My Deep-sea Fishery

"This guy probably wants to eat shark's fin." Xiang Yang thought to himself.

Sure enough, the next moment, Fang Youqun chuckled, "Brother Yang, I think the fins of this shark are quite big. If it's not for protecting animals, let's cut off its fins."

When it was over, Fang Youqun added: "Look at this shark, its teeth are so sharp, it looks dangerous at first glance. If we kill it, it will be considered a good thing."

Xiang Yang was speechless immediately, "Then you are really a good person."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Yang waved to the side, "Come over and throw this Antarctic sleeper shark into the sea."

"Yes, Captain." Over there, several crew members immediately agreed.

When Fang Youqun heard this, he immediately became anxious, "Brother Yang, is this shark also protected from animals?"

Xiang Yang frowned, the sleeping shark is really not a protected animal.

Even though most sharks are now protected animals, the Antarctic sleeper shark, which was not identified as a new species until more than ten years ago, really does not exist in my country's Animal Protection Law.

But Xiang Yang knows that the Antarctic sleeper shark is definitely an endangered animal.

The reason why my country has not established a project to protect the Antarctic sleeper shark is not because the Antarctic sleeper shark does not need protection, but because there is no such shark within the territorial waters of our country.

In Antarctica, it is extremely difficult to catch this kind of shark. In the past, no Chinese fishermen have caught this kind of shark in Antarctica.

But Xiang Yang thinks that when it comes to protecting endangered species, instead of looking for a hundred excuses in the reality of the world, it is better to stop and think of a reason to change oneself.

Today, with the vigorous development and even saturation of the fishery, more and more types of seafood appear on the tables of ordinary people.

When human beings are enjoying the gifts brought by the ocean, not many people have considered it at all, because the human appetite has caused a large number of species extinctions and ecological disasters in the ocean.

It is true that with the enhancement of public awareness of environmental protection, this very real problem is getting more and more attention.

Among them, sharks and shark fins are an issue that has been pushed to the forefront several times.

Ever since Yao Ming and many other stars vigorously promoted the slogan "No Buying, No Killing", many people have become more and more responsive to this issue.

On the one hand, the shark fin trade, which seriously threatens the shark population, has been curbed under the pressure of public opinion.

On the other hand, some so-called "animal protectionists" lashed out at the legal fishing of non-conserved small shark species, hyping up the erroneous view that "all shark fishing is illegal and should be resisted". A lot of fishermen have done a lot of damage.

As far as Xiang Yang is concerned, Xiang Yang supports the cause of endangered animal protection, so Xiang Yang chose to release the Antarctic sleeper shark.

But from a fisherman's point of view, Fang Youqun's proposal is not illegal.

The protection and rational use of shark resources does not mean a general opposition to all shark fishing.

For example, the big snout helical shark sold in eight cities in my country is a non-conserved species, and it is a very common food fish in the southeastern coastal areas.

After the Antarctic sleeper shark was thrown overboard, Xiang Yang turned his head and said to Fang Youqun, "This Antarctic sleeper shark takes up too much space. We don't know how long we will sail in Antarctica, and we will definitely catch them later." There's a lot of seafood, so sleeping shark meat isn't worth keeping on board."

Shark meat, especially sleeping shark, because it is a deep-water fish, and because it is at the top of the food chain, there is a large amount of harmful substances deposited in its body, so its meat is neither delicious nor good. It's valuable, and it's not worth Xiang Yang's long journey to fish it back from Antarctica.

After Fang Youqun heard what Xiang Yang said, he felt his heart was bleeding, "Shark meat is worthless, but shark fins are valuable!"

"Is it worth it?" Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows.

"It's not a basking shark fin, how much is it worth?"

In fact, those who really know how to eat shark fin only eat basking shark fin.

The fins of other sharks are mostly used to fool those who don't know how to do it.

"Moreover, cutting off the shark's fin and throwing the shark back into the sea, this cruel hunting method has long been strictly prohibited by the whole world." Xiang Yang said.

"Banned all over the world?" Fang Youqun immediately calmed down upon hearing this.

Banned by the whole world, he dare not be an enemy of the whole world.

Xiang Yang patted him on the shoulder, "Yes, so your task now is to quickly clear up the catch, otherwise, your red envelope will be gone."

When Fang Youqun heard this, he immediately became anxious, "Don't, Brother Yang, I'll go to the cabin and get the foam box out now."

Xiang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "Don't forget to break the ice cubes and bring them together."

Most of the fish here are to be frozen in the freezer, even some rare fish. After all, these are cold-water fish, not all of them can survive as long as they are placed in the living water tank.

Fang Youqun nodded quickly. This net weighs tens of thousands of catties. Antarctic sea fish are already relatively expensive. In addition, there are a large number of very valuable sea fish such as Antarctic icefish, Antarctic sturgeon, and silver pomfret. At least one hundred yuan can be sold.

Fang Youqun didn't dare to slack off with a catch of several million.

And because of the red envelope, Fang Youqun felt that he was full of energy.

Xiang Yang kicked away a cuttlefish of more than two catties, "Don't throw away the cuttlefish and squid this time, and throw them all in the freezing cabin. This is a cuttlefish from the non-polluted waters of Antarctica. Even if it can't be sold, we will It’s also good to keep it for yourself, even if you want to throw away something that is a great supplement, wait until the warehouse is full before throwing it away.”

Cuttlefish and squid are indeed the creatures that claim to be sweeping the world.

With this net, the cuttlefish and squid alone weighed 10,000 to 20,000 catties, accounting for almost half of the total catch.

If it is inland, cuttlefish is actually quite valuable. As far as Xiang Yang knows, in some places in the inland, dried cuttlefish weighing several catties can be sold for two to three hundred yuan per catty.

But at the beach, it is really difficult to sell cuttlefish at an affordable price. No one is willing to take this stuff. If you keep it for yourself, there will be everywhere on the beach, more than rubbish.

But the squid, in recent years, with more and more tricks in cooking, there are actually many young people on the beach who like to occasionally catch a few squid and take it back as an appetizer.

When the crew members heard that Xiang Yang said they would keep the cuttlefish and squid, they didn't say anything, because this was not the first time Xiang Yang had kept cuttlefish and squid on board.

In the past, when Xiang Yang caught cuttlefish and squid, he would often store them in the freezer as snacks for the two humpback whales.