Xiang Yang had seen quite a few pearl oysters, and had even seen a seabed covered with pearl oysters.
Although Xiang Yang had never deliberately looked for creatures like pearl oysters, he would collect some whenever he saw one and would not force himself if he didn't see any. But when he saw the huge number of pearl oysters lying on the seabed, Xiang Yang was actually quite happy in his heart.
With so many pearl oysters, you can always find a few high-quality pearls. As long as you get a batch of pearls, you will definitely make a lot of money.
The demand for natural pearls in the market has been increasing day by day.
This is closely related to the income level of the Chinese people.
In recent years, the income level of Chinese people has been getting higher and higher, and the demand for gemstones such as pearls has also been increasing.
In addition, pearls are not eternal like jade. After a few decades, the luster on the surface of the pearls will disappear and they will no longer have the luster of a precious gem.
So pearls are actually a consumable, a very luxurious consumable.
However, pearls are very popular among Oriental women because of their lustrous appearance. In recent years, the price of some high-end pearls has exceeded ten times that of gold.
Xiang Yang picked up a few dead pearl oysters and opened their shells.
Unfortunately, the pearls in the shells are not of top quality. Either they are not round enough or they are too small.
Xiang Yang turned over dozens of pearl shells in a row, and when he saw that the pearls in these shells were all of this quality, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on his face.
Helplessly, Xiang Yang had to turn his attention to those beautiful tropical marine fish again.
Xiang Yang discovered that although the quality of the pearl oysters in this sea area was not good, the quality of the fishery resources was really very high.
Especially the grouper. In just a short while, Xiang Yang had already discovered three types of grouper: the dragon grouper, the eastern grouper, and the blue grouper. They were all quite large and were very precious groupers.
Xiang Yang picked out two groupers that were good in size and appearance, caught them, and threw them into the net bag.
At this time, it had been nearly half an hour since Xiang Yang went into the water.
After catching two groupers, Xiang Yang no longer hesitated and swam quickly towards the sea surface.
"Captain, you're here." When Zhou Wang saw Xiang Yang coming up, he immediately stepped forward and greeted him.
Xiang Yang looked at the form Zhou Wang was holding and asked, "How many people did you register?"
Zhou Wang nodded, "I still feel uneasy if I call the roll, so I made a table to prevent any crew members from being on the seabed without me noticing."
Xiang Yang nodded. Chen Qingsheng had never done this before, and there had never been any accidents on the ship. But Xiang Yang didn't think Zhou Wang's approach was meaningless.
As the saying goes, a good memory is worse than a bad pen.
When it comes to matters of safety, Xiang Yang feels that it is okay to be cautious.
"Have all the crew members come up?" Xiang Yang asked.
Zhou Wang nodded. "Captain, you came up a little late this time. You have been down for more than 30 minutes. The other crew members who went into the water are now all staying on the deck."
Xiang Yang looked towards the deck and saw the crew members sitting on the deck in groups of three or four to rest.
"How was the harvest?" Xiang Yang asked everyone with a smile.
Seeing that it was Xiang Yang, the crew members who were sitting on the deck to rest quickly stood up.
"Brother Yang, you finally came up."
Fang Youqun flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, then ran to Xiang Yang excitedly, "We've made a fortune this time, Brother Yang, guess what we found on the seabed?"
Xiang Yang was speechless: "There are so many kinds of marine life, how can I guess?"
"Take a guess." Fang Youqun insisted.
"I guess it's pearls." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"Yes, that's right. We did find pearl oysters, but we didn't find any valuable pearls. Brother Yang, guess what else we found." Fang Youqun continued.
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head. "Judging from the expression on your face, you must have found some valuable seafood. Tell me, what is it?"
Fang Youqun still refused to say.
At this time, Zhou Wang walked over. He pushed Fang Youqun away and said to Xiang Yang, "Captain, don't listen to Fang Youqun's mystification. In fact, we found a wrinkled-lipped shark on the seabed, and we worked together to get it up."
Xiang Yang was shocked when he heard this. "Frill-lipped shark? This fish is not so easy to catch. How did you get it up?"
Although the wrinkle-lipped shark is not as scary as the bull shark, it is still a fish with the word "shark" in its name. When it grows up, it can generally grow to more than 1.5 meters. On the seabed, it is not an easy task to get such a big fish onto a boat by manpower.
"It's my credit. I stunned it with an electric gun, and then called two people to help me lift it up from the bottom of the sea." Fang Youqun said proudly.
Hearing this, Xiang Yang smiled and praised, "Okay, well done. You actually use your brain to think about things."
The Frilled Shark is a very common small shark.
Its body is quite long, thick in the front and thin in the back. Its head is flat and slightly short, its snout is somewhat short, its eyes are oval, and its eye sockets have obvious ridges and instant folds.
This is a benthic shark that likes to live on the continental shelf or island shelf. It often appears in estuaries or shallow harbor waters, especially sandy and muddy areas covered with bottom algae. Although it cannot survive directly in freshwater waters like the bull shark, it can also tolerate low-salinity waters. It mainly feeds on small fish and crustaceans. It is ovoviviparous and can produce ten to twenty young fish in one litter. It is widely distributed in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
The body length of a newborn wrinkled lip shark is generally around 110 mm, and the body length of an adult can reach 150 cm.
The main food of this shark is small fish, crustaceans and benthic invertebrates, such as anchovies, green scales, yellow crucian carp, blue mackerel, barracuda and other fish.
Frill-lipped sharks are generally solitary, and although some may congregate in resting areas on the bottom to rest together, they are rarely seen in large groups.
In the early years, the furled shark was generally regarded as a fish with poor meat quality. If fishermen caught it, they would generally treat it as trash fish.
But in recent years, as most sharks have been overfished by humans and subsequently listed as protected species, the value of this almost non-aggressive shark has really skyrocketed.
Although few people are willing to eat its head, the fish skin can be made into various luxury leather products, and the liver can be used to extract cod liver oil.
The most important thing is that the fins of the wrinkled lip shark can also be made into shark fins, which are extremely popular in the market.
Although the price cannot be compared with that of the shark fin made from the basking shark, it is still worth a lot. (To be continued)