Chen Yuan took the fishing boat ID and information and went to register under the leadership of Wang Peng.
Completed all the procedures in one morning.
In the afternoon, Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng signed up for the driving school and came back with two books.
Subject 1 is scheduled for about ten days.
Chen Xin and the others would not be back for a few days, so Chen Yuan and the others called their master and went to a diving store together to buy a diving suit, a diving mask, a wet underwater breathing apparatus, free diving fins, and underwater lighting.
lamp, a pair of wire mesh gloves.
There are also stainless steel spearguns in the store, and Lin Xinhai also has spearguns.
But now is the closed fishing season...
Lin Xinhai is an experienced fisherman and knows the relevant policies.
If it is commercial diving fishing, you must abide by the regulations of the closed fishing season. For recreational diving fishing, you only need to comply with safety regulations. After all, the local snorkeling club provides diving and fishing projects...
Hailing is building a tourist city and is also promoting the construction of marine culture. Although many things have not been explicitly stipulated, there are various local clubs, and there are already some established rules for sea fishing and diving fishing.
For example, diving and fishing is allowed during the fishing moratorium, but it can only be for recreational fishing. If you catch three or five fish, it will be fine if the coast guard finds them. But if you catch too many fish, it will be classified as commercial fishing and you will be fined. And then there are
Fish cannot be protected.
Hunting fish with bare hands, that is, without using oxygen bottles, but with harpoons or spearguns (harpoons without rubber bands) is also allowed.
Diving for fishing is done with the help of oxygen bottles or breathing tubes, and then using a spear gun.
Hunting fish with bare hands does not require oxygen bottles or breathing tubes. It is free diving and uses a javelin or harpoon.
The difference between the two is that one can stay underwater for a long time. The other has to surface from time to time for air...
Standardized bare-handed fishing and hunting has almost no impact on marine ecology compared to commercial fishing. It’s not that the quality of the fishermen is high, the main reason is that fish weighing less than half a catty are difficult to catch...
Moreover, what fishermen pursue is big fish. Big fish bring honor to the fishermen and are valuable.
After coming out of the fishing gear shop, Chen Yuan and the others bought dinner and went to Wang Peng's shipyard.
Lin Xinhai went in, took two spearguns, and took off the rubber bands on them.
"Want to go fishing?" Wang Peng said.
"Chen Yuan and the others want to go diving. Give us your big refrigerator, a large fish box, oxygen, and a net bag."
"I'll go out and play with you." Wang Peng prepared a box for them and said, "Do you want a safety rope?"
"No need." Zhou Sheng said, "It's troublesome to carry a safety rope."
"Yes." Lin Xinhai said, "Safety comes first."
Wang Peng gave them two pairs of free diving safety ropes, one with a length of 100 meters.
We moved our things to the boat, checked the equipment again, and set off.
"Have you brought your diving certificate?" Lin Xinhai said.
"Bring it."
Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng are level 7 divers, also called "diving masters". It took Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng more than four months to obtain the diving certificate.
As divemasters, they can organize and carry out diving activities, including shore diving and boat diving. They can independently conduct diving skills and refresher training for certified divers... and can also assist coaches in conducting diver courses. This is the first step in taking diving as a career.
One step is not a particularly awesome certificate.
But Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng both have rich diving experience. Zhou Sheng, in particular, has a well-deserved reputation as a prostitute in the surf.
When it comes to diving, Zhou Sheng's whole body is on fire and he can't wait.
"I haven't dived for a long time." Zhou Sheng screamed and said, "I feel like my whole body is going to explode."
In the cockpit, Lin Xinhai drove the boat, turned to look at Zhou Sheng, and said, "You don't want people to go crazy. To be honest, every time you go into the water, you are the person I worry about the most."
"I know that safety comes first and I will pay attention to safety." Zhou Sheng said.
Lin Xinhai looked at Chen Yuan again and said, "Under water, you should pay more attention to Shengzi."
Chen Yuan nodded and looked at the time. It was now past five o'clock. Then he looked at the chartplotter and said, "The tide is out now. Let's find a place leeward. I haven't dived for a long time, so I need to get used to it."
Lin Xinhai pointed to the West Bay of Erwo Island and said: "How is it here? The waves are very small at this time."
"OK."
The fishing boat drove over at full speed and it took more than half an hour.
A curved bay with sparkling waves.
Lin Xinhai found a place to anchor. The anchorage was only about a hundred meters away from the island...
Breeze and calm sea.
There are also two small boats, a yacht, and a sampan parked in this small place.
Some people are fishing here, some are diving here...
It took more than ten minutes for Chen Yuan and his fishing boat to anchor.
Chen Yuan briefly moved around and put on his diving suit. Zhou Sheng had already put it on, and only after Lin Xinhai repeatedly asked did he put on the safety rope.
The safety rope is a quick-release hook made of stainless steel rope, used to connect to the guide rope.
Guide rope, a nylon braided static rope with a diameter of 10 mm, is used to limit and prompt the diver's diving depth. At the same time, it is also for the safety of the diver...
Zhou Sheng put on his clothes, moved his body briefly, and then jumped down.
The sea water is blue, and the visibility is... average. You can't see the bottom here anyway...
Judging from the fish detector, the depth of this sea water is less than ten meters.
Zhou Sheng held his breath on the sea surface for several minutes. After waiting for Chen Yuan to enter the water, he raised his head, adjusted his breathing tube, and made two gestures.
Chen Yuan also gestured back to Zhou Sheng to express his understanding.
Chen Yuan adjusted his breathing tube, took a deep breath, took out the mouthpiece, and plunged in.
The function of the snorkel is to help divers breathe on the surface. They can also breathe when their head sinks just above the water surface...but if they want to dive, they need to take out the snorkel.
The water here is seven or eight meters deep, and you can see the bottom of the sea after entering the water.
There are large rocks, coral reefs, and fish schools on the seabed.
There are many types of fish and the quantity is average.
Chen Yuan quickly dived to the bottom of the sea and gently swung his flippers. He hadn't dived for a long time, and he didn't feel unfamiliar at all when he dived again.
At the bottom of the sea, there was a faint sound of gurgling in my ears.
The coral reefs on the seabed are not beautiful, and the number of fish schools is not large.
Chen Yuan searched for five or six minutes on the rocks. During this period, he saw several small groupers and a small green dragon. They were too small and ignored them.
Just as he was preparing to surface, Chen Yuan saw a big green dragon in the gap between the rocks and swam over.
The big lobster also discovered Chen Yuan and retreated back to the reef in fear. The gap was not deep. Chen Yuan quickly reached out and grabbed the big lobster.
Wang Peng looked at the time and said, "It's been seven minutes. Is everything okay?"
"It's okay." Lin Xinhai also looked at the time: "They are all professional divers."
Lin Xinhai also wanted to talk about Zhou Sheng's diving record. Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng surfaced at the same time.
Chen Yuan bit the rubber piece of his breathing tube and blew in a breath of fresh air.
Chen Yuan dived for about eight minutes this time, and he was still not out of breath. It was like holding his breath for more than ten seconds on land before... and he felt nothing. Chen Yuan's previous diving record, without equipment, only lasted seven or eight minutes...
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Soon, Chen Yuan swam to the side of the boat. He was holding a blue lobster in his hand, which weighed about one and a half kilograms. It was very big, and its beard was about one meter long.
"Is it big?" Chen Yuan took off the breathing tube, held the side of the boat with one hand, and threw the big green dragon onto the boat with the other hand.
"Big." Lin Xinhai gave a thumbs up and said, "I haven't seen such a big blue lobster for a long time."
Zhou Sheng also swam over. He was holding something in his hands and said to Chen Yuan, "Help me."
"What did you catch?"
"Conger eel." There were some surges on the sea surface, and Zhou Sheng grabbed a ball with both hands... Only when he got closer did Chen Yuan see clearly that it was a conger eel.
Zhou Sheng's hands tightly grasped the eel's head. Blood oozed from the corners of the eel's mouth, and its tail and body tightly wrapped around Zhou Sheng's hands...
Chen Yuan pulled him and held him in place.
Zhou Sheng quickly handed the conger eel to the boat.
When Lin Xinhai saw it, he quickly brought a towel, wrapped the eel's head, carefully took it off Zhou Sheng's hand, and threw it into the live fish cabin.
"No cowhide." Zhou Sheng chuckled.
Not only Wang Peng, but also Lin Xinhai, an old fisherman, was shocked when he caught a big eel with his bare hands.
The eel is conservatively estimated to be about 20 kilograms. Eels are very fierce, comparable to sea wolves... A 20 kilogram stone eel is slippery and has a vicious temperament. Not to mention on the bottom of the sea, even if it is caught on a fishing boat, it will
Be especially careful...
It was all with bare hands, just wearing a pair of gloves, without any tools. He had been a fisherman for decades, and he had never heard of anyone being able to catch a 20-pound conger eel with bare hands.
"Cowhide."
Really cowhide...
Lin Xinhai was convinced.
Wang Peng was shocked. When will he be able to catch conger eels with bare hands on the bottom of the sea? This conger eel has no respect for it.