Xiang Yang glanced at Chen Qingsheng and shook his head, "No."
Cobia and army fish do look very similar, and both are raw materials for making salmon, but the body of cobia is bulky while the body of army fish is streamlined. To put it simply, one is very fat and the other is very thin.
Before Norwegian salmon was imported in large quantities into my country's salmon market, cobia was much more valuable than army fish.
Because cobia can be farmed, coastal fishermen in cities such as Danshui and Haikou use cages to farm large numbers of cobia, creating very high economic value.
But now
How does farmed salmon compare to wild salmon
Xiang Yang gave the order: "Hurry up and make arrangements. Divide the people into two groups. One group will go and cast the nets now and wait on the stern deck. The other group will quickly deal with the live water tanks, water tanks, and fish tanks. I want these fish alive. Not a single one can die."
"Yes, we must be quick when cleaning the catch later, and not a single fish can die." Zhang Qicheng also said.
Chen Qingsheng glanced at Zhang Qicheng, then looked at Xiang Yang, "Yes, Captain, I'll arrange it right away."
Seeing Chen Qingsheng and his men busy, Xiang Yang looked at Zhang Qicheng and said with a smile: "Boss Zhang, this batch of salmon is quite a lot, and they are all wild. There shouldn't be many salmon in the market now, right? Even if there are, they should all be cage-farmed cobia."
"Stop talking." Zhang Qicheng interrupted Xiang Yang and said, "I want these fish alive, not dead. 50 yuan per pound, is that okay?"
Fifty yuan per pound, this price is almost twice the previous price of salmon.
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "Too low."
Zhang Qicheng's face changed and he was about to speak immediately.
Xiang Yang said in a deep voice: "If you can have this batch of fish frozen, I can sell it to you at the previous price, but if you want live fish, fifty yuan per pound is almost impossible. You have already seen the number of them. It must take a separate live water tank to raise them all. My live water tanks are used to raise precious catches."
"Moreover, salmon are ferocious. If a live water tank is filled with this group of fish, there will be no space left in the tank to raise other rare fish. I don't think a sea fish that costs fifty yuan per pound can be considered a rare fish."
Xiang Yang knew that a serving of wild salmon sashimi was now sold for more than 300 yuan in big hotels, and a serving of salmon sashimi was less than half a pound. Although it had gone through several middlemen, there were also the hotel's daily expenses and the skills of the chefs.
But this is not a reason for Xiang Yang to only make a fraction of the price.
"How much do you want per pound?" Zhang Qicheng asked.
"The fishermen are unwilling to catch this fish because they are difficult to feed and cannot be sold at a good price. Now that their market price has been raised, they are still difficult to feed. But if their wholesale price is not raised, what does it have to do with us fishermen whether their market price rises or not?" Xiang Yang held up a finger, "At least 100 yuan per pound, otherwise we won't sell it."
"One hundred yuan per pound." Zhang Qicheng frowned and thought for a while, "Eighty?"
Xiang Yang shook his head and said firmly, "The minimum is one hundred, otherwise I won't sell it to you."
"Okay." Zhang Qicheng nodded. "One hundred is one hundred, but for this batch, this price will no longer be valid after a while, and you have to go back and do the nucleic acid test before I can pay you."
Xiang Yang grinned, "Deal."
Soon, the fishing net was cast down. After the fishing boat towed for a while, Zhou Wang started the winch and pulled the fishing net up.
There are a lot of fish in this net, not only a large number of salmon, but also many saury, squid, redhead fish, etc., totaling at least more than 10,000 kilograms.
Zhou Wang didn't know what Xiang Yang had talked about with Zhang Qicheng. He sighed after seeing the catch, "What bad luck! I finally caught a decent catch, but ended up with these worthless things."
Not to mention the bamboo saury, which is the most popular fish sold at roadside barbecue stalls. The price is very low, and the wholesale price is generally only a few yuan per pound.
Squids are even worse. On the seaside, they are not much better than garbage.
Redhead fish is also a very cheap economic marine fish, costing only a few dollars per pound.
As for the salmon
It’s not as good as the three kinds of sea fish mentioned above.
According to the plan, Xiang Yang and his team would be out at sea for at least a month. After a month, the salmon meat would have already gone bad.
As for keeping it in a live water tank
Zhou Wang had never thought about this, because it was not easy to keep the fish alive in the live water tank. Its price was not worth the crew's careful care for it.
"What should we do?" Zhou Wang asked Chen Qingsheng, "Should we ask the captain to throw these worthless things back into the water?"
"Nonsense." Chen Qingsheng said, "These are the fish the captain wants. Put them all in the live water tank quickly. Be quick. Handle the salmon first and then the saury. As for the redhead fish and squid, it doesn't matter. You can handle them last. One is going to be processed into squid flowers and the other is going to be made into canned fish."
"What?" Zhou Wang's eyes widened. "Captain, these are the marching fish you want?"
"Yes, that's right. What I want are these marching fish. In fact, they should be called salmon. Their prices are actually far underestimated. The reason why they were not sold at a high price in the past is that the best salmon on the market are all Norwegian salmon from Norwegian waters. Major hotels also give priority to purchasing Norwegian salmon." At this time, Xiang Yang walked over and said.
It’s not just salmon, actually.
Norwegian Arctic cod, Norwegian mackerel and other species are also exported to my country in large quantities.
"Hey, what kind of fish is this?" Fang Youqun, who was cleaning the catch, suddenly exclaimed in surprise and pointed to a strange fish path.
Xiang Yang turned his head and looked at the pile of catches. The first thing he saw was a huge "flag" that looked like an eel fin.
Xiang Yang's face suddenly changed, and he quickly said: "This is a swordfish. How come? Didn't we say that every time we drag the net up, we must first check whether there are any dangerous waters in the catch, and then clean the catch?"
Chen Qingsheng's expression also changed.
Sailfish are very dangerous fish. Although they are not as ferocious as sharks, they are at least two levels more dangerous to fishermen than sharks after they come out of the water. This is because the most obvious sign of a sailfish is not the clumsy flag on its back, but its long beak, which is sharper than a sword.
If someone is unfortunate enough to be stabbed by a swordfish's mouth, there will definitely be a transparent hole on the body.