My Deep-sea Fishery

The elephant is called the geoduck, which is a creature whose body looks very similar to the pearl mussel after death.

Its biological name is Pacific Mud Clam, also known as Emperor Clam and Goddess Clam.

Geoduck is its trade name.

The geoduck is currently the largest known bivalve in the world. Its shell is about 18-23 cm long, and the water pipe can be extended to 1.3 meters. The water pipe cannot be retracted into the shell. The weight of a geoduck is connected to the shell. It can reach 3.6 kg and is a large shellfish of the clam genus.

Xiang Yang stared at a small boat less than five meters long with shining eyes.

To be precise, staring into the living water tank of that ship.

In the living water tank of that boat, several geoducks were lying.

The largest of them had a scallop the size of a fan, and Xiang Yang predicted that its weight would be at least two catties.

That geoduck’s water pipe looked like a fat intestine and an elephant’s trunk. That’s how the geoduck got its name.

This is an extremely precious seafood.

my country began to introduce geoduck in 1998. At present, there are large-scale breeding areas in the southeast coast, and the price of the cultivated geoduck is frighteningly high.

Randomly find a small but exquisite seafood restaurant in Sanya, and order a half-price geoduck, the price is as high as 800 yuan at least.

Of course, its breeding cost needs this price.

The farmed geoduck feeds on single-celled algae in the sea.

Wild geoduck can also filter sediment and organic debris.

The biggest difficulty in raising geoduck is that it has a lot of natural enemies. In the entire ocean, almost all meat-eating people are its natural enemies. Its main enemies are sea crabs, starfish, sea snails and plaice. class.

Even though the shell of a geoduck is as big as a cattail fan, in fact its shell is completely cumbersome. It is thin and brittle, and it breaks at the touch of a touch. It is in the ocean and has almost no self-preservation ability.

Generally, those who do aquaculture put one million geoduck seedlings down. In the end, one hundred thousand will be returned. The remaining 900 thousand are either eaten by crabs or gnawed by fish.

And the growth rate of geoduck is very slow, and the rate of return is also very slow.

A year-old geoduck shell is 5-6 cm long and weighs 36-40 grams.

Two-year-old geoduck shells are 8-10 cm long and weigh 200-250 grams. Most seafood shops sell geoduck in this amount, and the bigger ones, ordinary people simply can't afford to try them.

The three-year-old geoduck shells are only 10-12 cm long and weigh about one catty.

In four years, the shells of geoduck can grow to more than 13 centimeters and weigh about one and a half catties. More than 90% of the geoduck raised in these large hotels are concentrated in those big hotels. Nothing to sell.

And with age, the growth of geoduck shells will become slower.

However, the soft growth of geoduck can still continue. It is difficult to estimate how large it can grow, because its life span can reach more than 100 years. If it has to wait for it to grow to its maximum size before selling it, it can give clam farmers to Send away.

Xiang Yang looked at the geoduck carefully, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the water pipes of these geoduck were all gray-white.

Geoduck species can generally be divided into mud mussels and sand mussels. Geoduck growing on sandy ground has a whiter neck, while geoduck growing on muddy ground has a darker neck.

Sand mussels, which are free of impurities and odor, are regarded as the top grade among geoduck.

The main edible part of sand mussels is the water pipe, which is to pull.

Cut the pluck into a small piece of square shape, after simple cooking, the plucked meat is white and flawless, the meat is tender and refreshing, and the taste is extremely fresh.

The value of wild geoduck is very expensive, and it belongs to the same grade as abalone, shark fin and sea cucumber.

"You raise these geoducks?" Xiang Yang called out of the boat.

"Nonsense, if we didn't raise it, could you still raise it?" A young man with a flat head said in a bad mood.

"Xiaofeng, shut up for Lao Tzu." An elderly skinny fisherman next to him shouted at the young man immediately.

Then, he looked at Xiang Yang and said with a smile: "This is contracted in our village, boss, if you also want to come down and salvage, then I'm afraid it won't work."

Xiang Yang had a conversation with the old fisherman before he found out.

It turned out that they were all fishermen from a nearby fishing village. They used the island as the center and used iron nails to pull the net. They stocked a lot of geoduck near this island. These geoduck was the common property of the whole village and they were caught. After the sale, the money can only get one-tenth of the labor remuneration, and the rest is handed over to the village committee and then distributed. But that's it. Every night, many people come to salvage the geoduck. .

Because even if they can only get a tenth of the reward, they can earn hundreds of yuan a night on average.

As for why they don’t wear diving suits to salvage, it is not that they are reluctant to buy diving suits, and it is not that they cannot afford diving suits.

This is stipulated in their village. The geoduck here can be salvaged at will as long as it is from their village, but the amount of salvage should not be too large each time, and the water must flow.

At first, the village chief did not say that he could not wear a diving suit.

But there are always some people who don’t know it. Every night, a lot of geoduck mussels are salvaged. Some even salvage geoduck seedlings, which makes other people in the village very unhappy. So later, they came up with this method. The villagers were dispatched together. During the harvest, no one was allowed to wear diving suits in this sea area during the rest of the year.

As for why the order was not ordered, no one was allowed to enter the water in this area, and it was straightforward to cut across the board.

That's because geoduck is very precious. If you don't send someone to guard it nearby, you can be sure that you will be remembered by thieves every day.

And finding a security guard on this lonely desert island at sea is not cheap. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Moreover, it is impossible for a security guard to hold such a large sea area, so in the end the villagers agreed to this way of operation.

After Xiang Yang learned the truth, he immediately lost interest in this place.

Nonsense, this is a contracted place, and there are so many people there, Xiang Yang can neither go down to salvage, let alone steal, what else can he do without leaving?

As a result, the skinny old fisherman stopped Xiang Yang, "Boss, we all raise the geoduck in a natural way. Would you like to take some away?"

When Xiang Yang heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then immediately lost his affection for the fisherman. Xiang Yang said coldly, "You mean, you sell these geoduck to me? This is the property of all of you. People are nearby, you sell to me privately, are you afraid of being seen?"

The quality of these geoduck is very good, Xiang Yang certainly wants it.

But even if Xiang Yang wanted to trade, he would still find this person's village, not this person.

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