Old Fu didn't say anything about it.
The fishing boat has a load capacity of about 60 tons. On the first day, excluding travel time, they only worked for a total of 10 hours and caught about 10 tons of fish.
This operation is expected to take three to five days. At this pace, there shouldn't be much of a problem with the account being liquidated.
He shared the news with everyone, and everyone was very happy.
Fu Yongning was somewhat surprised.
No homework tonight?
Everyone quickly took charge of their respective tasks, and after a busy day, a tacit understanding had begun to emerge.
soon.
The net bag was pulled up.
"It's packed full again."
"May Mazu bless us, that all the catches must be fish, but not all crabs."
"This net probably contains about four tons."
"Yes, that's about the limit of the net bag."
"Fortunately, the net was set up in time. If it had been delayed any longer, it might not have been possible to pull it up smoothly."
While it's relatively rare for a trawl net to break due to an overcrowding, it does happen. Think about it: the net is like a fish basket, and if that basket breaks, all the fish inside will escape.
Fish aren't stupid.
If given the chance to escape, they'd run faster than anyone else.
Once the fishing boat was stable, Fu Yongning looked at Wu An and said, "An, let's untie it."
Wu An was about to step forward.
Aqing raised her hand: "Brother, brother, let me try."
Wu An nodded: "Then you go."
Each time you unravel the mystery, it's similar to opening a blind box, which is actually quite interesting.
Aqing stepped forward, rubbed his hands together, and untied the knot. As the crane arm lifted, countless shrimp and crabs fell onto the deck. When Wu An saw the mountain of crabs, his smile vanished.
That was truly heartbreaking.
Turning to look at Mei Wu and A Qing, their faces were also scrunched up.
Aqing even hit herself with her left hand while cursing her own bad luck, saying she would never untangle the net again.
Wu An said, "Alright."
"Don't draw attention to yourself."
"It has nothing to do with luck. I caught a lot of crabs in the last net too."
Aqing suddenly realized: "Brother, I understand."
"No, no, no, it's just luck."
"It was your luck that influenced me."
Wu An: "..."
So it's my fault?
If it weren't for the fact that Ah Qing's face was still bruised and swollen, he would have kicked the brat a few times.
Old Fu moored the boat, came out of the control room, and said, "Don't just stand there, get ready, hurry up and finish so you can get some rest."
Let's not even talk about crabs.
There were also quite a few shrimp.
The people sat far apart around the shrimp and crab mountain, with several net baskets next to each person.
There are different kinds of shrimp and crabs, mainly mud crabs, but there are also a lot of swimming crabs, blue crabs and some other kinds of crabs. Wu An didn't understand many of them and had to ask questions.
After all, not all crabs are edible; some not only taste bad but may also be poisonous.
"There are quite a lot of crayfish."
"This thing is expensive, so be careful when throwing it."
"Could it be more expensive than this?" Ah Qing held up a mantis shrimp, which was very large, about the length of his two hands. This thing cost more than 100 yuan per catty, making it the most valuable item in this net's catch.
Of course, it was also the smallest catch.
Mei Wu also found some mantis shrimp and said disappointedly, "It's a pity they're all dead. If they were alive, each one would cost several dozen."
The Fan brothers nodded in agreement, their hands still moving.
Not only mantis shrimp, but most of the fish caught in the trawl nets, except for resilient species like crabs, were completely dead. Old Fu said it was due to the pressure.
Wu An felt there was nothing he could do about it.
A trawl net can haul up several tons in one go. For example, this haul is worth at least 100,000 yuan, which is already quite good.
One should not be too greedy.
Fu Yongning said, "It's good enough that we didn't pull up any worthless fish."
actually.
Not all the catch from this trawling operation can be sold. Some of the fish are unusable or have very low economic value. These fish cannot be thrown back into the sea, so they have to be hauled back and sold.
It might only cost a few yuan per kilogram, or there might even be no buyers at all.
In such cases, fishing boat owners may incur losses.
This is what truly makes people feel helpless.
Fu Yongning couldn't understand why Aqing and Meiwu were upset. What was there to be upset about? As long as they could catch fish that they could sell, they should be happy.
Aqing asked curiously, "What is fish fat?"
Fu Yongning was taken aback, and said irritably, "You don't even know what a fat fish is? It's just those miscellaneous fish that can't be sold."
Aqing asked again, "How can there be miscellaneous fish that can't be sold?"
Fu Yongning: "Well... miscellaneous fish just won't sell..."
Aqing: "Really?"
Mei Wu also looked completely bewildered.
They had never encountered a situation where they couldn't sell the miscellaneous fish, because on Wu An's boat, even the worst catch was only about ten yuan worth of miscellaneous fish, which had some economic value.
Fu Yongning was also stunned.
Old Fu smiled but said nothing.
As an old fisherman, Old Fu knew what Fu Yongning was thinking at that moment.
It won't be long before Fu Yongning is assimilated.
Why?
If he always gets a good catch every time he nets a fish, he will definitely complain if he suddenly gets a bad catch, instead of saying something like, "It's good that I didn't catch any cheap fish."
On the fishing boat.
The lights are bright.
With the combined efforts of the seven people, the shrimp and crab mountain gradually shrank.
The crabs were tied up, packaged, and sent to live fish tank number 1. As the last basket of crabs was placed into the live fish tank, Mei Wu called out anxiously, "A'an, live fish tank number 1 is full."
Wu An was taken aback: "It's full already?"
Mei Wu nodded: "Yes, what should we do?"
There are three live fish tanks on the ship, with a total capacity of about 20 tons, which means there are about 6 tons of crabs.
Seeing Mei Wu's anxious expression, A Qing and the others thought he had encountered some trouble, so they quickly came over to ask. When they learned that the live fish trough was full, A Qing was also quite upset.
Wu An was both amused and exasperated: "What? What should we do? It's a good thing the live fish tank is full."
Mei Wu said, "I'm worried that we won't have enough live fish storage."
Wu An casually replied, "That's easy, we'll just return when the margin call comes in."
"Isn't it better to go home early?"
Mei Wu scratched his head and chuckled, "Yeah, I was tying up crabs so much that my head was all foggy."
Aqing said, "I've been influenced by you too."
Mei Wu glanced at him sideways and retorted, "Am I affecting you?"
Why don't you say that I caught it from you because I was sitting next to you?
Aqing gave me the middle finger: "Do you think I'm really stupid? Sometimes I do have a mental lapse, but this thing isn't contagious."
Mei Wu: "..."
Wu An patted the two on the shoulder: "Alright, have a drink later and get a good night's sleep."
Mei Wu's eyes lit up when he heard that he could drink alcohol.
Once the crabs are processed, the remaining items are various shrimp and miscellaneous fish, most of which are relatively easy to handle. After sorting, they can be directly placed in the cold storage. However, the crayfish are more troublesome.
Seeing Fu Yongning neatly arranging the crayfish in the net basket, Wu An asked, "Do these crayfish have to be arranged so neatly?"
Fu Yongning nodded.
Old Fu explained, "That's what the market demands."
Wu An frowned: "This is too troublesome."
Old Fu smiled and said, "There are advantages to this too. Neatly arranged items are less likely to be damaged, and they can also be sold for more money."
After looking at it for a while, Wu An had to admit that the crayfish looked more beautiful arranged in the box, and they looked like they were quite expensive.
Instead of helping out, he went to prepare a late-night snack.
He grabbed a big bowl, added some mantis shrimp, some tiger prawns, a few mud crabs, and of course, some blue crabs. In addition to seafood, Wu An also cooked a pot of instant noodles.
Everyone is doing hard work, so eating only seafood won't do. We need some staple food to make our stomachs feel comfortable.
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