Gang Wu grinned when he heard this. "Since I bought the fishing boat, I can also go fishing in the sea far away from the Qinglongwan coast. Sometimes we go out for four or five days, and the catch we get in one trip is incomparable to what we got in one or two months in the past. It's just that the fuel cost of the fishing boat is too expensive. It's a gas guzzler."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Actually, the small fishing reel you bought, Uncle Gang, is already very fuel-efficient. By the way, I heard you also hired two crew members?"
"Yes, my kid is also helping on the boat now. With the three of us in the family and two crew members, we have enough manpower." Gang Wu said.
Xiang Yang nodded. A fishing boat that is only 13 meters long can have five crew members on it. This configuration is already sufficient. If it is a cargo ship, maybe only two people will be enough.
"Are you going out to sea, or have you just returned from the sea?" Xiang Yang asked Gang Wu.
"I just came back from the sea. I caught a boatload of horsehead fish, weighing more than 2,000 kilograms. Of course, there were some other catches, but not much." Gang Wu said with a smile on his face.
Xiang Yang calculated that there were more than 2,000 kilograms of fish at the dock. The purchase price of fish at the dock had dropped a little, to about 30 yuan per kilogram. By this calculation, it would be at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.
"Congratulations, Uncle Gangwu, this is a great harvest." Xiang Yang congratulated.
Although Gangwu was happy in his heart, he quickly said, "I am just trying to make a living. I can't compare with you, Yangzi. You are the one who runs a big business."
Xiang Yang smiled slightly and decisively stopped the topic. Xiang Yang was not a person who liked to show off, and he felt it was boring to show off in front of the elders and folks in his hometown.
It seems that in the short term, fishing will still be the main source of income for most people in the village, Xiang Yang thought to himself.
Although Xiang Yang has already decided to develop Qinglongwan into a tourism development zone.
However, the tourism development zone obviously cannot be achieved overnight. Qinglongwan requires a long period of accumulation and even more massive capital investment.
"By the way, Xiang Yang, the reason why uncle came back so soon this time is because I caught a bunch of fish that I have never seen before. Can you help me go to the boat and take a look?" Gang Wu asked.
Xiang Yang was immediately interested when he heard this. "They caught a lot of fish in the net, so it seems that the number of fish is not small, and they are not rare marine fish. Uncle Gang Wu, how could you not recognize them? Where did you go when you went out to sea this time?"
Uncle Gang Wu scratched his head embarrassedly, "I don't know where I went, anyway, I just headed south and sailed for about two days."
Xiang Yang nodded, "Okay, I happen to have time, so I might as well go and take a look. Who knows, maybe the fish you caught, Uncle Gang Wu, is some rare catch."
Gang Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly led the way for Xiang Yang.
Soon, the group arrived at the dock.
Chen Qingsheng said to Xiang Yang: "Captain, Lao Xu and I will return to the ship first."
"Okay, I'll come to the boat to find you later." Xiang Yang nodded.
When Gang Wu heard Xiang Yang say this, he quickly asked, "Yangzi, do you have anything else to do later?"
Xiang Yang shook his head and told Gang Wu that he had ordered a lookout tower, and said that someone would send him a lookout tower soon.
Gang Wu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. If Xiang Yang didn't have time to help him identify the strange sea fish, he would feel bad in his heart.
Soon, Xiang Yang followed Gang Wu to his small fishing reel.
"Yangzi, look, this is the fish." Gang Wu opened a large wooden barrel on the boat and said to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang looked into the bucket, and a hint of disappointment suddenly flashed across his eyes.
"Yangzi, this fish is not valuable?" Uncle Gang asked nervously.
The fish in the wooden barrel are fiery red in color and look like melon seeds. From a distance, they look like balls of burning fire and look very delicious.
Based on Gangwu’s many years of fishing experience, such a beautiful fish will definitely not be cheap.
Xiang Yang nodded, "Well, you are lucky. This fish is called melon seed grouper, also known as netted bream, fish, grouper, red rudder, and red melon seed grouper. It is a deep-water grouper with bright red color and rich gelatinous skin. It is really a delicious delicacy for foodies. Although it is not a rare seafood, it can be regarded as a relatively valuable seafood."
The distribution range of melon seed grouper is extremely wide, and it is found along the entire coastline of my country.
However, it is difficult for ordinary fishermen to catch it because it is a deep-water fish.
Gang Wu was lucky enough to catch a net of grouper, but unfortunately, this was not the kind of sea fish that Xiang Yang wanted.
"How much can this fish sell for per pound?" Gang Wu asked expectantly.
Xiang Yang thought for a moment and said, "The current breeding technology for melon seed grouper is quite advanced. In the market, the price of farmed melon seed grouper is very cheap. A melon seed grouper weighing about one kilogram can be wholesaled at 20 kilograms per box, which costs only about one thousand yuan. However, yours is wild, so the price is about ten times more expensive than farmed ones."
When Gangwu heard this, he quickly started to calculate.
The farmed fish are packed in boxes weighing 20 kilograms, and one box costs one thousand yuan.
One thousand divided by twenty is fifty yuan per kilogram.
The price of wild fish is ten times that of farmed fish, that is...
"This fish can be sold for five hundred yuan per pound?" Gang Wu said with surprise.
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded.
Although the 500 yuan per catty that Xiang Yang mentioned refers to the selling price of melon seed banded fish, the purchase price for about one catty of fresh melon seed banded fish should be around 200 yuan per catty.
But seafood is all about size. The size of these grouper from Gangwu is quite large, and the purchase price should be around 300 yuan per pound.
As for the difference between the purchase price and the selling price, Gangwu must know it.
After all, these groupers are alive, and seafood buyers have to take great risks when purchasing them. If a few of them die, the seafood buyers will suffer a huge loss.
"Pick a bigger one for me and I'll buy it from you at the market price." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
The color of the melon seed grouper is bright red, and its skin is rich in gelatin, so it is thicker and tougher than that of ordinary fish. When steamed and placed on a plate, the skin will not have any flaws and the color will be more vivid. It can be said to be beautiful in shape and appearance, and it is incomparable.
When Xiang Yang saw these fresh squids, he immediately wanted to buy one to taste the flavor.
When Gang Wu heard this, he quickly picked out the largest grouper from the barrel and handed it to Xiang Yang, saying, "Yangzi, if you like to eat this fish, uncle will give it to you. But don't say you bought it."
Xiang Yang quickly refused, "Uncle Gang Wu, if that's what you said, then I can't take your fish."
After saying that, Xiang Yang pretended to walk down the boat.