space fisherman

Chapter 406 The soup is wasted

The fact that the crew didn't care didn't mean that Wei Qiang and Xiao Nan didn't care either. These three guys ran over excitedly when they saw such a big turtle being caught.

"Brother Ye, the sea turtle is so big, is it a waste to cook the soup? How do you fishermen usually eat it?"

While admiring the sea turtle, Wei Qiang asked Ye Yuan flatteringly, as if this guy was very interested in eating the sea turtle in front of him.

Hearing this guy's words, Ye Yuan didn't fall down, he really didn't see that this kid was so foodie, he didn't even plan to let the turtles go.

Ye Yuan cleared his throat, then gave this guy who didn't understand anything a glance, and then explained:

"Let's not talk about whether sea turtles are protected animals, whether we dare to eat them, and whether we can eat them.

From the perspective of fishermen alone, it is impossible for us to keep the turtles we catch. This is a rule passed down from generation to generation.

This is already known to every fisherman. For us Hua people, the turtle is an extremely spiritual and auspicious thing.

Xuanwu among the ancient four divine beasts is a divine beast based on the tortoise.

Especially those of us who are fishermen have a kind of reverence for sea turtles. There is a legend in the fisherman industry.

That is, if you catch sea turtles by mistake and don’t release them, you will bring disaster and illness to yourself or your family.

On the contrary, it can help the family to eliminate disasters and avoid diseases, so almost all fishermen will return the sea turtles caught by mistake back into the sea.

What I'm talking about is still the old almanac.

Since the sea turtle has become a national second-class protected animal, no one has kept the sea turtle that was accidentally caught. Isn't that making yourself uncomfortable? "

After all, Zhang Wuxian is a marine science student, and he understands these things, but Wei Qiang asked another question that he thought he didn't understand:

"Brother Ye, what most people call sea turtles is just a broad concept.

Just like we talk about fish, but fish are not protected animals, only some rare fish are protected animals.

Are all sea turtles protected animals?Or just a few types of sea turtles are protected animals? "

Ye Yuan was also speechless, he didn't see that Wei Qiang was really a hundred thousand reasons.He had no choice but to look endlessly, and said with a smile:

"Can you tell Qiangzi about this?"

As soon as Zhang Wukong heard that Ye Yuan wanted to explain himself, he immediately acted like a senior, patted Wei Qiang who was still teasing the turtle and said:
"Seven species of sea turtles are known to exist in the ocean. They are leatherback turtles, loggerhead turtles, hawksbill turtles, olive green-scaled turtles, green sea turtles, ridley turtles and flatback sea turtles.

Unfortunately, these turtles are listed as endangered.

So let’s just say that all sea turtles are protected animals,” he said.

After finishing speaking, he still didn't forget to take a look at Ye Yuan:
"I'm right, Xiao Yuan?"

Ye Yuan nodded:
"It's okay, better than that guy Zhao Chuan. You didn't return everything to the teacher when you graduated. In the words of that guy Zhao Chuan, you are not particular~!"

Ye Yuan couldn't see Zhang Wuxian sneering in front of him, so he casually used Zhao Chuan's words to insult him.

Zhang Wuxi also heard Zhao Chuan's famous quote, but he also shrugged and said nothing.

Afterwards, a disharmonious scene appeared on the boat, that is, the three elders took out their mobile phones and took pictures of the turtle. After taking several photos together, they carried the turtle into the sea.

The crew got used to this, so no one went to join in the fun with these guys.

Ye Yuan prayed in his heart that this sea turtle would never depend on him like the leatherback turtle on his island.

Speaking of the leatherback turtle, since the last time they returned to Yuwan Island with Ye Yuan and the others, it seemed as if they had been relying on it.

He is different from Ye Yuan's other pets, that guy likes to crawl on the beach when he has nothing to do, he doesn't move at all, even if someone walks past him, it doesn't react at all.

And only when he saw Ye Yuan, would he get up lazily, biting the corner of Ye Yuan's trousers and not let go.

Everyone else always thought that this was an expression of its intimacy with Ye Yuan. Only Ye Yuan knew that this guy wanted those tasteless space food from him.

At first, he was very happy to give him some, but this guy went too far, and once even ran to the courtyard by himself to ask Ye Yuan for food.

Since then, Ye Yuan has already cut off that guy's ration.

He really didn't want to keep it on his own island, but Ye Yuan had no choice but to force it to leave with this kind of food shortage.

Fortunately, what Ye Yuan was afraid of didn't happen, the turtle was just released back into the sea, and then left after swimming with the fishing boat for a while.This also made Ye Yuan let go of his hanging heart.

The crew and Ye Yuan had nothing to do with it, they were used to it, but when Zhang Wuxian and the others saw this scene, they chattered:
"Look, look, the sea turtle is spiritual, knowing that we let it go, haha ​​I recorded all of this."

Wei Qiang shouted excitedly in the direction the turtle was leaving.

The relatively calm Xiao Nan also nodded, and said in agreement:

"It's really amazing. I just heard about it before, but this time I really saw it. It's one of the longest-lived animals, and its intelligence is relatively high."

Hearing the words of several people, Ye Yuan sighed, he felt sad for the sea turtles in his heart, although the lifespan of sea turtles is not short, but people say that within a few decades, they will perish.

The reason is caused by pollution.

Sea turtles generally like to eat jellyfish, and those plastic bags floating in the sea are often mistaken for jellyfish by these sea turtles. When sea turtles eat plastic bags by mistake, it will cause blockage of their digestive tract, leading to their death.

To be honest, as a fisherman, I really don't like jellyfish.

There is no difference between jellyfish in the sea and devils entering the village. They eat almost anything in the sea, whether it is big fish, small fish, or even those eggs that have not hatched, they are the food of jellyfish.

Even more frightening are creatures like jellyfish. There are not many natural enemies, but sea turtles are one of them.

If sea turtles really disappeared on Blue Star one day, jellyfish would naturally lose another natural enemy.

If there are more jellyfish because of the disappearance of sea turtles, it is really not a joke, it is definitely a disaster for the ocean.

Thinking of these, Ye Yuan's heart is still quite heavy.In order to divert this mood, Ye Yuan immediately threw himself into work.

"Plastic bins, pull over the crushed ice, sort it quickly."

Hearing Ye Yuan's order, the crew even accelerated the sorting speed in their hands.

The fish caught in this net weighed several thousand catties, and the types of fish caught were relatively miscellaneous, such as squid, octopus, pomfret, hairtail, etc., which accounted for half of the fish caught in the net.

(End of this chapter)