It is worth mentioning that the blood of horseshoe crab is a harmonious sapphire blue because it contains a large amount of copper.
The "horseshoe crab reagent" extracted from the blue blood can quickly and accurately detect whether the internal tissues of the human body are infected with bacteria. The Chinese horseshoe crab is also widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries to monitor toxin pollution. The medicine extracted from the shell of the Chinese horseshoe crab can treat diseases such as hyperthyroidism.
"It is precisely because the Chinese horseshoe crab has extremely high medicinal value that it cannot escape the fate of being overfished and killed. In addition, it takes nearly 13 years for it to complete reproduction, so the horseshoe crab resources have now decreased sharply and even face the possibility of extinction." Xiang Yang sighed.
“Then why is it still sold in the pharmacy?” Chen Qingsheng asked puzzled.
"First, they are artificially bred, and second, they are imported from other countries." Xiang Yang blinked and smiled, "The Chinese horseshoe crab is not suitable for long-distance swimming. As long as our people don't fish for them, they won't swim beyond the territorial waters and be caught by fishermen from other countries. By then, there will be more and more horseshoe crabs in our country, and horseshoe crabs in other countries will be completely extinct. By then, horseshoe crabs will be our country's specialty."
"Is there such a thing?" Chen Qingsheng blinked.
"Hehe, let's release this Chinese horseshoe crab quickly and continue to clean up the catch." Xiang Yang said.
The sailor then reluctantly threw the Chinese horseshoe crab back into the sea.
Although the Chinese horseshoe crab is a second-level protected animal, the protection scope is nationwide. Any unit or individual is prohibited from illegally hunting, purchasing, processing and carrying it, otherwise they will be severely punished by law. The protection intensity is almost the same as that of first-level protected animals, which is far from comparable to wild boars and yellow croakers, which are protected animals only in certain provinces.
This area of sea might be occupied by snakehead mullet. Most of the fish caught by trawling were snakehead mullet, and the rest were some squids, about several thousand kilograms. Apart from these, there were no other fish.
After cleaning up all the fish, Fang Youqun opened his phone and shouted, "Fifty-three minutes, Brother Yang, red envelope!"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "But it's not over yet. What about the deck? The deck hasn't been cleaned yet. Are you going to let these fish scales and the like stick to the deck? I'm not afraid of the fishy smell, as long as you can eat with it."
Everyone immediately rushed to grab the broom and tried to clean the deck within seven minutes.
Chen Qingsheng smiled. In fact, Xiang Yang had asked him to make a note that when they returned, everyone would receive a red envelope of 200 yuan, not a penny less.
"Captain, the water in this area is very shallow, and we just caught two Chinese horseshoe crabs. There must be soft sand underneath. I suggest you stop the boat here for a while and dive down to catch some fish." Chen Qingsheng suggested to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang thought for a while. If he walked further east, there would be more and more industrial areas on the shore. In the early years, the wastewater there was directly discharged into the ocean, causing large-scale fish deaths and even red tides in the ocean. In recent years, the environmental protection concept of both gold and silver mountains and green waters has been put forward, and the ecological environment of the ocean has been greatly improved. However, decades of damage cannot be recovered so easily. The next long route is not very suitable for diving and fishing.
"Okay, then let's move forward for another half an hour, and then dive to take a look under the sea." Xiang Yang said.
The reason why he suggested going to the bottom of the sea to see Xiang Yang half an hour later was because the crew had just cleaned and moved the fish, and they had to take a break to recover their strength. After all, diving is very physically demanding. Xiang Yang didn't want a group of crew members to dive to the bottom of the sea exhausted, as that would make the fishing efficiency low.
"Okay." Chen Qingsheng said, "Then I'll go inform everyone."
"Wait." Xiang Yang said, "Go to the cabin and get two cartons of milk and some fruit to fill everyone's stomachs and restore their strength."
"good."
While distributing milk and fruit to the crew members who were resting on the deck after cleaning, Chen Qingsheng announced the news of diving and fishing to everyone.
The crew members were all very excited and rushed to sign up.
"Captain, I want a diving suit this time."
"Captain, I didn't go down last time, so it should be my turn this time, right?"
"Brother Yang, I had a bye during the first shallow sea. It's not my turn this time, right?"
Ocean sailing is really boring. All you see is the vast ocean. Mobile phone signals are sometimes strong and sometimes weak. The global communication system is okay as you can still receive some signal most of the time. If other systems are stuck at sea, there will basically be no signal.
There were no entertainment facilities on Xiang Yang's fishing boat, and Xiang Yang didn't even allow them to play chess and cards most of the time. It was easy to make people mentally exhausted in such an environment, just like being locked in a small dark room.
Diving fishing has now been unanimously recognized by all crew members on the ship as the only entertainment activity on the ship, and there is money to be made in this activity, so it would be strange if they did not rush to sign up.
Xiang Yang smiled and still gave the power of selection to Chen Qingsheng. He said, "Those who want to sign up should go to your boatswain to sign up. The rules are the same as before, first come first served. Crew members who did not go into the water last time have priority to sign up."
The crew members immediately dispersed and gathered around Chen Qingsheng.
"Brother Qing, my stomach has been feeling bad lately, so I can't drink cold drinks. Here's a bottle of Real Fruit Grains for you." Fang Youqun stuffed his bottle of milk into Chen Qingsheng's arms and said.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. The milk and fruit on the ship were available for free 24 hours a day as long as they were not wasted. If he wanted to eat or drink, he could just go to the cabin and get them. He didn't expect that Fang Youqun would actually use his own milk to bribe his employees.
The next moment, Xiang Yang heard Chen Qingsheng say, "Okay, you haven't been feeling well lately, right? Then don't go out to sea recently, just stay on the boat and take care of yourself."
"puff."
The people around burst into laughter. They all knew that Fang Youqun was trying to please Chen Qingsheng on purpose, but ended up flattering the wrong person.
"Hey, Brother Qing, I'm not." Fang Youqun was about to explain.
As a result, Chen Qingsheng didn't even give him a chance to explain, and directly said: "Okay, now if you want to go in the water, come to me to sign up, Fu Gui, you didn't go in the water last time, so you have priority to sign up this time, do you want to go in the water?"
The crew member whose name was called by Chen Qingsheng nodded immediately, "Boatswain, I want to get off."
"Okay, first one, Fu Gui."
Xiang Yang leaned against the railing and watched the scene in front of him with a smile. Xiang Yang actually had his own considerations as to why Chen Qingsheng decided to go into the sea with him.