227. Set out and head towards the sea of ​​stars!

George's shallows can be said to be the high seas. When the tide is low in winter, you can see the sea surface exposed to small islands. The sea water in this place is very shallow, and many waters are less than ten meters deep. Boats should be very careful when driving in this place.

This sea area is located at a node at the intersection of the Atlantic Cold Current and the Gulf of Mexico warm current. In addition, the shallow sunlight can shine on the bottom of the water, so fish bait is particularly rich here, with many plankton, and seaweed is flourishing, attracting a large number of sea fish to hunt here.

Before 1990, the small George Shoal could normally catch 420,000 tons of fish every year, but in the past twenty years, ocean fishing boats in the United States and Canada have been scattered in this area, and fishery resources have been severely damaged.

In order to protect George's shoals, Canada and the United States signed protection regulations, stipulating that trawlers are not allowed to enter this sea area. If you want to fish here, you cannot use trawls and fences, but only fishing rods.

This gives traditional fishermen in Massachusetts, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada the opportunity to survive. They are good at fishing rods to catch tuna, blue marlin and swordfish.

The fish market is now in good condition, and the supply of precious tuna is in short supply. Although the fishing and hunting period is only three months, if the harvest is good, the fishermen will have no problem earning a year of living expenses.

Qin Shiou sat on the deck chair and browsed the introduction to George's shoals and tuna. Xiong Dazhan lay tremblingly at his feet, looking up from time to time, and then quickly lowered his head.

Dabai is much more versatile than Xiong. It is clever and flexible, and occasionally runs to the railings for a while.

At this time, Xiong Da would roar with his head, probably because he was afraid that Dabai would fall and ask him to come back. Dabai was very obedient, so Xiong Da would run back as soon as he roared. After a while, it would jump on the railing, and Xiong Da would continue roaring, and this cycle was made.

In the sky, the warship bird Nimitz finally had the opportunity to show his abilities. He stretched his wings to fight the sky and followed firmly above the ship.

Every time Qin Shiou looked up and saw Nimitz flying above the ship, he couldn't help laughing. This guy looked a bit like a kite.

Nelson drove the ship, and the Seagull dragged the Snowball and advanced all the way through the ocean, with a speed of up to 32 knots, which was close to the limit of the Seagull.

There is no way. You have to drive quickly, because the farewell island is a bit far from George's shallow, which is 1,500 kilometers. At the speed of the Seagull, it takes 30 hours to arrive.

Shaq brought Qin Shiou ice wine and reported the weather in the past few days: "According to the radio notice, the North Atlantic Ocean has been calm in the last week, and we are lucky."

After packing up the fishing line, the sea monster with the hook nodded and said, "This is what it should be. August and September are the mildest seasons in the North Atlantic. In October, the sea breeze blows."

Because the trawl cannot be carried into George's shoal, the fishing nets on the Seagull were unloaded, thus leaving a large area of ​​space. Many debris were placed there, including buckets of pure water and rolls of fishing lines. The sea monster was sorting out the debris.

Generally speaking, it is easy to say that when sailing on the sea, it is easy to say. There is sea breeze, waves, and seabirds, which looks very romantic. But after a long time, it becomes boring. The sea breeze blows around. It seems that the sea is gone and the sea is still the sea. As the seabirds enter the deep sea, they will disappear.

Qin Shiou didn't feel this way, maybe it was influenced by the heart of the sea god. He had a different feeling for the ocean. As long as he saw the vast ocean, he felt inexplicably happy, as if he had lost any worries.

By the way, he has no worries now.

The yacht drove on the sea for one day. At noon, Qin Shiou stir-fried a portion of curry cabbage and prepared spicy cabbage and spicy sausage in advance. The group ate it all over the mouth.

The boring sailing at sea will inevitably affect the mood, so the meals prepared are mainly spicy, which is convenient for appetizing.

Qin Shiou asked the group how they felt. Ivosen had no problem as long as there was food. Nelson listened to music all the way and listened to it very happily. Shaq and the sea monster laughed: "This is a little bit of a word, boss, we both worked as ocean seamen, and we stayed at sea for eight months at the longest time!"

Compared to the hard-earned ocean fishing, riding the Seagull is a comfortable vacation trip. There is a living room in the cabin and a giant 62-inch LCD TV. There is a satellite receiver on the top of the yacht, which can be received by adult TV stations, and you can watch TV if you have nothing to do.

In the evening, the sea monster hung a circle of fishing rods on the Snowball fishing boat and made great efforts. They caught four squids and two guys like sea snakes, American eels.

These two American eels are one big and one small, the largest one is two and a half meters long, and the thickness of the sea bowl is estimated to be fifteen or sixteen kilograms. The smaller one is about one and a half meters, and it must be about ten kilograms.

The sea monster touched the belly of the American eel, carefully picked the struggling American eel from the hook, and said to Qin Shiou: "Boss, this female fish has not spawned yet, should she put it?"

Qin Shiou nodded and caught mackerel and cod in the afternoon, which was enough to eat.

The sea monster lifted the remaining American eels and squids onto the yacht and sighed: "There are fewer and fewer American eels. Now they can only encounter them in the deep sea. On the contrary, they used to survive in shallow seas."

Like its close relatives of eels, American eels are species that grow in the river and grow in the sea. They will migrate to the river in spring to lay eggs, hatch offspring, and then survive in the sea.

However, the fish tastes wonderful and triggered the indiscriminate fishing by humans. They were designed to capture them in layers of rivers where they migrate. Later, although the government began to protect them, due to the construction of water conservancy projects, many American eels migrating roads were cut off.

There is no way, American eels can only choose to adapt to nature. They lay eggs in the deep sea to escape predators. However, their habits of tens of thousands of years are not so easy to change. Many of the small eels hatched in the sea will die naturally if they cannot adapt to salinity.

After Qin Shiou understood this, he threw the male American eel back into the sea and said, "We have enough food, so there is no need to deprive this endangered species of right to survive."

Shaq and the sea monster bent slightly to Qin Shiou, which was the fishermen's respect.

You should know that the meat of American eels is delicious and fish roe is even better. When Qin Shiou first came, Shaq also caught a small American eel with a bamboo tube for him to eat. The fish roe was wrapped in eggs and fryed, and it was so fragrant.

At that time, Qin Shiou didn't know the survival status of this creature, otherwise he wouldn't have eaten all the fish.

Qin Shiou was able to resist the temptation of delicious food and released these two American eels one after another, which was enough to make the two old fishermen feel respected.

For dinner, Shaq processed a few large squids and made teppanyaki. Spread the squid with sauce, sprinkled with sesame salt, and then paired with cold beer. Looking at the beautiful scenery of the ocean and sunset is also a different enjoyment.

One night, at 4:30 in the morning, Chaoyang had just appeared in the east, and the Haiou radio station rang out an inquiry: "Travel yacht azw-1188, travel yacht azw-1188, this is the Halifax Coast Patrol Helicopter No. 12. Please answer when you hear it, please answer when you hear it." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!