She once read a report: "Ten hours of continuous sweeping across 35 nautical miles at sea with a net 70 meters in diameter and 1,000 meters in circumference, the fish caught were only worth one or two thousand yuan!"

Taizhou, Zhoushan, Ningbo, Wenzhou, and other cities in the East China Sea fishing grounds have all faced the same predicament. Ten years later, the East China Sea has reached the point where there are no fish left to catch.

An engineer from the Zhejiang Provincial Marine Fisheries Research Institute went to Taizhou to collect a fish specimen. He followed five fishing boats for eleven days but returned empty-handed.

Imagine the terrible scenario: tourists sitting on a cruise ship, drifting on the vast ocean all day, yet not seeing a single fish. How tragic and lamentable that would be!

In fact, it's already rare to see fish in the nearshore waters now, as most coastal fishermen have changed careers and gone out to work.

No matter how good your technology is, it's frustrating if there are no fish to catch! Some people have considered starting a marine aquaculture farm, but the risks of running a private aquaculture farm are too great.

To put it simply, in March 2007, Weihai was hit by a once-in-a-century storm and cold wave, which resulted in three deaths and seven missing persons.

Breakwaters, wharves, and pontoon bridges were breached. Many houses collapsed, and some municipal power facilities were damaged.

The powerful sea winds of Force 13 caused severe damage to fishing boats, sampans, and offshore aquaculture areas, leading to the immediate bankruptcy and complete loss of capital for many marine aquaculture farmers.

Weihai is a nationally renowned snow-covered area. Every year, Weihai not only receives early snowfall, but also receives a lot of snow!

The cost of marine aquaculture in Weihai is much higher than in other coastal areas! It's not something that ordinary families can afford.

Chen Hong searched along the inner side of the maritime boundary line in the East China Sea, sailing towards the southern part of the East China Sea within my country's territorial waters.

Observing terrain conducive to fish growth, they will occasionally release a batch of fish fry and shrimp and crab fry into the seabed towards the coast.

I don't know how many places I searched, and I dived into the sea more than ten times, but I still couldn't find a suitable area for transplanting red coral.

It's not that the seawater is too turbid, which can easily cause corals to experience feeding and respiratory depression, leading to intestinal blockage and death.

The water is too shallow, only thirty or forty meters deep. Such shallow waters cannot protect red corals, and they will be discovered and harvested before they can grow to maturity.

She could only continue searching southwards!

Just as she was about to give up on the East China Sea and prepare to head to the South China Sea, Chen Hong unexpectedly discovered a good spot on the seabed more than 100 nautical miles from the Diaoyu Islands.

It was only when she was almost at Diaoyu Island that she remembered fishermen in her previous life having discovered gold nuggets on the seabed of this area.

Some netizens also posted online about fishermen finding gold nuggets.

The glittering gold dog head was particularly tempting and also represented good luck. Chen Hong looked at it several times, regretting that she had never had good luck.

Passing by Diaoyu Islands this time, I couldn't rest easy without taking a look around.

That evening, she called her son via satellite phone to let him know she was safe and told him she would be back a few days later and that she would call him every night at nine o'clock.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hong was very happy. The tens of thousands of yuan had not been wasted; the signal was excellent and the sound was clear.

Near the Diaoyu Islands, patrol boats of the Japanese Coast Guard are on patrol.

Our country's coast guard vessels were also escorting the fishermen. Both sides seemed to be going their own way, but the atmosphere was relaxed on the surface but tense underneath, and a conflict could break out at any time.

There are no troops stationed on the Diaoyu Islands now, only concrete markers and a helicopter landing pad built by Japan in earlier years, and a lighthouse built on them by the Japan Youth Society.

Chen Hong didn't care about the stalemate between China and Japan in the context of the global situation. Although she was small and powerless, she couldn't go to the island in a big way.

However, avoiding Japanese patrol boats and taking a trip to the island is still not a problem.

The Diaoyu Islands are not very large, with an area of ​​about 3.91 square kilometers, and the surrounding sea area is about 174,000 square kilometers.

Although the area is small, it contains extremely rich material resources and is hailed by geographers worldwide as the treasure trove of the East China Sea.

This is why China and Japan have been deadlocked over this island.

The island contains vast amounts of oil and natural gas, with an estimated 80 billion tons of oil and 100 million cubic meters of natural gas.

As we all know, oil resources are non-renewable; once they're used up, they're gone.

Oil is a country's most precious reserve resource, and it is a vital driving force for a country's development.

Japan has long coveted the Diaoyu Islands, with the backing of a certain country. Since the Qing Dynasty, China and Japan have been locked in a stalemate, and the issue of sovereignty has remained unresolved.

The Diaoyu Islands are also rich in natural resources, including freshwater and edible animals and plants.

Our ancestors discovered long ago that many precious medicinal herbs grow on Diaoyu Island, such as sea hibiscus, camellia, palm, and cactus.

In addition, the island is home to many wild seabirds and is known as the "Flower and Bird Island." These precious natural resources have extremely high research value.

Therefore, my country has never given up patrolling the Diaoyu Islands, as this is an inseparable part of China's territory.

Here, shellfish and other marine life sustain the coastal areas of my country, such as Zhejiang, Fujian, and Taiwan.

The fishermen there catch a total of 150,000 tons of fish every year, which explains why it was named Diaoyu Island.

Furthermore, the sea area contains abundant mineral resources, such as seabed minerals and acid salt manganese nodules.

As early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Diaoyu Islands were clearly identified as Chinese territory.

The Diaoyu Islands are very close to Japan, and the waters around them are a very busy maritime passage.

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