1502. The next fishing ground
Qin Shiou watched the fishermen work. For Shake and others, this kind of work was very familiar. They used to work in the fishing grounds, but they not only had to go out to fish in the sea, but also helped to clean up the seaweed planted in the fishing grounds.
In addition to seedling farms, there are few fish farms in Canada in a single direction now, most of which are comprehensive farming, fish, shrimp, crab and kelp and seaweed vegetables, and those that can make money are all farmed. Just like the Daqin Fishery, Qin Shiou also planted Atlantic kelp from the beginning. Sometimes this thing is in a good year, and the profitability level is no worse than that of a fishing catch.
Moreover, the catch will run away, but these marine plants are planted and will grow and nurture wherever they are planted.
Geng Junjie and the ten of them were unfamiliar with these jobs. Shaq arranged for senior old fishermen such as the Bull to bring one apprentice to work.
Qin Shiou watched them work. In fact, this kind of work was relatively simple. There was no need to find the location of the giant algae seedlings, just put down the climbing frame in its sea area.
The climbing structure is also not complicated. It is generally connected by two five-meter-long breeding ropes, or a ten-meter-long breeding rope is used to fix it to two adjacent breeding ropes through a connecting rope.
The breeding ropes are about two meters apart, and a plastic ball is tied to the breeding rope every five or six meters to provide buoyancy, which makes it a climbing frame. After the giant algae leaves and vines float up, once they touch these rope frames, they will climb up by themselves and grow along the way.
The fishermen were busy working, while Qin Shiou released the consciousness of the sea god and searched for the breeding rafts potentially in the sea water, with giant algae seedlings on it. He inputs the energy of the sea god into it.
In terms of living environment, bays are not the most suitable. Giant algae are different from ordinary seaweeds. They like to grow on submarine rocks with deep and rapid water flow, especially at low tide lines.
There are no underwater undercurrents in the bay and the waves are very small. Even if there are waves in this kind of sea area, it will not die. But it doesn’t matter. Qin Shiou relies on the energy of the sea god. As long as there is sunlight and nutrients, these giant algae can grow faster and better with the improvement of the sea god’s energy.
The sea god consciousness swam quickly and instilled the sea god energy into the giant algae seedlings. After absorbing the sea god energy, a huge change began to take place under the water - the giant algae immediately began to grow! Growing in a visible degree of naked eyes!
Giant algae are the longest group in the algae kingdom. Most giant algae can grow to dozens of meters, and the longest one can even reach 200 meters to 30 meters and weigh 200 kilograms. They fix the algae on the reef with a fixer of more than 1 meter.
Qin Shiou bought this kind of seaweed this time, Boston's deep-sea giant algae with a growth limit of 300 meters. Americans usually use it to develop new energy. Bioenergy is the hottest topic in the 21st century, and giant algae contain sufficient biological energy.
Under suitable conditions, ordinary giant algae can grow 30 to 60 cm in one day, while Boston deep-sea giant algae can grow one and a half to two meters. It only takes half a year to grow this seaweed to the limit and then it can be produced.
Even if Boston deep-sea giant algae are planted in an environment like the Gulf of Mexico - with warm currents, abundant sunlight, and sufficient nutrients, they can grow all year round, and fishermen by the sea who make a living by collecting giant algae can harvest three to four times a year.
Qin Shiou was attracted by the production capacity of Boston's deep-sea algae. If he wanted to increase the Newfoundland fishery in a short period of time, it would be useless to rely on conventional means, so he needed the energy of the sea god to power it.
In addition, the lifespan of Boston's deep-sea giant algae is generally between 4 and 8 years. Harvesting giant algae is like cutting leeks. As long as their lifespan does not end, it can continuously harvest leaves and vines.
Qin Shiou calculated that if 1 ooo giant algae is planted per hectare of sea surface, then 12 ooo tons to 2 ooo tons of fresh giant algae can be harvested every year.
In order to ensure the demand for nutrients, he only released 5oo of giant algae per hectare. The energy of the Sea God has a huge effect on the transformation of giant algae. He has already had experience in the Daqin fishing ground. Because they grow fast, have a lot of energy demand, and are too dense to plant, it will lead to fishing in the end of the lake.
Even this is enough. One square kilometer is 100 hectares, and one-fifth of the area of the fishing ground will be planted with giant algae. That is to say, based on the minimum harvest of 60 tons per hectare, six million tons of giant algae can be harvested every year!
This amount is extremely terrible. Assuming the feed conversion rate is 20% - fresh giant algae cannot make fish feed, it must be dried. In addition, not every part of the giant algae can make fish feed. In short, even if the feed conversion rate is 20%, then relying on this alone, its fishing ground can produce one million tons of fish feed a year!
With other types of seaweed, it is natural to supply fishing grounds in Canada, but it is enough to revitalize Newfoundland fishing grounds.
After the sea god's energy entered the body of the giant algae, it quickly began to power. The seedlings that were several centimeters long thrust into branches and buds. A main trunk grew out. The color was tender green, the thickness was similar to that of the little finger, and dense small dots grew on it.
These small dots are the vines of giant algae in the future. A giant algae can grow about 1000 vine small stalks, and small leaves will grow on the stalks. I believe that in no time, the sea surface of this sea area will be paved with seaweed.
The first phase of the project is to plant giant algae, which purifies the seawater from giant algae. Only after the accumulation of nutrients on the seabed can other types of seaweed be launched.
The planting of giant algae cannot be completed in one or two days. It takes at least one week for more than 100 square kilometers of seaweed planting, and more than twenty fishermen to work.
Qin Shiou left the fishermen behind, but he turned to Halifax. He was about to accept the auction of the next fishing ground, Carter Fishery, was about to begin.
Although he has the Golden Bay Fishing Farm, he is still very ambitious about the Carter Fishing Farm. This is a very good place. It is located in the Kejim Kujik Beachfront. The scenery here is no different from the farewell island. After purchasing, he can also make a resort.
Kejim Kujik is a local Indian language, meaning ‘the place where the gods are watching’. The explanation of this name is to be connected with Indian myths. Indians believe in ghosts and gods. They believe that the place where the ghosts and gods are located is on the stars in the sky. When night comes, ghosts and gods will patrol their territory in the stars.
Therefore, another meaning of this name is that under the starry sky, the night sky here is particularly bright, and you can see the stars most clearly. The ghosts and gods on the natural stars also see the territory here, so you have the reputation of "the place where the gods are watching".
This Indian name is not an exaggeration. Kejim Kujik is a nature reserve with one of the two best national parks in Nova Scotia and is also a member of the Royal Canadian Astronomical Agency's Dark Night Starry Sky. (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!