After waking up, Chen Yuan and the others were back to where they were yesterday.
Changing shifts with Yang Xun and the others, Zhou Sheng sailed the boat, and Chen Yuan placed a circle of drones behind.
In the next few days, Chen Yuan chose to wait and see, and kept guarding the area more than 30 kilometers inside the Bashi Channel. Through observation during this period, he found that there were many trawlers and even more gillnets here.
It was already December 21st. Chen Yuan decisively gave up his defense and led the fleet to cruise westward.
In the past few days, I have only landed one net, a small school of Spanish mackerel, with a total catch of more than 1,000 kilograms.
Today's swell was a bit big again, and the fishing boat was bumping uncomfortably on the sea.
"It's the end of the month, is Yuanxing 55 ready?" Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yuan who was flying the drone and asked.
"How do I know?"
"Would you like to ask Xinxin to come over and take a look?" Zhou Sheng said, "I really don't want to sail this ship anymore."
Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Master will probably be jealous when Yuanxing 55 comes back."
Zhou Sheng chuckled: "Can this fleet survive the fuel consumption of 2,000 horsepower?"
"I guess I can't stand it." Chen Yuan also laughed: "The three engines are running at full power. I guess Lin Xinhai is going to scold us."
"Look for a few more big schools of tuna. Not to mention full power...as long as there are a few big schools of tuna, we can make waves wherever we want."
"Tuna is not the silver carp raised in ponds. It's not that easy to find."
Chen Yuan also wanted to find a school of tuna. In his dream last night, he also dreamed of a huge school of tuna, hundreds of tons in size.
"I wonder if we can build a large network before the Chinese New Year." Zhou Sheng said: "If we build a large network, we can almost rest."
Chen Yuan stretched and took the drone back.
Blue sky, white clouds, sea.
After seeing it too much, it’s just like that.
"12 o'clock direction, speed up." Chen Yuan suddenly shouted after the boat fell into silence.
"Is there any fish?"
"I saw flying birds."
Chen Yuan saw the small black dot in the sky.
When chasing fish in the sea, chasing birds is a good choice when you have no target and feel confused.
Chen Yuan's fishing boat suddenly accelerated. Lin Xinhai saw it through the radar and quickly asked: "Did you find anything?"
"If you see a group of flying birds, try chasing them," Chen Yuandao said.
"This is the South China Sea, and it's close to the land. Chasing birds probably won't lead to anything," Lin Xinhai said.
"There is nothing to do now, and the direction of the flying bird is the same."
"Should we catch up?" Luo Laosi asked.
"Yes. You speed up and come here, master. Just come here slowly. That ship of yours is about the same as speeding up." Chen Yuan also complained.
Then I heard Luo Laosi’s laughter on the radio.
I chased the birds until dark. I saw that these birds were about to leave the country, but I didn't notice them.
Zhou Sheng spit out one word, ‘gan’.
"Have you found anything?" It was evening, and Lin Xinhai contacted Chen Yuan.
"No. Asuka went abroad."
"I just said, this is too close to the Philippine Islands, so chasing birds will not lead to success."
Chen Yuan changed his course and headed north, facing Luo Laosi's route.
"Don't be anxious, calm down." Luo Laosi consoled him.
"Go directly to Xisha, the fishing boats are about to refuel." Lin Xinhai said.
"Have you contacted the oil tanker yet?"
"The contact has been made."
"Okay, let's go to Xisha, then transfer to Zhongsha, and then cruise back." Chen Yuandao.
"When you come back, do you want to go to Bashi Channel?"
"certainly."
Chen Yuan is still not used to looking for fish in the "inland sea". The topography of the inland sea and the bottom of the sea is complex. In the sea area where ocean currents meet, there are many fish and many fishing boats.
Small currents occasionally contain fish, but the areas against which these currents diverge change over time.
Small ocean currents are mainly affected by tides, then the topography of the seafloor, and regional temperature differences.
I arrived in Xisha two days later. As soon as I arrived, I encountered strong convective weather.
Chen Yuan and the others quickly hid in the shelter of the artificial reef. There was a supply ship in the shelter, and the two fishing boats were supplied again.
During the heavy rainstorm, Chen Yuan and the others tied the fishing boat next to Luo Laosi's fishing boat and climbed aboard.
Lin Xinhai is settling accounts.
This time we went out and harvested 890,000 yuan of fish, but the expenses were more than previously expected. In less than a month, 1.18 million yuan was spent.
Mainly in the area of fuel consumption.
I run during the day and often travel at night.
Most of the time, people are resting and the ship is not resting, so the cost is naturally high.
This 1.18 million yuan does not include the cost of this supply.
After this replenishment, there is still 1.234 million yuan in the book.
"How much money is left on the books?" Luo Laosi handed Lin Xinhai a cigarette.
"1.234 million yuan." Lin Xinhai said: "If there are no better fish catches in the future, our fleet will be disbanded before the Chinese New Year."
"Fishing tuna is too expensive." Luo Laosi also took a deep breath.
"If you don't look at the configuration of our team, it would be great if we had a big tuna purse seiner." Lin Xinhai sighed. If you want to catch tuna, you need a high-power ocean-going fishing vessel to go to the high seas.
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Now nestled in the inner sea, Chen Yuan's side can't function at all.
At first, Chen Yuan looked for a place where the small ocean currents collided. Later, Chen Yuan just relied on luck and lost his plan.
But this can't be said about Chen Yuan. It takes a lot of energy to find the position where the small ocean current is hedging. They have searched many places before, but they have not gained anything.
That night, the wind blew, but the sea was not calm. Chen Yuan and the others rested for a day and then launched three nets in Xisha.
The smallest net that Mr. Luo had four times weighed only three to four hundred kilograms. The largest net weighed about one thousand kilograms.
There is also a net worth seven to eight hundred catties.
The Xisha sea area has a hot climate, the water temperature is very high all year round, and a large number of corals grow.
Coral clusters also provide a rich food base and superior habitat conditions for fish growth and reproduction.
There are many huge reefs around the Xisha Islands. The water is shallow and clear, providing an environment for shallow-water reef fish to grow. However, the depth outside the reefs suddenly increases, which is a deep-water environment suitable for oceanic fish to live.
In Xisha, one net can weigh several hundred kilograms, which is quite a lot. And it is worth putting down the net.
Most of the fish species here belong to the reef fish fauna, including the family Eelidae, Snapperidae, Goldeneye Daphneidae, and Finidae.
There are also oceanic fish, such as Scombridae, Swordfish, Flying Fish, etc. Among them, more than a dozen species such as Spanish mackerel, tuna, and tuna are more abundant.
There are a lot of valuable fish here, and the size of a few hundred kilograms is fine.
Moreover, there are many freezing ships that buy fish in Xisha, and they can be sold directly after being caught, and the price is relatively good.
Three net fish, totaling 2,340 kilograms, were sold for 79,000 yuan.
When they came to Zhongsha, Chen Yuan used remote sensing fish detectors to find another fish school. Luo Laosi hurried over to put down the net: "I feel that it is good to find small fish, especially in Xisha. There are many valuable fish there. One day
Tens of thousands of yuan, thirty days a month, is more than one million."
If the nets are launched every day, the fleet's expenses will not be so large. When operating in the fishing ground area, the fishing boats are parked most of the time, so there is no such high fuel consumption.
"Looking for tuna, keep looking." Lin Xinhai said: "The funds are still sufficient, at least until the Chinese New Year."
Luo Laosi scratched his head: "I still want to have a restful year."
"You have made a lot of money this year, but you still can't live comfortably?" Lin Xinhai rolled his eyes at Luo Laosi.
"Let's do it." Luo Laosi waved his hand fiercely: "I really want to do something big. If I can get one million back, I will be comfortable."