If you look at Chen Yuan's ship alone, it consumes a lot of fuel.
However, when driving in a hurry, the fuel consumption will not be that great after entering the production mode.
the next day.
Lin Xinhai and Luo Laosi went to Fujian, and Wang Peng went to Dongjiang.
Chen Yuan had nothing to do, so he drove to the shipyard and took a look at the progress of Dabai's transformation.
Longline fishing requires quite a lot of equipment.
The most important ones are the rope release machine, rope hoist and rope lifting machine.
Rope release machine, towing dry rope into the sea.
This machine consists of three rollers and a guide limiter. The traction wheel is directly driven by an oil motor, the guide wheel is driven by a gear, and is equipped with a digital display device for the pay-off length.
Rope hoist: collects and stores dry ropes. It can collect and store dry ropes with a diameter of 6 cm and a length of 100,000 to 180,000 meters.
Rope lifting machine: Wring and collect dry rope.
Two rope-laying machines are usually installed, especially on longline fishing vessels that operate at sea for a long time, so one must be kept as a backup.
The same goes for the rope hoist.
Rope hoist is a device for collecting and storing dry rope.
As many dry ropes as you need, you need to install as many rope lifts as you need.
For longline fishing boats, the speed of retrieving the line is almost fixed. But the speed of releasing the line mainly depends on the speed of the fishing boat.
The faster the fishing boat is, the faster the line is released.
Considering the time required to pay out and take up the line, if two shifts are used, 300,000 to 350,000 meters of dry rope can be operated in one day.
Other longline fishing boats usually operate 130,000 to 180,000 meters of dry line a day.
If you want to work quickly, you have to add a lot of auxiliary equipment.
Although Chen Yuan's tuna longline fishing boat is not many, it is very advanced.
Not to mention the tonnage and main engine power, because the main engine is powerful, the freezing room and ultra-low temperature freezing chamber that were not originally intended to be installed have all been added.
The refrigeration capacity of the quick freezing equipment on board can reach below -55°.
Necessary fishing navigation instruments on board include: autopilot, global positioning system (GPS), tracker, single sideband (SB), radar, navigation telex (NAVTEX), automatic direction finder and equipment for detecting tuna or other bait.
Color fish finder (dual frequency), thermometer and depth meter (STD), current meter (multi-layer), walrus meter, micro thermometer and depth meter (TDR, to measure the depth of the fishing hook).
The fishing machine equipment mainly includes a rope throwing machine (rope release device), a rope throwing indicator, a rope lifting machine, a conveyor belt, a rope winding machine (rope hoist), a branch line machine, etc., and is made into a matching automated longline
It is composed of fishing equipment, such as rope transporting machine, automatic bait loading machine, automatic rope throwing machine, main line rope lifting machine, branch line rope lifting machine, etc.
The design indicator is to be equipped with up to 35,000 fishing hooks and achieve semi-automatic fishing start and release.
Big Fish's boat has a good foundation and a lot of room for upgrades.
The basics are the size of each cabin space and the reasonable layout of each space to maximize space utilization.
Although the big fish is only 37.6 meters long, it uses the space very well.
Well, this space is mainly for important functional areas. For example, the crew cabin space is not very reasonable.
This ship has 18 beds, and the owner's bedroom is large. However, extra beds can be added, and it is very simple.
After seeing the progress of the fishing boat, Chen Yuan drove to Guangzhou.
The Dongjiang Fishery Company's fleet is back, and that company is being split up and reorganized. The fishing boats will need to be overhauled after they come back, and the progress will be faster. They will set off for Kiribati next month.
I won’t have time to go to sea this time until July.
There is nothing to do now, so Chen Yuan just wants to spend more time with Yan Xiaoxi. Anyway, there is nothing to do in Hailing.
In Guangzhou, Yan Xiaoxi is only free in the afternoon and evening most of the time.
Chen Yuan came over and provided lunch and dinner for Yan Xiaoxi and the others. They went out shopping and walking every night...
Time flies so fast, and it’s already April in a blink of an eye.
Wang Peng and Lin Xinhai were very busy during this period, upgrading and renovating a ship, and repairing and maintaining another ship.
Then there is the matter of fishing boats and refrigeration ships calling under the name of Dongjiang Fisheries.
This registration is not the direct registration of fishing vessels under the name of Dongjiang Fishery Company as mentioned before. This is too risky and not protected by law.
Besides, Chen Yuan and the others also established their own company.
The affiliation chosen by Chen Yuan and the others is only of a service nature, which is equivalent to joining an association or club.
When going to the high seas, a fishing boat about 40 meters long operates alone, and the risk factor is too high. Usually multiple boats operate together...
Chen Yuan and the others are equivalent to joining the fishing activities organized by Dongjiang Fisheries. Within a certain scope, Dongjiang Fisheries Company will provide them with meteorological services, help them apply for relevant certificates, as well as supplies, safety, rescue, etc.
It is equivalent to joining the Dongjiang Fisheries organization. The cost is not low, it costs 200,000 yuan a year.
This 200,000 yuan is just the threshold for entry, which is equivalent to applying for a club membership card.
Lin Xinhai applied for a high seas fishing license and it was not difficult.
For the ship operating license, Dongjiang Fishery will send someone to help with the procedures. This license also needs to be translated into a foreign language...
The difficulty lies in the fishing licenses of the eight member states of the Nauru Agreement. This involves the Nauru Agreement many years ago. The Nauru Agreement has eight member states, and Kiribati is one of them.
Dongjiang Fisheries is now one of the eight fishing access agents of the Nauru Agreement.
"Hello."
In the evening, Chen Yuanzheng and Yan Xiaoxi were walking by the river when they received a call from Wang Peng.
"Received." Chen Yuan held the phone: "How was the negotiation on the fishing fee?"
"The admission ticket is 2.9 million, and the daily fee is 22,000." Wang Peng said.
The admission ticket refers to entering the IMIF system (Integrated Fisheries Information and Management System) of the eight countries in Nauru and obtaining a fishing permit.
Only after registering in this system and obtaining the fishing license can you purchase fishing boat operating time.
"RMB?" Chen Yuan asked.
"RMB. The assignment deadline is July 22."
"22,000 yuan, how many US dollars is it?"
"At the current exchange rate, it's about $3,200."
Chen Yuan said 'hmm' and said, "It's almost the same. But the admission ticket is too expensive."
"They won't let go of their asking price. But as long as we are introduced to these things, we can operate them ourselves in the future."
"Okay, let's sign..." Chen Yuan said.
The most important thing is the admission ticket. This thing requires Chen Yuan and the others to apply for it themselves. Even if they know how to apply, they probably won't be able to apply. As long as they are admitted, they can buy the homework days themselves in the future, which is slightly cheaper.
"Okay, then I'll sign the contract."
"Sign it."
"By the way, after signing the contract, you have to purchase 30 effort points."
"When will the Dongjiang fishing fleet set off?"
"Departure on the 25th."
On the 25th, the countdown to departure has begun.
“Are longline fishing vessels also calculated according to their effort?”
"It seems so."
"Okay." Wang Peng was still waiting to sign the contract and was very busy, so he hung up the phone.
Yan Xiaoxi looked over: "What is the amount of effort?"
"Effort is the number of days of operation of a fishing vessel, usually a tuna purse seiner. If the length of the ship is less than 50 meters, one day of operation is counted as 0.5 efforts. If the fish is 50 meters long, one effort is one day."
Yan Xiaoxi laughed: "It's weird...that's just 50 meters long, so one day's work is considered one effort?"
Chen Yuan nodded.
"Your boat seems to be only a little over 37 meters long. Isn't that a big disadvantage?"
"It can't be calculated that way. Bigger is not always better for a longline fishing vessel. What matters more is the facilities on board."
The eight countries in the Nauru Agreement have different prices and charges for seine boats and longline fishing boats. Chen Yuan is not sure about the price of longline fishing boats, but the price of purse seine boats is higher. A purse seine boat costs up to 8,000 US dollars per day.
.This does not include the charges for fish aggregation devices, which are also charged on a daily basis.