After setting the route, Jian Yi and Jian Er slowly lowered the fishing net into the sea. The bottom of the fishing net was a rectangular iron block and quickly sank into the sea. The fishing boat slowly started moving.
During this process, the fishing net slowly expanded into a net shape and began to catch various fish in the sea.
The Mermaid's trawl fishing mainly focuses on upper-level fish such as mackerel, leaf trevally, blue trevally, perch, and small yellow croaker in the upper part of the sea.
As the fishing boat travels, the fishing net dragged behind is like a sky net, catching all kinds of fish and shrimps along the way.
Trawling consumes a lot of money on fishing boats, but its efficiency is the highest and most terrifying among all fishing.
Standing on the fishing boat, Chu Xian could see piles of various fish surrounded by fishing nets in the trawl behind them, catching them all in one catch, no matter big or small.
That's right, it means catching them all in one catch, catching all the fish along the way.
Trawling generally collects the net every two to three hours, but of course there are exceptions. If there are abundant fish, the net may be collected every one or two hours.
The sea area where Chu Xian is located has average resources, and fish are not densely populated.
Even so, as quickly as the naked eye could see, the number of fish in the fishing net increased rapidly. For more than four hours, the entire net was filled with various fish.
Chu Xian's fishing boat is a small boat, less than thirty meters long, and the trawl net is not very big. It can hold about five tons. At this moment, the fishing net is fully loaded.
The nets are mainly composed of small yellow croakers, which are densely packed, the big ones are forty centimeters, and the small ones are only ten centimeters. There are also many common fish such as lobsters, crabs and hairtails.
"Drag it up!" Old Man looked at the fishing net in the sea and said loudly.
Jian Yi Jian Er and the others immediately controlled the machine and slowly pulled the fishing net onto the boat.
"Sir, our harvest is good!" Mr. Yao looked at the various fish that were pulled up with excitement. Although these fish are small yellow croaker and hairtail fish with relatively low economic value, the quantity is large, at least four Tons, seven or eight thousand catties of fish! "
Seven to eight thousand catties of fish, even the cheap ones cost thirty or forty thousand!
The trawl net was pulled onto the boat. There was a special trough for storing fish on the side of the fishing boat. As soon as the sword opened the mouth of the fishing net, fish fell onto the fishing boat one by one.
Chu Xian frowned slightly as he looked at the various fish that were gradually being released.
One big disadvantage of trawling is that 80% of the fish caught will die.
Because of mutual squeezing and sudden changes in water pressure during net collection, organs may rupture or fly off. Even if there are alive fish, they will die soon.
"Pa!" A crisp sound fell on the fishing boat.
Chu Xian looked at it and frowned.
This is a sea turtle, a sea turtle half a meter in size, but it has fallen motionless on the fishing boat and suffocated to death.
Small, yet-to-be-grown fish landed on the fishing boat, including sturgeons and octopuses about half a meter long.
There are even some fish that are inedible.
"Big or small fish, regardless of species, as long as they are seabed creatures, everything in the place where the trawl passes will become extinct. No wonder some countries have banned trawl fishing. It's terrible."
Chu Xian was thinking in his mind. He could see many posts and news about trawling on the Internet.
Trawling is currently the most efficient fishing method, which is one of the reasons he bought this fishing boat, but it is also the most cruel and environmentally damaging method of fishing.
Large ocean-going industrial fishing vessels, they can hold 13 fish the size of a Jumbo Boeing 747 in one net.
And under this kind of high-yield fishing boat, all fish, big and small, are caught in one catch, and even some other catches are often mixed in.
For example, sharks, dolphins, turtles, and albatrosses, these precious protected animals on the earth, are caught in millions every year. What a terrifying number.
"It only costs tens of thousands of yuan to catch a net, and most of these fish are dead and can't be eaten by me. I won't use this method to catch fish in the future." Chu Xian thought for a while.
For Chu Xian, only large fish or fish with economic value have some effect on him. As for those fish that are of low value and have not even grown up, they have no great effect on him.
How much can a net of tens of thousands of fish be sold for? It only costs tens of thousands of dollars, and it will also damage the ecology of the ocean.
The value of one of his tanks is tens of thousands, so there is no need to do such a thing.
"If necessary, it would be best for all countries to ban this fishing method that kills both big and small fish." Chu Xian thought and then smiled.
Obviously this is impossible, and many companies rely on this to survive.
After experiencing trawl fishing and catching seven or eight thousand kilograms of fish, Chu Xian was not excited, but rather unhappy.
In his mind, the ocean is his private territory, and of course he is a little unhappy when others destroy it so recklessly.
But he was unhappy and there was nothing he could do about it.
"We've caught everything, let's get some good things to eat!" Chu Xian shook his head slightly, and then looked at the turtles on the fishing boat.
"Old Yao, cook the turtle and eat it. Don't waste such a precious thing!" Chu Xian looked at the turtle and said to Old Yao.
He is not a saint. Since the turtle is dead, he will not dig a hole for him to bury him in the earth. He is already dead and he is not going to sell it. He will just eat it himself.
"Okay, boss!" Mr. Ya nodded, and then he carried the twenty- to thirty-pound turtle into the kitchen and started handling it.
"Let's see if there's any good stuff left!"
Chu Xian immediately walked to the fish pile and took a look.
Because there are no schools of fish nearby, the fish caught are all very mixed!
The most common ones are small yellow croakers, followed by hairtails, mackerels and the like. They are generally small fishes and there are not many large fishes.
"This squid can be eaten by Mr. Yao. Speaking of which, I haven't eaten squid yet!" Chu Xian smiled and then picked up a big squid.
"What is this? A crab?"
At this time, under a pile of fish layers, Chu Xian saw a big guy, a guy about one meter tall.
"This is? Killer crab?" Chu Xian pulled him out and thought in confusion as he looked at the crab that was not dead yet.
Taking out his mobile phone, Chu Xian immediately searched the Internet.
"It is indeed a killer crab. This thing is very rare!"
Chu Xian looked at it curiously. It looked like a giant spider. Its claws were about one meter long, and it looked a bit scary.
"With two broken claws, you will be the dinner tonight." Chu Xian grabbed it with his hands curiously.
However, suddenly one of the killer crab's claws grabbed at him.
Chu Xian quickly dodged with a smile on his face: "As expected of a killer crab with a history of killing people, he is really fierce!"
(End of chapter)