gourmet food

Chapter 517

"Myna, do you sell the seafood you come back from the sea to yourself or to these people?"

At this moment, I have seen Lao Ba's boat. It looks quite new. He must have just bought it not long ago.

"Yes, every time we come back from the sea, we sell seafood directly to these bosses. Usually we sell good products to them. If they don't want it, we take it back and eat it ourselves.

Sometimes I have to replenish the health of my wife and children, and I will take some better seafood home to eat for myself. Anyway, we fishermen also rely on the weather for a living, and we cannot always receive goods when we go to sea. "

When Lao Ba said this, his tone was a little bitter, which made Chu Yunfeng feel incomprehensible for a moment.

Aren't there a lot of resources in this sea? Why does Lao Ba think that going to sea depends on luck?

"Bago, you are an old fisherman. You must be very good at catching fish. Will there be times when you fail to catch fish?

By the way, why don’t you sell the seafood you catch from the sea?The acquisition price of these bosses should be lower than the market price, right? "

Chu Yunfeng asked two questions that he was very concerned about, so that he could have a deeper understanding of the lives of fishermen.

“I’m not bragging, my brother, I’m born in the 80s. I followed the adults out to sea for fishing when I was young. Now I have nearly 30 years of fishing experience.

But what's the use?
Today's marine resources are much different from those 30 years ago. When I was a child, I could usually catch hundreds of kilograms of fish when I went out to sea with adults.

But what about now?
Marine resources are severely depleted. Many fishing boats do not comply with national regulations, use illegal nets to catch fish, and continue to operate illegally during the fishing moratorium.

Coupled with overfishing, fishermen who go out to sea to fish can be said to truly "depend on the weather", and their fish catch is much less than before.

So the second question you asked comes up, which is that many of the bosses who receive goods are actually local fishermen, and there have been more and more of them in recent years.

When I went to sea in the past, my warehouse would be full of fish when I came back. If there were too many fish, the price would naturally not go up. At that time, there were not many people receiving the goods, so we were all trying to find ways to sell more goods.

But now that the prices of these fish have increased, we have begun to catch fewer fish.

Nowadays, the cost of going out to sea is quite high. The more powerful the boat, the more diesel it consumes. Small boats like ours are better off.

The cost of a round trip to the offshore is about [-] to [-]. For some larger ships, the cost of a round trip to the open sea is [-] to [-].

If the fish catch is good, this is nothing, but the key is that sometimes there will be "air force" when you come back from the sea, which is hard to accept.

Even if it is not the Air Force, the fish caught are not even the cost, and we are losing money on this day. If we lose money for several days in a row, it will be very difficult for us fishermen.

Therefore, many fishermen have started to work as intermediaries, collecting the fish we catch and then selling them to markets and restaurants. In this way, everyone can make a profit and not go out to sea every day without harvesting anything. "

Chu Yunfeng was a little shocked by Lao Ba's words. He didn't expect that the current marine resources have reached such a difficult situation, and it is so difficult for even the fishermen on the beach to catch fish.

"The intermediary's profit is very high. It's still not cost-effective to sell it in the long term."

Chu Yunfeng knew that the middlemen made huge profits from the price difference.

"There's nothing you can do about it. It takes a long time to sell flowers by yourself, and you may not be able to sell them on the same day.

When we come back from fishing, we have to sort out the fishing nets, and when we get home, we still have to cook and take care of the children. Time is very precious, so we have no choice but to sell it to them. "

Lao Ba's words were full of helplessness, and Chu Yunfeng didn't know what to say for a moment.

"However, the country is now vigorously rectifying it. The annual fishing ban can still alleviate this phenomenon. I just hope that our children's generation can still have fish to catch."

Lao Ba’s words are full of hope and are also ordinary fishermen’s expectations for life.

"I believe it will."

Chu Yunfeng also said with confidence.

"Okay, no more talking, get on the boat, get on the boat, we are getting ready to go to sea!"

Lao Ba waved his hand and proudly boarded his ship, and then introduced the facilities on the ship to Chu Yunfeng.

What about cabins, motors, water tanks, etc.? What Chu Yunfeng was most curious about was the round thing placed on the bow of the ship. He didn't know what it was for.

"That is called a net hoist. After we lower the net, we can use it to automatically hoist the net. Especially when the wind and waves are strong, the net is difficult to pull, so we need to use a net hoist, which saves a lot of effort."

Seeing that Chu Yunfeng was very interested in everything on the ship, Lao Ba happily explained to him patiently.

"This is the ground cage, right? It's pretty big. If you put it down, will the fish and crabs get in?
Impossible? "

Chu Yunfeng saw more than a dozen ground cages piled on the boat, and there were some flagpoles next to them. He didn't expect that this sea trip was really different. Even the ground cages were different from those in the mainland.

Chu Yunfeng had seen a fishing cage in the countryside. It was made of bamboo. It was as big as a hat in the front and cylindrical in the back.

But the principle is the same as this mesh-shaped circular ground cage, that is, the entrance has an "inverted whisker" design. Once the fish gets in, it can't get out.

However, the bamboo cages in the countryside are placed in places with strong currents, and are surrounded by stones and branches. In this way, if the fish wants to swim downstream, it can only get into the cage with inverted whiskers.

After playing it for a night, you will gain a lot the next day. Unfortunately, Chu Yunfeng has always been interested in it, but he never had the chance to play it.

So how can these ground cages used at sea allow fish and crabs to enter by themselves?

"So I brought this bag of things with me when I went out. Take a look."

Lao Ba handed the plastic bag he carried before going out to Chu Yunfeng and asked him to check it himself.

"I'll go, why does it stink?"

After Chu Yunfeng opened it, he smelled a fishy smell and found that there were some small fish that were about to rot inside.

"Haha~!"

Seeing that his "plot" had succeeded, Lao Ba smiled happily and explained: "Because the fish has a bit of a smell to attract crabs and fish to eat.

Only in this way can we lure them into the underground cage. Otherwise, how could this sea creature automatically take the bait?

This is a bait cage. Put these stinky fish in it and wait for the crabs and fish to be attracted by the smell, but you can only watch them and they can't eat them.

Otherwise, the bait will be eaten by it, and fewer fish will come in. "

Lao Ba picked up a round ball from the side, separated it and stuffed two bait fish into it, then closed the ball and put it directly into the ground cage.

"Wow, that's interesting, that's so interesting. I'll come, I'll come."

Only then did Chu Yunfeng experience the fun of catching the sea. It turned out that there was such an interesting way to catch the sea. It was really a great experience.

The boat sailed towards the offshore. After Chu Yunfeng loaded the round cages with bait, he discovered something very interesting.

"What is this?"

Chu Yunfeng asked, pointing to these long cylindrical tubes covered by plastic sheets.

(End of this chapter)