Golden Fishery

The sea god's consciousness explored the surroundings, and the four consciousnesses happened to attack in all directions. Qin Shiou was astonished to see hundreds of blue marlins swimming quickly nearby.

These fish live in waters as deep as 40 to 50 meters, and their strong and powerful tails are swinging like sharp arrows in the water, very fast.

I don't know when it started, so many Atlantic blue marlins appeared in the fishing ground. Qin Shiou controlled the sea god's consciousness to explore quickly, and found that there were hundreds of big fish over two meters, and there were other smaller fish. too much

This surprised Qin Shiou, because he did not move the blue marlin to the fishing ground, but brought a big fish from George Shoal the year before last. These fish did not seem to be attracted by the big blue marlin, because the two sides ignored each other, and the big blue Marlin is active in the deep sea of ​​more than 800 meters.

Despite their small size, blue marlins are extremely tough predators in the ocean. Small ones can prey on fish, shrimps and crabs, and they can even eat smaller turtles

In addition, because blue marlins swim very fast and like to swim around, they consume energy very quickly and constantly need to hunt for food to replenish energy.

After these blue marlins came to the fishing ground, they hunted the remaining capelin and a large number of herring and mackerel, and even the cod that was not big enough could escape their hands. If they were not careful, they would be preyed on.

Blue marlin is one of the least popular types of fish in private fisheries. Their meat quality is average and they can be used as food fish, but they are very common food fish. The value lies more in size. As a game fisherman, catching blue marlin can give people a sense of honor.

In the world famous book The Old Man and the Sea, the super big fish the old man caught was an Atlantic blue marlin. This guy can grow up to six or seven meters in length. In 2013, a British fisherman named Kevin Gardner caught a giant blue marlin with a length of 6 and a half meters in the Atlantic Ocean. about 600 kg

Those who came to Daqin Fishing Ground were not so big. Qin Shiou searched and saw two big fish that were less than five meters long. This size is also quite impressive, and most sharks can't grow so big.

Harmandan is an expert at fishing. After the blue marlin was hooked, he began to patiently fight a protracted battle with it. Biting his lower lip with his teeth, he kept drawing and releasing the fishing line, consuming the strength of the fish.

Qin Shiou went over to help. Catching this fish, like bluefin tuna, requires a harpoon. When the fish is pulled out of the water and reaches the vicinity of the fishing boat, it is necessary to give it a fork, otherwise, at the last moment, it may explode with powerful force after being frightened, break the fishing line and escape.

It took a full half an hour before the little prince pulled the big fish near the yacht.

When the fish exposed its cylindrical body,

Harmandan judged its identity, and said with some disappointment: "It's not a bluefin tuna, it's an Atlantic blue marlin."

Blue marlin is certainly not as valuable as bluefin tuna.

Qin Shiou comforted him and said, "Wow. This fish is big enough, it's a big fish"

For anglers, it is also an honor to catch Atlantic blue marlin. So then he lifted his spirits, gritted his teeth and dragged the fish onto the boat, muttering, "Okay, it's not bad to catch this guy. It's a good sign. Another blue fin will come later, and everything will be perfect."

The blue marlin is about six or seven meters away from the fishing boat. It's not a good distance to throw a harpoon, it's a bit out of the way.

But Qin Shiou didn't say a word. His eyes were fixed on the big fish being dragged up, and his arm muscles suddenly tensed up. The body stretched like a full moon, and the harpoon was thrown out

Swish, with a crisp sound, the harpoon pierced through the air, and was inserted precisely on the back of the big fish.

The blue marlin struggled, Harmandan let go of the wheel seat, let it pull the fishing line to reflect the light, and then looked at Qin Shiou with admiration and praised: "Cool, brother Qin Shiou, a very precise shot, you knocked it down "

He knew that the fish could not run away. A harpoon would kill even a shark, let alone a blue marlin.

Blue marlin is the fish that is least willing to be injured in the water. They need to swim at high speed, so the smooth skin of the fish must not be hurt. Once injured, they cannot swim fast, so it is difficult for them to get food. Difficult to live on.

Qin Shiou smiled and said, "For fishermen, this is the most basic."

The smoking gun that accompanied the boat smiled and said: "In fact, very few fishermen can reach this level of dart shooting. If there is still a competition for dart shooting blue marlin, then I bet you can win the championship. "

Qin Shiou asked with interest: "What happened to the dart shooting blue marlin competition?"

Without using a pipe to explain, Harmandan, who was busy dragging the blue marlin onto the boat, turned around and said, "You don't know these traditional activities in the Atlantic Ocean. As far as I know, your Baodao fishermen also like to do this. They are more ruthless than brave."

Qin Shiou really didn't know, he was not rich and free to travel across the world like the little prince.

The smoking gun further explained to him that the dart shooting blue marlin activity, as the name implies, is to use a fish dart to shoot blue marlin, which is an activity derived from the dart shooting sailfish activity.

What Harmandan said is not entirely correct. In the early years, the reason why fishermen used darts to shoot blue marlin was not only because this method could test a man’s true courage and ability, but also because the blood would not coagulate when shooting the swordfish caught by darts. There is no fishy smell in the body, which shows the deliciousness and value of the fish.

Blue marlin has not been included in Canada's fishing restriction list. Due to its large size and rapid movement, it is difficult to catch large-scale intensive fishing. It has not caused fatal harm to its resources, so it naturally does not need artificial protection.

Since the mid-1960s when the global fishery harvest began to be counted, the annual output of blue marlin has been stable at about 130,000 to 150,000 tons. So far, only two years, 1970 and 1973, have reached 20,000 tons, which shows that their race The resource situation is fine.

After learning about this sport, Qin Shiou had a plan in mind. There were quite a few big blue marlins in the fishing ground. He found hundreds of them in this sea area alone. He could also hold an activity in the fishing ground to hunt blue marlin.

After returning to the shore, he called the fishermen together and said that according to his observation using the family secret technique and the detection of the fish finder, there are a lot of blue marlin in the fishing ground. Would you like to organize a dart shooting activity for blue marlin.

The fishermen responded naturally. They claimed to be descendants of the Vikings, and naturally wanted to prove that they had the bravery and toughness of their ancestors.

Dart shooting blue marlin is the activity that best demonstrates this point. Think about it, a group of men are riding on a fishing boat, facing the roaring waves, holding a heavy long dart gun with bare arms, and blue marlin will jump out of the water at that time , shoot that shot, and catch a big fish three or four meters long. Is there anything more exciting than this? To be continued

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