Xiang Yang was in a good mood after placing the white Fuji brain coral into a separate tank.
"There are tens of thousands of creatures on the seafloor. It's not surprising that you can't recognize Fuji brain coral. No one is born with the ability to recognize these things. As you go out to sea more often and read more books, you will naturally recognize more and more things."
The crew members nodded one after another, indicating their agreement with what Xiang Yang said.
After Xiang Yang caught a top-quality Fuji brain coral, he lost the desire to go to the sea again. He took some snacks from the cabin and ate while chatting with the crew on the deck.
Time passed minute by minute, during which time some crew members jumped from the deck to the seabed, and some crew members occasionally fished up one or several beautiful brain corals from the seabed.
Before we knew it, there was a small pile of snack bags on the deck.
After finishing the snacks, Xiang Yang stood up, patted his butt, and told the crew on duty to pack up the garbage. Then he called out to the crew members who came up from the seabed and were about to jump into the sea again, "We have caught enough brain corals this time. If we catch more, it will affect the natural reproduction of brain corals in this sea area. We will collect the nets and leave soon. Remember the location of this sea area and go down to catch brain corals next time we pass by."
Everyone was slightly stunned when they heard Xiang Yang's words. There were really too many brain corals under this sea area. They believed that even if they fished for another three days and three nights, it would not affect the reproduction of the brain coral population under this sea area. They all felt that Xiang Yang was making a fuss about ecological protection.
Of course, even if they thought Xiang Yang was making a fuss, they would not oppose the decision made by Xiang Yang.
"Captain, are we going to close the net now?" Zhou Wang asked immediately as Xiang Yang finished speaking.
"Don't be in a hurry. Wait until you finish the cigarette in your mouth, and wait for the brothers who are still on the seabed to come up. Otherwise, it will be a big trouble if the crew members are fished up when the net is pulled in." Xiang Yang smiled at Zhou Wang, who had just lit a cigarette and took a puff.
"Okay." Zhou Wang immediately smiled.
Soon, the crew members who went to sea got on board one after another.
"Closing the net." Xiang Yang shouted to Zhou Wang who was already standing in front of the winch control switch.
Zhou Wang received Xiang Yang's order and immediately turned on the winch switch.
“Squeak—”
Accompanied by the sound of rolling steel cables, a fine-mesh fishing net was pulled onto the fishing boat by a winch.
"Huh?" Xiang Yang, who had been smiling faintly, suddenly narrowed his eyes when he saw the fish in the net. He shouted, "Everyone, step back. Don't get close to the net."
The crew members who were standing in two lines on both sides of the fishing net waiting to clean the catch were all stunned. The fishing net was already up, and they couldn't understand why Xiang Yang suddenly gave such an order.
Soon the fishing nets were put on the deck and were jumping all over the place. Wouldn't it increase the workload if we retreated at this time
"What are you standing there for? Everyone step back." At this time, Chen Qingsheng also saw clearly what was in the fishing net. His pupils shrank and he immediately shouted.
The crew members suddenly woke up and retreated to both sides of the deck.
"Oh my god!" Zhou Wang turned off the winch switch, letting the fishing net hang more than one meter above the deck. Then he stared at the small bag of strange fish in the fishing net, his eyes almost popping out.
"Brother Yang, Master Zhou, what's wrong with you? Aren't they just a group of palm-sized fish? Why are you making such a fuss? Could it be that these fish can eat people?" Fang Youqun squeezed next to Xiang Yang and asked.
"Haha." Chen Qingsheng smiled strangely, "You can go over and try to see if it eats people or not."
"This is a lionfish, a small fish that can be found everywhere. It is very common among various rocky reefs and corals, but it is difficult to catch. I didn't expect that we could catch it directly in one net." He Mingde said with a wry smile.
"Lionfish?" Fang Youqun looked at the strange fish in the fishing net and said in amazement: "This strange fish has barbs all over its body. It really looks a bit like a lion? How come this fish is dangerous?"
"This fish is actually called lionfish. Lionfish is just a more well-known name for it. It is a kind of marine fish that can adapt to both deep sea and shallow sea. It is extremely poisonous." Xiang Yang said.
"Poisonous?" Fang Youqun exclaimed.
"Yes, it's poisonous." Xiang Yang pointed to a long and flat lionfish with a high dorsal fin covered with long, thin spines. "Have you seen these spines on the back of the lionfish? These spines are very poisonous. When they encounter an enemy, they will directly use the spines to attack the opponent. If you are stung, the pain is beyond imagination. Although it is not enough to kill a person, the wound will 100% fester and rot."
Many crew members were frightened by Xiang Yang's words, and looked at the strange fish in the fishing net with pale faces.
Many people felt their scalp tingling especially when they saw that the spines on those strange fish were thin, but some of the poisonous spines were longer than the fish's body and there were so many of them.
"Brother Yang, these fish are so scary? What should we do with them?" Fang Youqun wondered, "We can't just leave them hanging like this, right?"
Xiang Yang also had a headache when he looked at the lionfish, which were between 25 and 40 centimeters long, mainly yellow in color, with red or brown stripes on their bodies, and transparent fins and tail fins with black spots.
There are 13 poisonous spines on the back of the lionfish, 14 poisonous spines on the pelvic fins and chest, and 6-7 poisonous spines on the anal fins. The whole thing is like a poisonous version of a hedgehog. If these lionfish were to be placed from the fishing net onto the deck and left to jump around, some crew members would definitely get stabbed.
But Xiang Yang would feel unwilling to just watch these lionfish die in the fishing nets.
Although lionfish are common and their activity depth range is usually 1 to 50 meters, they are not easy to catch. When they swim to shallow seas, they generally live in rocky reefs or coral reefs near the coast. They also live in bridge piles, shipwrecks, and aquatic plants. The terrain in these places is complex, making it extremely difficult for fishermen to catch them.
As for the lionfish that lives in the deep sea
They usually hide under the sea at a depth of more than 300 meters. It is extremely difficult to catch such a small lionfish in such deep waters.
Recently, scientists used a deep-sea diving robot to discover a lionfish only 15 centimeters long in a deep-sea trench 7,700 meters deep.
A lionfish of about 15 centimeters can actually dive to the bottom of the sea nearly 10,000 meters deep. The pressure it has to endure cannot be explained by science. Even the scientist who discovered the lionfish could only sincerely exclaim, "This is simply a miracle of life."