Chapter 399 Sharks who know how to cooperate
The big boat started moving again immediately, this time ignoring the "Milky Way" formed by the lampreys, avoiding those phototactic fish, and specifically hauling up fish around the crescent-shaped reef belt.
During the hauling process, Liang Ziqiang finally understood what was going on.
Liang Chun said it the other way around. How could these groupers have escaped from the Crescent Reef? Rather, groupers kept coming from afar, diving into the Crescent Reef and gathering there! "This Crescent Reef is a natural spawning ground! So that's how it is!" Liang Ziqiang realized.
Groupers like to choose a particularly suitable spawning place and gather there to lay eggs.
They travel thousands of miles, and once their work is done, they leave again and swim back to their usual habitat.
The only reason for them to come out in large numbers and swim in groups on the water surface is spawning.
The big ship hauled for a while, probably less than half an hour. Liang Ziqiang was immersed in the ecstasy of the harvest, when he suddenly noticed that under the ship's lights, the iconic triangular fins on the outer edge of the reef moved faintly a few times.
Since it was not daytime, the illumination of the ship's lights was limited, so the scene was vague and not very clear.
“Flashlight!”
He shouted and at the same time raised a very strong flashlight, and several beams of light converged on the water surface.
Sure enough, it was a typical triangular fin floating on the water. Shark! The beam continued to move, and the more it moved, the colder his heart became.
Floating quietly in the darkness, there were not just one or two triangular fins, but at least a dozen.
As the groupers gathered from afar, the sharks also came as if they had received secret intelligence. They came from afar and gradually formed groups!
A group of sharks did not care about Liang Ziqiang's big ship. As if they had made an appointment, they surrounded a group of groupers and started killing! Although it was difficult to see too many details at night, and the changes in the color of the sea surface could be seen, the splashes of water showed that the slaughter was unfolding in the underwater world.
The key point is that the number of sharks seems to be increasing.
"There's no time to delay now. We're probably going to be eaten by sharks!" Zhou Hui said regretfully.
The most unwilling person was of course Liang Ziqiang. He was just about to come across a rare grouper swimming in a group, and just when he started fishing, someone suddenly showed up and snatched them away.
We couldn't drag the trawl any further. Not only were the groupers decreasing, but there were too many sharks, and it was easy for the trawl net to be torn. If a large shark hit the boat a few times, it wouldn't be a big deal, but at least the dents would have to be repaired, right? We pulled the net up. As expected, the groupers at the tail of the net were fine, but some of the newly dragged groupers were bleeding profusely, and some were even incomplete.
Those that are bleeding and injured can still be sold for money, but they are obviously not suitable for use as brooding fish.
Fortunately, the fish were caught first at the tail of the net bag, and there were quite a few of them, so they were good for using as broodstock.
But Liang Ziqiang definitely wants to get more broodstock! The more fry he hatches, the bigger the scale of his grouper farming can be this year. When they are put on the market, with the price of grouper, it will be very profitable! "How can we do this?" Lu Song asked.
"There is another way!" Liang Ziqiang gritted his teeth and said, "Before the sharks and us arrived, there must have been many groupers ahead who came here and went into the reefs to lay eggs. They are hiding in there, and the sharks are too big to get in. Let's get the fishing rods and catch the groupers hiding in the reefs!"
The fishing rods on the boat were usually used to catch small ornamental fish, but this time they were put to good use. After replacing the slightly larger hooks suitable for grouper and putting some small fish and shrimp on them as bait, they lined up next to the iron railings on the side of the boat and cast their fishing lines into the Crescent Reef.
"Fuck, what happened?!"
Just when we were ready, we saw the occasional exposed water in the crescent reef suddenly splashing, and the entire reef became a mess!
"What the hell, can these big sharks get into the cracks in the reef?"
As they were discussing in confusion, a group of groupers hiding deep in the reef rushed out and fled to the outside waters like crazy.
Behind them, a few slender big fish occasionally fluttered their wings and raised their heads.
"What the hell... the little shark and the big shark are working together!" Liang Ziqiang didn't know what to say.
He saw that it was a group of small sharks with long and narrow bodies that had taken the initiative to drill into the holes in the reef, chasing and stirring up trouble inside, and drove out all the grouper that were hiding inside to lay eggs.
Big and small sharks know how to divide the work and cooperate to hunt together. He has seen this on TV shows, but this is the first time he has encountered it in real life!
There was no suspense. The groupers that were chased out from the reefs had just escaped from the herd and fell into the tiger's mouth. The big sharks in the circle outside had already made an appointment and were waiting there.
Another round of gluttony that swept away everything in its path...
"Forget it, let's put away our fishing rods, turn around and drive away, and find a place to stop for the night. At least we can get a good night's sleep!"
Judging from the situation, the shark has no intention of leaving any for him.
Fortunately, the ones that were caught earlier were able to hatch a batch of grouper fry, but it was still some distance away from what he wanted.
Several people calmly put away their fishing rods. The boat sailed for a while and found a place to anchor.
There were a lot of phototactic fish near the lamp-cheeked snapper, so I could catch one or two more rounds, but now they are all exhausted, and it is not good to drive the boat when tired. Anyway, I have caught a lot of unexpected gains tonight, so I might as well go to sleep.
When they woke up, it was already the fifth day of their voyage. They woke up later than usual and headed straight back to the port, still hauling fish as they returned to shore.
The boat arrived at the county fishing port. The fish had already been sorted and classified. Most of the common fish, such as sardines, saury, and croaker, were in the largest quantities and were sold directly to the purchasing station.
He also had a small number of relatively high-priced fish, such as shrimp, fat-eyed herring, and yellow-legged shrimp. He took them to Wei Pan's purchasing point and sold them to Wei Pan.
The two will have long-term cooperation in the marketing of farmed fish and shrimps in the future. Wei Pan will naturally take care of some of the fish caught from going out to sea.
Normally, each trip to the deep sea would only net about 8,000 kilograms. This time, because the amount of phototactic fish in that net was particularly large, the total catch in five days was more than 9,700 kilograms.
In addition, the price of seafood has been rising little by little this year, and the unit price of fish is no longer comparable to that of last year.
Last year, the gross income from each trip of ordinary deep sea (Note: except for that special wintering fishing ground, other deep sea areas are referred to as "ordinary deep sea" in the text) was around 1,900 to 2,000 yuan.
This time, the quantity was large and the unit price was higher, so I got more than 2,500 yuan! Although it can't be compared with the wintering grounds, this trip is definitely a record income in normal sea voyages.
Even after filling up the gas and paying the wages, there is still a net income of more than 1,700 yuan.
After selling the largest portion, he drove back to the city and sold the lamprey to Jiang Wenang.
There are more than 120 light bass. This is the first time that Jiang Wenang thinks there are too many and he looks a little worried.
But considering the long-term business relationship, he still accepted them all. The price was not too high, two yuan each. No matter what, Liang Ziqiang got more than 250 yuan...
(End of this chapter)
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