Lin Xinhai and Gao He also heard Zhou Sheng's sigh.
They are all experienced fishermen, so you can imagine the scene at this time...
Large groups of predatory fish begin to hunt, the small fish flee, and the big fish chase. Then the fish group disperses.
"Chen Yuan." Lin Xinhai shouted.
"exist."
"Pay attention and see if you can still catch the tuna school," Lin Xinhai said.
Chen Yuan said 'hmm' and said: "With Dabai's speed, it won't be a big problem to bite the tuna school."
When the hunting is over, some tuna will disperse. But some tuna will still gather in groups...
Generally speaking, longline fishing boats will not chase fish schools, as long as they find sea areas with higher fish density. Pursuing fish schools are mainly seine boats and trawlers.
Time passed little by little, and the school of fish had completely dispersed.
The sky was completely dark, and the tuna that had feasted were scattered in all directions.
Zhou Sheng also stopped the fishing boat and let Yang Xun and others carry it.
"Chasing fish." Chen Yuan said, "Have you finished your meal?"
It's nine o'clock in the evening, and Chen Yuan and the others are still chasing the school of fish. The previous school of thirty or forty tuna has now increased to sixty or seventy. And as time goes by, the school of tuna is still growing.
Tuna will gather even if they disperse, but not all tuna will gather. Some will form groups in twos and threes, and in good times they will regroup by dozens or more than a hundred.
The current profit is mainly due to the increase in the price of tuna, and also because they have a lot of harvest. Yellowfin tuna, except for some sub-adult second-class goods, second-class and third-class yellowfin tuna, the current package price has reached 85-
—90 yuan, 1 catty. If it was two years ago, it would be about 60 yuan.
Yang Xun and the others made instant noodles.
The original 150,000-meter rope was divided into two sections. One section was recovered from Dabai's side and one section from Takaga's side.
"I'm chasing fish. I guess I won't sleep tonight." Chen Yuan lit a cigarette and said.
"I just ate." Yan Xiaoxi said, "We have the exam in a few days."
This call came from Wang Peng, saying: "The freezing ship has already set off. It will arrive at your place in about ten days. How is the fish?"
There are very few tuna here, at least more than a thousand. If you are lucky, there will be a large school of several hundred fish.
In Chen Yuan's fish-hunting career, such a large school of fish was not common.
"I'll come find you after the exam."
The current situation... is not bad.
When I came back to my senses, it was already getting dark.
"come on."
Chen Yuan went back to the cabin and took the phone: "Hello."
"Uncle Four." Chen Yuan shouted.
The three boats have been working for almost half a month.
During that time, Chen Yuan and the others did not catch much fish. However, during the entire operation, the fishing boats did not travel too far in one sea area. Moreover, the fish catch was very stable during the entire period. Thinking about it now, that period was really
I am busy and happy.
The west side of the Gilbert Islands is rich in resources, but a few hundred tuna gathering together is considered a very large tuna school. After all, it is not a migration of fish, so it is difficult for a super large tuna school to appear.
"Not yet. We have kept some of the better quality tuna for retail sale. We have already made 29.71 million yuan from the fish sold to the frozen storage. The remaining fish should be eight to nine million yuan." Wang Peng said with a smile.
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"This school of fish is too small. Why don't we look for any larger schools of fish?" Zhou Sheng said.
After chatting for a while, Chen Yuan hung up the phone, and then it rang again: "Hello?"
"Chen Yuan, phone number." He Fei shouted.
Chen Yuan bit a group of thirty or forty tuna...
"Just follow them from a distance. The older ones were not found, and the younger ones were lost..."
Now that the tuna are scattered, this sea area is full of fish, and it is not easy to find a larger tuna school.
This year, not only the price of tuna has increased, but the price of bonito has also increased a lot. This is mainly because many sea areas have begun to implement protection systems and the area where fishing is prohibited has been expanded.
After a day of sailing, Chen Yuan was a little sleepy at this point, sitting on the sofa listlessly.
"It's being recycled," Luo Laosi said.
After collecting them all, I think it will take a while.
Zhou Sheng drove the Dabai while Chen Yuan watched the fish finder. The fan-shaped fish finder combined with the vertical fish finder determined the type of fish and then kept an eye on the fish school.
Longline fishing boats are not afraid of the fish schools dispersing. As long as there are fish, they have a chance to catch them.
"It's okay. Have you finished processing the fish caught by the freezing ship?"
Chen Yuan and the others were still chasing the fish and couldn't cook.
After ten o'clock, the number of tuna fish caught by Chen Yuan and others seemed to have increased. This fish group was full and formed a circle under the water, turning in circles and sleeping.
Gao He's boat made a profit of 5.37 million yuan, and Zhao Hai's boat made a profit of 4.56 million yuan. You must know that the price they sold to Chen Yuan and the others was only 45% of the selling price back home.
The tuna caught by their two boats is worth about 20 million.
"What are you doing?" The call came from Yan Xiaoxi.
"No rest?" He Fei took out a cigarette and handed it to Chen Yuan and Zhou Sheng.
"Are you collecting the rope?"
Second-class yellowfin tuna, that is, sub-adult and very poor quality, is also ultra-low temperature, but the price is 20-70 yuan per catty.
Chen Yuan's tuna is much more expensive than tuna caught in big ships. The main reason is that it is fresher.
He Fei and Yang Xun didn't sleep well today. The sound of Dabai's engine was so noisy that they couldn't sleep.
"exist."
"There's nothing going on with this school of fish." Zhou Sheng said.
"As long as the fish school doesn't disperse, we will keep following. There will be opportunities later." Chen Yuan was also very depressed.
Chen Yuan washed and cooked the rice, then took out some bacon sausages, washed them, and threw them into the rice cooker to cook together.
"Okay." Chen Yuan said with a smile.
Chen Yuan and the others were always in the cockpit. When the sun set, Chen Yuan and the others did not notice.
The profits of offshore fishing are indeed good, but the profits of other fishing boats are not so high.
Once the network goes down, the cabin will explode directly and make a fortune.
Again, if it is a seine boat, that would be great. A large school of fish can be caught in one catch.
It was already dark, and He Fei and the others woke up and came out of the cabin, still looking like they were still asleep.
The tuna previously caught in the upwelling waters of the seamounts in the eastern part of the South. The main fish caught are bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna and albacore tuna. There are many tuna, but the price is still expensive.
Chen Yuan smiled and said "Hmm": "Ocean fishing is really profitable."
The group has dispersed, Chen Yuan and others are looking for tuna.
Wang Peng also smiled, he had already called Lin Xinhai.
This school of fish is not big. Later, other fish will either gather in or merge into other large schools of fish.
Chen Yuan found some biscuits and nuts, and casually dealt with them to fill his stomach.
The longest time from capture to return home is one month.
If it is a large tuna seine boat, the tuna on it will be cheaper because it takes a long time to catch it. Although there is ultra-low temperature, there is still a slight difference.
Two boats of fish have been caught, so there will definitely be no problem paying off the loan to Fu'an Ocean Fisheries Co., Ltd. after the fishing season ends. Now it depends on how much money is left after paying off the loan...
There is also the school of fish that gathered just now. It is a pity to think about it. It was not easy to find a large school of fish...