"Uncle, a school of salmon! It really is a school of salmon! We've actually found this school of salmon!"
As the fishing boat got closer and closer to the splashing water ahead, Bai Yu could clearly see a school of salmon swimming on the surface of the sea.
Those splashes of water were caused by these salmon on the surface of the water.
I don't know if it's because there are just too many salmon and there isn't enough oxygen for them, but these salmon keep appearing on the surface of the sea, which looks quite spectacular.
Especially when observed up close, a long strip of water reveals a large group of countless salmon beneath it.
Bai Yu didn't even need to remind her; she could see that her uncle, as the captain, had the best view from the bridge, so he could naturally see everything.
He then used the ship's radio to call the other nine fishing boats and gave them the instruction: "Operate freely!"
Faced with such a large number of salmon, none of the captains, including Uncle, could resist.
At that moment, these captains had only one thought in their minds: to sail over and salvage it!
Not to mention the other captains, even the uncle in charge of the fleet did the same thing. His first reaction upon seeing these salmon was to rush up and scoop them up with a few nets.
After all, these salmon are a lot of money. They're wild-caught, with roe. If we bring them back, we won't have to worry about selling them!
That's why my uncle issued the order to act freely immediately, and he was the first to rush out.
Each captain has their own fishing method when fishing at sea. My uncle rarely gives command to other captains; he lets them fish on their own.
The only thing that made my uncle feel sorry for them was that they were currently too far from Hai Province, and it was too late to notify other fishing boats to come over.
By the time other fishing boats arrived, the salmon had mostly already migrated away and disappeared.
So this chance to make a fortune can only be left to the ten fishing boats on site. The total carrying capacity of these ten fishing boats is 11,000 to 12,000 tons. If they can fill them all up, then they will be rich.
Twelve thousand tons, that's twenty-four million catties. If all these salmon were put on the market, Bai Yu was truly confident that he could drive the price of salmon down to the bottom of the market.
Other livestreaming hosts talking about lowering prices are just putting on a show in cooperation with brands. The other party raises and locks the prices on other platforms across the internet, and then gives the livestreaming host a so-called low price, making it seem like the other party has driven down the price.
However, if Bai Yu and his team can catch 10,000 tons of salmon this time, based on the salmon's meat yield of about 40%, 10,000 tons of salmon would be more than 4,000 tons of salmon sashimi.
With so much sashimi, Bai Yu, you're confident you can halve salmon prices in the short term, but that's only in the near term. At most, salmon prices will rise back up in a week.
Another factor is the price of caviar. If Bai Yu and his crew can bring back so many salmon, they can obtain at least hundreds of tons of caviar. At that time, they can not only drive down the price of salmon, but also the price of caviar.
What? You mean even if Bai Yu and his crew caught these salmon, wouldn't they sell them to other merchants?
They will definitely have to sell some, but they can still sell some of it themselves.
After all, they have their own processing plants. Whether it's salmon or caviar, they can process, package, and ship it themselves.
As for how to process caviar, it would certainly seem a bit difficult to outsiders, as it's easy to mess it up if not handled carefully.
But for Bai Ba and his apprentices, this was no problem, and they also had specialized machines for processing and packaging caviar in their country.
Here's a little-known fact: the world's largest caviar production area isn't overseas, but in China. We have very sophisticated equipment for processing caviar.
Now, Bai Yu and his team only have one thing to do: how to catch all these salmon, and how to catch them as quickly as possible.
All the things he mentioned before were based on one premise: that Bai Yu and his team could catch enough salmon this time; otherwise, it would all be just empty talk.
As for sourcing king crabs from Da'e?
This matter seems to be a bit difficult to handle. Compared to buying king crab, Bai Yu and his team feel that catching salmon seems to be more cost-effective.
After all, putting everything else aside, Bai Yu and his crew don't need to pay much more for salmon fishing; the only expense is fuel.
Whether or not to go to the goose's place after that, we'll wait until they finish fishing for salmon here and see if there's any extra space on the fishing boat.
If they have time, they can make a trip to Da'e to buy supplies and replenish their own stock.
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As my uncle steered the fishing boat toward the school of salmon, the fishing officially began!
When facing a school of fish, the operation is actually very simple. Just control the direction of the fishing boat and let the trawl net behind the boat catch the fish.
When fishing boats are not encountering schools of fish, each trawl takes about three to four hours.
This type of trawling is essentially a matter of luck. If there are fish along the fishing boat's route and they happen to be caught in the trawling net, then that's the boat's catch.
However, once a school of fish is discovered, the situation changes. At least for the fishermen, there is now a clear target, and they can simply target and catch the fish.
For example, when facing this school of salmon, my uncle increased the speed of the fishing boat and then divided the school of fish into two groups, one on the left and one on the right.
This migrating school of salmon is moving from west to east, and the whitefish cannot see how long it stretches out.
However, this school of fish is also incredibly wide, at least a hundred meters across. As for the depth below the surface, that's a bit unclear.
In any case, within the area that Bai Yu and his group could see, the number of salmon in the surrounding area must be at least several hundred thousand to over a million kilograms, which was simply too exaggerated.
The Yuxue fishing boat was traveling from south to north. Soon, the Yuxue passed over the school of fish, and a little later, the fishing net it was dragging came over from behind.
After the trawl had also caught a school of salmon, the uncle steered the fishing boat to turn around and launch another attack on the fish.
In this process, fishing boats inevitably cause damage to salmon schools, as many salmon may have come to the surface due to lack of oxygen.
Whenever a fishing boat runs over these fish, whether it's the boat's propeller or the direct collision between the boat and the fish, some of the salmon will die or be injured.
This was unavoidable; these guys were in such a shallow area.
The only good news is that even if there is some loss to the salmon population, there will be no waste.
The ocean is teeming with life, and there are even creatures that clean up dead fish. It's not just a few dead salmon; even if you kill a whale, the ocean can clean it up in no time.
An hour and a half later, my uncle drove the fishing boat back and forth twice to catch the fish, and then the crew on deck started the winch to haul in the net.
Meanwhile, the eldest uncle reduced the speed of his boat and followed the school of fish.
While salmon may not be slower than fishing boats at full speed, they cannot keep up with fishing boats during their migration.
After all, their migration route is very long, and it is unrealistic for them to travel at full speed. The salmon's stamina cannot support them to travel at full speed.
Because of this, the current situation is very favorable for my uncle and his family, giving them ample time to clean their catch.
Upon hearing his uncle's order to haul in the net, Bai Yu immediately took Wang Hai to the deck, changed into life jackets, and prepared to help the crew members on deck.
As soon as they stepped onto the deck, the gentle sea breeze sent a shiver down their spines.
"Hiss, Brother Yu, it's so cold here! It's definitely not as good as our Hainan Province. It's only November, and I'm already wearing a cotton-padded coat!"
In November, the weather in the north is extremely cold. Even with the sun shining brightly overhead, it is still very cold, and the kind of cold that chills to the bone.
The sea breeze carries moisture, and when this cold wind blows on your face, you really know how it feels.
As for their current direction, even if they were to move horizontally on a globe, they would have already crossed the northeast and entered the Goose region.
In November, in Northeast China, taking Harbin as an example, their Ice and Snow World should already be about to start ice harvesting and construction.
“Ah Hai, where is our Hai Province? It’s on the equator, in the tropical seas! Where are we now? We’re in the Pacific Ocean. If we go further north, we’ll be in the Arctic Ocean. Do you think that’s comparable?”
The nearest land to Bai Yu's fleet should be the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is the territory of the Great Goose.
The South China Sea and the Kamchatka Peninsula are simply incomparable.
Then the two brothers, who had just come up to the deck, were blown into the cabin by the cold wind and had to rearrange their clothes.
Fortunately, Bai Yu and his crew were well-prepared for this voyage. They had all sorts of clothes on the boat, including coats, cotton-padded jackets, and windproof hats. They also had goggles, so they were fully equipped.
The two returned to the deck and went straight to Brother Liu, the person in charge, to inquire about the current situation.
"Brother Huang, how's the trawl net hauling going? How many meters are left to harvest?"
When chatting on the deck, Bai Yu and the others had to shout to communicate, because if they spoke softly, it would be completely drowned out by the sound of the winch engine and the sea breeze.
"Almost there, about a minute more. Look towards the stern, is there a buoy on the sea? That's our trawl net."
Bai Yu looked in the direction Liu Ge was pointing and saw a white buoy on the sea. Bai Yu was very familiar with this thing; it was the buoyancy ball on their trawl net.
Just as Brother Liu had said, a long trawl net appeared on the sea surface a minute later.
If this were a normal time in the Southeast Seas, Bai Yu could jump onto the trawl net and have some fun if he went out to sea with a boat.
But here he chickened out and didn't dare to jump onto the trawl net, even though the trawl net was very buoyant.
The reason was very simple: he was afraid that he might slip and fall into the sea, and if he did, he wouldn't be able to get back up without anyone's help.
Because the seawater is so cold, people will freeze to death in no time once they go in.
So Bai Yu was just watched by Wang Hai standing at the stern, watching the net full of salmon—what a bountiful harvest!
It wasn't just Bai Yu's fishing boat; while the Yu Xue was hauling in its nets, almost all the other fishing boats were also doing so.
Moreover, everyone's catch was basically the same; the trawl nets were teeming with salmon. This scene not only shocked Bai Yu, but also all the crew members.
The main problem is that the current situation is just too outrageous. In just over an hour, more than 50 meters of the 70-meter trawl net were filled with salmon.
If we convert it to weight, this net's catch would be at least 30,000 to 40,000 jin (15,000 to 20,000 kilograms), which is a catch of ten or twenty tons of fish.
And this is salmon, which is sold by the ton. They're about to make a fortune.
Besides the salmon caught in this net, there was a large group of salmon waiting for them nearby.
At that moment, all the crew members had only one thought in their minds: they couldn't salvage it all, they simply couldn't salvage it all!
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