Bai Yu looked at the golden snapper in his hand with a puzzled expression. This fish did not belong to the Pacific Ocean; it was an introduced species.
Previously, most golden snapper entered my country as imported seafood. However, the price of imports is always a bit high. While Chinese people may not be strong in other areas, their ability to localize products is absolutely outstanding.
With the development of aquaculture technology, the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan in southern my country soon began to develop the industry of farming golden sea bream, with Guangxi Province having the most, and there are quite a few bases for farming this creature there.
As for the Haihe River Basin, there may be people engaged in aquaculture there, but Bai Yu is not particularly familiar with it, since aquaculture is not considered a major economic activity in the Haihe River Basin.
Even if some are farmed, there's a possibility that some fish might escape to the sea and settle here.
However, these aquaculture bases are usually not located too far from the coastline. Even if goldenhead sea bream escape from the cages, they will not go to the deep sea area, but will settle not far from the coastline.
The area where Bai Yu and his group were located could be considered the central area of the South China Sea. While it wasn't exactly deserted, it was certainly a vast and boundless ocean.
So where did these golden-headed sea bream come from? Where did they come from?
Rather than saying this golden snapper escaped from their domestic aquaculture base, it's more accurate to say it was raised in the Philippines, since they are much closer to the Philippines than the coastal province.
Bai Yu simply made a cut on the fin of the golden snapper and then put it in the box.
Regardless, the golden snapper can be used for sashimi, and it can be considered a high-end sea fish. The proper processing still needs to be done.
Then Bai Yu took an octopus, hooked it on the fishing hook, and cast it out.
Judging from this golden snapper, octopuses are quite good for fishing, at least you won't encounter a situation where no fish bite the hook.
In that case, his octopus bait will finally come in handy, and he'll use it to wreak havoc!
After casting the second line, Bai Yu originally thought he would have to wait a while, but he was wrong. The speed at which he caught fish far exceeded his expectations.
He had just cast his bait, the fishing line had just stopped moving, and he had just picked up a towel to wipe the water off his hands when his fishing line started moving again.
Don't ask why Bai Yu's hands weren't on the fishing line; how did he know a fish had taken the bait?
Although he is wiping his hands, his eyes are at rest!
He saw the fishing rod on the stand move, slowly sliding towards the seawater, and not only the fishing rod, but the reel also started to spin.
With these two factors combined, surely Bai Yu couldn't possibly miss catching the fish?
Upon realizing this, Bai Yu tossed the towel aside, immediately picked up the fishing rod, and quickly lifted it upwards.
Unfortunately, the cast missed; the fish that had taken the bait probably didn't actually bite, and the cast startled it away.
Bai Yu then retrieved the bait and checked it. The octopus was still obediently hanging on the hook, but this guy should be renamed; it can't be called an octopus anymore.
Because it no longer has eight tentacles; two were eaten by the creature that bit the hook earlier, leaving it with six tentacles.
Seeing this, Bai Yu silently lit three incense sticks for the octopus in her heart, deeply sympathizing with its dismemberment.
Of course, Bai Yu was only being sympathetic. He then threw the octopus out again, intending to use it as bait and squeeze out as much of its remaining value as possible.
I cast the hook out again, and before long, I heard the sound of a fish taking the bait on the rod once more.
Learning from his previous mistake of missing the target, Bai Yu didn't rush to lift the rod this time. Instead, he gave it time to let the octopus swallow the whole thing before lifting the rod. He was determined that the octopus wouldn't be able to escape after that.
Sure enough, after waiting a few seconds, Bai Yu lifted the fishing rod again. He could clearly feel the weight on the rod. This time he hit the hook, and the fish that had taken the bait did not escape.
A few minutes later, he caught another golden snapper.
This time, the golden snapper caught was slightly larger than the previous one. For Bai Yu, big fish are his favorite.
As I said before, the bigger the fish, the better its performance.
After Bai Yu finished dealing with the golden snapper in his hand, he baited the hook again and continued fishing.
After fishing for an hour or so, Bai Yu caught another seven or eight golden snapper, as well as some other fish, with golden snapper making up the majority of the catch.
Moreover, it wasn't just Bai Yu; it was all the contestants on the island. It was as if they had stirred up a hornet's nest. There were only about a hundred contestants in the entire competition, and after an hour, almost everyone had caught a golden snapper.
However, the number varies. Some people only caught one or two, while others caught more. For example, Bai Yu caught almost ten golden snapper.
Of all the participants, at least three hundred golden snapper were caught in just one hour.
Three hundred golden snapper may not seem like much; not only in the vast ocean, but even on the small island where they are now, it is a very insignificant number.
However, everyone should remember one thing: the golden-headed sea bream is not a native marine fish; it is an introduced species.
They live in the South China Sea and have adapted to the environment there, where they have thrived and multiplied. This means that they have encroached on the resources that originally belonged to the fish in the South China Sea.
It's important to know that the number of golden snapper caught by the contestants is ultimately a small minority. There are definitely a large number of golden snapper that haven't been caught in their area.
Unfortunately, even though Bai Yu knew about this situation, he really didn't have a good way to deal with these golden snapper.
After all, there's an old saying that goes, "The sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap."
These golden-headed sea bream live in the ocean, and no one can completely eradicate them. They don't even have many natural predators here.
Although Bai Yu couldn't do anything about them, he could have Ke Ke explain the origins of the golden-headed sea bream in the live stream, especially emphasizing its status as an invasive species.
Incidentally, the flesh of the golden snapper is delicious, with a rich and sweet flavor. Whether used for sashimi or braised, it is a delicacy.
The key point is that this kind of fish is not too expensive. You can buy it for 20 or 30 yuan per catty in the market. If you go to a specialty fish shop or a big restaurant, it will be a little more expensive.
However, for ordinary people, the golden snapper they buy at the market is enough for them. Bai Yu didn't believe it; after all, China is a nation of food lovers.
For such delicious and inexpensive invasive species, it would be a disservice to our thousands of years of food culture not to let them be eaten to extinction or farmed.
As for protecting the golden-headed sea bream?
Stop joking, I've never heard of any country legislating against invasive species.
To be honest, putting aside the fact that the golden-headed sea bream is an invasive species, Bai Yu has a pretty good impression of it.
In particular, Bai Yu had been to Guangxi and had eaten raw fish made with golden snapper there. How to describe the taste? It was one of the few raw fish dishes that Bai Yu could accept.
Looking at the golden snapper in the box, for a moment, Bai Yu wondered if he should take one to the staff and ask them to give it to the cruise ship's kitchen so that the chef could process it for him.
Finally, Bai Yu thought about it and gave up on the idea. He thought of the raw fish in Guangxi, which was made with a lot of herbs, all kinds of herbs, which made the raw fish taste so delicious.
The cruise ship's kitchen might not have these herbs, which would greatly diminish the flavor of the sashimi, and it might not be to Bai Yu's liking.
Leaving Bai Yu aside for now, after Ke Ke explained the origins of the golden snapper, as well as its various textures, cooking methods, and prices, the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live stream started to take action.
These viewers, whether they are slacking off at work, resting at home, or attending school,
Whenever they could cook at home, they would immediately pull out their phones to call their parents, their wives, the market, or their seafood relatives.
Suddenly, phone bills across the country skyrocketed as hundreds of thousands of people called at the same time, all talking about the same thing: they wanted to eat golden snapper!
However, in the end, it would be good if only one-tenth of the hundreds of thousands of viewers who called actually got to eat golden snapper.
As for the remaining nine-tenths of the audience, he and his family were probably hearing about golden snapper for the first time, so it was even more difficult for them to buy it, as golden snapper was not sold in many places.
Unless they buy it online and have it delivered to them by courier, but then they can forget about wanting to know about the golden snapper on the same day, as courier services can't deliver that fast.
It was also because of Keke's explanation that the sales of golden snapper increased significantly during the four days from the 12th to the 15th.
In many local markets, golden snapper was sold out in a short period of time. The demand was so high that it drove up the market price of golden snapper, and only then did the sales volume gradually decrease.
As Keke mentioned in the live stream, the price of golden snapper might be a bit higher when ordered in restaurants or hotels, except for sashimi. Its value in the market is limited.
If its price increase exceeds buyers' expectations, they will naturally stop buying.
However, this has allowed many merchants to sense a business opportunity. Simply through Keke's explanation, without even her deliberately guiding viewers to buy golden-headed sea bream, sales of golden-headed sea bream have been significantly boosted.
These merchants really can't imagine what kind of price the products Keke would sell for if she gave them a little guidance during the live stream.
As a result, on the 12th, Yuxue Shipping Company received several calls from people wanting to advertise during their live stream.
Some even wanted Keke to help sell their products, requesting that she sell them during the live stream, and that she would give Bai Yu and her team 30% of the sales revenue as commission.
When these calls came to the company, Li Xue was the only one left who could make decisions. Without even thinking, she rejected all the conditions these people proposed.
Their company's commission rate is only between 5% and 15%. For a product to offer 30% of the sales revenue, it must be either a product with a very high profit margin or a product with some kind of problem to justify such a high commission rate.
Bai Yu's company refuses to accept such products, no matter how much money the other party offers.
As for advertising in the live stream, that's even more impossible. They already have sponsors for this competition, so if they're going to advertise, it'll be for these three companies. Why would they advertise for anyone else?
Although Bai Yu and his company do want to make money, they won't make this kind of money.
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