I made a lot of money this year and also spent a lot of money.
The most important expense is the Yuanxing 55. This ship is indeed expensive, but if he chooses again, Chen Yuan will still spend this money.
In terms of last year’s income, it was indeed quite a lot.
But a large part of last year's income was due to luck. The fishing period last year was about five months. Through observation during these five months, the density of fish in the South China Sea is not only compared with that of well-known foreign fishing grounds, but also in the Western Pacific.
The fish density in the sea is greater than that in the South China Sea.
When it comes to fishing, you cannot always rely on luck, resources are king.
Of course, Chen Yuan and the others made tens of millions in fishing income last year, relying not only on luck, but also on experience and equipment.
The most important piece of equipment that enabled us to achieve such a large income last year was the remote sensing fish detector. Furthermore, the tuna caught offshore can be sold at a higher price because it is fresher.
If you stay in the country, you can basically only fish in the South China Sea.
There are many fishing boats in the South China Sea, few resources, and competition is too great.
Furthermore, Chen Yuan and the others are highly targeted in their fishing. Based on his observations over the past few months, Chen Yuan felt that continuing like this would not be a long-term thing. Going out and entering the ocean was a matter of time.
Back at the restaurant, the food was already served in the private room.
Luo Laosi stood up and poured them drinks and said, "I want to take a share in the new ship."
Lin Xinhai nodded and looked at Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan also nodded and said: "No problem."
Luo Laosi smiled: "Then it's agreed, I'm going to sell the fishing boat No. 4 when I get back."
"Sell it. My two fishing boats are also going to be sold." Lin Xinhai said and looked at Chen Yuan: "Let's calculate how much money we can raise in total."
"5.5 million." Chen Yuandao.
Zhou Sheng scratched his head: "800,000."
"We can also have a Yuanxing 55. If it is an ocean-going fishing boat, the Yuanxing 55 cost a total of 14.32 million yuan, and this money must be included in the investment." Chen Yuan said.
Lin Xinhai nodded.
"Your Yuanxing 55." Luo Laosi hesitated. A sport fishing boat, less than 17 meters in length, costs 14.32 million yuan.
This is also too expensive.
"Having a good auxiliary boat is of great help to fishing. Especially when entering vast sea areas, you must have a high-performance auxiliary boat." Lin Xinhai said: "Even in some well-known fishing grounds, it takes a long time to find fish schools.
It also takes up more than half of the entire operation time. Only by finding fish schools can we have a good harvest. No amount of investment is too much in finding fish. For example, some large tuna seine boats are not only equipped with high-performance auxiliary boats, but also
It also has a helicopter.”
Luo Laosi took a deep breath and nodded: "Choice of boat? Seine boat or longline fishing boat?"
"What do you think?" Lin Xinhai looked at Chen Yuan.
"I prefer the 53-meter tuna seine boat, but that boat will need to be greatly modified and refurbished after I get it back." Chen Yuandao said: "The 53.75-meter tuna seine boat can be used in both the north and south of the Pacific.
It’s just the price, it’s a bit expensive.”
"The capital I can contribute is about 20 million."
Luo Laosi looked at Lin Xinhai in shock: "Are you so rich?"
Lin Xinhai's old face turned into a chrysanthemum smile: "Last year I earned more than 10 million. I still have two fishing boats. I can find Wang Peng and others to pool some money. It's not a big problem to come up with 20 million."
Last year, Chen Yuan earned 12.37 million, and Lin Xinhai earned even more than Chen Yuan. Furthermore, his two fishing boats were sold... and with 20 million collected, it was not a big problem.
"I can raise up to five million here," Luo Laosi said.
In this case, a total of 31.3 million yuan can be collected.
The asking price for the 53.75-meter tuna seine boat is 46.5 million. This price is not the final price and can be negotiated.
There is also a 10-year Indian Ocean fishing license, which would be worth millions if sold.
Chen Yuan's reluctance to go fishing in the Indian Ocean is mainly because he is not familiar with that sea area. It is not only because of the lack of understanding of the sea area, but also involves issues such as supply, information exchange, safety, etc.
After dinner, several people talked about a series of issues such as investment and shareholding, management, etc.
"Then get that big ship." Lin Xinhai said: "Although it's expensive, the profit will be millions or tens of millions in one trip."
Chen Yuan shook his head: "My suggestion is that we'd better build a longline fishing boat and match it with an ultra-low temperature transport ship. 53.75 meters is too big. None of us have experience in operating large ships, and going to the ocean, the initial time
It’s better to be more conservative. It’s not too late to get on a big ship once you’re familiar with the rules and regulations.”
"Whether longline fishing boats are highly profitable, we have never built such fishing boats."
"Depending on the technique of longline fishing, generally speaking, the returns are no worse than purse seine boats of the same size. Longline fishing mainly catches big fish and high-value fish. More importantly, longline fishing is cheaper..." Chen
Yuan gave Luo Laosi an example and said: "For example, when fishing in the member states of the Nauru Agreement, the seine fishing boat license is US$8,000 per day per boat. But the longline fishing boat is charged on a monthly or quarterly basis.
"
Chen Yuanzai and Luo Laosi explained in detail the difference between longline fishing boats and purse seine fishing boats.
If you find a school of fish, you can also get a big harvest with longline fishing, which is even as good as seine net. Seine net mainly catches upper-layer fish, while longline fishing can be adjusted according to the depth of the fish school...
As for the longline fishing boat I looked at earlier, I could take it back and simply modify it before going out to sea.
"I heard that thousands of fish hooks can be put into longline fishing at one time?" Luo Laosi asked.
Zhou Sheng laughed out loud: "Thousands of fishhooks are in the offshore. If you go abroad and enter longline fishing in large fishing grounds, if you don't put tens of thousands of fishhooks at one time, you won't be able to afford the gas money of going out to sea."
."
Luo Laosi leaned back: "Tens of thousands of fishhooks? How to operate them?"
Lin Xinhai smiled and said: "Even if it is not a professional longline fishing boat, it can still put tens of thousands of fishhooks. The fishing boat we looked at before had a decent spatial layout and installed 3-5 rope lifters. There should be no
Question. A rope hoist can collect and store 100,000 to 250,000 meters of dry rope.”
"Dry rope?"
"The dry rope is equivalent to the running steel of the seine, you understand."
Luo Laosi nodded: "That longline fishing boat is also a bit cruel."
Lin Xinhai nodded: "The most important thing for a longline fishing boat is to find schools of fish. Once you find a school of fish, the cabin will burst with a rope. There is a lack of food in the ocean, and fish are particularly easy to catch. Compared with seine fishing boats, longline fishing is extremely suitable.
Most of the sea.”
But no matter what, in terms of the ability to catch fish, longline fishing is no match for seine nets.
A seine net can enclose an area of hundreds of acres. Then, using a fish aggregator, in the ocean, it is normal to catch dozens of tons of fish in one net, but it is not possible to catch fish of hundreds or hundreds of tons.
Hard to see.
Longlining also has its own advantages.
How should I put it? Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is difficult to compare them directly.