The waves rolled and the tracks Dabai left on the sea surface were no longer clear.
There are big fish in strong winds and waves.
Chen Yuan was outside the cabin, observing the sea surface. From time to time, he could see fish jumping out of the sea. But most of them were bonito and some common fish.
The Phalanx can be seen.
The fishing boats closest to the Phalanx are probably more than ten nautical miles away.
"How was your harvest during this trip?" Chen Yuan just returned to the cockpit when he heard Qian Degui's voice.
"It's okay." Lin Xinhai said: "The fish caught on my boat is estimated to be more than two million."
"My side is less, close to two million, so it should be." Gao congratulated.
This is the harvest of the entire fleet. The catch price is based on the domestic selling price divided by 2 and then multiplied by 0.9.
Chen Yuan assisted Big Fish and caught more than 80 tuna in three days. Counting other fish catches... the daily income averages about 150,000. Fish catch, fleet price.
"What's the matter? The fish harvest over there isn't good either?"
Chen Yuan knew him, but not particularly well.
"The total should be four million, not bad." Zhao Hai said with a smile.
There isn't really much tuna.
Gao Congratulations, their fishing boats are big and powerful. If they go fishing alone, they will definitely gain more than Xu San and Liuer.
There are indeed many fish in Phalanx.
Xu San's fishing boat did not catch a lot of fish, but it took more than a day. Followed by Liu Er's fishing boat, it also took more than a day.
If you don’t have your own transport ship for fishing at sea, you can get 50% of the domestic wholesale price, which is almost enough.
"You kid, you are no longer old or young." Luo Hao said with a smile.
Everyone is very skilled at working in Phalanx.
There are about 2,200 fishhooks in a string of shallow water hooks, and the fish catch is 40%, which is about 880 fish. But after a few days, the density of shallow water fish decreases, and the fish catch rate also decreases.
Far less than what they would achieve if they acted alone.
If you catch more fish in the upper layer, there will always be valuable fish.
Dongjiang Fishery's sea purchase price is 50% of the domestic wholesale selling price. Chen Yuan and others' purchase price is even cheaper than Dongjiang Fishery's.
Lin Xinhai said: "The first day we went out, we had a good harvest, but the rest of the time the catch was not so good."
"Liu Jinlong is in the Hall Islands. His company has three longlines there, and there are a lot of tuna."
There are a lot of fish caught now, but there are too many worthless fish.
“Is there a lot of tuna?”
"There are still 23 days until the fishing moratorium. Otherwise, we withdraw?" Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yuan.
"etc."
The Phalanx mainly focuses on fishing for tuna, and the fishing depth is less than fifty meters. The four boats guarding the Phalanx are a bit overwhelmed. But the tuna, four boats... there are more than a hundred in a day, and two hundred if you are lucky.
Too many to the sky.
Luo Hao left the cab and came to the observation room. After checking that there was no one around, he whispered: "I may have made a mistake in judging the tuna fishing season this year. I received news that yellowfin tuna and bigeye appeared in the Hall Islands."
The young mixed fish and yellowfin tuna have all gone to the north. Do you know Liu Jinlong from Zhoushan?"
"Haha...Uncle Hao." Chen Yuan shouted with a smile: "How is the harvest of your fleet?"
In Phalanx, every fishing boat operating must be matched with an auxiliary boat.
"There are still 23 days left in the fishing moratorium." Zhou Sheng added.
In this way, the fishing boats came to the center of the Phalanx in batches and delivered the fish on board to the little nanny.
Chen Yuan said 'hmm': "There are too few tuna. These days, a boat can probably carry more than ten or twenty tuna."
"know."
Returning to the Phalanx, the Big Fish first went to the center of the Phalanx, transferred the fish to the little nanny, and then went out to set the hook.
"Not much. Today's purse seine boats can catch twenty to thirty tons in one net, and even more, seventy or eighty tons. But there are very few tuna..."
"It's not worth it."
Then there is bonito, large bonito, which can be quickly frozen in the freezer and then refrigerated. Such bonito is also valuable.
"It's not possible to work inside the Phalanx," Zhou Sheng said.
It took a few hours for the Big Fish to transfer the fish to the freezing ship.
Chen Yuan handed the driving seat to Zhou Sheng. He went over to get the phone book and dialed Luo Hao's number: "Hello, Brother Hao."
"The density of fish in the Phalanx is too high. We need to catch some." Chen Yuan observed the density of fish in the Phalanx and said.
"good."
If there is a way to get fish, a refrigerated transport ship can be much more profitable than a fishing boat.
The freezing room equipped on the fishing boat is quite large. In the Phalanx, we mainly catch tuna, and the freezing room also has enough capacity to freeze other small fish.
"Very good." Luo Hao said.
Chen Yuan also had a headache. It was his suggestion to set up the Phalanx. Now withdraw?
"How was your harvest?" Lin Xinhai asked.
Valuable fish and fish of good quality are processed in the processing room on the fishing boat and sent directly to the freezing room.
Chen Yuan observed that in one day, a fishing boat could release 12-16 strings of fishhooks.
This kind of distribution is beneficial to Chen Yuan and the others. Speaking of which, the ones who suffer the most should be Gao He and his fishing boat...
Within 20 meters of fishing depth, the fish catch rate is close to 40%.
"There are quite a lot of bonito. The catch rate is 20 to 40 percent."
"Approximately how many tons of fish are there for one tuna?" Chen Yuan asked.
Liu Jinlong also worked in Dongjiang Fishery before.
There are four normal auxiliary boats. The auxiliary boats help retrieve the sinker, and Chen Yuan and his Dabai help pull the rope.
"It can reach up to 40%, which is pretty good."
If you freeze tuna, it takes almost ten hours. But for a few kilograms of fish, it takes more than an hour, and for a dozen kilograms of fish, it takes two hours...
Two strings of tuna hooks and one string of shallow water hooks.
Although there are six fishing boats, only five fishing boats can participate in the operation.
"The tuna is still good. But the harvest is better than those fishing boats that fight alone." Qian Degui said.
Chen Yuan said 'hmm', stood on the driver's seat, and observed the floats on both sides: "It's not as good as ours alone."
"That's good. Where's the bonito?"
However, Lin Xinhai has agreed to subsidize Gao He alone.
It is very troublesome to transport fish at sea, especially fishing boats without side doors. Also, Xu San and Liu Er’s fishing boats do not have conveyors, so transporting fish needs to be done manually, which is more time-consuming and labor-intensive.
“Why did yellowfin tuna end up in the Hall Islands?”
"Ask me how I know."
It stands to reason that when the northern hemisphere enters summer, yellowfin tuna should swim south. Yellowfin tuna is in the upper waters, and the current water temperature in the Gilbert Islands is just right...
Let me put it this way, yellowfin tuna has a wide range of activities.
At this time of year, there are more yellowfin tuna in the Gilbert Islands, but this is not guaranteed.