Especially those fishing boats directly under the distant-water fishing companies.
The crew members on those ships are not directly managed by the captain, they are recruited directly from all over the world.
There are too many people of different nationalities on a ship who refuse to obey the captain's management.
So many times, the captain does not like to show up on the ship, and the ones who often appear in front of the crew are the first mate or the second mate.
What Xiang Yang found strange was that this guy actually told this matter so openly in front of his own crew members.
Although this guy spoke Chinese, Xiang Yang looked at the faces of the people behind him and it seemed that there were also crew members from his own country on his ship.
"How many red abalones do you have on your boat?" Gao Chuang asked the foreigner.
"There are probably more than a hundred of them in total, and they are all the size of two palms."
Generally, abalone is counted by the number of heads.
Except for this red abalone.
The red abalone is the largest species of abalone. The largest individual can weigh more than 2,000 grams, and the diameter of its shell can reach more than 28 centimeters. It is a veritable sea monster-level abalone.
"Are you selling it?" Gao Chuang asked.
The corners of the foreigner's mouth curled up slightly. He clapped his hands, then turned his head and spoke to the person behind him in a foreign language that Xiang Yang could not understand.
Not long after, two big black men came down from the boat carrying a water tank.
Xiang Yang lowered his head and looked into the water tank. There were four huge abalones whose shell colors and textures were covered with algae and barnacles, making it difficult to identify.
Gao Chuang reached into the water tank and took out a huge abalone weighing more than three pounds.
"Well, the inside of the shell is smooth and rainbow-colored, and has a green luster. The outer edge of the shell extends inward, and there is a rainbow edge at the edge of the pearl. It is indeed a wild red abalone."
The shells of red abalone are brightly colored. In addition to being a top-grade food ingredient, they are also a top-quality raw material for making exquisite decorations. Just take the red abalone that Gao Chuang is holding in his hand. It is impossible to buy it without a hundred thousand dollars.
However, red abalone is one of the earliest abalones to be farmed. In the market, people often pass off farmed red abalone as natural red abalone, especially Americans. The red abalone they export are all labeled as natural abalone, but in fact none of them are real natural abalone.
The largest red abalone recorded in the world is a California red abalone, which is 31.3 cm long and enough for fifteen people.
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There is also information indicating that the world's largest red abalone was discovered in Italy, with a body length of 33.7 cm. However, this information is probably not true, but it may be true.
At present, there are not many sea areas in the world that produce natural red abalone, and the only places where natural red abalone can be caught on a large scale are the California waters, the Australian Sea, and the English Channel.
Among them, California red abalone is the most valuable, but California law stipulates that the smallest red abalone that can be salvaged must be larger than seven inches, and each person is only allowed to salvage a maximum of 18 per year.
Gao Chuang put the red abalone into the water and said, "If all your red abalones are of this quality, I'll take them all. The price is negotiable."
"Of course there is no problem with the quality. You can check the goods one by one. But the price is, as you know, such a big red abalone is not easy to catch. It costs at least 20,000 US dollars each." The foreigner said with a smile.
Gao Chuang looked at Xiang Yang, "Do you want it?"
Xiang Yang hesitated for a moment. Gao Chuang's first reaction after hearing the price was not to bargain, but to ask whether he wanted it.
But twenty thousand US dollars per piece, this price is about the same as Xiang Yang's own estimate, and it is not an exorbitant price.
"I don't want it. Take this red abalone back. I will sell it to Mr. Li and Boss Murong. It's the same if you keep it, Mr. Gao." Xiang Yang said after thinking for a moment.
"Okay, after inspecting the goods, ship all back to my ship. I will transfer the money to you later." Gao Chuang waved his hand and gave the order directly.
"In addition, we will also take all the Auron king crabs on your ship. Ask them if they want the remaining seafood."
Gao Chuang has his own fishing company and his own seafood market. Although the scale is not as big as Zhang Qicheng's, he is not in wholesale. He dares to buy any level of seafood. But this time, he is prepared to fish on a large scale. There is no need to accept what he can catch from others.
After the deal was done, the foreigner looked at Gao Chuang with a smile and said, "Are you fishing on this ice? Can I go and have a look?"
Gao Chuang smiled and said, "Of course, just visit casually."
The foreigner's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Then I'd better obey your command."
Xiang Yang and Gao Chuang were both speechless. Did this foreigner know what "obedience is worse than respect" meant? Was it appropriate to say this at this time
However, the two of them did not care about it and just thought that this foreigner had not yet learned Chinese well.
When they got to the ice, the foreigner first looked at the group of penguins. He immediately asked excitedly: "My friends, are those your prey?"
"No." Gao Chuang shook his head and said, "That's a penguin, a protected animal."
The foreigner heard this and nodded thoughtfully, "Penguins, protect them, don't catch them."
Then he looked at a crew member who was lowering a ground net under the ice cave, "Is that how you fish?"
Gao Chuang nodded, "Yes, we are fishing for Antarctic krill."
Gao Chuang was not afraid to tell the foreigner these things. These things did not require any technical content. Even if he did not say it, the foreigner would definitely know it later. In this case, it would be better to say it openly and let the foreigner owe him a favor.
The foreigner walked around the ice and felt that he had learned Gao Chuang's secret. He immediately and confidently ordered his crew to dig holes in the ice, hoping to salvage some krill.
Xiang Yang and Gao Chuang exchanged glances and grinned. They had no obligation to distribute hats, jackets and other warm equipment to these foreigners. This foreigner was destined to be doing useless work this time. Without those cold-proof equipment, he and his crew would not be able to survive on the ice for more than two days.
What can you do in two days
It would be great if we could break through the ice.
"Oh, God, come and see what this is." The foreigner who was directing the crew to chisel ice suddenly exclaimed, then turned his head and shouted loudly to Xiang Yang and the others.
"What?" Gao Chuang walked over curiously.
Gao Chuang was also stunned when he saw it. "Is this a wolf? What kind of wolf can live in Antarctica?"
It turned out that inside the ice there was an animal with its remains very well preserved. The animal was about one meter long, with very sharp fangs in its mouth. From its appearance, it was clearly a wolf.
"Impossible." Xiang Yang heard this and immediately walked over there. It was impossible for a creature like a wolf to appear in Antarctica.