"Sardines it is, everyone can pick them out quickly."
Seeing everyone's dejected expressions, Fu Wan clapped her hands and comforted them. "To be honest, this was the worst net we'd caught so far on this voyage, so it's understandable that everyone's spirits are low."
That's just how it is when you go out to sea to fish; it's impossible to catch a good catch every time.
This kind of market, where everything is cheap, is actually the norm.
Fu Haishun and Fu Daniu were not children, and they accepted reality as quickly as possible.
Fu Mancang and Fu Jinshui hurriedly grabbed water guns to prepare to wash the trawl net.
It doesn't matter if this net doesn't yield a good harvest; they still have time to cast several more nets.
Ye Lin rummaged through the fish mountain and found more than ten serpentine fish and about ten kilograms of squid.
These cobia vary in size, with the larger ones weighing five or six pounds and the smaller ones weighing about one pound.
After cleaning the croaker, put it into the fish basket, and then shovel the remaining sardines into the basket with a shovel.
Sardines don't need to be sorted at all, so this haul became the fastest time for everyone to sort the fish after boarding the boat.
"Come on, let's push the trawl net down again. I refuse to believe we'll have the same luck on the next haul!"
"Brother Fu shouted, and Fu Haishun and Ye Lin and the others hurriedly followed."
Fu Wan also went up to lend a hand. She planned to change her clothes and go into the water after the trawling net was pushed down.
Just then, Dong Haiyang's urgent shouts suddenly came from the door of the steering room.
"Brother Fu, boss, come quick! Look at the sea!"
Dong Haiyang called out several times, but Fu Wan didn't have time to respond before looking towards the sea.
Just then, a white cloud blocked the sun, making the view of the sea less glaring.
The azure sea was filled with rippling waves. Flocks of seabirds surrounded the stern and the surface of the water, swooping down to hunt every now and then.
Wait, seabirds?
Fu Wan reacted instantly and quickly walked to the side of the boat.
She squinted and, through the seawater, saw shadows moving swiftly through the water.
She suddenly realized.
No wonder, no wonder this net is full of sardines.
Because there are schools of sardines!
Because fish drove the sardines over!
And these fish are one of their favorite types of fish, the yellowfin tuna!
Tuna swim too fast for trawling; the fastest and most convenient way to catch them is by seine netting.
A net can be used, but it requires two boats to complete!
Thinking of this, Fu Wan quickly searched for the shadows of other ships.
Fortunately, Fu Ming had been following them the whole time, and they were only five or six hundred meters away from the Wind and Waves.
"Dad, quick, go get the fencing!"
Fu Wan first called out to Boss Fu, then quickly ran to the headquarters room.
Dong Haiyang was in a hurry when he saw Fu Wan push open the door to the helm room and come in. Just as he was about to speak, Fu Wan picked up the radio equipment and called Fu Ming.
"Brother, are you there? Hurry up and get here as fast as you can! There are schools of fish here. Let's use both boats together with a purse seine!"
"Okay, I'm coming right now!"
At this moment, Fu Ming also noticed the unusually large number of seabirds on the sea. Upon hearing Fu Wan's voice, he quickly took the helm and headed towards the Wind and Waves at top speed.
After speaking with Fu Ming, Fu Wan hurriedly notified Chen Balang and Fu Liang.
Although their two ships are quite far apart, if they rush over as fast as they can, they might be able to get some soup.
Seeing that Fu Wan had finished her work, Dong Haiyang hurriedly spoke up.
"Master, what kind of fish are in the water?"
"Didn't you see?"
Fu Wan was surprised. She thought Dong Haiyang was calling her so urgently because he had seen a school of tuna in the water.
Dong Haiyang shook his head. "I only saw seabirds over there. Look at that dark mass. In my experience, there must be a school of fish."
"It's tuna."
"What?! A golden gun?!"
Dong Haiyang could hardly believe his ears. He quickly placed his hands on the control panel and looked at the sea, but unfortunately, his eyesight was not as good as Fu Wan's, and he could only see the constantly rising waves.
But he believed that Fu Wan wouldn't lie to him.
"Boss, is it a bluefin or a yellowfin?"
"There should be quite a lot of yellowfin tuna."
Fu Wan glanced at the approaching "Sailing Forward" ship and hurriedly instructed Dong Haiyang.
"Uncle Dong, slow down the boat, my brother is coming."
I plan to use a trawl net with them, otherwise the tuna swim too fast and the trawl net simply can't keep up.
Moreover, these tuna are very close to the surface, far above the range of the trawl net.
Upon hearing this, Dong Haiyang nodded in agreement. Fu Wan had just returned to the deck when she discovered that everyone was standing by the ship screaming in surprise.
Perhaps because the boat had disturbed the sardine school, many tuna had begun to leap out of the water. Their cannonball-like silhouettes made Ye Lin and his companions' blood boil.
I wish I could just jump into the water and grab it.
Money, it's all money!
But if they went into the water, they estimated they couldn't even keep up with one-tenth the speed of a tuna.
Fu Wan clapped her hands, and everyone looked over. Ye Lin was especially excited and shouted.
"Ah Wan, hurry up and tell us! With so many tuna, what should we do?"
"Don't rush, everyone has a task."
Fu Wan raised her hand, "Brother Lin, Brother Haishun, Brother Da Niu, and my dad, when the Yangfan Qihang gets close, lower the seine net."
"Mancang, Jinshui, Fang Min, and Fu Qing, prepare the fish baskets and knives. We'll be collecting tuna later!"
"good!"
Everyone agreed in unison, and at that moment the Sailing Ship was already approaching.
Fu Shi and Fu Dahai stood on the deck. After the net was thrown over, they busied themselves hanging it up.
Unlike trawl nets and radar nets, purse seine requires two ships to operate together.
The principle of purse seine is actually quite simple: two boats hold the two ends of the net and move forward at roughly the same speed. After surrounding the target school of fish, they gradually reduce the area where the fish are moving, and finally tighten the rope at the bottom of the net to achieve the purpose of catching them.
There is no seine net on the Sailing Ship, and the seine net on the Wind and Waves Ship was prepared by Fu Wan on a whim after she bought the ship.
There was no other way; the "Riding the Waves" ship had a dedicated warehouse. Fu Wan hadn't expected the netting to come in handy, let alone that its first use would be to deal with a school of tuna.
By this time, the tuna had sensed the danger and were swimming forward quickly.
A large school of sardines darted away in front, while seabirds seized the opportunity and swooped into the water.
The scene was unprecedentedly lively. During a break in the encirclement, Fu Wan even ran to get her camera and recorded this highly memorable moment.
When Fu Liang and Chen Balang arrived, the encirclement between the "Riding the Waves" and "Sailing Forward" ships had shrunk considerably, and many tuna were still trying to escape from the nets.
As Ye Lin and the others saw the "Returning Fully Loaded" ship approaching, they excitedly waved to them.
"Hey, hurry up and cast the net! Hurry up and cast the net!"
There are still quite a few tuna feeding at sea right now. If you cast your net accurately, you can probably pull some tuna up!
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