These hawksbill turtles don't seem to be afraid of people.
After confirming that Xiang Yang and others would not harm them even if they approached them, these hawksbill turtles immediately let down their guard and allowed Xiang Yang and others to walk around them.
Xiang Yang estimated that these hawksbill turtles probably regarded him as a kind of symbiotic creature.
"Pay attention, when taking pictures with your mobile phone, make sure you stay away from these hawksbill turtles. Hawksbill turtles are the only creatures discovered by humans that can digest glass." Xiang Yang reminded the crew members.
"Don't worry, boss, we won't get too close to these hawksbill turtles." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile.
The rest of the crew members around also nodded.
Creatures like hawksbill turtles are not easy to mess with. If you are bitten by them, losing a piece of flesh is the least that can happen.
"You can look around and see if you can find a few hawksbill turtle shells nearby." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"What are you looking for the turtle shell for? Brother Yang, do you want to take it back to make soup?" Fang Youqun asked.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "Even if I took you back to make soup, I wouldn't use a hawksbill turtle shell to make soup."
Chen Qingsheng smiled and said, "Boss, you probably mean that the tortoise shell is a very valuable gem, right?"
Xiang Yang nodded and introduced: "The tortoise shell of the hawksbill turtle is actually a kind of jewelry, a very valuable organic gem. After being polished into jewelry, a small string of it is worth more than ten thousand."
In China, people have a very long history of using tortoise shells to make jewelry, which can even be traced back to the pre-Qin period. In some large tombs from the pre-Qin period, many of the bracelets, bangles, earrings, snuff bottles, etc. unearthed were made of tortoise shells.
When Fang Youqun heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly said, "Brother Yang, I'll go look underwater."
Xiang Yang nodded in agreement, but reminded: "Pay attention, only look for dead hawksbill turtle shells, and never harm living hawksbill turtles."
Xiang Yang did not organize anyone to look for it specifically. He just told the crew members the value of the hawksbill turtle shell. If everyone was willing to look for it, they could go around and look around. If they were not willing to look for it, they could stay where they were and rest.
If Xiang Yang could find a few of these hawksbill turtle shells, it would be a considerable extra income.
But if you find too much, not to mention the income, you may even be invited for tea as soon as you land.
The protection of hawksbill turtles in China is not just about protecting the living hawksbill turtles, but also about attacking the source directly.
Because as long as the problem is not dealt with at the source, there will always be people who take risks, kill living hawksbill turtles, and then lie that they picked up dead hawksbill turtles.
Soon, many crew members went to the vicinity of the island or went into the water to search.
Not long after, someone actually found a few hawksbill turtle shells.
Xiang Yang asked Zhou Wang to write down the names of these people, and then collect the hawksbill turtle shells together.
When we get back, all the hawksbill turtle shells we picked up must be registered and inspected.
Xiang Yang couldn't tell the quality of these hawksbill turtles, so he would have to wait until he returned to find out.
So Xiang Yang said to everyone: "After I take these hawksbill turtles back for inspection, I will give corresponding rewards to those who picked them up."
In fact, Xiang Yang was not very enthusiastic about these hawksbill turtles.
When a hawksbill turtle dies naturally, some shadows or milky white substances will appear on its shell due to decomposition. These things actually affect the price of the hawksbill turtle shell.
The truly top-quality hawksbill turtle shells are taken directly from living hawksbill turtles.
After Xiang Yang had his men collect the hawksbill turtle shells, the crew members returned to the ship from the island one after another.
After counting the number of people and everyone was back on the boat, Xiang Yang waved his hand and gave the order: "Keep going."
This sea area is actually approaching the southernmost tip of our country's territorial waters.
Because it is located on the border, fishermen on both sides have risked their lives to come here to fish, so the fishery resources in this sea area are very exhausted. Xiang Yang cast four or five nets in a row but was unable to catch a few decent sea fish.
"Captain, the southernmost tip of our country is ahead. Aren't we going back?" Zhou Wang ran over and asked Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang looked ahead, shook his head and said, "Why rush? The temperature is getting colder now, and warm-water fish are trying to move to the tropics. If we don't catch more now, they will swim to other people's seas after a while."
"Yes, take them all, leaving nothing behind." Fang Youqun immediately echoed.
The other crew members also nodded, expressing their support for Xiang Yang's approach.
Xiang Yang smiled silently. Actually, Xiang Yang just felt that he had cast so many nets today but had no catch at all. He couldn't help feeling a little unwilling and kept thinking about catching something before going back.
I didn't expect that all the crew members on the ship were so active.
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, then we will re-plan the route and follow this line to the east. We will go to the high seas to take a look later."
Zhou Wang nodded quickly and ran towards the shipyard. In a while, he would personally participate in the redefinition of the route and send the new route to the two fishing boats nearby.
Soon, the fleet reached the high seas.
During this period, Xiang Yang did not give the order to spread the net again.
However, Chen Qingsheng cast a net on his own initiative and caught quite a lot of fish, more than ten thousand kilograms. The only pity was that all the fish were not very valuable sea fish. The whole net was worth only tens of thousands of yuan, not even enough to cover the fuel cost.
The crew members were in a bad mood as they didn't catch any fish along the way.
"Master Zhou, has this sea area been explored? What's the quantity of fishery resources?" Xiang Yang asked Zhou Wang, who was feeling a little depressed.
Zhou Wang nodded, took out his phone, opened an app and said, "I've asked someone to detect it. The fish schools under this sea area are scattered widely, and most of them are at the bottom. Unless we use a catching net, I think it will be difficult to catch enough fish."
"There are fish?" Xia Pengjie's eyes lit up. "What about the depth of the sea water here? We can't use the catching net, but we can dive and fish here."
Zhou Wang glanced at Xia Pengjie and said, "The water here is very deep. The shallowest place is more than 2,000 meters deep, and the deepest place is even more than 3,000 meters deep. You can forget about diving operations."
When Xia Pengjie heard this, his neck suddenly shrank.
Even after this period of time, many people's diving skills have improved a little bit, but the shallowest waters are more than 2,000 meters, which is simply not something that humans can go down with just a diving suit. (To be continued)