The Big Fish is very luxurious, and each cabin is equipped with air conditioning. The air conditioner was blown too much, and it was humid and hot when leaving the room. Not only Luo Laosi caught a cold, but also several people on the ship caught a cold.
Fortunately, it was nothing serious. There were plenty of medicines on board. After taking the medicine and resting for a few days, everything was fine.
Because many people caught colds, Lin Xinhai also set the temperature of the bedroom air conditioner.
Chen Yuan worked the night shift for Luo Laosi. After sleeping the next day, he prepared the crew members to practice longline fishing operations in groups.
The Big Fish has a crew of 26 people, including two cooks, two engineers, and four people in the cab.
There are 18 people left, divided into three groups. One group of 7 is responsible for production, and 4 people are responsible for logistics, such as tying fish hooks.
The operation of modern longline fishing boats is actually very simple.
On some advanced longline fishing boats, more than 90% of the work is completed by machinery, such as cutting bait into pieces, automatically hanging bait, automatically tying branch lines, automatically untangling fish, and automatically tying fishing hooks, etc.
The degree of automation of Chen Yuan's ship is only about 60 to 70%. There is no way, the ship is not big enough. There is also a problem of funds...
If Chen Yuan and his team are fishing for large fish such as tuna and swordfish, they can hang bait and automatically tie branch lines, but when catching fish, they need to do it manually. If they are fishing for small fish, it cannot be done
It can automatically hang the ears, but it can automatically catch fish.
The easiest way to automatically catch fish is to cut the branch line directly.
The branch line used to catch tuna is thick and the hook is also big. The branch line used to catch small fish is EP line, which is relatively thinner and cheaper. After all, it is only half a meter of branch line. Just cut it and re-hook it.
Chen Yuan carefully explained to the crew several times how to operate different fishing hooks.
There are dedicated staff in each position. It is very simple to explain these things. The important thing is to cooperate.
When fishing in Kiribati, not to mention fuel costs, labor costs and other expenses, the entrance fee is 2.9 million yuan, and the daily cost after that is 22,000 yuan.
The entrance fee is equivalent to an admission ticket and a membership card. After paying this amount, you can come here to fish in the future, and you only need to purchase the amount of effort.
This is just like some high-end clubs. You need to apply for a membership card first. Only with the membership card can you enter such clubs for consumption.
It seems that the main financial revenue of the base country is the sale of fishing licenses.
Chen Yuan and the others spent a lot of money on fishing, so it shouldn’t be difficult to make up for it. But if they want to make money, make a lot of money...
In addition to finding fish, it is also about improving production efficiency.
Zhao Hai's fishing boat was large, with more than thirty people on board. However, the equipment was too poor and there were too many manual operations.
Three days later, less than fifty nautical miles away from the Gilbert Islands, Chen Yuan and the others finally caught up with the Dongjiang fleet.
After connecting to the radio channel of the Dongjiang Fleet, it immediately became lively.
"Lao Hai, your boat can run so fast," Zhao Hai said.
"Lao Hai, why don't you come over and play?"
"Lao Hai, wherever you are going to fish, I will go with you."
"Why don't we go to the island to play for a few days?"
"Quiet." Luo Hao's voice came over the radio: "We are about to arrive in Kiribati. This is the first time for our ships to come here. We must first go to Tarawa and Lin Xinhai to hear a reply."
"I heard it."
"You must first go to Tarawa to register and undergo inspection before you can start fishing." Luo Hao said, "Have your documents ready."
"Okay." Lin Xinhai said: "What documents should I prepare?"
"Fishing vessel ID, crew member's ID."
"OK."
"After we pass, our fishing boats will be equipped with a VDS signal transmitting device." Luo Hao said.
"Do you want to install it Dabai?"
"Auxiliary ships are not required. However, all auxiliary ships must be registered and given identification numbers."
"OK."
"Your big white is a bit big. Have you applied for an entry permit?"
"The yacht visa and fishery auxiliary boat certificate are also available."
"That's okay."
"Brother Hao, what is VDS?" Zhao Hai asked.
"VDS is the fishery management system of the eight countries on Nauru. Installing a VDS signal transmitting device means you have entered this system. In the future, you can not only fish in Kiribati, but also in Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and other waters. But we
The purchase is only the number of fishing days in Kiribati. If you go to another country, you have to purchase the number of fishing days in that country, which is the amount of effort."
"How much is an amount of effort?"
"The price of effort in different countries is different, and Kiribati is the most expensive. You can log in to the IMIF system to check these. Also, the number of fishing boats that can enter different countries is different. For example, if the total number of foreign fishing boats that can operate in Nauru is 22,
Among them, there are 4 seine boats and 18 longline fishing boats... If this country has such foreign fishing boats fishing inside, they will not be able to enter. You know how to measure this hard, right?"
"I know." Lin Xinhai said.
"Explain it again." Zhang Fulin said.
Zhang Fulin, the boss of the ship who followed out.
"For a fishing boat less than 50 meters, one effort is two days of operation. For a fishing boat greater than or equal to 50 meters, one effort is one day of operation. The operation time starts from entering the exclusive economic zone, even if it enters the economy
The exclusive area lasts for 1 minute and then leaves, which is also counted as one day’s homework time.”
"I went in, came out, and then went in again." Zhang Fulai asked.
"If you have a VDS signal transmitter, the calculation starts after you enter, and the calculation ends when you come out. It is counted as one day. If you go in again...you have to start the calculation again." Luo Hao smiled and said: "What do you want to do when you come in and out?"
"Just asking."
"Don't run around after entering the exclusive economic zone. If you want to leave the exclusive economic zone, you need to declare it in advance. Once you declare it, the number of working days will be frozen... and you will count it when you come back. Kiribati's exclusive economic zone is very large. If you want to go to other places
It is best to declare the area in advance so as not to waste working days. If the working days are not used up by the fishing moratorium, they can be used again after the fishing moratorium ends. In addition, the working days (effort) can be resold."
For this amount of effort, the more you buy in advance, the cheaper the price will be.
Luo Hao then explained the precautions in Kiribati, as well as where seine nets can be set up and where seine nets cannot be set up. There are also precautions for longline fishing...
"Is Chen Yuan here?" Luo Hao asked.
"Here." Chen Yuan was sitting in the cab.
"Do you still remember Zhang Hang and Xiao Hei?"
"Remember." Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Didn't Zhang Hang resign?"
"No, he is now Dongjiang's dispatcher in the Pacific. Xiaohei is also there. He said he missed you very much and went up to catch up on old times."
Xiaohei is a foreigner, and I knew before that he was from an island country in the Pacific.
"Is Xiao Hei from Kiribati?" Chen Yuan asked.
"No. I heard you were coming, so I came here specially."
Chen Yuan smiled: "Okay. By the way, I don't know where Xiao Hei is from."
"When we were fishing somewhere, it was Xiao Hei's boat."
"Tonga?"
"It seems to be the mothership you boarded when you were in Tonga. Xiao Hei is from Tuvalu. I heard that Xiao Hei's father is also a member of the country." Luo Hao pointed out.
Chen Yuan smiled: "That's okay. Is the island they are on big?"
"A large atoll."
Chen Yuan said 'hmm': "Okay."
He understood what Luo Hao meant. Now that it was a public channel, he couldn't speak too directly.