Golden Fishery

Every spring, the Arctic cold current and the Gulf of Mexico warm current will meet in the Newfoundland fishing grounds, which will bring a large number of plankton and algae to multiply and survive, and the capelin is attracted by them.

Capelin fish wander from the deep sea to the coast where they are sheltered from the cold, and then start eating to prepare for the upcoming mating and reproduction.

More and more capelin are gathering in the fishing grounds around Farewell Island. The sea is almost full of this kind of fish. Qin Shiou is afraid that these seemingly weak fish will crowd all the fish and shrimps in his own fishing ground to death.

Of course, this is unfounded worry. In fact, the arrival of capelin schools has increased the chance of predation for the big fish in the fishing ground. Although the ecological chain of the fishery is complete, for salmon and cod, capelin is far more delicious than herring and mackerel.

The nutritional value of capelin is very high, especially rich in calcium. There are many fish roe in the belly of the female fish. A healthy mature female fish can account for a quarter of its own body weight!

The big fishes that had been dormant for a whole winter attacked one after another. They scattered in every corner of the fishing ground to prey, and the capelin school encountered a crisis of survival.

But because there is a steady stream of capelin replenishment, the size of the fish school remains unchanged despite the predation of large fish and birds.

This kind of grand event always attracts a lot of people to watch, and Winnie and others sometimes come to watch on the pier. Shaq said to Qin Shiou: "In the past, when there were the most cod in the Newfoundland fishing ground, it was this size, so it will Say you can walk ashore from a boat on the back of a cod!"

A strange long cry came from the depths of the fishing ground. The sound was crisp and continuous, and then a huge wave rose up, like an erupting fountain.

"Here comes the humpback," Shaq laughed. "These guys always catch up with this gluttonous feast every year and never miss it."

Qin Shiou asked with interest: "Humpback whale? Are there such big guys around Farewell Island?"

Even if the humpback whale is not the largest cetacean in the world, it is a well-deserved behemoth in the ocean. They are fat and bloated, and can grow up to 14 to 15 meters long, which is comparable to the size of basking sharks.

However, compared with the clumsy and lazy basking shark, the humpback whale is much more diligent. They do not swim fast, but they are particularly persistent. Every year, you can swim from Australia in the southern hemisphere to the North Pole. This ocean journey across the globe can be described as thrilling!

", you still have a lot to know about Farewell Island. You must not know. When there were a lot of cod in the fishing ground, our Newfoundland fishing ground was once the largest gathering place for humpback whales in the world!" The sea monster proudly said Said.

Shaq looked out over the ocean,

Said: "With the arrival of humpback whales so early this year, I think our fishery will return to its former glory. Maybe we will attract eight to ten humpback whales to linger here for a while."

"What does a humpback look like?" Shirley asked curiously.

Qin Shiou pulled her into the helicopter and said, "Let's go and have a look."

The first to arrive at the fishing ground were two humpback whales, a large whale and a small whale. They floated on the sea and played close to each other. Spray for fun.

The dorsal fin of this fish is relatively low, and the back is not straight like other cetaceans, but arched upward. It forms a beautiful curve, like the throne of the sea god, hence the name "Humpback Whale".

Qin Shiou watched the big fish with great stamina through the Sea God consciousness, and he injected some Sea God energy into them, hoping that they would remember the Daqin Fishing Ground and come here every spring in the future.

Absorbed Seagod energy. The mother humpback whale seemed a little hungry. It dived into the water and opened its mouth wide to start hunting.

Same with basking sharks. The way humpback whales prey is to suck, and a single suck can absorb 50,000 liters of seawater, which is extremely terrifying!

Of course, the capelin fell into its big mouth together with some cod and seaweed. It adopted a filter-feeding method, filtering out the seawater to leave small fish and seaweed, and swallowed it with relish.

Small humpback whales cannot directly prey, and need to drink their mother's milk.

But mother has been diving deep into the bottom of the sea to protect it in the past, and there is no food suitable for it. From the day of diving into the deep sea, mother humpback whales can no longer hunt and need to live on the fat they have stored before.

Now that the fat is exhausted and there is not much milk, the little humpback whale sucks for a while and leaves disappointedly, waiting for the mother to prey on the capelin, replenish the fat and turn it into delicious milk again.

Snowball swam over at some point, looking lonely at the little humpback whale playing with its mother, its figure was extraordinarily lonely.

Qin Shiou suddenly remembered the scene when he saw Xueqiu for the first time. At that time, there was a big white whale with him, but what about the female whale?

After the capelin have eaten enough plankton and algae in the fishery and built up enough strength, they start to reproduce.

Unlike almost all fish, capelin are land-spawning fish, which means that if they want to continue their race, they must go ashore and go to the beach to lay their eggs and fertilize them.

And there is only one way for them to reach the beach, and that is to surf, taking advantage of the waves at high tide to jump onto the beach on the coast.

So in the next few days, people in Farewell Town can see the richness of the ocean's products.

Countless capelin fish follow the tide and rush onto the beach. The beach of Qin Shiou's fishing ground is almost full of this kind of fish, countless!

Whether it is a short-tailed fulmar or a red-footed booby, this meeting is crazy. They ushered in the most comfortable hunting opportunity of the year. As long as they lie on the beach and open their mouths, there will always be capelin that will automatically drill into them mouth.

But capelin has no choice, they have to complete the important task of racial reproduction under the butcher's knife of natural enemies.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of capelin fish follow the waves and rush to the beach. At this time, the seaside is in unprecedented chaos...

The capelin swelled ashore, the seabirds scrambled to prey, and some big fish followed. After they landed on the beach, they began to writhe wildly. The waves and sand made the atmosphere even more crazy.

However, capelin fish are not without a way out. They spend a lot of time on the shore, only a dozen seconds.

They surge ashore with the waves, and when the waves recede, the female fish will follow the waves back to the sea. In these ten seconds, the male fish must find them, and then complete the fertilization on the side.

What's more cruel is that here, the waves will continue to roll and hit the shore, and the female fish can return to the ocean after laying fertilized eggs. The males, on the other hand, are exhausted and will die on the beach unless they are lucky enough to be swept back into the sea by the surf.

This is the law of nature, and this is the fate of the capelin family.

But after the children saw this, they couldn’t take it anymore. Shaq, the sea monster and other fishermen talked and laughed and brought the nets to pick up the fish. Michelle timidly asked Qin Shiou: “Why don’t these little fish go back to the sea? ?”

Qin Shiou explained the reason, saying that they had no strength to return to the sea, and Michelle asked, "So, Shaq and the others picked up fish, didn't they want to eat or sell them?"

"Of course, we can't eat so much. Now that this kind of fish is everywhere, who will buy it?"

Hearing what Qin Shiou said, Michelle and his children ran to the beach, picked up the weak male fish and threw them into the sea, and Xiao Shaq and other fisherman's children also participated in the back. Their backs have the unique strength of teenagers and stubborn. (to be continued)