Bai Yu and the others were all shocked as they stared in disbelief at the crab cage filled with king crabs that was about to be loaded onto the deck.
It was at this moment that Bai Yu and the others realized why the winch had been rotating so slowly before.
That's because there were just too many things in these crab traps. Even in the first crab trap that came out of the water, Bai Yu couldn't see any gaps inside.
The entire crab cage contained nothing but king crabs; not even a single snow crab was mixed in. It was all king crabs, and they were all very large.
You should know that the crab traps Bai Yu and his team used were professional traps for catching king crabs. These traps were square, four meters on each side and half a meter high.
To fill a crab trap of this size, even if it's filled with king crabs, which are all quite large, you'd need at least two or three hundred.
Two or three hundred king crabs were caught in one crab trap. How could Bai Yu and the others not be shocked?
After all, this crab cage contains more than just king crabs; this stuff is worth RMB!
If all two or three hundred king crabs are up to standard, each one should weigh at least four or five pounds. Then multiply by two hundred, and this crab cage should contain at least a thousand pounds of king crabs.
If Bai Yu and his group were to transport all the king crabs in this crab cage to Hai Province, they could sell them for at least two hundred yuan per kilogram. A thousand kilograms would be worth more than two hundred thousand yuan!
This is just one crab trap. Bai Yu and his group have nine more crab traps like this. As for what they will harvest from the remaining crab traps!
I can't even think about it, I really can't!
Unfortunately, Bai Yu and his group are currently in the Bering Strait, and they even came in a yacht, so it's unrealistic to expect them to transport these king crabs back.
As for calling a ship from the company to pick up the goods, that's not very cost-effective, as it's too far from Hai Province to the Bering Strait.
So the king crabs they caught this time could only be sold to Hengke.
As a result, the price of king crab will be much cheaper, at most a tiny bit more expensive than during the fishing season, and that's all.
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As for Trof and the others standing to the side, their expressions were relatively calm. After all, they had fished for king crabs before, and they did so every year. They had basically seen all kinds of scenes.
Given the situation Bai Yu and his group are currently facing, they might feel a little envious, but they wouldn't be shocked.
Then, with the help of Trof and the others, they tied the first crab trap to the crane and fished it onto the deck.
There was no other way; their yacht had railings along the side, and even when Bai Yu and his group were returning to the dock, they used the passenger pick-up and drop-off passage, which was still very narrow.
The crab traps Bai Yu and his group are using are too large to be lifted out of here; they'll need a crane.
As the first crab trap was loaded onto the ship, Trof's crew, as if by some unspoken agreement, silently approached the trap, preparing to begin the next step of the operation.
However, it was only at this moment that they seemed to realize that they were not on their own fishing boat, but on Bai Yu and the others' yacht!
The facilities and layout on the deck here are very different from those on their fishing boats; in fact, they are completely different.
They wanted to clean out the king crabs in this crab cage, but they didn't know how.
For Trof and his crew, they used to fish in professional crab fishing boats with all the necessary facilities.
All they need to do is set up and take down the crab traps, and then determine whether the king crabs are compliant. If they are compliant, they simply throw them into an opening on the deck, and the king crabs will enter a special storage compartment.
Unlike Bai Yu's yacht, which is mainly for recreation, the crab traps on the deck require people to take out the king crabs one by one, which is much more troublesome.
But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, Bai Yu and his friends are going on a world tour, so they'll definitely need a yacht. They can't exactly travel the world in a fishing boat.
Besides, Bai Yu and his friends were just catching king crabs for the experience, and making some money on the side was fine. A little trouble was no big deal.
Then Li Shuang and the others started working, opening the gate of the crab cage and catching crabs one by one.
However, the process of catching crabs was not so smooth. There were just too many king crabs in this crab trap, piled up densely, in several layers.
While Li Shuang and the others were catching king crabs from the crab cage, they would get pinched by the king crabs from time to time. The feeling was something that only those who tried it could understand.
The crucial point is that Li Shuang and his group weren't pinched by the crab they were trying to catch, but rather by the crabs surrounding them—these king crabs were piled up so densely that it was difficult to catch them.
When Li Shuang and his team caught a king crab, they had already entered the attack range of multiple king crabs. Even if they could defend against one king crab, they would still be attacked by the king crabs next to them.
That kind of situation, well, it's really impossible to guard against it!
Fortunately, Li Shuang and the others were wearing gloves, so even if they were pinched by the king crab, they would only feel a little pain and would not suffer any other harm.
But the pain alone was enough for Li Shuang and the others to endure.
However, neither Li Shuang and Lu Sheng, nor the Maozi who helped them, had any complaints about this.
Even while working, Maozi taught Li Shuang and others how to more quickly identify the male and female king crabs.
After a series of operations, Li Shuang and his team's efficiency improved significantly.
Meanwhile, Bai Yu was also busy with his bait. When he boarded the fourth crab trap, he and Li Xue started sorting the king crabs together.
Put the compliant items aside and the non-compliant items aside, categorize them and put them in a unified manner, and then process them in a unified way.
However, when storing the king crab, Trof gave another evaluation of the storage location for Bai Yu and the others, which was quite terrible.
Because Bai Yu and his group were on a yacht, there was no special place to store king crabs on board. The only live fish hold was too small, and it was already saturated with two or three hundred crabs.
This live fish hold isn't for storing saltwater fish, but rather for storing live fish prepared for the yacht's customers; it's considered a food reserve.
After all, their yacht is positioned as a high-end brand, so it's normal for them to prepare whatever kind of food for their guests. Even if a guest wants to eat freshwater fish at sea, they can do that.
In addition, Bai Yu and his group also kept some crabs in the fish tanks in the restaurant and the kitchen.
The remaining crabs were placed in the swimming pool, which was the only place on the yacht that could store a large number of live crabs.
All of their storage locations demonstrate one thing: it was almost entirely due to the unprofessionalism of Bai Yu and his group, and the operation was completely carried out by non-professionals.
Although Bai Yu and his group were traveling on a yacht with very limited resources, king crabs are cold-water crabs, and their farming requires cold water, not room temperature water.
Following Trof's advice, Bai Yu and his team placed plenty of ice in the several live fish tanks, aquariums, fish boxes, and swimming pools containing king crabs to lower the water temperature.
While cleaning the crab trap, Bai Yu counted how many king crabs were in the trap and how many of them were of acceptable quality.
You wouldn't believe it, but once you count it, you'll be shocked.
After Bai Yu and Li Xue counted, they found a total of 322 king crabs in the crab trap they cleaned, including 145 female crabs, 36 unqualified male crabs, and 141 qualified crabs.
Although more than half of the crabs were released, in addition to the 141 crabs that were kept, Bai Yu and Li Xue also found quite a few crab legs in the crab cage.
King crabs are different from ordinary crabs. In addition to their two large claws, ordinary crabs have eight legs.
But king crabs are different; they only have six legs in addition to two large claws.
Although they didn't have many crab legs, Bai Yu found more than a hundred crab legs in the cage. These crab legs were all quite long and looked very meaty.
Just these crab legs alone would weigh over ten pounds.
Moreover, because the price of king crab has remained high, its legs, which are part of the king crab, are not cheap when sold separately, costing several tens of yuan per kilogram.
I don't know what's wrong with these king crabs. They should just stay in the crab cage and behave themselves, but they have to do something shady in there and leave so many crab legs in the cage.
And the most amazing thing is that the king crab's legs can grow back after they fall off.
When faced with danger, just like a gecko shedding its tail to survive, they will also sever their legs to survive.
These crab legs were probably knocked off by the king crabs fighting inside the crab trap, giving them to Bai Yu and the others for nothing.
After Bai Yu and the others finished counting all ten crab traps, they had harvested a total of 1,889 qualified king crabs. On average, each king crab weighed more than five catties, and the total weight was about ten thousand catties.
The reason for such a large harvest is mainly because there is no one competing with Bai Yu and his group for king crabs in the Bering Strait. In addition, these king crabs have been resting and recuperating for several months, so they have become much more comfortable.
Then they ran into Bai Yu, and a whole group of king crabs crashed into them, making a huge profit for Bai Yu and his group.
In addition to these ten large crab traps, they also have forty smaller crab traps, which also contain a considerable number of king crabs waiting for them to collect.
By the time Bai Yu and the others had collected all the crab traps, three hours had passed. Before Bai Yu could even tally their total catch, they took the yacht back to Trof.
Before parting ways, Trof specifically instructed Li Shuang to call him and have someone in the company call him, and not to forget!
When it comes to making money, it's not just Bai Yu and his group who care a lot; even the rough-around-the-edges Russians care about it just as much.
After all, this concerns their income for a period of time in the future, so this matter must be taken seriously.
Li Shuang nodded in agreement, indicating that he would make arrangements for someone in the company to call Trof in 48 hours.
The reason for allowing 48 hours was to allow Trof time to return and to gather the cod.
Although the first batch of cod was not very large, only 100,000 catties, Bai Yu and others were familiar with the quality of the Bering Strait cod. In short, it was delicious and tender!
As long as Trof doesn't cheat them on quality, Li Shuang can guarantee that Trof will make a fortune just by trading cod with Yuxue Shipping Company.
Even while traveling, Li Shuang still finds a way to make money for the company. With this attitude, don't you think he deserves a best employee award?
The company has an easy way to make money: just bring the cod back to Hai Province. But what about the fuel costs for their yachts?
Although they caught quite a lot of king crabs this time, Bai Yu and his team's twenty crab traps alone weighed about 12,000 to 13,000 catties. Adding the harvest from the previous few days, the total was no more than 15,000 to 16,000 catties.
However, king crabs are worthless here in Da'e. According to what Trof told them, and after Baiyu converted the price to domestic prices, it would only be around 40 or 50 yuan per kilogram.
And that doesn't even include taxes. Foreign vessels like Bai Yu's, even if they have fishing licenses, still have to pay taxes to the fisheries association. The exact amount depends on how much the association collects.
Hengke hadn't told them this before, and they didn't know that selling king crabs here required paying taxes. They only knew that importing king crabs from Da'e required paying customs duties.
That's why Bai Yu is a little worried now.
They didn't have much space left on their yacht to store crabs, so even if they caught more king crabs, they wouldn't have anywhere to put them.
Their boat is ultimately just a yacht. It has a lot of entertainment facilities, but the space for storing king crabs is really small.
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