There are many fish in the ocean.
However, the distribution of marine fish is extremely scattered, and large fish tides will only be formed under extremely special circumstances.
In this situation, most fishermen rely entirely on luck when casting their nets to catch fish, and they often come up empty-handed.
Longcheng has many fishing boats cooperating with Zhang Qicheng. Zhang Qicheng is actually very familiar with the fishing industry. He knows that fishing is not easy and many fishing boats go out to sea once and catch nothing.
However, this was Zhang Qicheng's first time to watch fishermen fishing on an ocean-going ship so directly, so he was a little impatient to see Xiang Yang cast the net.
Xiang Yang looked at Zhang Qicheng, then looked down at the sea, suddenly smiled, and ordered: "Chen Qingsheng, let's cast a net."
Chen Qingsheng immediately became excited, "Ship, have we detected a school of fish?"
"If a school of fish is detected, will Master Xu not notify you?" Xiang Yang asked.
"Well, that means it was not detected. Isn't this just casting a random net?" Chen Qingsheng said with a sweat.
"You rely too much on the sonar detection system. Didn't we still fish before we didn't have the sonar detection system?" Xiang Yang said.
Chen Qingsheng was stunned, then he suddenly realized, yes, when there was no sonar detection system on the ship before, and when there was a sonar detection system but they didn’t know how to use it, didn’t they still fish
"A fisherman must always trust his or her intuition and experience at all times and cannot rely entirely on machines."
"The biggest function of the sonar detection system is to ensure that we will not miss the fish schools when we encounter them. It does not mean that we will not fish if the sonar detection system fails to detect the fish schools." Xiang Yang taught.
Chen Qingsheng nodded quickly.
The sonar detection system can only detect a small area of water, while ocean-going fishing vessels trawling their nets often cover dozens or even hundreds of nautical miles. At such a long straight-line distance, what can the sonar detection system detect
There are dozens of fish here. If there are fewer, we won’t catch them.
There were dozens of fish in that sea, but no one caught them.
The total number of marine fish in these sea areas is actually extremely astonishing.
"Go ahead and cast the net," Xiang Yang ordered.
"Yes, Captain." Chen Qingsheng hurriedly went to organize it.
The crew members immediately perked up.
The speed of the fishing boat began to slow down slowly.
Zhou Wang took two engine room crew members to operate the winch.
Chen Qingsheng organized the crew into two groups, one group stayed in the middle of the deck as a reserve team, and the other group stood in two rows at the stern, ready to deal with any accidents that might occur at any time.
Fortunately, the fishing net was successfully spread out in the sea and no accidents occurred.
"Okay, disband. Leave one group at the stern to deal with emergencies, and the rest of you rest here." Chen Qingsheng shouted loudly.
The ocean-going fishing boat was moving forward without a net, and a large net shaped like a parachute bag was following behind the boat.
The killer whale was very curious about the fishing net. It gradually became active, chasing and playing behind the net, preying on the fish that had escaped the net.
Zhou Wang stared at the steel pull of the winch without blinking, and said in a low voice: "It seems that there are not many fish here."
Xiang Yang looked at Zhou Wang.
Zhou Wang blushed and said quickly: "Look at my bad mouth, Captain, don't take it seriously, I just said it casually."
Xiang Yang looked at the steel chisel on the winch that was pulling the fishing net and shook his head. "I know how many fish there are. This steel chisel has been pulled so much, it's obvious that the force is very small. There really aren't many sea fish in our fishing nets."
Seeing Xiang Yang being serious, Zhou Wang felt extremely embarrassed and rubbed his hands together and laughed dryly.
If there were a lot of fish in the fishing net, Zhou Wang would definitely agree with Xiang Yang and say that Xiang Yang was right.
But now it is obvious that there are not many fish in the fishing net. How can Zhou Wang agree with this
Yes, Captain, you are right. We won’t even be able to earn enough for the fuel with this net
At this time, Zhang Qicheng came over and said with a smile: "Brother Xiang, did you encounter any fish?"
Xiang Yang nodded, "This is normal, there is no rush. This is only the first day at sea. As long as we can get a harvest in one of our nets, we can be considered to have returned with a full load."
"This efficiency is too low. No wonder the purchase price of seafood is rising every year. Some old fishermen are quitting the business." Zhang Qicheng shook his head.
Xiang Yang smiled and said nothing.
Zhang Qicheng is in the seafood wholesale business, and he can see that the price of seafood is rising every year.
But in fact, there are many things that Zhang Qicheng cannot see.
For example, the price of fuel is rising year by year.
For example, the fishery resources in the ocean are also decreasing year by year.
For example, the cost of building this fishing boat is also increasing year by year.
With all these factors combined, it is only natural that many fishermen are unwilling to go out to sea to fish and instead turn to aquaculture.
If Xiang Yang didn't have the mysterious jade shell on him, he wouldn't have chosen to do deep-sea fishing.
"Brother Xiang, let's make a deal." Zhang Qicheng said with a smile, "After all, this is my first catch since I went out to sea. I'll take the entire catch."
Xiang Yang glanced under the boat, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, "Sure, I'll sell it to you at a price 30% lower than the market purchase price, but I won't compensate you if the fish dies."
Chen Qingsheng was so anxious that he kept making eye contact with Xiang Yang. 30% lower than the market price? What else was there to sell
Although Xiang Yang also put forward a condition.
But can not paying compensation if the fish dies be considered a condition
Generally, after being caught in the sea, the fish are directly transported to the freezing warehouse or processed into canned fish. There are no live fish at all.
When they come across a rare catch, given the relationship between Xiang Yang and Zhang Qicheng, how could Xiang Yang not help Zhang Qicheng take good care of it
This is simply cutting 30% of the profit on top of the factory price.
Zhang Qicheng laughed, "I knew that this trip with you, Boss Xiang, would not be in vain, but I won't take advantage of you. I will buy all the fish at a price 30% lower than the market wholesale price."
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows.
There is a huge difference between these two prices. One is 30% lower than the market purchase price, and the other is 30% lower than the market wholesale price. According to the depth of the aquatic products industry, the price difference between the two may be several times.
Xiang Yang raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "Chen Qingsheng, close the internet bar."
"Ah? Just collect the nets?" Chen Qingsheng hesitated and said, "Captain, we are an ocean-going fishing boat."
What Chen Qingsheng meant was that after an ocean-going fishing vessel casts its net, it usually takes at least one or two hours to drag the net forward before it can collect the net. If someone like Xiang Yang collected the net shortly after casting it, he would definitely not even earn enough to cover the fuel costs.
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head. He had his reasons for closing the net. Of course, he couldn't tell Chen Qingsheng the reason openly.