Golden Fishery

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Toad crab is a special crab in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The output is relatively low, so it has not been sold, and it is not well-known. Except for locals, few people know about this crab, let alone eat it.

Qin Shiou had heard of this kind of crab before. He heard people talk about it at the bar when he came to the Bay of St. Lawrence to catch lobsters last time, but he didn’t eat it at that time. The hotel only had frozen old ones. used goods.

Now that he heard that there were such crabs in the ocean in front of the small fishing village, Qin Shiou was very happy, which was really a surprise.

Toad crab is Qin Shiou's translation. This kind of crab does not have a specific name. There are many similar situations in the ocean. Many small and worthless creatures are living silently and anonymously.

But what is the need to have a name? For marine life, it seems that the less it attracts human attention, the better it can live.

The locals call this crab '-Crab', literally translated as toad crab. They are small among sea crabs, with slender legs, a bit like a miniature king crab. They have many natural enemies, and their numbers have never increased.

Toad crabs are salvaged by throwing nets. The bald boss sails out to sea, carefully surveying the sea surface with his eyes, and muttering words, which makes Qin Shiou very puzzled. Does this old man also have the heart of the sea god?

The sea god's consciousness spread across the bottom of the sea, and Qin Shiou soon saw some fist-sized crabs moving on the bottom of the sea. The surrounding sea was lifeless, and the number of cod was indeed very small, and there were very few fish such as herring and mackerel that can be seen everywhere in other sea areas.

However, this may be the reason for the survival of toad crabs. Crabs are relatively low in the marine food chain, and sailfish, tuna and even sea bass feed on them. so. Most sea crabs will grow relatively large, so it is difficult for toad crabs that do not grow up to survive naturally.

There are not many fish in the sea area around the Queen's Fishing Village, so the biological chain cannot be connected, so the toad crab has a living space instead. If they were put in the Daqin Fishing Ground, they would be extinct within a few days.

The sea god consciousness found a group of toad crabs. At this time, the bald boss also stopped the boat, turned around and said with a smile, "There are toad crabs here. Let's catch them, so we will have enough for lunch."

Qin Shiou looked at the bald boss in surprise, he was really convinced now, relying on the sea god consciousness, he was able to discover this batch of toad crabs, but the boss must not have this ability, so how did he find this group of crabs?

The bald boss cast down the fishing net, then sat on the bow of the boat and began to smoke.

Qin Shiou asked his doubts.

The bald boss smiled proudly: "This is experience, young man, this is the experience of an old fisherman! I can tell you, but it's useless, because it depends on feeling and observation, just knowing what's going on is not very useful."

Qin Shiou kept his posture very low, he was nothing special. The catch is only obtained by the Sea God's Heart, the bald boss is the real power!

Fishermen and sailors who make a living at sea admire people with real skills the most, so Qin Shiou's age and qualifications are not good enough, but he can hold down those rough men in the fishing ground, why? Because he can catch the most fish and shrimp and the biggest fish.

The bald boss smoked a cigarette and explained to him how to find frog crabs. Generally, this kind of crabs stay in shallow water and have special preferences for their habitat. They like to eat a kind of seaweed, so pay attention to whether there are seaweed fragments on the water surface. More debris means more crabs below.

This is the most intuitive place to judge. The rest has to be done from the aspects of sea water, light, waves ups and downs, and even the sixth sense, which is more difficult. Anyway, Qin Shiou felt the same after listening carefully.

After chatting for more than 20 minutes, the bald boss and Qin Shiou worked together to pull up the fishing net. Pale orange crabs lie in turquoise nets.

Qin Shiou took one and looked at it. No wonder this crab is called a toad crab. It is short and fat, with many protrusions and depressions on its carapace, which resembles the skin of a toad, and is similar in size to a toad. The name is really appropriate.

The bald boss picked off the crabs one by one, throwing the ones smaller than the boy's fist back into the water, and only keeping the big ones, so that he caught a lot of crabs in one net, a total of forty or so.

The bald boss took these crabs back to the boat, and when he was on the shore, he met two teenagers, holding a net bag in their hands, which contained the whelk they had picked up.

Qin Shiou asked them if they sold it, and the two children nodded happily. He took out two hundred yuan and handed it to the two children. A catty is more than ten yuan, almost two hundred yuan.

The Fisheries Department prepared lunch, which was made by the wife of the bald boss. A group of fishermans were divided into four tables, each with about ten people.

Toad crabs and whelks were placed on the table at Qin Shiou's side. Buck and the others asked dissatisfied why they didn't have them. The bald boss gave him a sideways look and said that they were for the children he liked. relation.

Hubble, Andrew, and others at the table with Qin Shiou all signaled to Qin Shiou and the bald boss, and Matthew Jin said humorously: "Look, if anyone says that we have racial discrimination in Canada, then we must invite them to take a look at today's Scene. It turns out that as long as you can contribute to the people around you, then they will not discriminate against you."

There is racial discrimination in Canada, but the most discriminatory against yellow people is never Caucasians, but Indians, South Americans and Mexicans, and the most discriminatory against Chinese people are Japanese and Koreans. Of course, they may not discriminate, but just despise .

The meat of toad crab is not as plentiful as that of king crab and queen crab, but it is very firm. It has a toughness in the mouth when eaten, and it has a unique umami taste when chewed, which is different from other sea crab meat that melts in the mouth.

Qin Shiou was full after eating five or six toad crabs. It wasn't that he had a small appetite, but that there were a lot of whelk shells piled up in front of him. It tasted very good when dipped in mustard sauce. It was a mixture of excitement and umami. It's just so cool.

Leaving Queen Fishing Village, the group went to a small fishing village not far away. This was once a famous fishing village in Newfoundland. Now without the support of the fishing industry, it has become even more dilapidated. There are only two families in the whole village!

"Look, these used to be the best fishing grounds, now you can see for yourself." Matthew King said with a sigh.

Qin Shiou said to him in a low voice: "After I visited, I had a deeper idea about building a fishery, but I don't think it's useful for those guys, they have no conscience!"

It's not that he said bad things behind his back, but his true thoughts. Isn't it useless for you to tell the executioner that killing is cruel?

Matthew smiled and said slowly: "I don't care if they have ideas or not, I just want to tell them through these fishing villages that if there is no fishing ground, then Canada's coastal economy will collapse, and the country and the Ministry of Fisheries will never allow this The situation has arisen! So, if they ruin the fishing ground again, then don’t blame our fisheries department for being cruel!” (To be continued~^~)