space fisherman

Just because the crew didn't care doesn't mean that Wei Qiang and Xiao Nan didn't care either. These three guys ran over excitedly when they saw such a big turtle being caught.

"Brother Ye, the turtle is so big, is it a waste to make soup? How do you fishermen usually eat it?"

While admiring the turtles, Wei Qiang asked Ye Yuan in a flattering manner, as if this guy was very interested in eating the turtles in front of him.

Hearing this guy's words, Ye Yuan managed to avoid falling down. He really didn't realize that this kid had such a strong foodie heart, and he didn't even intend to let the turtles go.

Ye Yuan cleared his throat, then rolled his eyes at this guy who didn't understand anything, and then explained:

“Let’s not talk about whether sea turtles are protected animals or not. Do we dare to eat them? Can we eat them?

From a fishermen's point of view, it is impossible for us to keep the turtles we catch. This is a rule passed down from generation to generation.

Every fisherman knows this. For us Chinese, turtles are an extremely spiritual and auspicious creature.

Among the four ancient mythical beasts, Xuanwu is a mythical beast based on a turtle.

Especially those of us who are fishermen have a kind of awe for sea turtles. There is a legend in the fishermen industry.

That is, if a turtle is accidentally caught and not released, it will bring disaster and illness to yourself or your family.

On the contrary, it can help their families avoid disasters and diseases, so almost all fishermen will release accidentally caught sea turtles back into the sea.

What I'm talking about is still the old almanac.

Since sea turtles have become national second-level protected animals, no one will keep the sea turtles caught by accident. Isn’t that making yourself uncomfortable?”

After all, Zhang Wuyi studied marine science and understood these things, but Wei Qiang asked another question that he thought he didn't understand:

"Brother Ye, what most people call turtles is just a broad concept.

Just like when we talk about fish, fish are not protected animals, only some rare fish are protected animals.

Are all sea turtles protected animals? Or are only a few types of sea turtles protected animals?”

Ye Yuan was also speechless. He didn't realize that Wei Qiang really had a million reasons. He had no choice but to look at Zhang Wuwu and said with a smile:

"Can you tell Qiangzi about this problem?"

As soon as Zhang Wuyuan heard that Ye Yuan wanted to explain himself, he immediately acted like a senior, patted Wei Qiang who was still teasing the turtle and said:

"There are 7 species of sea turtles known to exist in the ocean. They are the leatherback turtle, the loggerhead turtle, the hawksbill turtle, the olive-green turtle, the green turtle, the olive ridley turtle and the flatback turtle.

But unfortunately, these turtles are listed as endangered.

So it can be said that all sea turtles are protected animals,"

After saying that, I didn’t forget to glance at Ye Yuan:

"What I said is right, isn't it Xiaoyuan?"

Ye Yuan nodded:

"It's okay. It's better than that guy Zhao Chuan. You didn't return everything to the teacher when you graduated. In the words of that guy Zhao Chuan, you are not very particular~!"

Ye Yuanyuan couldn't bear Zhang Wuyuan's remarks in front of him, so he casually used Zhao Chuan's words to rebuke him.

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Zhang Wuwu had also heard Zhao Chuan's famous saying, but he shrugged and said nothing.

Afterwards, a disharmonious scene appeared on the boat, that is, three old men took out their mobile phones and took pictures of the turtle again and again. After taking several photos together, they carried the turtle into the sea.

The crew was used to this, so no one went over to join in the fun with these guys.

Ye Yuan prayed in his heart that this turtle would never rely on him like the leatherback turtle on his island.

Speaking of that leatherback turtle, it seemed like it had been relying on it since the last time I followed Ye Yuan and the others back to Yuwan Island.

He is different from Ye Yuan's other pets. That guy likes to crawl on the beach and stay motionless. Even if someone walks by him, he doesn't react at all.

Only when he saw Ye Yuan would he lazily get up and bite the corner of Ye Yuan's trousers without letting go.

Everyone else always thought that this was a sign of his intimacy with Ye Yuan. Only Ye Yuan himself knew that this guy wanted those tasteless space foods from him.

At first, I was happy to give him some, but this guy became more and more aggressive. Once, he even went to the courtyard to ask for food from Ye Yuan.

Since then, Ye Yuan has started to cut off that guy's food rations.

He really didn't want to keep it on his island, but it refused to leave, so Ye Yuan had no choice but to force it to leave by depriving it of food.

Fortunately, what Ye Yuan was afraid of did not happen. The turtle was just released back into the sea, swam with the fishing boat for a while and then left. This also put Ye Yuan's heart at ease.

There was nothing wrong with the crew members and Ye Yuan, they were all used to this, but when Zhang Wuwen and others saw this scene, they started a chattering discussion:

"Look, look, the turtle is spiritual. It knows that we let it go. Haha, I recorded all of this."

Wei Qiang shouted excitedly in the direction the turtle was leaving.

Xiao Nan, who was relatively calm, also nodded and said in agreement:

"It is indeed quite magical. I have only heard of it before, but this time I actually saw it. It is indeed one of the longest-lived animals, and its intelligence is relatively high."

After hearing the words of several people, Ye Yuan sighed. He felt sad for the turtles in his heart. Although the turtles' life span was not short, they were told that they would perish within a few decades.

The reason is still caused by pollution.

Sea turtles generally like to eat jellyfish, and plastic bags floating in the sea are often mistaken for jellyfish by these sea turtles. When sea turtles eat plastic bags by mistake, it will cause blockage in their digestive tracts, leading to their death.

To be honest, as a fisherman, I really don’t like jellyfish.

Jellyfish in the sea are no different from ghosts entering a village. They eat almost anything in the sea, whether they are big fish, small fish, or even fish eggs that have not hatched. They are food for jellyfish.

What's even more terrifying is the jellyfish, which has few natural enemies, but sea turtles are one of them.

If turtles really disappear on Blue Star one day, jellyfish will naturally lose another natural enemy.

If the number of jellyfish really increases due to the disappearance of sea turtles, it is really not a joke, it will definitely be a disaster for the ocean.

Thinking of these, Ye Yuan's mood was still quite heavy. In order to divert this mood, Ye Yuan immediately threw himself into work.

"Plastic boxes and crushed ice are brought here, sort them quickly."

After hearing Ye Yuan's order, the crew members accelerated their sorting speed.

The fish caught in this net weighed several thousand kilograms, and the types of fish caught were quite diverse. Squid, octopus, pomfret, hairtail, etc. accounted for more than half of the fish caught in this net.