space fisherman

He handed the net bag to Ding Yi, took the empty net bag and returned to the water.

Ye Yuan came to the bottom of the sea again. Not far away, a lobster was lying in the sea sand. When he was about to go over, he saw a very ugly stone moving. He was frightened and took a few steps back. He stared at it warily.

That stone.

After looking at it carefully for a while, I realized that it was not a stone at all, but a kind of seabed fish with a skin like a rusty toad, which made people subconsciously not want to get close.

This is the stone fish, also called tiger fish. Many fishermen call it toad fish. It is a very poisonous fish on the seabed. It is generally about 30cm in length. It likes to hide on the seabed or under rocks, disguising itself as an inconspicuous stone.

If someone steps on it carelessly, it will fight back unceremoniously and shoot out deadly poison. Its back has 12-14 needle-like spines, which can easily penetrate the soles of shoes and penetrate into the soles of the feet.

People are quickly poisoned and remain in severe pain until death.

Although stonefish is ugly, its meat is tender and tender, without fine spines, and its nutritional value is very high. It also has the medicinal effect of moisturizing the lungs. In recent years, some people have said that stonefish can play a role in beauty.

After the fish fat of the stone fish is dried, it is processed into fish maw and used to make soup. It is smooth in the mouth and is a delicacy on the table, comparable to the best shark fins and bird's nests.

The sting of the stone fish is poisonous, so be careful when slaughtering it. It is difficult for ordinary people to handle the poison. The chefs in the hotel also need professional learning to prepare this dish. If the sting is not cleaned and you eat the poisonous stone fish,

, which may cause swelling and pain in mild cases. In severe cases, it may cause cramps and fainting.

A light flashed in Ye Yuan's eyes, thinking, "I've found a treasure this time." He took the net bag, opened the mouth of the net bag, walked over quietly, slowly drove the stone fish into the net, and finally lifted it up carefully.

This stone fish weighs 7 to 8 pounds, which is relatively rare. Usually, 2 to 3 pounds is more common.

The price of this fish is far from clear. Usually the price of this rare seafood fluctuates greatly.

Ye Yuan climbed onto the fishing boat and carefully placed the stone fish on the deck.

"Be careful, don't touch it, it's poisonous." Ye Yuan saw Lao Er trying to touch the fish with his hand and directly warned him.

Ye Yuan took a sip of the mineral water handed over by Ding Yi. This time he took a fish cage made of bamboo and went down. In his perception, he found several more stone fish. Although they were not as big as the one just now, they were not as big as the one just now.

It's small.

The colorful underwater world is his own cornucopia for Ye Yuan. After continuously catching in this sea area for more than an hour, there are already a lot of lobsters, swimming crabs on the boat, and even more than 30 rare stone fish.

Ye Yuan and several crew members took turns to rest.

Ye Yuan himself went to the sea again. He wanted to go farther away and see. Perhaps because few people came to this sea area, there were many fish.

The sea water here is very clean and clear, the sea sand stretches over a large area, there are no seaweed plants, and the thin sea sand has no end in sight.

Ye Yuan casually caught a small fish. The color of the small fish was bright. Ye Yuan was not interested in these small fish of little value. After letting him go, the small fish broke free and immediately swam away in fear.

The meeting had already disappeared from Ye Yuan's sight.

Ye Yuan didn't pay attention to some small fish around him. In the sea, as long as he didn't encounter large carnivorous fish, there were few that could threaten him.

Ye Yuan swam aimlessly at the bottom of the sea.

"Huh? There seems to be something moving under the sea sand." Ye Yuan observed carefully.

After a while, Ye Yuan could see clearly that it was a turbot fish.

Turbot is a bottom-dwelling fish that usually floats less and has a docile personality. The body of turbot is flat and diamond-shaped, with two eyes located on the left side of the head, and the distance between the eyes is flat and wide.

The body is naked and scale-free, and the back is greenish-brown, with black and brown patterns faintly visible. Its biggest feature is that it can change the depth of its body color with changes in the living environment and substrate. The ventral surface is smooth and white, with no scales.

The teeth of turbot are short and thin and not sharp. There is an arcuate curved part above the pectoral fin. The head and tail fin are both small. There are no small spines in the whole body except the central axial bone. The middle part of the body is thick, the visceral mass is small, and the meat yield rate is high.

.is the most common economic fish.

Many seafood merchants gave him another name, Turbot, in order to sell it to him more easily.

Many turbot fish on the market are artificially cultured, and the price has dropped to 15 to 20 yuan per pound. Wild turbot is still very popular, and many high-end hotels still like to use turbot for cooking.

The number of turbots here is already astonishing. Ye Yuan made a brief observation and found that this piece of sea sand was full of such turbots, weighing several hundred tons at least.

Back on the boat, Ye Yuan ordered the crew to prepare the trawl. Ding Yi quickly drove the boat to the designated position. As the trawl slowly slid to the bottom of the sea, the ship's hull clearly felt the resistance to advance. After half an hour of towing, it was ready to start.

The net was set up, and with the sound of the winch, the crane directly lifted a large bag of fish, all of which were turbots. Each one was basically more than 3 kilograms, and the larger ones weighed about 5 kilograms.

The turbot was unloaded on the deck, and the nets were lowered shortly after.

All the crew members were busy. This time there were 6 crew members, 3 more than last time. Together with Ye Yuan and Lao Er, 8 people quickly transported these turbots to the cold storage.

As soon as the deck was cleared, the second net had already been brought up. After dragging the net here three times in a row, Ye Yuan ordered to rest. He was really exhausted.

After a rough estimate, these three networks can produce 20 tons of turbot. Even if the lowest price is 20 yuan per catty, the income from these three networks will be 800,000 yuan.

The second child was too tired to move and lay down directly on the deck, "Fourth child, I can see that you are using me as a coolie. I will never go to sea with you next time. I am too tired."

"As he said that, he found a cigarette and lit it.

Ye Yuan was also very tired and struggled to pull up his second child.

"Don't rest here, go back to the rest room, take a good bath, and have a good sleep."

After saying that, he walked back to the cabin.

Ye Yuan and the others returned to the cabin to rest, while the crew worked tirelessly to tidy up the deck.

There is a lot of marine garbage on the deck. Yes, don’t think that the ocean is very clean. In fact, many people don’t know that some fishing boats don’t catch much fish once they go to sea. It often happens that they bring back more garbage than fish.

Ordinary fishermen will not throw garbage into the sea again, but will bring it back to land for processing. This also increases the workload of some fishermen at sea.

According to some data, the amount of marine debris in the Pacific Ocean alone has reached more than 3 million square kilometers, even exceeding the land area of ​​some countries. A "plastic-based wasteland" has been formed in the Pacific Ocean with an area the size of Texas.

"Ocean garbage patch". If this continues, the ocean will be unable to bear the load. By then, fishermen will really have no fish to catch.

ps: Thanks to brother 08a for the reward, and thanks to all friends who support me.