Everyone scattered and searched for natural abalone.
Perhaps because of the abundance of seaweed and the unique shape of the reefs in this area, there are a large number of abalone under the sea, and they are also very large, with most abalone numbering more than nine in total, and there are even quite a few with three or four in total.
Of course, normally the largest one has only three or four heads. Two-headed abalone is extremely rare. Single-headed abalone is normally the same as French blue dragon, which is a variant case in the population base.
Although Xiang Yang knew that it would be difficult for him to find double-headed abalone or single-headed abalone, he did not give up and continued to search carefully.
As long as he finds one double-headed abalone, he will definitely make a profit on this trip. If he can find a natural single-headed abalone, then even if he returns now, this trip can still be considered a good harvest.
However, Xiang Yang still underestimated the rarity of double-headed abalone and single-headed abalone. Xiang Yang did not even find a double-headed abalone, let alone a single-headed abalone. He had seen the entire seaweed forest, and the largest abalone he found was only about 14 centimeters in diameter. Although a 14-centimeter abalone was almost out of the ranks of three-headed abalone and could be considered hard to come by, it was still a little bit behind the double-headed abalone.
On the other side, Chen Qingsheng was also searching carefully. He was actually looking for a double-headed abalone.
According to Xiang Yang, half of the abalone that Chen Qingsheng caught today belonged to him. Chen Qingsheng wanted to catch a double-headed abalone with his own hands, and then grit his teeth and buy it. He really wanted to get a double-headed abalone and make it into dried abalone as a family heirloom.
If it was a natural double-headed abalone on the market, Chen Qingsheng would definitely not even think about it, but he really dared to buy it if it cost half the price plus the origin price.
Abalone is the first of the eight precious delicacies and the king of seafood. It is known as the soft gold of the ocean, gold on the table, and the crown of seafood. Its meat is tender and nutritious.
Due to the high economic value of abalone, all abalone-producing countries attach great importance to the artificial breeding and farming of abalone.
In the past, my country's use of abalone was limited to natural capture.
In the past five years, artificial breeding and large-scale farming of abalone have been carried out from south to north.
In Liaoning Province and other places, a number of abalone hatcheries and farms with advanced facilities and production technologies have been built, which can produce a considerable number of abalone seedlings and commercial abalone every year.
my country's artificial breeding and farming of abalone has now formed a set of mature technical processes and a considerable production scale.
In recent years, the output of farmed abalone in China has been increasing. In major abalone-producing provinces like Dalian, domestic abalone has even had a huge impact on Australian abalone.
However, an increase in production does not mean a decrease in demand. Every year, both farmed and natural abalone are in short supply, especially natural abalone. Due to the reduction of natural abalone due to marine pollution in recent years, a portion of nine-head natural abalone at the well-known domestic five-star hotel Huatian Hotel, priced at 12,888 yuan, is in short supply. If you want to eat it, you have to make a reservation in advance.
Chen Qingsheng believed that he would not lose money if he bought a two-headed natural abalone. In a few years, it would not be worth a thousand dollars, but ten thousand dollars.
And the meaning of catching it yourself is different.
But what a pity? No matter how hard Chen Qingsheng searched, he couldn't find a two-headed one.
Chen Qingsheng shook his head and looked around in disappointment.
Seeing this, Chen Qingsheng was amused by someone.
Is it Fang Youqun? This guy is lucky? He actually found a three-headed abalone with a diameter of about twelve or thirteen centimeters.
But the funny thing was that the abalone was stuck tightly to the reef. Fang Youqun held the abalone's shell with both hands and pushed hard on the reef with his feet. His whole body was nailed to the reef in a weird posture, but he still couldn't pry the abalone off.
Fang Youqun was actually anxious too. Many people who came down caught abalone, but he got nothing? He finally found an abalone that was big enough, so how could he let it go
Seeing that the abalone could not be broken off, Fang Youqun tried harder.
The big abalone felt Fang Youqun's effort and sucked tighter on the rock.
Fang Youqun saw that he still couldn't pry it off? So he just hung himself on it? He was really going to fight with this big abalone.
Chen Qingsheng swam over and patted Fang Youqun on the shoulder.
Fang Youqun turned around and saw that it was Chen Qingsheng. He immediately pointed at the three abalone, then supported himself on the reef with one hand and pulled hard with the other hand. This continued for a few seconds before Fang Youqun loosened his hands and spread them out, indicating that he could not get the abalone off no matter how hard he tried.
Chen Qingsheng shook his head and motioned Fang Youqun to move aside.
The abalone's adsorption capacity is stronger than that of a suction cup, enough to bear hundreds of times its own weight. If the abalone is prepared, even if you pull its entire shell off its flesh, you will never be able to lift it off the reef rock.
There are generally three ways to catch abalone.
The first method is the simplest, which is to quietly swim over when the abalone is not on guard, and knock it off the reef unexpectedly. This method is the simplest and most common, but it is extremely inefficient. As long as there is some noise or the movement is slow, there is no chance of knocking the abalone off the reef. The timid abalone will never relax until several hours have passed after being frightened.
The second method is called "knocking the mountain to scare the tiger". Although the abalone's fleshy feet have strong adhesion capabilities and can keep them attached to rocks even if nine oxen pull them off, they are extremely afraid of vibration. If you use a hammer to knock at a constant speed on the reef where the abalone is attached, they will loosen their grip on the reef and fall off.
The third method is specifically for farmed abalone, so I won’t talk about it.
After Chen Qingsheng pushed Fang Youqun away, he picked up a rock and started knocking on the rock very rhythmically. After a while, Fang Youqun was shocked to find that the abalone, which he had failed to pry off with all his strength, had fallen off the rock by itself.
Fang Youqun quickly grabbed the abalone and stuffed it into his net bag. Then he looked at Chen Qingsheng with a wry smile.
Chen Qingsheng smiled, turned around and swam in another direction.
It is still unclear who caught the abalone, but Fang Youqun had already stuffed the abalone into the net bag. It is obviously impossible for Chen Qingsheng to argue with Fang Youqun about who caught the abalone. If he had the time, he would have found several more abalones.
On the other side, Xiang Yang also discovered this situation. Not only Fang Youqun, but several other crew members also kept playing with the abalone after discovering it, and couldn't break it off.
Xiang Yang slapped his head when he found out. He was so busy looking for abalone that he forgot to teach the crew how to catch abalone.
Xiang Yang even saw a crew member who tried to pry an abalone apart for several minutes without success, and in desperation he took out a Swiss Army knife to pry it apart.