to the fishing boat again.

Zhao Tian and them also learned about the situation on the seabed and began to direct the upper outline of the purse seine net. The nets have turned into a pile of land that must be straightened before they can be closed.

Lixia has come out of the seine net. Straighten the net from the outside so that it can be collected later.

As for the fishing nets and fishing nets, they are now handed over to Su Ming and their fishing boats.

The whole operation is a bit complicated. If a link is not handled properly, it will run away. Zhao Tian is an old captain. He has also worked in deep water purse seine nets before and has some experience directing these works. Now that the net is opened, Zhao Tian has been watching the conductor from the side of the boat

Storm boats and fishing boats straighten their nets outward.

Su Ming and Xu Yan wore diving equipment and dived from time to time to check the bottom of the net.

It took more than three hours to straighten the purse seine net.

It's almost four o'clock.

Zhao Tian drove the fishing boat to the purse seine and waited for Su Ming and them to come out of the water. He quickly reached out and said, "Can you still hold on?" ”

"Minor problem." Xu said, "I'm not tired at all. ”

"The next step is to tighten the contour." Su Ming said, "You should cooperate with me and Xu Yan." ”

"You sort out a circle of sinkers, and we'll collect a circle of outlines." Zhao Tiandao.

Second, tightening the outline is not child's play. Throughout the operation, the physical strength of the divers and the cooperation between the teams are the most tested. At the same time, it is also the most dangerous part of the operation.

Su Ming and Xu Yan smoked a cigarette, and Zhao Tian returned to the fishing boat.

At this time, the Luo Lao No. 4 fishing boat, which left yesterday, also returned.