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1609. The days of sea cucumber fishing

16o9捕捞海参的日子

Qin Shiou mainly raises two types of sea cucumbers, Pernix and Arctic Ginseng. The former grows faster and has a rich fleshy texture, but in terms of nutrition, Arctic Ginseng is better. The fishing age of wild Arctic Ginseng is generally more than ten years, and ordinary breeding sea cucumbers will be fished in one or two years. The value of the two is naturally huge.

These sea cucumbers were planted by him in the fishing ground for the second year. During this period, he continued to input sea god energy. Whether it was Pernix or Arctic Ginseng, they grew well. However, Qin Shiou led the team mainly to catch Pernix, and Arctic Ginseng would make it grow for another year.

Of course, if you encounter Arctic ginseng that grows big enough, you have to fish it out. Anyway, as long as you grow at the limit, you won’t grow much after breeding it.

The sea water temperature in Newfoundland fishery is not suitable for breeding sea cucumbers and abalones. Ordinary sea cucumbers will stop preying and hibernating at less than 5 or 6 degrees Celsius. They are very delicate. They will hibernate in summer when the temperature is high, and they will hibernate in summer when the temperature is low. They will not grow during this period and are not suitable for fishing.

After Shaq issued the order to catch sea cucumbers, the fishermen began to work hard. Only senior fishermen could go into the sea to catch sea cucumbers. Geng Junjie and more than 20 fishermen were responsible for logistics work, and they could not go into the sea.

Fishing sea cucumbers is hard to work. During the fishing season, you have to stay under the water for about ten hours a day. Long-term water pressure and soaking will cause fishermen to suffer from various joint diseases and lung diseases.

However, income is proportional to effort. A sea cucumber fishing season is usually one to two months. In such a short time, fishermen can earn 50,000 to 80,000 Canadian dollars, which is higher than the average white-collar workers' income throughout the year.

However, there are still few people willing to go into the water to catch sea cucumbers, and young people cannot bear this crime.

Shaq put on a diving suit, which was a heavy diving suit. Like an iron can, the person hid inside. An oxygen tube connected the diving suit to the oxygen generator on the boat. There was also an iron pendant on the diving suit to crash into the bottom of the sea.

Wearing a diving suit, he sighed: "Now there are fewer and fewer people willing to catch sea cucumbers, and even fewer excellent fishermen. When my father was young, he could catch more than 2,000 pounds of sea cucumbers a day, but now we can't do it. It's amazing to catch 1,000 pounds a day."

Qin Shiou had to take the lead in attending. He also put on a heavy diving suit and said with a smile: "That's not bad. One thousand pounds a day, and his income is 2,000 Canadian dollars, and he can get 60,000 yuan a month."

Although the fishing ground hires fishermen, when doing a lot of work, he has to give fishermen extra rewards. For example, fishing for bluefin tuna, the fishermen will be given dividends; for example, fishing for sea cucumbers, the fishermen will also have dividends, basically one pound is more than one Canadian dollar.

Qin Shiou treated his senior fishermen more sincerely and doubled his treatment. The fishermen could get two Canadian dollars, which was much better than working outside.

Sea cucumbers are expensive when they are dried, but even the high-quality sea cucumbers produced in Daqin Fishery are very expensive. A plump pound costs more than 100 US dollars, so he is willing to give the fisherman more dividends.

Geng Junjie and others looked at the senior fisherman enviously. Someone asked if they could go into the water to see it. They could endure hardships and go abroad to make money, so they didn't want to miss such a chance to make money.

Qin Shiou shook his head and said, "A batch of sea cucumbers will be produced in winter. Next time, you can watch it carefully this time. I usually practice diving, this is not something to play. Guys, this is very dangerous!"

There are almost two harvest seasons for sea cucumbers in the year. Spring is in April and May, and the water temperature in Canada is relatively low. May is the peak harvest season for sea cucumbers, and can also be carried out in June. Sea cucumbers harvested in autumn are usually from the end of January to mid-December.

There were two fishermen on a fishing boat. They cooperated to be responsible for a sea area. This was to prevent multiple people from tangling oxygen hose in the underground sea at the same time. Qin Shiou and the bull were on the same boat. After arriving at the selected sea area, the oxygen generator on the boat began to work and they were ready to go into the water.

The bull moved his joints and made his body warm. He said, "Boss, how about the place we chose? I'm going to earn 4,000 yuan today. Yes, I'm going to go down and catch two thousand pounds of sea cucumbers!"

Qin Shiou looked around and said, "According to the Five Elements Dragon Seeking Art, we have sea cucumbers under us, and we can catch them later."

The habitat distribution of sea cucumbers is regular. Because Newfoundland fishery is very cold in winter, they will gather in the warm waterways under the sea. There are several warm currents in the fishery and how wide the distribution range is, the fishermen know very well.

In addition, sea cucumbers like to climb on reefs or corals to survive, so as long as these conditions are combined and screened, it is easy to find a place for sea cucumbers to gather.

He hung the sea cucumber fishing net on his waist. Qin Shiou and the bull bit the oxygen tube and put on a mask like helmet, gave each other a thumbs up and instructed each other, sat on the edge of the boat and looked towards the sea, and suddenly fell back into the sea.

As they sank, the oxygen pipe on the ship slid down like a small snake. There were fishermen on the ship responsible for logistics. When they saw that the oxygen pipe might be knotted, they would quickly open it to ensure that the oxygen flows smoothly into the mouths of the underwater workers.

The seabed chosen by Qin Shiou is on the southern edge of the coral reef, and there is a warm current passing by. The sea cucumbers here are not only large in number but also particularly large. Normally, sea cucumbers can only be processed into dry products for at least three years, and they need to grow big.

The seabed is clean sea sand, and some colorful parrot fish are in and out of the corals, and their small mouths are constantly squirming, and sand is excreted from their bodies.

This is why Qin Shiou breeds parrot fish in large quantities, which can turn dead coral reefs into delicate sea sand.

After the bull entered the water, he looked at the dreamy coral reef and was a little obsessed for a while. He did not directly fish for sea cucumbers, but walked along the edge of the coral reef, and occasionally reached out to touch the coral reef.

There were some sea cucumbers where Qin Shiou fell, but he looked at it and found that it was mainly Arctic ginseng, which was a little small in size and there was no need to catch it.

Small sea cucumbers are not fun to catch. Not only are they small in size, but they are also because they are loose at this time and cannot be processed into dried sea cucumbers. If they insist on selling them, they can only be processed into ready-to-eat sea cucumbers. Such ready-to-eat sea cucumbers are not only not nutritious, but also have a bad taste. No one in the market is willing to buy them.

Releasing the consciousness of the sea god and wandering around, Qin Shiou immediately found a large group of sea cucumbers. After swam over, he took a look and saw a fat sea cucumber with snow-white appearance.

Although the name of Pernicus ginseng is "white", in fact, their body color has nothing to do with whiteness. This white sea cucumber is an individual that mutates in a natural state, an albino sea cucumber.

This white sea cucumber is very plump. Qin Shiou reached out to pick it up. The nearby bull waved his hand hard at him. (To be continued.)

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