Some people who engage in this industry have no choice, while others do it just to make more money.
This job is really not as poetic as imagined.
After going to sea, when I came to the working area, I just worked every day, worked...
Narrow space, high-intensity work. If you can't earn money that you can't earn in ordinary jobs, who would be willing to suffer like this.
This is true for ordinary workers, and the same is true for managers of fishing boats.
Fishing vessel managers, such as captains, have more experience. They know the risks of this industry, but they also know the profits of this industry.
Of course, that is, some capable captains.
Ocean fishing boats often cost several million or tens of millions. Even if he joins a joint venture with someone else, it would be difficult for him to find such a large sum of money.
Zhou Jianguo also thought about owning an ocean-going fishing boat before, but buying an ocean-going fishing boat is not as easy as imagined. The simplest thing is money...
Those at the bottom of the pyramid earn some hard-earned money to survive. Those at the top of the pyramid earn huge profits just like those at the top of the pyramid in other industries.
Gao He is very relaxed now, he has already made money. Even if there is no harvest later, his fishing boat has already made money, at least it will not lose money.
"Did you catch a lot of tuna?" Lin Xinhai asked.
"Do your fishing boats make money?" Zhou Jianguo said with a smile.
"Then why are you down again now?" Gao He came forward and hugged Zhou Jianguo: "I asked you to come back and join me in building a fishing boat together, but you just refused."
"We haven't seen each other for so many years." Lin Xinhai hugged Zhou Jianguo for a while, then let go and looked at Zhou Jianguo: "I was in the south before, and I asked you to come over and get together, but you didn't even have time."
Zhou Jianguo smiled: "How's the fish catch from your Phalanx?"
This is like a fishing license in the Indian Ocean.
"I have no money." Zhou Jianguo said helplessly.
There are a lot of professional terms involved here.
It cost several millions before, mainly to allow fishing boats to enter PNA's VDS and have their own fishing boats' names on the IFIM system.
If you want to fish exclusively in PNA and register your first fishing boat, many people don’t know how to register.
I still remember that when Chen Yuan and his fleet first came to Tavara Island, their fishing boat installed a signal transmitter. That thing seemed to be called ALC.
Arriving aboard Dabai, Zhou Jianguo looked at the fishing boat's configuration, which was comparable to that of a luxury yacht. No, this fishing boat's configuration was even higher than that of a luxury yacht... He was also envious in his heart.
I can save some money just by relying on my salary, but there is still a lot to be desired by partnering with Zhou Jianguo to build a fishing boat.
And even if you know, it’s not easy to get in. This doesn’t mean you can just fill out an application online...
Gao He's previous fish catch was worth more than 5 million yuan. It cannot be said that he was just getting back his original investment. He had actually made millions.
Zhou Jianguo shook his head: "I can only say that it is quite satisfactory. PNA has the most bonito, followed by tuna. The tuna are too scattered now, and with the use of fish aggregators, the number of nets each time is very small."
The previous investment in fishing can actually be regarded as fixed asset investment.
Zhou Jianguo looked at Zhou Sheng with a smile and said: "PNA is so big, you have only caught fish in the Gilbert Islands. There are a lot of tuna here, but that is the annual catch, and it is the entire PNA.
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Entering PNA fishing is easy to say. But if you let a layman operate it and enter it, you will be blind.
There is still a month to go. If it is done well, and I don’t even dare to think about it, it should be possible to make three or four million before the end of the fishing season by giving away the shares of all the fishing boats.
Zhou Sheng turned around and said, "PNA's tuna industry is said to be worth US$7 billion, which is a bit untrue."
"You have no money." Gao He rolled his eyes: "If I don't say too much, I can always come up with one million. My boat is now a partnership of seven people..."
Zhou Jianguo has three sons, triplets, who are now in junior high school. The family has a lot of expenses.
The system has three main functions.
The VDS fishery management model is restrictive, and it limits the total number of fishing boats. If a small company applies, there is no way, and it is difficult to pass the review. Furthermore, there are quotas, and there are not many domestic fishing boats here.
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Zhou Jianguo spread his hands and pointed at the purse seine fishing boat next to him: "That fishing boat is not mine, so I can't do it arbitrarily."
Zhou Jianguo is also a capable person. The fishing boats he leads bring tens of millions of profits to the company every year. But he himself earns a salary of more than 10,000 yuan per month, plus some bonuses... a year
400,000 yuan would be a huge sum.
You can still make money by offshore fishing. If you don't make money, who would want to do this job?
Seeing that his former colleague owned his own fishing boat and earned huge wealth in a short period of time, Zhou Jianguo was not a saint. While he was envious, he was also thinking about himself.
When fishing boats equipped with VDS, in addition to the value of the fishing boat itself, the added value of the fishing boat also increases.
Check the operating days of fishing vessels online and report the non-operating days of fishing vessels online.
Some things are very simple to understand, but to those who don’t understand, it’s like reading from heaven.
PNA can be understood as the member states of the Nauru Agreement. The fishery management model jointly developed by the member states of this agreement is called VDS.
PNA, member of the Nauru Agreement.
"I'm definitely making money. Running a fishing boat is much better than working part-time." Gao He said with a smile: "But I don't make much. Just this time with Chen Yuan and the others, hahaha..."
Just like every industry is like a pyramid.
And Zhou Jianguo is not like Lin Xinhai. Gao He and his family live in an economically developed coastal area...
The IFIM system is an integrated fishery information and management system. This system is a VDS software system designed by an Australian company for PNA and runs on the Internet.
"The Phalanx contains mostly sardines, bonito and the like, but a small amount of tuna," Lin Xinhai said.
"The migration of tuna has not yet arrived, so we have to wait." Zhou Jianguo said: "Gather the small fish first, and we will definitely attract tuna later."
The operation of VDS is based on the FFA Fishing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). Any fishing vessel registered with VDS in the VDS management area must be equipped with a continuously working Automatic Locating Communicator (ALC).
Chen Yuan and others can quickly enter the fishing VDS, and the 2.9 million yuan given to Dongjiang Fishery is not a loss.
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In less than a month, I have earned several million dollars. I have made back all the fees I spent on fishing VDS.
"PNA's tuna industry is really worth US$7 billion?" Luo Laosi asked.
Zhou Jianguo shrugged: "There should be. But the share of our domestic fishing boats in PNA is too small."
Chen Yuan pointed to Xiaoma Jin Island: "Old cousin Jianguo finally came to our boat. We drove the boat over and stopped for a hot pot meal."