When Fang Youqun heard Xiang Yang say this, he quickly picked up the lobster and threw it into an empty water tank.
As for Xiang Yang's words, Fang Youqun had no doubt at all. Scarcity has always been the key to high value in the market, and the bigger the lobster, the more valuable it is.
This lobster is so big that it can be taken to some big hotels as a treasure. It would be a joke if it couldn't even be sold for 100,000 yuan.
Next, Xiang Yang went to sea several more times.
Unfortunately, Xiang Yang never found a lobster of this size again.
There were some blue crabs as big as balls, and Xiang Yang caught a few.
One after another, the dozen or so crew members who had gone to sea returned to the boat. Each of their net bags was bulging, and it was obvious that they all had some harvest.
Among them, Tang Bao actually caught a stonefish weighing four or five kilograms, and no one knew where he found it.
"Captain, I caught a very strange fish here. It looks a bit like a turbot, but it's not. I'm not sure whether it is valuable or not, so I caught it. I found a lot of this kind of fish in a place on the seabed. If it is valuable, I can take everyone down later." Chen Qingsheng poured most of the contents of the net bag into several water tanks, and then handed the last thing in the net bag to Xiang Yang.
"A fish that looks like turbot? There are a lot of them?" When Xiang Yang heard this, he had a guess in his heart that this should also be a kind of flounder, but he didn't know which kind it was.
After opening the net bag and taking a look, Xiang Yang was instantly sure and said, "This is flounder."
"Plover?" Chen Qingsheng asked doubtfully.
Xiang Yang nodded and said, "Plover is a type of flatfish. It likes to live on the sandy seabed and feeds on small fish and shrimp."
Flounder is particularly suitable for bottom-dwelling life on the seabed. Because of its flat body and both eyes on the upward side of the body, the color of this side matches well with the surrounding environment. In addition, the downward side of its body is white, so flounder can hide itself very well on the beach.
The difference between this flounder and the turbot is that it has extremely fine scales on its body surface. Apart from that, there is no obvious difference. It also has only one dorsal fin, which extends almost from the head to the tail fin.
"Is this fish expensive?" Chen Qingsheng asked Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang found it a little funny, "Master Chen, why are you like Fang Youqun, always asking if the fish is expensive?"
Chen Qingsheng touched his head a little embarrassedly: "There are a lot of these fish under this sea area. I found a lot of them just now. Isn't this anxious? If this fish is expensive, we can make a lot of money."
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "Plover mainly lives in temperate waters and is a very important economic fish in temperate waters. The iron preserved fish commonly used for making dumplings in Chaoshan area is actually dried flounder, which is made by drying flounder in the sun."
"It is meaningless to ask whether this fish is expensive or not, because its unit price is indeed not expensive. The purchase price is about 10 yuan per kilogram, and the market price is generally around 20 to 30 yuan. It seems to be a very cheap marine fish with little profit, but in fact, it supports half of my country's seafood market."
When Chen Qingsheng heard this, a hint of disappointment appeared on his face. "So, its price is not even as high as that of turbot."
Xiang Yang nodded slightly.
Although both are flatfish, turbot has no bones, is easier to handle, has a more delicate texture, and is indeed slightly more expensive than flounder.
"Then there is no need to go down and fish. We know a place where turbot is produced. The sea there is not as deep as this one, but the turbot resources are a hundred times more abundant than the flounder resources here." Chen Qingsheng said.
Xiang Yang nodded. Turbot likes to live on the sandy seabed of shallow seas and prey on small fish and shrimps. Flounder is an important economic fish in temperate waters.
Since we already know that there is an area rich in turbot, it is indeed not worth going out of your way to fish for flounder.
"However, the fat content of flounder is very low, and it is rich in protein, various vitamins, and trace elements needed by the human body. Every 100 grams of raw flounder contains 19 grams of protein and only 1 gram of fat, which can provide humans with nearly 400 kilojoules of calories. Regular consumption of flounder has a great effect on preventing high blood pressure and high blood lipids."
"Let's take a break and then go to the sea again. If you come across this kind of fish, don't ignore it just because it's cheap. We can use it as employee meals after we catch it, and it tastes great." Xiang Yang said.
After hearing this, the crew members around nodded one after another.
Xiang Yang grinned and asked someone to put the flounder into the water tank. When there was enough food for a meal, they would cook it.
In fact, compared to the flounder with fine scales, Xiang Yang prefers to eat turbot without scales.
However, if you eat a meal occasionally, no matter what the food is, it will generally taste good.
Xiang Yang stayed there for three or four hours and went down five times before he gave the order to leave the sea area.
After setting sail again, Xiang Yang prepared to cast a few more nets, then head towards the Xisha Islands, then bypass Sansha City, and return along the same route.
Unfortunately, fishery resources are not particularly abundant along the way.
Although this sea area is very large, there are also many fishing boats. After waves of fishing boats and repeated fishing, the fishery resources in many sea areas have actually been exhausted.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many fishermen choosing to go fishing in the high seas, or simply stop fishing, sell their boats, and return to aquaculture.
After casting several nets in a row, Xiang Yang didn't catch any valuable fish.
The only net that caught a large amount of fish was mostly worthless marine fish like squid and cuttlefish.
The spirits of everyone on the boat became somewhat low.
Since Xiang Yang went to sea, he has rarely encountered such bad luck.
Two days later, Xiang Yang finally reached the tropical ocean.
After arriving at the tropical ocean, without Xiang Yang saying anything, some crew members naturally suggested casting a net.
The climate differences between tropical and temperate oceans caused by different ocean currents often lead to extremely rich fishery resources at the intersection of ocean currents.
Xiang Yang originally wanted to cast a net. After all, if the big lobster was not counted, he really didn't even make back his cost this time out to sea. If he didn't cast the net now that he had reached the confluence of ocean currents, then when should he cast the net
"Spread the internet, Master Chen." Xiang Yang said to Chen Qingsheng.
It might be because the fishery resources are indeed very rich at the intersection of ocean currents, or it might be that Xiang Yang's luck finally turned. With this cast of the net, Xiang Yang finally encountered a large school of fish.