Apart from the bigeye, the rest of the catch was pretty ordinary.
Most of it was squid, and some pomfret.
After dealing with all the catch on the deck, Xiang Yang was no longer in a hurry to cast the net and ordered the fishing boat to continue sailing east.
Soon, the fleet crossed the South China Sea and reached the high seas.
"Brother Yang, Brother Yang." At this time, Fang Youqun's loud shout suddenly came from the bow of the ship.
"I'm here, what's wrong?" Xiang Yang, who was basking in the sun on a recliner, looked up and asked in confusion.
"Brother Yang, look over there." Fang Youqun stood at the side of the boat, pointing in a direction and said excitedly.
"What?" Xiang Yang looked curiously in the direction of Fang Youqun's finger.
You don’t know until you see it. When Xiang Yang saw it, he was shocked.
I saw a large group of dark blue sea fish gathered together, as if covering the sky and the earth.
Xiang Yang suddenly turned his head and stared at Fang Youqun, "Fuck, there is such a big school of fish, why don't you order the net to be cast instead of calling me over to watch the fun?"
Fang Youqun scratched his head in bewilderment, "I ordered the net to be cast? Brother Yang, this is not good, right?"
"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's cast the nets first. If you see such a large school of fish again, you don't need to tell me. Just give the order to cast the nets." Xiang Yang instructed Fang Youqun.
"Yes, Brother Yang, I'll go and notify the winch right away." After saying that, Fang Youqun ran towards the stern of the ship.
Xiang Yang continued to stare at the group of sea fish, then he grinned and started laughing.
The overwhelming group of dark blue sea fish are the famous sardines.
Xiang Yang knew that sardines tend to cluster together. Every spring, sardines gather in groups and appear on the ocean surface like a plague of locusts.
But now it is autumn and winter. Normally, due to the temperature, sardines will stay away from the surface of the sea and dive into deep waters to spend the winter.
Xiang Yang looked up at the sky. It seemed that because the sun had been relatively strong in the past few days, the temperature of the sea surface had risen, which was why he could see so many sardines gathering.
This situation is actually very rare.
It's not because of the climate.
Mainly because sardines are warm water fish, they rarely appear in open sea areas.
Xiang Yang is now in a tropical ocean. Although the temperature is very suitable for sardines, few sardines will swim so far.
At this time, Xiang Yang saw that the two drift net fishing boats next to the fishing boat were also casting their nets. For the fishermen, such a large school of sardines, part-time job was a blessing from heaven.
At this time, you don't need to worry about anything. The fishing boat just needs to cast the net and you will definitely have a huge catch.
At this time, the two Steller's sea eagles on the top of the cabin also began to move.
In recent times, perhaps because the two little Steller's sea eagles are about to hatch, the two Steller's sea eagles have been staying in the eagle's nest most of the time and generally will not fly out unless necessary.
Xiang Yang actually felt quite guilty.
Because according to the normal hatching time of Steller's sea eagles, the two little Steller's sea eagles should have hatched long ago.
Xiang Yang estimated that the reason why the hatching was delayed for so long was probably because the fishing boat had previously gone to the Antarctic Circle.
Although adult Steller's sea eagles are not afraid of blizzards and can survive in the extremely harsh weather in Antarctica, their unborn young cannot.
The extremely cold weather seriously affected the hatching speed of the two Steller's sea eagle chicks.
Fortunately, the two Steller's sea eagle eggs were not frozen.
Xiang Yang had already shone a flashlight, and found that there was a black shadow inside the two Steller's sea eagle eggs, and that shadow was slowly getting bigger day by day.
"Chiu—"
Accompanied by an eagle's cry that resounded through the sky, the two male eagles finally couldn't help it. They spread their wings and quickly rushed out of the eagle's nest, then rushed up into the sky like sharp swords.
Immediately afterwards, the male eagle flapped its wings quickly, like a sharp sword, and plunged into the sea in an instant.
"Hutou has also gone fishing." Zhou Wang walked to Xiang Yang and said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "It's almost as fat as an old hen. Let it move around and catch some fish for itself."
Ever since the two Steller's sea eagles settled on the ship, they have been living in an environment where they have no worries about food and clothing, and many crew members feed them every day.
Even Xiang Yang hadn't seen the two Steller's sea eagles hunting on their own for a long time.
"Keep an eye on these sardines. They are very valuable." Xiang Yang said.
In fact, sardines are a fish that have always been relatively cheap because of their huge quantity.
But that was in the spring, when sardines are in season.
At this time of year, sardines are in short supply in the market and the price is very high.
"Don't worry, Captain. I'm keeping a close eye on it. This time, we have to drag back at least 100 tons of sardines." Zhou Wang said confidently.
The most difficult thing about catching sardines is that sardines are a kind of fish that likes to play hide-and-seek. They generally like to hide under the sea water, and fishermen cannot see them, so they can only use more special methods to catch them.
Once schools of sardines appear on the sea, it is like picking up money for fishermen.
Moreover, sardines have no trouble selling in the market.
Xiang Yang thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "This population of sardines is very large. Let alone catching 100 tons, even if we catch 1,000 tons, it won't have any impact on their reproduction. We can open the nets and catch as much as we want."
Zhou Wang asked: "Captain, if we catch too much, will it affect its price?"
"Don't worry. Although one thousand tons sounds like a lot, it's actually just enough for one ship. If you put this amount in a city as big as Dragon City, it won't even make a splash." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Sardines are not only popular among consumers, but also loved by fishermen and seafood business owners.
Because sardines have delicious meat and can be cooked in a variety of ways, each of which tastes great. Sardines also grow very fast and have an incredibly high reproductive capacity. As long as there is enough food, they can reproduce indefinitely in the ocean.
Therefore, as long as you catch fish like sardines, no matter how many you catch, you don't have to worry about selling them.
Seafood buyers like Zhang Qicheng are not worried about not being able to sell sardines. They are only worried that fishermen cannot provide enough sardines.
After hearing what Xiang Yang said, Zhou Wang smiled bitterly and said, "No matter how popular these sardines are, I think catching 100 tons is our limit. Sardines are very cunning, and our fishing boats are too big. If it weren't for the terrifying number of sardines in this sea area, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for us to even haul 100 tons." (To be continued)