Golden Fishing Village

Chapter 891 897. Dilemma (15)

For several days afterwards, every household in the village was cooking river fish. There was a constant supply of fresh river water, and no family could do without it.

The tourists were very satisfied with the food. In the past few days, the fishing houses in each village have held river fish activities. There are many dishes, and the fish and shrimp are fresh, good quality and cheap. This has made the tourists very satisfied and helped several villages earn a good reputation.

Ao Muyang's family also ate fish. One meal was sweet and sour fish, the next meal was boiled fish, and there was also a meal of pickled fish in between. Zhu Zhu was tired of eating it and would rather eat with a bowl of rice.

As the beginning of August was about to end, the Ocean and Fisheries Bureau held another meeting. As a representative of the folk fishery, Ao Muyang naturally had to attend the meeting.

The theme of this meeting was related to the upcoming opening of the sea, that is, some problems and current conditions in the fishing industry, and the situation of deep-sea fishing would be specifically explained.

Ao Muyang intended to build a large fishing boat for the village to engage in deep-sea fishing, which was a good way to make money, so he took Ao Wenchang with him to attend the meeting.

The venue was located in the Municipal Theater, which was large in scale. The fishing companies and heads of fishing villages in Hongyang were all present. There were special reports at the meeting, and Dai Zongxi invited guest experts from the Ministry of Oceanography to explain.

Ao Muyang ran into Dai Zongxi as soon as he arrived at the theater entrance, and the latter waved to him at the door.

After getting off the car, he smiled and said, "Director Dai, how are you?"

Dai Zongxi nodded and said, "Forget about paying respects. Come with me. I have something to tell you."

After entering an office in the theater, Dai Zongxi patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll tell you a piece of news. Don't get excited."

Ao Muyang joked, "What's wrong? Do you want to introduce me to a partner?"

Dai Zongxi smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. The organization will assign a partner to you, but you have to wait in line. It's almost my turn. You are behind me, more than 800,000."

After joking, he started to talk about business.

This matter is still related to piranhas. Dai Zongxi also found out the truth through official channels: "The fish in your lake should be caught by someone hired by Sun Beilong. I joined forces with comrades from the Municipal Public Security Bureau to catch the perpetrator. He will be sentenced, but they refused to point out Sun Beilong."

Ao Muyang smiled and said, "I think I have a clue about this."

Dai Zongxi looked at his expression and said, "Oh, then you are not angry?"

Ao Muyang said, "Angry, I am very angry, but I can't do anything. I believe in the government, the organization, and the fair law, so I will wait for the law to punish him."

Dai Zongxi smacked his lips as if he didn't know what to say for a moment. He pondered for a few seconds, and finally patted Ao Muyang on the shoulder and said, "I will take care of him."

Dai Zongxi himself probably didn't believe this, and Lao Ao was not a good boy, so he naturally didn't believe it. He had a plan long ago, but it was too close to the piranha incident to take action now, which would easily arouse suspicion. He wanted to wait for a while before saying it.

At 9:30 in the morning, the meeting began. More than 200 people appeared in the theater and listened to the expert on the rostrum to make a report on distant-water fishing.

"The giants of China's distant-water fishing industry are facing severe operating pressure. As you all know, my country has become the world's largest distant-water fishing country. Now, the country's distant-water fishing industry is under great pressure!"

Ao Muyang knew this. He had nothing to do in the past two months to study the market of distant-water fishing. The two major listed distant-water fishing companies in China are Kaichuang International and Zhongshui Fisheries. Both companies were in the red last year and the first and second quarters of this year.

Experts like to speak with data. He explained the severe problems facing the current marine fishery to everyone through slides on the stage:

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the world's marine fishing output in 2014 was about 94.64 million tons, while my country's marine fishing output in the same period was 17.35 million tons, accounting for 18.34%, far exceeding other countries and regions.

In 1995, China's marine fishing output accounted for only 11.8% of the world's marine fishing output, about 11 million tons. As of 2014, production increased by 6.33 million tons, an increase of 57.5%. During the same period, global marine catches grew slightly.

In 2014, global marine catches were only 1.24 million tons more than in 1995. If China's marine catches are excluded, the rest of the world's marine catches fell by 5.09 million tons...

Looking at the report, many fishery company executives began to sigh with sorrow, as they rely on deep-sea fishing for a living, and offshore fishery resources are even more scarce.

Dai Zongxi frowned and interrupted, "Comrades, I know that since the closure of the sea began last year, the people have been complaining and do not understand the government. But you are all reasonable people, you should understand the choice of the Fisheries Bureau. We have no choice now. If we don't protect marine resources, I am afraid that in a few years, everyone will face the dilemma of no fish to catch!"

The leaders of some fishing villages were very dissatisfied with the closure of the sea policy, and they muttered, "We are not going to the open sea, we are just fishing in the near sea. Besides, even if there are no fish in the open sea, what's there to be afraid of? We can just release fish fry for artificial breeding."

Hearing this, the hot-tempered Dai Zongxi wanted to get angry.

The expert took over the conversation with a smile and said, "Comrade, you don't know that it is not only the deep-sea fishing that is in trouble, but the entire aquatic industry is currently facing tremendous pressure."

He changed a slide and continued to explain: "Look, everyone, this is the data compiled by our National Fisheries Association and the Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture. The data shows that in recent years, due to the slow growth of the global economy and the lack of global market demand for aquatic products, the growth rate of my country's marine aquaculture scale and aquatic product production capacity has slowed down. As of the end of last year, the production capacity fell by 3.59% and 5.08% respectively compared with the same period last year..."

"According to the figures of the National Bureau of Statistics, my country's aquatic and marine product output last year was 66.997 million tons, an increase of 2.38 million tons compared with the same period last year, which is far less than the previous growth. The growth rate of aquatic product output has begun to decline since 2012..."

"It's okay, it's just that the development speed is a little slower, not that there is no development." Someone asked immediately.

Dai Zongxi frowned and said: "It's very impolite to interrupt others' lectures. Whoever has something to say should raise his hand first. Don't you understand the truth that even elementary school students understand?"

Ao Muyang smiled. Old Dai was angry. This was inevitable. Hongyang is a major market for aquatic products in China. If the overall domestic aquatic product environment is not good, then the situation in Hongyang will only get worse.

Under such circumstances, some people still don't care about the current environment, which naturally makes Dai Zongxi very angry.

The expert smiled and said, "Everyone is too optimistic about our situation. For a developing country like us, the production capacity of aquatic products is just like the national economic development. There must be a growth rate, and the growth rate should be stronger year by year. Otherwise, it means there will be a big problem."