Fang Youqun was also surprised. Although he had "anticipated" that what Xiang Yang said was accurate, he had never figured out how the conger eel would defeat the stingray.
Now seeing a large group of moray eels besieging the stingray and leaving it without any chance of fighting back, Fang Youqun had never expected this before.
"Cast the net and catch the eels." Xiang Yang said, ignoring everyone's surprise.
Although the conger eel is included in the "Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union", it is still the first of the 15 economic fish species in the South China Sea. my country's protection of conger eels is limited to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. Moreover, it is not that fishing is prohibited, but a fishing moratorium system has been formulated, stipulating that the fishing of conger eels is not allowed during certain time periods.
"Okay."
Zhou Wang cast the net immediately after receiving Xiang Yang's order. In fact, he had wanted to cast the net for a long time since he saw so many conger eels below.
Every fisherman knows that the meat of sea eel is tender and delicious and has a very high fat content. It is the best edible fish. In addition to being sold fresh, it can also be canned or processed into eel jerky.
Domestic canned eels are a top delicacy that sells well in domestic and overseas markets.
It is also worth mentioning that the conger eel's swim bladder, brain, ovaries, blood, and eggs can all be used as medicine, and have significant therapeutic effects on many diseases such as stomach disease and rheumatism.
"Try harder and throw the net as far as possible." Zhou Wang directed Chen Qingsheng and others to cast the net. Since the fishing boat was stopped this time, the net was not cast by relying on a winch but by manpower.
Chen Qingsheng was not a novice who had cast a net before. He skillfully threw the net far away, and then the fishing net automatically spread out in the air under the action of gravity.
"Okay, the net is here." Not long after Chen Qingsheng cast the net, his face showed joy.
Zhou Wang looked at the stretched net rope in Chen Qingsheng's hand and hurried over to help. There were not only some conger eels underneath, but also a stingray. If Chen Qingsheng was alone, he might not be able to pull up the fish, but would be dragged down by the fish instead.
Xiang Yang looked at the bulging muscles under their clothes and smiled helplessly. In fact, Zhou Wang's efforts were unnecessary. When the fishing net was cast, it immediately alarmed the stingrays and moray eels in the sea. They were fighting for their lives the moment before, and the next moment they all dived under the water. The huge fishing net caught three unlucky moray eels pitifully.
"Old Zhou, you can let go now. I seem to be offline." Sure enough, the next moment Chen Qingsheng said with a rather ugly expression.
"Boatswain, the net hasn't been pulled up yet, how did you know it was lost?" Fang Youqun asked.
Zhou Wang loosened the net rope, rolled his eyes at Fang Youqun and said, "If he doesn't even know this, then he's not worthy of being your boatswain."
"I'm sorry, Captain. These moray eels are too cunning. I didn't catch them." Chen Qingsheng explained to Xiang Yang as he collected the nets, "Both stingrays and moray eels can dive to very deep seabeds. This time we cast the nets from the air. The fish saw that the situation was not good and immediately ran away. Maybe we didn't catch any of them."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "It's okay. It's just a few conger eels anyway. They're not worth much. If we catch them, we'll keep them for tomorrow. If we don't catch them, forget it."
"Huh?" Chen Qingsheng's eyes suddenly lit up as he was pulling the net. "I don't think I got out of the net. There seems to be a conger eel in the net."
"Boatswain, how do you know this?" Fang Youqun wondered.
Chen Qingsheng was in a very good mood. He explained, "The net rope in my hand suddenly became heavier just now. It's obvious that there is a fish struggling in the fishing net. If this is not a conger eel, what is it?"
Zhou Wang patted Fang Youqun on the shoulder and said, "Go over and help."
Fang Youqun immediately ran behind Chen Qingsheng.
"No? Just an unlucky moray eel? I can pull the net up by myself."
Chen Qingsheng's biceps bulged and he quickly dragged the fishing net out of the water.
At this time, Chen Qingsheng's action of dragging the net was obviously a bit strenuous.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Fang Youqun? Give the boatswain a hand. There should be more than one conger eel in the fishing net. It will be a bit difficult for him to pull it up."
Chen Qingsheng didn't refuse this time? He smiled awkwardly, "It seems that my skills in casting nets have not deteriorated? There must be more than one conger eel in this net."
Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun slowly lifted up the fishing net, and the three conger eels finally revealed their true colors.
"One? Two, three? Four." Fang Youqun grinned happily. "Four? Boatswain, you caught four conger eels."
"No, it's three." Xiang Yang said.
"Three? I counted four. What kind of fish is this? It looks like a conger eel."
It turned out that in addition to three desperately struggling conger eels, there was also a trembling strange fish in the fishing net.
The fish was very big, bigger than the three conger eels. Not only was it big, but it was also very long. At first glance, it looked like a ribbon. The fish seemed to have no bones and was soft and curled up in the fishing net like a ribbon.
"This is a cutlassfish." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "And it is a very ferocious cutlassfish. It must have seen the fight between the moray eel and the stingray, and was attracted by the smell of blood and came here to take advantage of it."
"Who knew that we didn't get a bargain, but got a bargain for ourselves." He Mingde said with a smile: "Old Chen, be careful later, don't get bit by this fish."
"I know, not only this guy, but the other three conger eels are also not vegetarians." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile.
The body of the hairtail is flat and ribbon-like, silver-gray in color, with light gray dorsal and pectoral fins and very fine spots, and a black tail. The fish has a pointed head and a large mouth, which gradually tapers to the tail. The total length is about 1 meter. It has a ferocious temperament and mainly feeds on shrimps and squids. It is mainly distributed in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, and is also distributed in my country's Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Bohai Sea and even the South China Sea.
"Is the hairtail fish valuable?" Fang Youqun asked.
"It is one of the four major seafoods in our country. Do you think it is valuable?" Xiang Yang asked back.
In fact, hairtail is not that valuable. It is better in the southern coastal areas where the economy is developed and wild hairtail can generally be sold for dozens of yuan per kilogram.
If it were to the East China Sea where hairtail is abundant, twenty yuan per kilogram would be considered a very high price. The reason why it is listed as one of the four major seafoods in my country is not because of its value, but because of its quantity. It is one of the most important economic fish species in my country.
"Fang Youqun, please step back a little. Let Lao Chen deal with this hairtail." Xiang Yang stopped Fang Youqun who was eager to try.
In terms of ferocity, hairtail is even more ferocious than conger eels, and they even have obvious cannibalism phenomena.