We pulled two nets in a row, and each one yielded a bumper harvest.
The second network almost exploded again.
Fortunately, Chen Qingsheng had the experience of the first time the net exploded. When he pulled up the net for the second time, he did it half an hour in advance, and the fishing net could just be pulled up by the winch.
In fact, you can still drag a few more nets.
This sea area is very rich in fishery resources due to the influence of the Kuroshio Current.
But the crew on the ship were exhausted after counting hundreds of tons of fish.
It was impossible for Xiang Yang to completely ignore the feelings of the crew members. Therefore, after two nets, he decisively announced the end of today's fishing and promised each crew member on the boat a red envelope of at least 5,000 yuan when they returned.
The crew members then gathered together happily and began to discuss how much money Xiang Yang had earned from the two consecutive wins today.
In fact, the two nets caught a lot of fish.
But most of them were worthless seafood such as ribbon fish and squid, so Xiang Yang’s earnings were not as much as the crew members imagined.
Based on the average price of 30 yuan per kilogram of fish, Xiang Yang caught about 300 tons of fish today. The gross profit was actually less than 20 million yuan, not to mention the expenses and costs along the way.
"I am exhausted." Fang Youqun drank from a can of orange in his left hand and pounded his lumbar vertebrae with his right hand. "The red-crowned cranes are more comfortable. We catch fish and they have a feast. After they are full, they rest on our boat."
Xiang Yang smiled and looked at the top of the cabin. There were more than a dozen red-crowned cranes perched there. The cranes gathered together, scaring the two Steller's sea eagles so much that they hid tightly in the eagle's nest and dared not come out.
"These red-crowned cranes are most likely the ones that have settled in the Hokkaido fishing grounds for a long time. They fly really far. It's at least several hundred kilometers from the Hokkaido fishing grounds to Naha, and they actually fly here to find food." Xiang Yang said.
"Why can't it fly over from the country? This place seems to be closer to our coast than the Hokkaido fishing grounds." said a crew member.
Xiang Yang shook his head. In fact, most of the red-crowned cranes living along the coast of our country would no longer fly to the sea to find food. At present, the only red-crowned cranes known in the world to forage for food at sea for a long time are the ones in the Hokkaido fishing grounds.
Xiang Yang would rather imagine that this was a group of red-crowned cranes that had not been discovered by humans in the past, rather than believe that these red-crowned cranes had flown across the ocean from China.
"The red-crowned cranes are a very smart species of bird with a very high IQ. Especially the group that has been foraging over the Hokkaido fishing grounds for a long time. They can judge where the most food is more accurately than the fishermen. So I guess they actually follow the Kuroshio Current and come here to forage for food." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
If it were the group of red-crowned cranes in China that are used to living in wetlands, they would not have run so far to find food as there is plenty of food in the wetlands.
"These red-crowned cranes are truly amazing. They even know how to follow ocean currents to find food." Fang Youqun said suspiciously.
"Of course. The red-crowned cranes, like seagulls, can very accurately predict the weather and follow ocean currents. This is because the bones of the red-crowned cranes, like those of seagulls, are hollow. This not only greatly reduces the weight of the red-crowned cranes, allowing them to better adapt to long-distance flying, but can also act like a barometer, predicting weather changes in a timely manner and feeling the direction of ocean currents." Xiang Yang explained.
Fang Youqun nodded and said thoughtfully, "So that's how it is."
"Okay, don't worry about those red-crowned cranes. We are all tired today. Let's take advantage of the time and have a good rest. Once our strength recovers, we will try to catch another fish." Xiang Yang said.
Fang Youqun's face immediately showed a pained expression when he heard it, "Brother Yang, are you still fishing?"
"Nonsense, aren't we out here to fish? It's rare to encounter such a large school of fish, and it's hard to catch them. Are you here for tourism?" Xiang Yang said unhappily.
Fang Youqun stopped talking immediately after hearing this. He tilted his head back and drank the can of orange in his hand. Then he sat down on the deck with his legs crossed. "Okay, I'll sit here for a while and recover some strength. Call me when you're ready to cast the net."
Xiang Yang nodded to indicate yes.
At this moment, the fishing boat was stopped on the sea.
Xiang Yang looked down the side of the ship with an undecided look on his face.
Fang Youqun saw this and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Brother Yang, you don't want to go down to the bottom of the water to take a look, do you?"
Xiang Yang nodded. "Fish are actually very smart. They won't migrate north on a large scale just because of temperature changes. The main reason why large-scale fish tides form every time an ocean current passes through is actually the changes in plankton and nutrients in the seawater."
"With such a large school of fish gathered in the waters of this sea area, I'm sure there must be a lot of nutrients in the water, and the fishery resources on the seabed are also very rich." Xiang Yang said very affirmatively.
Fang Youqun looked at the sea and immediately shook his head, saying, "Brother Yang, I think we should just forget it. The sea is so deep that it's almost black. Even if it's not a thousand meters deep, it's at least eight hundred meters deep. There's no way we can get down there."
Xiang Yang shook his head, "That's not necessarily true."
Generally speaking, the darker the color of the sea water, the deeper it is.
But there are exceptions.
For example, in the current situation, it is obvious that the ocean current has passed through and swept all the algae and microorganisms on the seabed to the surface of the sea, so the color of the sea water appears black.
But in fact, the sea water here is not as deep as it appears to the naked eye.
"Master Xu." Xiang Yang shouted.
"Captain, I'm here." Xu Fang replied immediately.
"Use the sonar detector to detect how deep the sea water here is." Xiang Yang ordered.
"We've already found out from our survey that the average depth of the sea water here is over 700 meters, and the deepest reaches over 2,000 meters. It's impossible for us to go down." Xu Fang directly gave Xiang Yang a set of very specific data.
When Xiang Yang heard this, he immediately gave up the idea of going into the sea for diving.
The water was so deep that no one on the boat could go down except him. And even if Xiang Yang could go down, he would never dare to do it openly.
"Okay, then we'll wait until the next time the fleet reaches the diving area, and then we'll go for underwater work. Besides, it's really not suitable to go into the sea today, as everyone has consumed a lot of physical energy." Xiang Yang said.
In fact, if Xiang Yang insisted, he could go down to this sea area.
Because its deepest point is over two thousand meters, while the average depth is only over seven hundred meters, which means that the seabed of this sea area is not a plain, but rather uneven. The shallowest point may be only over one hundred meters.