Xiang Yang was also very happy. His original intention was just to cast a net on the way to relieve his boredom and kill time. He didn't expect to catch much fish at all.
Unexpectedly, the surprise came so suddenly.
Xiang Yang shouted loudly: "Quick, untie the fishing nets and check if there are any dangerous marine life. After eliminating the danger, clean up the catch immediately. Put all the cheap catches in the freezer and process all the cheap catches into fish meal. Find the rare catches immediately and don't let them die."
The crew sprang into action.
The winch dragged the fishing net and slowly descended. Soon, a large bag of white sea fish scattered all over the stern, jumping around everywhere. The big ones might weigh hundreds of kilograms, and the small ones might be only as big as Xiang Yang's finger. There were also a large number of krill.
"Wow, I'm using a medium-mesh fishing net, how come there are still so many krill in it?" Chen Qingsheng exclaimed, expressing his confusion.
Logically speaking, given the size of the mesh of this fishing net, krill are living creatures and will try desperately to escape when caught in the net. Even if these krill do not escape and want to stay in the fishing net, they will fall out because the mesh is too large, so it would be difficult for them to stay.
Xiang Yang patted Chen Qingsheng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about why there are so many krill. Go and see if there are any rare catches."
"Yes, Captain, come and see, these lively ones are Antarctic icefish, and these white flat ones are silver pomfret. These are all valuable sea fish." Chen Qingsheng shouted excitedly.
Xiang Yang looked over there and his eyes lit up immediately, "Wow, there are hundreds of Antarctic ice fish, and there are probably no less than a thousand kilograms of silver pomfret."
"Captain, you have to give out red envelopes." Chen Qingsheng joked.
"Give it to everyone. You will get 5,000, and the rest will get 2,000 each. But the priority now is to clean up all the catches, otherwise, the bonus will be gone." Xiang Yang said with a hearty laugh.
Let’s not talk about how much we gained from this network.
Each of these wild Antarctic icefish is very valuable and is not sold by the kilogram but by the piece. This fish, whose blood is as white as milk, has been a delicacy among seafood since it was discovered by humans.
Those silver pomfret are not cheap either. Unlike golden croaker, silver pomfret cannot be artificially cultivated in large quantities, so its price has plummeted. The current market wholesale price of wild silver pomfret is two to three hundred yuan per catty.
Just adding these two things together, Xiang Yang has earned no less than a million.
Upon hearing this, Chen Qingsheng immediately assured: "Captain, don't worry, I will take people to clean up the catch now."
The rest of the crew members were also extremely excited and full of energy, and they didn't need Chen Qingsheng to lead them at all.
There are many benefits to following a generous boss.
If they had a different boss, they would be lucky if they could get 200 yuan in overtime pay each. But Xiang Yang is not like that, who asks for 2,000 yuan right away.
Naturally, the crew members especially cherish such a boss and work very hard for him.
"Fang Youqun, please help me get a fish rake and dig out this pile of catch." Xiang Yang pointed at a pile of catch and shouted to Fang Youqun.
Fang Youqun quickly dropped the harpoon in his hand, and ran over with a fish rake, "Brother Yang, I'm here."
Fang Youqun was seen using a fish rake to dig hard at the mountain of catch.
"Hey, it's actually an Antarctic sturgeon." The joy on Xiang Yang's face instantly became even stronger.
Sturgeon is also a very high-end seafood delicacy.
In particular, cod liver oil made from sturgeon has always been known as liquid gold.
Among all Antarctic fish, Antarctic cod is one of the largest species in Antarctica, with a maximum length of 1.5 meters and a weight of 25 kilograms. In particular, the discovery of antifreeze proteins in its body fluids has aroused widespread interest, making it a top food suitable for all ages.
Fang Youqun did not stop. He used the fish rake to dig a few more times at the pile of catch.
"Wow, look, look what I dug out." Halfway through digging, Fang Youqun suddenly shouted in surprise.
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, put down the Antarctic sturgeon in his hand, and joked: "Why, can you dig out gold from it?"
As a result, Xiang Yang looked back and was instantly shocked, "Hey, isn't this a shark?"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately put down their work and looked towards the shark.
I saw that the shark was about two meters long, with huge fins on its body and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
"This, could this be the legendary Megalodon?" A crew member recalled the appearance of the Megalodon he had seen on TV, comparing them bit by bit, and felt that they were very similar, yet there was something wrong.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "How could it be a Megalodon? If it was a Megalodon, some of us might have been swallowed by now. Besides, how could there be such a small Megalodon?"
Megalodon was once one of the most powerful sharks, but it has long been extinct.
The megalodon fossils discovered so far are an average of 14 meters long and 40 tons in weight.
The partial vertebrae fossils of the megalodon that have been discovered are much larger than those of the great white shark. It is speculated that its maximum length could reach 18 meters and its weight could reach 70 tons. It is one of the largest predators in history and also the largest fish. However, no complete vertebrae fossils have been found to prove this speculation.
Megalodon may be the creature with the strongest bite force discovered in the history of the Earth. Its maximum bite force is estimated to be around 20 tons. The tearing force of its mouth exceeds that of Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it can easily crush the ribs of a whale.
If such a terrifying creature existed, even killer whales would probably not dare to stroke its whiskers.
However, megalodon only lived from the late Miocene 15 million years ago to the early Pleistocene 2.6 million years ago. It was the top predator in the ocean during its lifetime and has long been extinct. They are hailed by many paleontologists as the most powerful creatures in the history of the Earth.
"This should be an Antarctic sleeper shark." Xiang Yang said.
In Antarctica, because the temperature is extremely low, there are generally no sharks active in Antarctica.
The Antarctic sleeper shark is a shark that looks like a smaller version of the prehistoric megalodon.
In the past, the Antarctic sleeper shark was always considered to be a small-headed sleeper shark or a type of Pacific sleeper shark.
It was not until 2004 that biologists confirmed that the Antarctic sleeper shark was a new species of sleeper shark. It is a shark of the family Acanthidae that lives in waters below 400 meters.
"It turned out to be a sleeper shark."
Fang Youqun stared at the sleeping shark for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Brother Yang, is this sleeping shark a protected animal?"
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Why are you asking this?"