space fisherman

Chapter 150 Whale Fall
When Ye Yuan came to the bottom of this trench, he was shocked by the scene before him.

The sea here has reached a depth of 5000 meters, and the huge whale skeleton has been lying quietly on this seabed formed by sea sand.

After Ye Yuan saw the whale skeleton, two words "whale fall" suddenly appeared in his mind.

Whale fall refers to the fact that after a whale dies, its body is too large to be decomposed by microorganisms immediately, so it will fall into the abyss or ocean basin due to its weight.

This sinking process will take a long time, and sometimes it takes months or even years to stop.

In this process, organisms at all levels in the marine food chain can come to eat the whale carcass.

Specifically, there are many organisms on the food chain, such as some fish, crustaceans, and microorganisms.

Due to the large size of the whale, it will provide shelter for many marine life during the whale fall.

Especially for some relatively small organisms, such as epiphytes and borers.

During the whale fall, organic matter can be transported from the upper ocean to the lower ocean, which facilitates the transport of organic matter.

In this way, the organisms in the deep sea can get enough support, which can promote the balance of the marine ecosystem.

Therefore, there are many benefits that whale fall brings to marine life. Looking at the whale in front of him, with only its skeleton left, Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel some inexplicable sadness.

Ye Yuan doesn't remember where he heard a word, that is "everything is born when the whale falls".

After careful observation, there is nothing but the whale skeleton.

Ye Yuan didn't want to destroy this skeleton that only contributed to marine life.

Just let him stay here quietly, maybe after a few years, this place will also disappear with the passage of time.

Ye Yuan couldn't tell how he was feeling at the moment, so he turned and swam towards the sea.

Back on the boat, the diving crew have all returned.

Everyone is handing over the ornamental fish they caught in the sea this time to Yu Hongbo for registration.

Now the crew's diving to catch ornamental fish has become another additional income. Ye Yuan promised that the income of the ornamental fish caught by the crew from diving will belong to them personally, which also greatly increased the enthusiasm of these crew members.

After this dive to relax, the fishing boat resumed its trawling work.

After several days of catching, the catches on the fishing boat have gradually increased. According to this progress, it will take another week for this trip to come to an end and a successful return.

This day Ye Yuan was in the crew study room as usual, looking at materials about marine life.

This study room was specially built by Ye Yuan for the crew. There are a lot of materials about marine life and the ocean here.

Here, the crew members can not only learn about various fishes, but also a place for Ye Yuan to recharge himself.

Don't think that people who graduated from Ocean University are familiar with all ocean knowledge. Human beings don't know much about ocean so far, let alone a college student who has only studied in university for 4 years, Ye Yuan also needs to supplement a lot of knowledge.

Just as Ye Yuan was seriously reading the book, Yu Hongbo walked over.

"Boss, come up and have a look. We found an island. It should be that kind of uninhabited island. Everyone wants to go to the island to rest for a day."

Yu Hongbo said anxiously.

It is actually very common to find some small uninhabited islands in the sea, but few fishing boats will go to rest.

This is because fishing boats go out to sea not for fun, but to make money, so going to the island to rest will affect the fishing progress.

The second is that large fishing boats are easy to run aground when approaching such uninhabited islands, so few fishing boats will land on them when they see uninhabited islands.

This time, it was because Ye Yuan's crew saw the beautiful scenery on this island, and everyone had been floating at sea for many days, so they thought about going up to have a look, so they asked Yu Hongbo to come down and ask the boss for his opinion.

Ye Yuan came to the deck and found that many crew members were standing on the side of the ship looking at an island in the distance.

Look in the direction the crew looked at.

The island is not big, only a few kilometers in radius, and smaller than Yuwan Island. The island is basically occupied by a hill, and only near the sea is a beach.

From a distance, the entire island is basically covered by vegetation.

If it is very close to the mainland, it should be a very good holiday island.

Ye Yuan thought for a while, and ordered Ding to stop the boat outside the island, because he could sense that there were many hidden reefs around the island.

This is also the reason why some large fishing boats dare not approach the islands in the sea.

There are hidden reefs around many islands. The draft of medium and large fishing boats is generally not too shallow. This will cause fishing boats to run aground easily if they approach the islands.

Landing on the rocks is a very troublesome thing for fishing boats.

Since it is an island, Ye Yuan's perception cannot check all the situations on the island.

Ye Yuan could only ask Yu Hongbo to take a few crew members to the island to see the situation first.

After all, such an island in the Indian Ocean, who knows if there are some ferocious beasts on it?

Yu Hongbo took Ma Hua, You Zhiyong, and the three of them drove a lifeboat to the island first, while Ye Yuan came to the cab and personally drove the "Yushui".

Don't think that Ding Yi's driving experience is much better than Ye Yuan's, but there are many hidden reefs here, and Ye Yuan can use his perception to cheat.

He carefully drove the fishing boat close to the island, and found a good place to stop the boat.

The reason why we chose this place was because everyone went to the island, and the fishing boats stayed far away. If an accident happened, it would be too late to come back for rescue.

After all, this is the high seas, and anything can happen.

And now the place where Ye Yuan docked the boat is very good, regardless of the factors of nature, if people really want to sneak attack on this fishing boat, they have to go through the surrounding reefs.

In this way, the reefs around the island form a natural protective barrier for fishing boats to protect the "Yushui".

After an hour of investigation, Yu Hongbo and the others sent out a signal on the island, indicating that they could go to the island.

Leaving Ding Yi alone on the boat, Ye Yuan took the rest of the crew and rowed the lifeboat to the island.

As soon as everyone stood on the beach, Ma Hua ran over excitedly.

"The boss here is so beautiful. Not only are there abundant fruit resources on the island, but there are also many small animals. We haven't found any large beasts yet."

While talking, Ma Hua danced and gestured.

The crew members behind Ye Yuan became interested when they heard that there were small animals.

This time, Ye Yuan and the others had been drifting on the sea for more than a month. Although they had resupplied at the port on the way, they were abroad after all. Except for Yu Hongbo, Gong Hongzhuang and Ye Yuan, no one else disembarked.

This time I found this island, I should be able to relax. There are animals on the island, which means that everyone can hunt to improve their lives.

PS: Thank you for the reward of 5000 starting coins from Lighter than Feather

(End of this chapter)