When it came to selling overseas goods, Zhou Sheng immediately became energetic.
Chen Yuan started the fishing boat, took a quick look and headed straight to Nono Atoll.
The closest one to them is Tapiwa Island, which seems to be only 6.5 square kilometers. It is a small island with no atolls.
Then there is Nono Atoll.
It is said to be an atoll, but the situation here is similar to that of Butari, only half an atoll remains. It used to be a lagoon, but now it is a lagoon.
The area of the Nono environment is also relatively large, with some uninhabited islands.
The countdown to the fishing season is now beginning. Chen Yuan and his two boats carry enough diesel. Now they have made a lot of money. There is no need to borrow oil at the last moment.
Away from the fishing boat, Chen Yuan directly started the third engine and pushed the throttle lever to the top.
With the violent sound of the three engines and the super thrust, the bow of the ship tilted up, as if it was flying close to the sea.
There are a lot of sea urchins here, all of them are black and have long spines. Some sea urchins are quite big, but sea urchins are only delicious if they are used to steam eggs.
"Okay...there are still nineteen days left."
Diving in such a sea is an extremely joyful experience.
He Fei chuckled twice: "If you persist a little longer, there are still twenty days left."
Within a few minutes, Chen Yuan saw a lobster with a thick wrist. He slowly stretched out his hand, quickly accelerated as it approached quickly, and grabbed the lobster.
"Aren't you happy?" Dabai started running, with a huge roar of the engine that made people's blood boil. Chen Yuan looked at Zhou Sheng and said loudly.
Dabai ran to 54 knots, which is 100 kilometers per hour. This speed is considered very fast on land. On the sea, it is rare to see a speedboat that can run to 54 knots, let alone a yacht of more than ten meters.
Zhou Sheng waved his hand to mean that he had lost it.
"Forget it, let's go to bed. I haven't slept a wink all night..." Yang Xun shook his head.
This kind of stone-like clam is rare in number but widely distributed. It is edible, but it is not easy to eat. The meat is very old and looks very big, but there is not much meat.
The water here is four to five meters deep, and underneath is white coarse sand. These coarse sand should be limestone particles, which are the shell material of coral polyps. But they are particles formed after being washed by sea water.
"Let's start looking for fish." Yang Xun said, "It's really annoying to work the night shift."
Colorful coral reefs, swarms of small fish, and occasionally big fish can be seen.
Nono Atoll is a coral atoll, and the main body of the coral reef is composed of coral polyps.
Dabai passed by, leaving a long white trail on the sea.
"smoke."
He Fei looked at Yang Xun with a look of despair, "What are they doing again?"
Zhou Sheng held a spear gun, and before Chen Yuan saw the prey, he stabbed it out. He hit a red octopus more than two meters away...
"We are happy, Yang Xun and others will probably suffer again."
Just as they lit the cigarette, the fishing boat hit a swell. Yang Xun and the others were jolted in the cabin and almost bounced.
Chen Yuan and the others were not familiar with this kind of clam, and they didn't know if they could eat it.
Chen Yuan went outside, changed his clothes, put on his equipment, and put the net bag on his waist: "Let's go."
Zhou Sheng accepted the overseas goods with a smile.
After catching two lobsters in succession, Chen Yuan saw a strange stone with gaps...
Zhou Sheng chuckled twice and saw Chen Yuan lower the throttle lever, switch to high-speed cruise mode, and try to stabilize the fishing boat.
"Happy." Zhou Sheng laughed.
I lost the stone clam and saw some seaweed not far ahead.
Chen Yuan also returned an OK gesture, turned off the engine, and went into the cabin to get a jellyfish suit, flippers, and diving goggles. Yang Xun poked his head out and saw what Chen Yuan was holding: "Want shallow water?"
There are rich resources here. There are lobsters, crabs, fish hidden in the coral gaps, etc.
Coral polyps, the small organisms that make up coral reefs, contain a type of photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae. When the algae component is missing due to rising sea temperatures or other stress factors, the coral will lose its color and "bleach"
phenomenon, and drifting will inhibit the growth of corals, which forms a variety of colorful coral reefs and constitutes the most colorful and pure coral sea.
"It's okay, we came to the atoll and went diving to get some snacks." Chen Yuan took the net bag and spear gun again: "You guys sleep, Zhou Sheng and I went diving."
"If you're not sleepy, let's go together." Chen Yuan said with a smile.
"Woooo..." Zhou Sheng made a sound.
Speaking of giant clams, not many people probably know it, but it also has another name, Tridacna.
Chen Yuan took it off easily, looked at Zhou Sheng and waved.
The water quality is crystal clear.
There is a draft in the bedroom of the fishing boat. If you smoke one occasionally in the bedroom, there will be no problem.
Yang Xun and the others had just gone to bed, but they were woken up again by the roar of the engine.
Coral polyps are a kind of coelenterate in the ocean. They feed on tiny plankton in the ocean. During their growth, they can absorb calcium and carbon dioxide in the seawater, and then secrete limestone to turn into a shell for their own survival.
"Do you smoke?" He Fei asked.
There are many similar atolls in the central and western Pacific.
A lobster with such a big wrist is quite powerful when it struggles. But in Chen Yuan's hands, no matter how hard it struggles, it can't escape Chen Yuan's palm.
Chen Yuan found a sandy bottom and stopped the boat. Zhou Sheng went out and anchored, looked at Chen Yuan and made an OK gesture.
Speaking of which, Chen Yuan has not dived for a long time. He is free in the water...
Chen Yuan swam over and saw Zhou Sheng holding a giant clam in his hand, which could only be picked up with two hands.
The water depth here is only six or seven meters, but bonito can also be seen, so we know the current number of bonito in the Gilbert Islands.
He Fei also stuck his head out: "What's wrong?"
Chen Yuan swam over, and the clear water was almost transparent.
The two came to the stern of the boat and one jumped off.
The temperature of the sea water here is also very comfortable. Chen Yuan swung his flippers and soon reached the coral reef area.
After the two were woken up, they couldn't sleep.
In just over half an hour, Chen Yuan and the others arrived at the northern part of Nono Atoll.
This is a kind of clam that looks like a stone. How can I describe it? It looks eighty-nine times similar to the bow clam...
The hunchback clam is also very rare in China, and not many people have seen it. This kind of clam looks very big, but there is very little meat inside.
"Let's go."
"Nineteen days."
Chen Yuan dived onto the coral reef, picking at the coral rocks and looking for prey in the coral crevices.
Zhou Sheng quickly swam over, looked at the gadget in Chen Yuan's hand, grinned, and waved his hand.
This kind of red octopus can grow to more than ten kilograms, twenty kilograms, or even larger. An octopus weighing two to three kilograms is still a baby.
During his previous vacation in Butali, Chen Yuan only went to swim in the sea for a while and did not go out for diving.
There are seaweeds, usually sea urchins, and some conches that feed on seaweeds.
This octopus is not big, weighing two or three pounds.
Chen Yuan doesn't like eating sea urchin raw.
Zhou Sheng howled excitedly: "It's great."
"I also want to go diving." He Fei said.
Tridacna, a marine animal of the Phylum Mollusca and Class Bivalvia, has a total of 1 family, 2 genera and 9 species. It is the largest bivalve shellfish in the ocean and is known as the "King of Shells". Its maximum body length can reach more than 1 meter and its weight
Reaching more than 300 kilograms.
The giant clam held in Zhou Sheng’s hand, whose scientific name is Tridacna longata, is found throughout the Indo-Pacific, as far south as Japan and as far south as the Great Barrier Reef. In the west, from East Africa and the Red Sea to Pitcairn Island in the eastern Pacific and eastern Polynesia
.Including the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga, Samoa and French Polynesia... all.
The giant clam is the most widely distributed and diverse giant clam, and it is also an aquaculture species used in the marine trade.
Of course, the giant clam is also a protected animal in China. But in many places abroad, it is a delicacy.