After talking with his uncle and others, Bai Yu went to the cryogenic chamber to see what his uncle and the others had gained over the past two weeks.
After reading it, Bai Yu understood one thing: his uncle really hadn't lied to him; their haul from this voyage was really not that great.
The entire fishing boat has a full load capacity of 1,300 tons. The Yuxue fishing boat has three refrigerated compartments, but after Bai Yu inspected them, he found that none of the three compartments were even full.
Especially the smallest one, this refrigerated compartment has a full capacity of 300 tons, and is usually used to store some more valuable catches of fish.
For example, large tuna, swordfish, or East China Sea ribbonfish, king prawns, black tiger prawns, and similar catches.
However, this time the freezer compartment contained very little fish, less than one-tenth full, and the majority of the fish were ribbonfish and prawns.
These two things certainly have value, but it's not that high.
Bai Yu then opened his system panel to check his luck value for the day and whether he should use the search function to find a school of fish.
However, even if they were to look for one, now wouldn't be the time, since their current location is quite close to the coastline, making it unsuitable for trawling operations.
However, there is some good news: his luck stat is pretty good today, exceeding 50, which is enough for him to find a decent large school of fish.
When Bai Yu arrived at the Yu Xue fishing boat, it was only 10 a.m. By 5 p.m., close to dinner time, they had already arrived near the Dongsha Islands, where resources had become abundant.
In the area where they are now, the crew on the ship immediately lowered the trawl net and began operations at sea.
In response to the current situation, Bai Yu simultaneously opened the system panel, then activated the search function, and entered the fish species he wanted to search for.
Since the goal was to find a school of fish, Bai Yu decided to start with a big one, a relatively valuable sea fish.
As for which fish is more valuable, it is naturally the large yellow croaker.
However, the large yellow croaker is such a rare species that catching a large number of them while fishing at sea would be too conspicuous.
Bai Yu has just won three Grand Slams, and he's already incredibly popular. He doesn't want to trend on social media again for the time being.
So after a brief moment of thought, Bai Yu rejected the large yellow croaker option and opted for the pomfret as a second choice.
As for the luck points invested, Bai Yu looked at the values on the luck panel, thought for a moment, and then invested 55 out of 56 luck points before clicking search.
As the radar on the panel began to rotate, Tongzi started working, searching for the presence of schools of pomfret within its search range.
In just a few seconds, a school of pomfret appeared on the panel. This school of fish was behind their fishing boat, Yuxue, and they had just passed by it.
Unfortunately, the fish-finding radar on the Yuxue fishing boat had a limited range. When it passed by there before, it did not detect the school of fish nearby and just missed them.
Fortunately, Tongzige's search range was large enough, and it also had the function of guiding the direction, leading the fish to wait on the path that the fishing boat would inevitably take, waiting for the fishing boat to find them.
However, since the school of pomfret was located behind the fishing boat, it would take them quite a while to get around to the boat's only route. Bai Yu and his crew would have to wait.
According to the tips given by Brother Tongzi, it would take the fishing boat more than two hours to spot the school of fish if it did not change direction.
Bai Yu was also quite helpless about this situation. Although he really wanted the fishing boat to catch some fish so he could have something to do,
However, the reality didn't allow it, since the school of fish was behind the fishing boat, and the white fisherman couldn't control where the school of fish might appear.
So he had no choice but to wait. Two hours later, the fishing boat's radar detected the school of fish, and then they began their operations at sea.
Fortunately, Bai Yu was a little bored, but not too bored, because it was already past five o'clock, and in a little while, it would be time for them to have dinner.
Now all he has to do is stroll around on the boat and wait for dinner.
However, compared to wandering around, Bai Yu preferred to wander around the kitchen. After searching for the fish, he went to the kitchen and went to chat with his uncle in the back kitchen.
The cook on the fishing boat was Bai's father's junior apprentice. When Bai Yu went out to sea with the boat before, he would often hang around in the kitchen and freeload.
Now that he's on board, he'll definitely follow the old tradition and help his uncle try out the dishes.
"Uncle, it's almost dinner time. Is dinner ready? What are we having for dinner tonight? Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Oh, Xiaoyu's here. Dinner will be ready soon. If you're hungry, you can eat first. The dishes over there are already prepared."
As for helping out, we have enough staff in the kitchen, there's nothing we need to do. Besides, you're the boss, there's no reason for you to help us. Just sit outside and wait for dinner to be served.
When Bai Yu came in, the chef greeted her and then focused on cooking.
I don't know if tonight's dinner was because of Bai Yu's arrival or if this is how the crew usually eats, but in any case, tonight's dinner was very sumptuous.
It wasn't just tonight; the same thing happened at noon.
Bai Yu had eaten rather bland food in the port city a couple of days ago, so he had a big pot of food on the ship, which brought back the flavors he used to enjoy.
That's why I came to the kitchen early for dinner to see what we'd be having.
The chef is currently making braised pork ribs, and he's in the final stages of preparation. He just needs to reduce the sauce a little more before it's ready to serve.
Besides the pork ribs, the other dishes already prepared also included chicken, duck, and fish, making it a very lavish meal.
Bai Yu stayed in the kitchen until six o'clock. It wasn't until the bell rang for dinner that he went to the dining area, took a plate, and started queuing for his meal.
As for what Bai Hao did in the kitchen during that long period of time before that?
What else could they do? Of course, they'd taste the food, or as they call it, sneak a bite.
As for the queue, since Bai Yu arrived early, he was undoubtedly the first in line. He then filled a plate with food and found an empty spot to eat.
He spent the entire day on the fishing boat, doing absolutely nothing, and his energy expenditure was practically zero.
So when it comes to food, I don't eat too much and finish my meal quickly.
The reason he ate so quickly was because work had come up on deck, and he was eager to get up there to work.
Bai Yu is the type of person who can't sit still. He was genuinely bored all day today.
Now they've finally started hauling in the net. Although the fishing boat is still a bit far from the pomfret they had previously searched for, the trawl net has been dragging in the sea for several hours. At the very least, catching a few tons of seafood shouldn't be a problem.
When Bai Yu came out of the cabin and came to the first deck, the winch on the deck was working loudly, and the trawl net in the sea was being pulled in circle by circle.
After a few minutes, the trawl net was brought to the surface and stuck tightly to the deck at the stern.
The trawl net that the crew set out this time was the largest net equipped on the fishing boat, a trawl net that was 75 meters long, the same length as the fishing boat.
However, the results were indeed rather dismal.
A 75-meter trawl net, after several hours of towing, only caught a tiny amount of fish in the sea. The catch was only about one-tenth of the net's catch, and it was very loose.
Bai Yu roughly estimated that the catch of this net would be at most 10,000 catties, or even less than 10,000 catties. Keep in mind that 10,000 catties is only 5 tons.
The catch was really small, considering that the trawl net had been dragging in the ocean for more than three hours, and this was all that was caught.
If every net yields this little bit of catch, how many times would they have to haul in the nets to fill the freezer compartment?
The crew then maneuvered the trawl net onto the deck, and the ship's crane used a hook to attach it to the mesh of the net and lift it up.
The fishing boat owned by Bai Yu and his company has a small factory inside, so they don't need to sort the fish on deck when they catch them.
All you need to do is hoist them above the unloading point and unload them all into the hold. The crew inside the hold will then sort the catch.
The crew on deck only need to pick up the fish that have slipped down from around the unloading port and clean the fishing nets.
While the crew worked, Bai Yu stood aside with a basket, waiting to unload the fish and then helping to pick up the catch that had fallen onto the deck.
It was at this moment that Bai Yu made a surprising discovery in the fishing net, using the light from the boat.
"Brother Huang, Brother Huang, look at what they caught in that fishing net. Isn't there a big one over there? I think I see leopard print on it. What is that thing?"
Bai Yu pointed out his discovery to Brother Huang, who was standing next to him, so that he could also see what the thing in the fishing net was.
"Leopard print? Let me see where it is. Oh, I thought you were talking about something else. This is a sea turtle. I thought it was a seal."
"Seals? We have seals in the South China Sea, Brother Huang, don't talk nonsense. The camera on my collar is for recording videos. If you spread the wrong information, people will say you're unprofessional."
As for that sea turtle you mentioned, that guy was really unlucky; it got caught in a trawl net. We'll have to release it later.
After Brother Huang said that the thing was a sea turtle, Bai Yu also went closer to take a look, and it really was just as Brother Huang said, this time the trawling net really caught a sea turtle.
Moreover, judging from Brother Huang's demeanor, he seemed completely unfazed by the sea turtle, which proves that this was definitely not the first time they had caught one.
"Hey, Brother Huang, what are you doing with that little shovel?"
Just then, Bai Yu turned around and saw Brother Huang coming over with a small shovel.
Bai Yu also has a small iron shovel, but his shovel is used for beachcombing, especially when digging for oysters. This small iron shovel is very useful for that.
But Bai Yu and the others are on a fishing boat now, so what is Brother Huang doing with this small iron shovel?
"Clean the barnacles off the sea turtles. Mr. Bai, you don't know, every time we catch a sea turtle, these sea turtles are in a terrible state, covered in a lot of barnacles."
These barnacles are parasitic sea snails. When the barnacles cover the entire body of the sea turtle, that's when the sea turtle dies.
At this time of year, we clean all the barnacles off the sea turtles, giving them some peace and quiet.
Just as Brother Huang finished speaking, the sea turtle that had been caught in the fishing net slipped out of it.
This sea turtle is enormous; its shell alone is almost a meter in diameter.
Such a large sea turtle could not possibly have slid down the fish unloading hatch into the ship's hold; instead, it landed directly on the fish unloading hatch and blocked it.
Seeing that the fish unloading opening was blocked, Brother Huang, who was standing nearby, took a large shovel and pushed the turtle's shell to the side, clearing it from above the fish unloading opening.
"Mr. Bai, do you see the turtle's back? Those things growing on it are barnacles. They are absorbing the turtle's nutrients every moment."
This sea turtle doesn't have too many barnacles on its back yet. We encountered a sea turtle before whose shell was no longer enough for the barnacles to infest; they had started infesting its limbs and head.
If we hadn't discovered it in time, that sea turtle would probably have been sucked to death by barnacles much sooner.
Brother Huang led Bai Yu to the sea turtle and pointed to the protrusions on the turtle's shell, which were barnacles.
Then, using his small shovel, he pried up the raised edges and pried off a piece of barnacle.
The small bulge that Brother Huang pried open seemed to be just one, but when he pried it off and showed Bai Yu the inside, it turned out to be a combination of more than a dozen barnacles.
It's just that these barnacles are probably still quite small and in their growth period, so from the outside you can only see a small bulge and not the exact number of barnacles.
"Mr. Bai, cleaning barnacles is a very stress-relieving activity, especially cleaning the barnacles off a sea turtle. It's very rewarding. Would you like to give it a try?"
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