The tuna flood season in the country occurs twice a year.
There is a big fishing season around August and a small fishing season around January.
The fish season here is the coldest and hottest time in the country, but in equatorial countries, it is the time when the temperature is the most comfortable.
The Dabai is very fast, with twin engines capable of economical cruising, with a speed of about 27 knots.
After passing Tarawa Atoll, you will reach Abai Atoll.
Along the way, Chen Yuan and the others saw several fishing boats.
Although most of the fishing boats in the country are concentrated in the north during this period, the sea area of the country is large and each fishing boat has enough operating area.
Between the Abai environment and Mara Atoll, Chen Yuan saw several fish aggregators.
"How is the situation here?" Chen Yuan asked.
Which of the shipowners who invest in offshore fishing boats doesn’t want to get rich overnight?
Who wants to earn hard-earned money? After all, investing in a boat requires a lot of money...
"This shows that it is still early for tuna to migrate." Zhou Jianguo shrugged, took out a beer, and opened a bottle for Chen Yuan: "I think it will be difficult this year. This is mainly for longline fishing boats..."
Zhou Jianguo walked over and looked at Zhou Sheng: "What are you doing?"
When fishing in the base country, the visible expenditure per day is 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.
"How is the fish situation in the north?"
"How many tuna can there be in one net?"
Zhou Sheng chuckled and said, "It's not bad."
Zhou Jianguo gave a thumbs up: "That will make a lot of money."
"How much salary can you give me? As long as the money is available and this fishing season is over, I will work with you." Zhou Jianguo said.
"Two or three years, or next year. To be honest, you still have to fish for bluefin tuna when fishing for tuna. Fishing in the country has no technical content at all." Chen Yuandao.
A worker on the ship hung up the rope ladder, and Zhou Sheng climbed up, looked at the workers on the deck, and said, "Have you rested today?"
In the deep sea, fish catch data from seine boats is an important reference for longline fishing boats.
The purse seine boat is a big one, and once the fish aggregator is put in, no one will be attracted to it.
Zhou Sheng hung with a rope and put the beer on the fishing boat. When the two of them arrived on the boat, Chen Yuan started the fishing boat and moved away from the fishing boat.
"Do you really have so many tuna in the south?" Zhou Jianguo asked.
"According to the original plan. Then we will run around to see where there are more tuna." Chen Yuan also spread his hands and was speechless.
"Tell him to come down and play." Zhou Sheng said.
"Not much." Zhou Jianguo shook his head.
If you can't get more tuna, make some hard-earned money.
"Okay, come here. Just wait a moment. I'll bring two boxes of good wine down." Zhou Jianguo said and ran back.
Chen Yuan stopped the ship, turned on the ship's stabilizer, stood up and took out the Drunken Peanuts: "What's going on?"
Zhou Jianguo is an employee of Dongjiang Fishery and serves as the captain.
Some of the freezer ships at Dongjiang Fishery have conveyors, and some do not have conveyors, and all are lifted by cranes. With a full cabin of bonito, it will take several days to harvest the fish.
There are also skills in placing fish aggregators. A fish aggregator can easily gather dozens of tons of fish in a sea area of several hundred acres.
Chen Yuan drove the Diaoyutai over, and Zhou Sheng ran outside and shouted loudly: "Old cousin Jianguo."
Zhou Jianguo's fishing boat was parked on the sea, not knowing what they were doing.
"Old cousin Jianguo." Chen Yuan turned to look at Zhou Jianguo and shouted with a smile.
Let's put it this way, with more than 10,000 fish hooks put away, sometimes not even a single tuna can be seen.
"How many years will it take? How many years will it be?"
The catch of bonito is large and cheap, with hundreds of thousands of fish caught a day, which is more than ten tons of bonito.
"If you're lucky, you'll get fifty plus fish per net. If you're not lucky, there will be more than a dozen, and even a few tuna fish."
The fish aggregator had just been placed and no fish had gathered yet. In the evening, Chen Yuan saw the fishing boat where Jianguo's old friend was.
It won’t take long for a boat to be full. Then it will be a waste of fish…
After waiting for a while, Zhou Jianguo came over with two boxes of beer.
"Real or false, 1%?" Zhou Jianguo was moved and said, "Can Lao Hai agree?"
"How much can you give in dividends?"
"There are no fish in the fish aggregator, take a rest."
Liu Laoer catches over 100,000 fish every day, all of which are bonito.
"There are quite a lot of fish. But most of them are bonito and there are very few tuna."
"You have worked on a large ship before. How long was your seine boat at that time?"
Bonito is very cheap. The current purchase price of Dongjiang Fishery is 4.5 yuan per catty, or 9,000 yuan per ton.
"One percent."
Zhou Jianguo came into the cabin and took a look at the internal configuration of the fishing boat: "This boat of yours is okay, a luxury yacht."
If longline fishing boats cannot catch tuna, they will easily lose money.
"Come down and drink." Zhou Sheng said with a smile.
Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yuan: "What to do?"
Zhou Sheng was speechless and took a sip of wine: "Then you called us over a few days ago?"
Catching hundreds of thousands of fish a day is really not a lot.
"One percent of the net profit is not a big problem." Chen Yuan said: "I want to build a 70-80 meter tuna seine boat. How much is the starting capital?"
Zhou Jianguo smiled and said: "I'm bored here. You can come over and accompany me. Although there are not many tuna, there are really many bonito. On the water surface, you can often see bonito jumping out.
The water surface. Besides, no one can be sure about the tuna fishing season. My judgment is that it is still early, but many people judge that the tuna fish are coming soon."
Zhou Jianguo smiled and put down his beer: "What you have gained is not bad."
If the fish are in good condition, just ask the seine boat to find out.
A fish aggregator can gather fish from several nautical miles around. If left open for a long time, more fish will be gathered.
"Coming, coming."
"There are a lot of tuna in the seamount area just east of Nikunau Island, but there are not many fish in other waters." Chen Yuan took out a cigarette, handed one to Zhou Jianguo, and said: "In a few years, we will make money, let's get one
Large tuna seine boat, how about you come over and follow us?"
"My cousin is squatting in the manhole." The worker on the ship shouted with a smile: "What do you want me to do with you?"
Zhou Jianguo sat next to Chen Yuan and said: "To be honest, it's not very good. I know people who fish in the Marshall Islands. It stands to reason that tuna has already arrived in the Marshall Islands this season, but my friend said that there are also mostly bonito.
"The number of large-eyed, long-finned tuna is less than one-third of previous years. There are even fewer yellowfin tuna."
"It is difficult to buy a second-hand ship of such a large size. It needs to be customized. The starting capital is 30 to 50 million, and the payment will be made in installments later. The configuration of a 70- to 80-meter ship is different, and the final price can vary by more than 50 million," Zhou Jianguo said.
"If you come here, you'll get a guaranteed annual salary of 300,000 yuan, plus bonuses," Chen Yuan said.
Chen Yuan nodded: "It's not bad, we only produced more than a hundred tons of tuna."
"There really aren't many tuna?" Chen Yuan asked.
"75.6 meters."
"How much is the net profit from a trip to sea?"
"I don't know about this. But the annual tuna catch is probably more than 2,000 tons. Sometimes if you go to sea, if you are lucky, you can catch hundreds of tons of tuna in a month, but if you are unlucky, you can get a few hundred tons of tuna in a month.
There are boats even if they are not open during the month. Those big boats are always in season, looking for large schools of migrating fish.”