The most important thing is that shark fins made from wrinkled-lip shark fins can be traded freely.
Even the World Animal Protection Organization believes that the wrinkled-lipped shark does not need human protection.
"Anything else we gained?" Xiang Yang asked everyone.
"Brother Yang, I got a living wrinkled lip shark. Is there any harvest more valuable than this?" Fang Youqun said with an exaggerated expression.
Xiang Yang frowned and said speechlessly: "With so many of you going down there, you didn't get this much, did you?"
"That's not the case. Basically, every crew member who goes to the sea has a full net bag, but most of them are ordinary fish, shrimps and moon jellyfish. There's nothing worth mentioning. All in all, the total catch this time, not counting the pearls and the wrinkled-lipped shark, should be around 20,000 to 30,000 yuan." Xia Pengjie reported a set of data to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang nodded. This was a good harvest. On average, every crew member who went to sea caught several hundred yuan worth of fish. Compared with the 200 yuan bonus offered by Xiang Yang, at least Xiang Yang's decision to go to sea this time was not a loss.
"How about this, the friend Fang who finds the wrinkled-lipped shark will be rewarded 500 yuan, and the two who help get the wrinkled-lipped shark onto the boat will be rewarded 100 yuan each. After a 20-minute rest, we will go to the sea again. This time I found a large number of groupers on the seabed. Try to look for them in the cracks of the rocks. If anyone can catch more than ten groupers today, I will reward him 200 yuan. Whoever catches more than two groupers will be rewarded an additional 500 yuan." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
As soon as Xiang Yang said this, the old crew members cheered loudly.
The new crew members stared with eyes wide open in disbelief.
I've only ever heard of captains forcing crew members to go fishing after finding seafood on the seabed, but I've never heard of them getting rewards based on how many pieces of seafood they catch.
And the rewards are so great.
All in all, as long as you go down a few times, you can get a few days' salary directly.
Moreover, not a penny of the original salary will be deducted.
A new crew member suddenly became interested. He walked quickly to Xiang Yang and asked, "Captain, can I go to sea?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the crew members around who had already received the diving suits immediately looked at the new crew member with vigilance.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Of course you can, but not this time. We don't have any extra diving equipment on board. Next time we go into the water, you can sign up with Master Zhou. If you don't go this time, you will be given priority next time."
"Next time?" The crew member's face immediately showed disappointment.
"Don't worry, the next time will be soon. Our fleet often has underwater operations. Maybe it will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
This is exactly the effect Xiang Yang wants.
Xiang Yang was not afraid that the crew would ask him for money after going out to sea.
Xiang Yang was just afraid that the crew members were unwilling to go to sea.
Because as long as the crew went to sea, Xiang Yang would always make money, and a lot of it.
"Where is that wrinkled-lipped shark? Take me over to see it." Xiang Yang said to Fang Youqun who was standing beside him.
Fang Youqun quickly led the way, "Brother Yang, follow me."
Xiang Yang followed Fang Youqun and soon arrived in front of a water tank.
The wrinkled-lipped shark lay quietly at the bottom of the water tank. It was so quiet that if Xiang Yang hadn't known in advance what kind of fish it was, he would never have associated it with a shark.
"Yes, it's quite big, an adult wrinkled-lipped shark. This shark fin can be sold for at least 10,000 yuan." Xiang Yang said with satisfaction.
Then Xiang Yang looked at each water tank one by one and confirmed what the crew had gained from this trip.
The result was more satisfactory than Xiang Yang had imagined. Although the crew did not catch a lot of fish, the species were very diverse, including some very valuable sea fish.
Suddenly, Xiang Yang stopped in front of a water tank and asked, "Is this a king crab?"
The brown crab is a type of crab that has suddenly become popular in recent years. Its meat is very tender and the crab roe is very full, just like a piece of bread, hence the name.
"How did you catch this king crab?" Xiang Yang asked curiously.
Although the brown crab is widely distributed, it is extremely difficult to catch because it generally lives on sandy or muddy seabeds at a depth of more than 50 meters.
"I saw this on a beach at the bottom of the sea, and I caught it." said Tang Bao who was standing behind.
Xiang Yang glanced at Tang Bao and said, "So it's you. No wonder you can catch brown crabs. However, I remember that these crabs only live in the deep sea below 50 meters. Is the bottom of this sea 50 meters deep?"
Zhou Wang, who was standing by, also stared at Tang Bao suspiciously. He said angrily, "Tang Bao, have you forgotten what the captain said, that you are not allowed to leave the fishing boat too far without permission?"
Xiang Yang patted Zhou Wang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Others are not allowed to leave the fishing boat too far. I am afraid of safety accidents. As for Tang Bao, you can make your own arrangements. If any of you have his diving talent, I can also let you move freely on the seabed."
Tang Bao’s diving skills are currently second only to Xiang Yang’s in Xiang Yang’s entire fleet. His deep diving ability is even stronger than Chen Qingsheng.
"Captain, no, I didn't catch this king crab in the deep sea. I didn't leave the fishing boat too far." Tang Bao hurriedly explained.
Xiang Yang frowned first, then covered his forehead, "Yes, that's right, it is really possible that there are brown crabs living in this kind of sea area. I remembered it wrongly. I remembered the farmed brown crabs. The best place to farm brown crabs is more than 50 meters deep in the sea, so that the temperature of the sea water changes less, which is conducive to the survival of brown crabs. But wild brown crabs live in shallow sea areas."
Xiang Yang was very sure that this was a wild king crab.
It is actually very easy to identify the brown crab because its appearance is so unique.
The back of the cephalothorax of the wild brown crab is very ridged, with five vertical rows of wart-like protrusions on the surface, soft hairs on the sides, a relatively narrow forehead, a concave front edge, two teeth, small eye sockets, granular teeth on the front edge, three teeth on the back edge, a rounded and blunt tooth in the middle of the back edge, and four triangular sharp teeth on each side.
In addition, the claws of the brown crab are asymmetrical in shape, with the right knuckles being thicker and the claws being close to the forehead when retracted. The walking legs are slender and smooth. The abdomen of the male brown crab is long and narrow, with the third to fifth segments fused and the internodes discernible. The sixth segment is nearly rectangular, and the seventh segment is an acute triangle.
The female's abdomen is long and wide, with the sixth segment being nearly rectangular and the seventh segment being triangular. (To be continued)