It was only the first day at sea, and everyone was still excited and excited, shouting and making noise about everything they saw.
After a few days, you'll probably get numb and just focus on getting back to work.
The trawl net has been fully exposed above the water, and the net-winding machine has successfully completed its mission.
The working machinery has been replaced with lifting equipment, which lifts the trawl nets and the catch onto the boat together.
Before long, a net full of fish was dumped onto the deck, like a small mountain.
Some fish were caught in the net early on and were pressed to the bottom, already dead beyond any hope of survival;
Some fish were caught from behind and were still alive.
Especially those that had just joined the net, they were jumping around on the deck with great enthusiasm.
Besides fish, there are other seafood items, such as crabs, shrimp, squid, etc.
However, the number is not very large.
In an instant, fish were jumping around on the deck, crabs were crawling around, and all kinds of shrimp kept curling up and then springing away.
A huge pile of miscellaneous seafood covered the entire deck.
Of course, the most eye-catching creatures were the great white shark and the two manta rays.
After all, they are large!
Two enormous manta rays completely covered half of the deck.
This is because part of their "wings (pectoral fins)" overlap.
They were being crushed by a pile of fish, and similarly, they had a whole bunch of fish pinned beneath them.
The great white shark was half-covered by the manta ray, with only its head and half of its pectoral fin showing.
It is struggling desperately, trying to get rid of the heavy pressure on its back and crawl out from under the manta ray.
One is poisonous, and the other is extremely aggressive; both are quite dangerous.
The ship was fully equipped, and the boatmen were experienced and knew what to do.
Some people used knives to cut off the manta rays' tails, while others aimed harpoons at the great white shark's eyes and forcefully stabbed them in.
Only after all the danger was over, the manta ray's tail was chopped off and thrown into the sea, and the great white shark was completely defeated, did everyone breathe a long sigh of relief.
"This great white shark is huge, it must weigh at least three or four hundred pounds, and its teeth are so densely packed, it's terrifying."
"Otherwise, why would it be called the Man-Eating Shark?"
"Dead, huh? It's good that you're dead..."
"It's just a pity that great white sharks aren't worth much, and I don't know if seafood trading boats will even buy them."
"Yes, sharks are too cheap. They're only a few cents a pound on land. It's hard to say whether the fish trading boats will even buy them."
Feng Ye interjected, "Whether we accept the fresh seafood or not, we have to bleed it dry first."
If you really won't take them, then cut off their fins and throw the rest back into the sea.
Most species of sharks are very cheap.
If it weren't for the fact that its fins could be made into valuable shark fin soup, probably no one would buy it.
Shark meat has a strong urinous smell and is very unpalatable; almost no one would want to eat it at this time.
However, some sharks have very good meat and are quite expensive, such as the sharp-nosed oblique shark, tiger catshark, and small-eyed dog shark, among a few other species.
"By the way, the internet's up and running, so two of you go to sleep."
"Oh, okay."
Two people nodded, took one last reluctant look at the catch on the deck, and then turned to go to sleep.
The remaining two people were busy preparing the trawl net, with one of them organizing it in preparation for the next trawl operation.
The other person first bled the great white shark, then dragged out a stack of baskets from the fish hold and began sorting the catch.
This mountain of fish weighs at least three or four thousand catties, and it would probably take two or three hours to process it all.
This is still only picking out the valuable goods, and discarding things like fresh goods that are worthless but can be dried, such as fish and shrimp.
Otherwise, let alone two or three hours, it would be impossible to finish even if the time were doubled.
When Ah-Can finished hauling in the fishing net, he let the engine idle. After the boat slowly came to a stop, he ran out of the wheelhouse.
As soon as he got off the deck, he started yelling.
"How was the first haul? It looks like a huge bag of goods from the driver's seat."
Feng Ye smiled broadly: "Not bad, we caught two big manta rays, and quite a few small yellow croakers and pufferfish."
As for great white sharks, they're worthless, so there's no need to mention them.
There are also many valuable fish, shrimp, and crabs, but the quantity is relatively small, so they are not worth mentioning.
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can's face lit up with joy: "That's really good. Just two giant manta rays are worth a lot of money."
When I got closer, I was even happier.
"It's huge, it looks like it weighs over 400 pounds. Even if you sell it to a seafood trading boat, it'll still fetch over 1,000 yuan."
"Well, the other miscellaneous fish, shrimp and crabs, after removing the ones that won't sell for much, plus the small yellow croaker and the croaker, should be able to sell for around seven hundred yuan."
A large ship can easily earn more by hauling a single net out to sea than a small boat that's only a dozen meters long can earn in a day.
Moreover, this was after the goods were sold at sea to fresh seafood collection ships at a discounted price.
If they sell their goods ashore, they can earn much more, far more than they could earn from a small boat.
This is also why most fishermen don't save much money.
Once they made money, they wanted to change boats.
Small wooden boats were replaced by mechanically powered fishing boats, and then by even larger fishing boats.
Having one, they wanted a second, a third...
"Unfortunately, this is our first time at sea, and we are not familiar with the surrounding waters, so we don't know where the nearest coast is."
Ah-chan sighed.
If we could sell these goods ashore, we could make a lot more money.
"While it may not double, it will at least increase by a third."
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