master of the deep

Chapter 71 Pelagic Resources
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"Boss Lin, hello. I heard Mr. Zhong said yesterday that you are coming over. You have come at the right time. In a few days, our Haining will go to sea and it will take at least two months to come back. In that case, we will miss it. See you all."

Zhang Qiang is an old seaman with five or six years of experience in sea operations, and he has sailed across the ocean with the Haining for two years. The three of them said enthusiastically.

"Brother Zhang, which countries are you planning to go to this time? Are you going to Newfoundland?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

"Ocean-going fishing vessels can catch tuna near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific according to their fishing targets; squid is usually caught in the waters of Argentina and Peru; and saury is mainly caught in the Bering Strait.

The last time we went to the Newfoundland fishing ground, this time we are going to catch saury in the Bering Strait. Now is the season for saury to grow. Many countries, such as the United States, RB, Russia, Canada, Iceland, etc., as well as our country All ocean-going fishing boats will go fishing for saury. Zhang Qiang shook his head and said, but Lin Fan was still blank on this aspect, so he listened carefully.

The Bering Strait is located between Cape Diezhnev, the easternmost point of Asia, and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of America, at 169°0′ west longitude and 65°30′ north latitude, about 85 kilometers wide and 30-50 meters deep between.The strait connects the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea.

The Bering Strait is a water channel connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, and it is also the dividing line between two continents (Asia and North America), two countries (Russia and the United States), and two peninsulas (Alaska Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula).

The eastern and northern parts of the Bering Strait have a subpolar climate, with a winter temperature of -35 to -45°C (-31 to -49°F).Almost all sea water comes from the Pacific Ocean.The aquatic organisms are rich, including salmon, herring, cod, flounder, halibut, etc., which are of great economic value.The island is also a breeding ground for fur seals and sea otters.Walruses, seals, and sea lions in the northern sea area are distributed in the northern area.

"Brother Zhang, since the Bering Strait is the waters of the United States and Russia, will they allow us to fish? We seem to have heard that every coastal country has an exclusive economic zone. Will there be conflicts with them?" Lin Fan still knew some common sense of sea fishing, so he frowned and asked.

"Xiao Fan is right, offshore fishing must strictly control the operating area of ​​fishing boats in accordance with international maritime law." Zhong Huayan took over the words from the side, "Our fishing boats must not cross the 200 nautical miles of coastal waters. That is People’s exclusive economic zone.”

According to relevant international laws and regulations, the waters within 200 nautical miles from the national coast are exclusive economic zones, and fishing boats from other countries are not allowed to enter the fishing area, while the high seas beyond 200 nautical miles can fish at will.

"However, saury is mainly distributed in the RB Sea, Alaska, Bering Sea and other North Pacific waters. After spawning, it migrates along the ocean currents from Alaska waters to the Bering Strait.

The sea area we fished in was close to the Bering Strait, and the saury happened to have grown up at this time.Because the production season is in autumn, saury gets its name.This fish is rich in protein and fatty acids and is an important edible fish in Japan and South Korea. "

"Our family has also wholesaled saury. I heard from those boat owners that catching saury only seems to be done at night. I don't know if it is true?" Zhou Xiaolin also asked with great interest.

"You are right. Unlike other fishing operations, fishing for saury must be done at night. The main reason is that saury has phototaxis and can be attracted to fishing boats by using lights."

Zhang Qiang nodded. Last time he knew that Zhou Xiaolin’s family was a seafood wholesaler. He must have had frequent contact with the owner of the fishing boat. When a school of fish is attracted by strong lights and concentrated, usually the whole school of fish will be caught in the net.

Almost every time the fishing boat casts its nets, there is a harvest. At most, 18 tons of saury were caught in one net at a time.The fresh fish unloaded on the deck must be processed immediately, and the crew who have just put away the fishing nets have to go down to the processing area on the first floor to classify the saury by size, freeze and pack them into boxes. "

"Sometimes if the catch is good, if there is enough fuel and daily necessities, and the crew is not tired, we will process the fish on site to wholesalers in coastal countries, and then re-fish and fill the tank before returning to China." Zhong Huayan Added with a smile on the side.

"Brother Zhang, we went out to sea with Xiaofan twice and found it very fun. But each time we go out to sea for no more than ten days, and you often go out to sea for two months, won't it be boring?" Wang Biao Then asked about Zhang Qiang's life in the sea.

"Being a crew member on a fishing boat is also good. No matter what kind of fish they catch, the crew can eat as much as they want." Zhang Qiang said with a smile, "The crew and chefs on the boat cook saury in different ways: frying, frying, cooking , Fried, grilled, smoked, pickled... as long as you can think of cooking methods, I have done it all over again, so that some crew members have enough to eat when they return."

The words made everyone laugh. All the people here have the experience of going to sea. It can be said that these things are the common experiences of everyone, so everyone feels very kind.

Because of this, Lin Fan also learned a lot of things that need to be paid attention to in deep-sea fishing, especially this kind of large-scale deep-sea fishing boat, which needs to take into account more aspects in management, so he followed Zhong Huayan and Zhang Qiang to visit the Haining, and at the same time put forward many professional advices. problems, so as to have some understanding of the management of large ocean-going fishing vessels in the future.

Lin Fan learned that there are a total of 36 crew members on the Haining fishing boat. When setting off, they must not only fill up with fuel, but also bring enough food, medicine, fresh water and other supplies necessary for the crew.

Among them, only 800 kilograms of beef were brought, 1 ton of peanut oil was brought, and there were also a lot of cabbage, radish, spinach, potatoes and other vegetables.Excluding the cost of fishing boat fuel, crew salaries, daily necessities, etc., the Haining made a profit of about 200 million yuan when it returned from the sea last time.

I heard that the Haining only made about 200 million yuan in profit per trip, and Zhong Huayan was very happy about it. Wang Biao and Zhou Xiaolin both glanced at Lin Fan at the same time, but didn't say anything.

Of course, Lin Fan knew what they meant. The first time he took the Golden Pearl to sea, he earned 4000 to [-] million yuan, almost twenty times that of the Haining.Not to mention that the harvest of the four fishing boats this time is basically close to [-] million Chinese coins, and no one will believe it.

Of course, Lin Fan has his own unique advantages when fishing at sea, which cannot be replicated by other fishing boats.Not to mention that the value of the treasures he finds from the bottom of the sea every time he goes to sea is many times the value of the catch, even the precious seafood he catches every time is also detected by the aircraft on the bottom of the sea.

"Brother Lin Fan, do you also want to build an ocean-going fishing boat?" Zhang Qiang asked after hearing that Lin Fan had been asking about going to sea.

"Yes, I also have the same idea. Apart from visiting Brother Zhong and you this time, I also want to ask Brother Zhong to contact you to buy ocean-going fishing boats. Even if there are no new boats, second-hand ones are fine." Lin Fan nodded and admitted up.

"In the past few days, I heard from my dad that our Dongzhou City has taken the development of distant water fishery as a prominent strategic measure to promote the development of the blue economy and build a strong ocean city, and has introduced a number of supporting policies to support the development of large-tonnage, high-power steel fishing boats, and attract powerful enterprises to settle down and build large-tonnage fishing boats that can fish in the ocean.

Dongzhou City will expand the fleet of ocean-going operations, gradually establish modern ocean-going fishery enterprises, and promote the industrialization of ocean-going fisheries.At present, Dongzhou City has been led by the municipal government, with the participation of business, fishery, planning, transportation, port and shipping, port offices and other departments to build an international seafood trading center and cold chain logistics base, making it a modern international aquatic product trade platform. "

At this time, Wang Biao suddenly said to everyone that both Lin Fan and Zhou Xiaolin knew that his father seemed to work in a department of the Dongzhou Municipal Government, so it should not be difficult to know these policies, while Zhong Huayan looked at Wang Biao, and if any Thinkingly nodded secretly, probably also thought of something.

"Since your Dongzhou City has such a good policy environment, it's the right time for you, Xiaofan, to build large ocean-going fishing boats. I already contacted my friends in Iceland last night, and they currently don't have any new large ocean-going fishing boats in stock. If you want to customize it half a year later.

However, they have two second-hand fishing boats that are 800% to 500% new, and they only need to replace some parts before they can be used normally.Moreover, the price of two second-hand fishing boats is only equivalent to the price of a new boat, about [-] million yuan. In addition, they also promised to send new parts worth [-] million yuan, which can be selected by you. "

Zhong Huayan took Lin Fan's matter to heart. After Lin Fan called him last night, he then contacted his friends in Iceland and got some answers. At this time, he just told Lin Fan to know .

"Okay, a second-hand ship is a second-hand ship. As long as it can be repaired within a month, compared to getting a new ship after half a year, I can go to sea two more times and gain more." Lin Fan didn't care. It's not a new boat, because he has a super repairman in his hand, even a second-hand boat can be transformed into a super fishing boat, ensuring that the performance in all aspects is better than that of a new boat.

(End of this chapter)