There were only four people on this fishing boat: Bai Yu, Wang Hai, Lu Sheng, and Li Shuang.
Li Xue and the others, along with the security personnel, all remained on the yacht and did not follow the fishing boat.
After all, fishing at sea, especially with large fishing boats using trawl nets, is really not suitable for girls.
This isn't meant to be disrespectful to women, but there really aren't many things suitable for women to do on the Yuxue No. 9 fishing boat.
One is the restaurant, and the other is the sorting line inside the ship's cabin.
Besides requiring a certain amount of strength, the work done overtime also requires a certain level of skill. Women without relevant experience really can't do these things.
If all they need to do is participate in sorting or cooking, it seems like it doesn't matter whether Li Xue and her friends go to the fishing boat or not; it doesn't matter whether they experience it or not.
As Bai Yu and the others boarded the ship, the three vessels separated.
The yacht headed west, mainly towards our home. He was going to wait on the fishing boats' return route to meet up with the Yuxue No. 9.
As for the other two fishing boats, they planned to fish separately in order to maximize fishing efficiency and catch more seafood to bring back to China.
After arriving at Yuxue No. 9, Bai Yu immediately took Wang Hai to the bridge and took the helm from the captain.
"Brother Li, let me drive for a few hours over the next few hours, let me experience what it's like to look for fish, and see how lucky I am to find a larger school of fish."
"No problem, Mr. Bai. Peru has relatively abundant resources. I believe you can find a large school of fish."
Captain Li echoed Bai Yu's actions with a comment.
His words were not flattery at all; rather, Peru is indeed very rich in resources, and finding schools of fish here is truly a simple matter.
Just before they arrived in Peru, they spotted many schools of fish while passing through Peru's economic zone.
However, Yuxue No. 9 had other things to do at the time, so even though they discovered the fish, they didn't take any action, as their main objective was still to purchase the fish.
Not to mention, their fishing boat is equipped with the most advanced fish-finding equipment in the country. As long as there are schools of fish in the area they pass through, the fish finder can detect them immediately.
Sure enough, after taking over the helm from Bai Yu, Wang Hai had only been sailing for a little over an hour when he made a discovery on the fish finder.
"Brother Fisherman, we've spotted a school of fish! It's right to the left of our fishing boat, and the school is quite large—it's a huge green dot!"
What's that big green dot on the left side of the fishing boat?
Bai Yu's interest was immediately piqued. Apart from the larger fish, the ones that could be shown as green dots on the fish finder were schools of fish.
Large fish are displayed as small green dots, but large green dots represent schools of fish covering an area of at least one nautical mile.
One nautical mile is nearly two kilometers in size, so this school of fish is not small. Regardless of what kind of fish it is, Bai Yu is full of curiosity about it.
Bai Hao then turned the rudder slightly to the left, preparing to let the trawl net behind the fishing boat pass through the school of fish.
Given that Peru's marine specialties include two small sea fish, anchovies and pufferfish, the trawl net used by the Yuxue No. 9 fishing boat this time is a trawl net with very small mesh.
If this were in China, it would be considered a website that would cause people to die out their descendants, and anyone who used it would easily be criticized.
But it's different in Peru. There are so many anchovies and wrasses in Peru that they simply can't catch either of them without using trawls.
Different fishing nets should be used at different times to maximize their profits.
Soon the trawl net behind the Yuxue No. 9 fishing boat came over and swept across the trawl net.
Fishing requires a great deal of cooperation between the two parties involved.
At this point, Bai Yu was navigating the boat while Wang Hai provided information to Bai Yu via the fish finder's monitor.
Captain Li, who was standing nearby, was also busy. He was using a walkie-talkie to communicate with the crew on deck.
Instruct the crew on deck to adjust the height of the trawl nets in order to maximize the catch of more fish.
As the trawl net cut through the school of fish, Bai Yu maneuvered his fishing boat to make a wide turn on the sea surface, and then charged straight towards the school of fish again.
Bai Yu had extensive experience in fishing, and he knew that even when encountering a school of fish, the fishing boat should at least make two back-and-forth runs against the school.
Only in this way can the catch in the trawl net be increased, and more fish can be caught at once.
After all, the fishing nets they use are dozens of meters long. They can't just haul in a ton or two at a time.
At the very least, we should catch at least ten tons, or even more.
Bai Yu is currently maintaining a speed of 20 knots in his fishing boat.
At this speed, it charged at the school of fish three times, covering a round trip of nearly twenty nautical miles, and the whole process lasted for more than an hour.
Then Bai Yu slowed down the fishing boat and sailed alongside the school of fish, following the direction the fish were swimming.
Bai Yu then returned the helm to Brother Li, and led Wang Hai out of the wheelhouse and towards the first deck.
He wanted to go and see what kind of fish were caught this time, and what kind of fish were in this school.
As the fishing boat slowed down, the team leader on deck immediately started the winch to pull back the trawl net at the stern.
Yuxue No. 9 is one of the company's oldest ships. The crew members on this ship, whether they are junior crew members or senior officers such as the captain and first mate, are all veterans of the company.
They do have good teamwork; they are very clear that the fishing boat slowing down means it's time to haul in the nets.
It takes some time to retrieve the trawl net, since the winch's rotation speed is limited and it can only be retrieved at a certain speed.
By the time Bai Yu brought Wang Hai onto the deck, only half of the fishing nets had been pulled in; the rest would have to wait.
Bai Yu then found Li Shuang and Lu Sheng on the deck. The four of them were wearing wading pants and life jackets, with a large shovel and a large seafood basket at their feet.
Then the four of them started chatting in that position.
After waiting for about five or six minutes, a section of green fishing net surfaced and came onto the deck from the stern of the boat.
The trawl net used on this boat was 45 meters long. The catch was not very large. The first 10 meters of the trawl net were empty, and the first part of the net that was brought onto the boat was this empty section.
Next comes the trawl net with the catch. Once the trawl net with the catch is on board, the crew stops the winch.
The winch will no longer be needed for the time being; the crane will take over the work from here on out.
However, while this winch stopped, another winch on the other side of the fishing boat started operating. They always used two trawl nets together when fishing.
We've just retrieved the first trawl net, and while we're cleaning out the catch, we can also retrieve the other trawl net.
This can save some time and improve everyone's work efficiency.
As the No. 1 trawl net was being set sail, Bai Yu and his three companions approached it to inspect the catch.
"Anchovy? This should be anchovy, right?"
Looking at the densely packed small fish in the trawl net, Bai Yu said with a hint of doubt.
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he prepared to take out his phone to check the species of fish, but as soon as he took out his phone, he saw that it displayed "No Service".
He then realized that he was on the Yuxue No. 9 fishing boat, not on a yacht. There was no internet on board, and his mobile phone could only be used as a standalone device!
Now things are really messed up. Bai Yu doesn't know what kind of fish it is, and Li Shuang and the others next to her are even less able to tell the difference. There's nothing they can do about it, since anchovies and pufferfish look so alike.
Finally, a crew member on deck gave them an answer: the net had caught anchovies.
Anchovies and codfish are different in appearance. Anchovies are shaped more like a knife, with a belly and a very pointed tail.
Anchovies, on the other hand, are more slender and well-proportioned, without a large belly, and their tails are forked.
The four fishermen learned the difference between anchovies and pufferfish through the crew's explanation.
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