space fisherman
Chapter 149: Whale Fall
When Ye Yuan arrived at the bottom of the trench, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
The sea here has reached a depth of 5,000 meters, and the huge whale skeleton in front of us is lying quietly on the seabed formed by sea sand.
After Ye Yuan saw the whale skeleton, two words "whale fall" suddenly appeared in his mind.
Whale fall refers to the fact that after a whale dies, its body is so huge that it cannot be decomposed by microorganisms immediately, so it will fall into the abyss or ocean basin due to its weight.
This sinking process takes a long time, and sometimes it takes months or even years to stop.
In this process, organisms at all levels of the marine food chain can eat the whale carcass.
Specifically, there are many organisms on the food chain, such as some fish, crustaceans, microorganisms, etc.
Because whales are so large, they provide shelter for many marine creatures during their descent.
Especially for some smaller organisms, such as attached organisms and boring organisms.
During the whale fall process, organic matter can be transported from the upper layer of the ocean to the lower layer of the ocean, promoting the transport of organic matter.
In this way, deep-sea creatures can receive sufficient support and promote the balance of the marine ecosystem.
Therefore, whale fall brings many benefits to marine life. Looking at the whale in front of him with only its skeleton left, Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel some inexplicable sadness.
Ye Yuan couldn't remember where he heard a sentence, that is, "When a whale falls, everything will come alive."
After carefully observing this place, there was nothing else but whale skeletons.
Ye Yuan did not want to destroy this skeleton that contributed to marine life.
Just let him stay here quietly, maybe a few years later, this place will no longer exist with the passage of time.
Ye Yuan couldn't express his mood at the moment, so he turned around and swam towards the sea.
Back on the boat, the diving crew members have returned.
Everyone is handing over the ornamental fish they caught this time to Yu Hongbo for registration.
Nowadays, diving to catch ornamental fish has become another additional income for the crew. Ye Yuan promised that the income from the ornamental fish caught by the crew will belong to them personally, which also greatly improved the enthusiasm of these crew members.
After relaxing during this dive, the fishing boat resumed its trawling work.
After several consecutive days of catching, the fish catch on the fishing boat has gradually increased. According to this progress, in another week, this trip to sea will come to an end and return successfully.
On this day, Ye Yuan was in the crew study room as usual, looking at information about marine life.
This study room was specially built by Ye Yuan for the crew members. It contains a large amount of information about marine life and ocean-related materials.
Here, the crew can not only learn about various fishes, but it is also a place for Ye Yuan to recharge himself.
Don't think that people who graduate from Ocean University are familiar with all ocean knowledge. Human beings don't know much about the ocean so far. What's more, for a college student who has only attended university for 4 years, Ye Yuan needs to add a lot of knowledge.
Just when Ye Yuan was reading seriously, Yu Hongbo came over.
"Boss, come up and take a look. We found an island. It should be an uninhabited island. Everyone wants to go to the island to rest for a day."
Yu Hongbo said anxiously.
It is actually very common to find some small uninhabited islands at sea, but few fishing boats go there to rest.
This is because fishing boats go out to sea not for fun but to make money. Going to the island to rest will affect the progress of fishing.
Secondly, large fishing boats can easily run aground when approaching such uninhabited islands, so few fishing boats will land on uninhabited islands when they see them.
This time, it was because Ye Yuan's crew saw that the scenery on this island was very good, and they had been drifting at sea for many days, so they wanted to go up and have a look, so they asked Yu Hongbo to come down and ask the boss for his opinion.
Ye Yuan came to the deck and found many crew members standing on the side of the ship looking at an island in the distance.
Look in the direction where the crew is looking.
The island is not big, only a few kilometers in diameter, smaller than Yuwan Island. The island is basically occupied by a hill, and only there is a beach near the sea.
Looking from a distance, the entire island is basically covered by vegetation.
If it were close to the mainland, it would be a very good holiday island.
Ye Yuan thought about it briefly and ordered Ding Yi to park the boat outside the island because he could sense that there were many reefs around the island.
This is also the reason why some large fishing boats dare not approach the islands in the sea.
There are reefs around many islands, and the draft of medium and large fishing boats is generally not too shallow, which makes it easy for fishing boats to hit the rocks if they get close to the islands.
Running aground on the rocks is a very troublesome thing for fishing boats.
Because it is an island, Ye Yuan's perception cannot see all the situations on the island.
Ye Yuan could only ask Yu Hongbo to take a few crew members to the island to check the situation.
After all, on such an island in the Indian Ocean, who knows if there are some ferocious beasts on it?
Yu Hongbo, Ma Hua, and You Zhiyong drove a lifeboat to the island first, while Ye Yuan came to the cab and personally drove the "Yushui".
Although Ding Yi has much more driving experience than Ye Yuan, there are many reefs here, and Ye Yuan can use his perception to cheat.
He carefully drove the fishing boat close to the island and found a place he thought would be good to park the boat.
The reason why we chose this place is because everyone goes to the island and the fishing boats stay far away. If an accident happens, it will be too late to come back for rescue.
After all, this is the high seas, and anything can happen.
And now the place where Ye Yuan parked his boat is very good. Putting aside the factors of nature, if someone really wanted to sneak attack on this fishing boat, they would have to pass through the surrounding reefs.
In this way, the reefs around the island form a natural protective barrier for fishing boats to protect the "Restorant Water".
After an hour of investigation, Yu Hongbo and others sent a signal on the island, indicating that they could go to the island.
Ding Yi was left alone on the boat, and Ye Yuan took all the remaining crew members and rowed the lifeboat to the island.
As soon as everyone stood on the beach, Ma Hua ran over excitedly.
"Boss, this place is so beautiful. Not only are there abundant fruit resources on the island, but there are also many small animals. No large beasts have been found yet."
As Ma Hua spoke, he danced and gestured.
When the crew members behind Ye Yuan heard that there were small animals, they all became interested.
Ye Yuan and the others had been drifting on the sea for more than a month this time. Although they had resupplied at the port midway, they were overseas after all. Except for Yu Hongbo, Gong Hongzhuang and Ye Yuan, no one else got off the ship.
I discovered this island this time and should be able to relax. There are animals on the island, which means that everyone can hunt to improve their lives.
ps: Thanks to Mr. Lighter than Feather for the 5,000 starting coin reward
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