No longer collecting those smaller abalones, Han Peacock's speed has improved a lot. In addition, after collecting abalones for a long time, he has naturally gained a little experience.⊥
At this time, Han Peacock discovered that abalones seemed to have their own territory. There seemed to be a certain number of abalones living in a sea area. Although the numbers would not be the same, the difference was definitely not big.
Therefore, if a sea area is suitable for the growth of abalone, then there must be a certain pattern in how many large abalone can be collected in this sea area.
After searching for an afternoon, Han Peacock finally found some patterns, so he found more single-headed abalone later.
Of course, there are more double-headed abalones. Han Peacock did some calculations. At the most, he found more than a dozen abalones the size of a human head within half an hour. If such abalones were only made into dried products,
, at most two are more than one pound, this definitely reaches two-headed abalone.
As the saying goes, it is difficult to buy two-headed abalone if you have money. From this, we can also know that the price of two-headed abalone is certainly not low.
There are many varieties of abalone, such as my country's Lushun abalone, black-sided abalone, South African abalone, and Australian abalone. The prices vary quite a bit.
If we take the more common abalone as an example, the cost of a six-headed abalone is about 90 to 100, but after processing and cooking, it can usually be sold in a three-star hotel for at least 300 to 400.
Even if it costs 100 yuan each, a pound of six-headed abalone will cost almost 600 yuan. This price is actually not very low.
Of course, not all abalone prices are so high. For example, the price of red abalone produced in the United States is low.
Red abalone grows on the Pacific coast of America and is found from the Baja Peninsula in Mexico to Oregon State in the United States. Its shell is brick red and is commonly known as "red abalone".
Red abalone grows rapidly. Its shell can be up to 30 centimeters long, making it the largest known abalone in the world. The average shell length of wild adult abalone is eight to ten centimeters.
"Red abalone" usually grows at a depth of twenty meters in northern waters, and about thirty meters in the south. Due to its rapid growth, the output is large. In addition, the quality and taste are much different, so red abalone is considered among the most popular abalones.
The lowest priced variety.
But now, all the abalone found by Korean Peacock is Australian abalone, which cannot be compared with American red abalone, so the prices of abalone of the same size are very different.
Such Australian abalone, single-headed abalone and double-headed abalone, are basically unavailable, and they are considered to be the best.
After catching so many abalones, Han Kongque's net bag was already full. As a last resort, Han Kongque went back to the boat again to put away the abalones.
When we went into the water again, there were wind and waves on the sea. The biggest danger when diving offshore is that the waves are too big. If you are not careful, you will be hit by the waves and hit the rocks.
Therefore, you must face the open sea when diving to avoid the push of waves and prevent your head from hitting rocks.
Sometimes when the water is clear, you can see abalone underwater just by floating on the surface. When the water is turbid, you have to dive down to look for it.
Abalone is like a snail on land. It has no ability to resist the enemy that attacks it. It also cannot run away. It can only rely on the protective color of its shell and the large suction cups on its feet. When it encounters danger, it will suck hard on the stone, leaving the enemy helpless.
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As soon as he entered the deep water, Han Peacock saw an abalone sucking on the rock, with its black flesh exposed. If he accidentally touched it, it would suck it tightly on the rock within three seconds.
, it is very difficult to pull it off.
Its shell is very similar in color to the surrounding rocks. You can only tell it apart by the breathing holes on the shell and the black flesh. After diving, you have to pierce the flesh with a knife to pull it away from the rock. Otherwise, it will have to suck it tight.
give up.
The blood of abalone is transparent and has no platelets. Once it is injured, it will bleed to death, so the knife used to catch the abalone must be blunt to avoid hurting it. Therefore, the little Japanese sold him a steel drill at that time.
, Han Peacock didn’t say anything.
The Korean peacock used his magical powers to resist the strong currents in the water while grabbing a big abalone. It felt like he had dug a treasure.
However, catching abalone is not all smooth sailing. When Han Peacock dived into the seabed again to pry off an abalone, a hairy monster suddenly appeared in front of him, making Han Peacock jump.
Looking at the sudden appearance, both sides were on alert, and Han Peacock looked at it.
This thing had long hair and looked like a seal. When he saw it clearly, Han Peacock realized that it was a fur seal.
The fur seal is shaped like a seal, with a body length of 150-210 cm and a weight of 21-26 kg. The body is spindle-shaped, the head is round, the snout is short, the eyes are large, there are small ear shells, and the body is covered with setae and short, dense hairs.’
The fur seal's back is brownish-gray or black-brown, its belly is light-colored or its body is white, its limbs are flippers, and its hind limbs face backward in the water. After landing on land, they can bend forward and walk slowly with their limbs.
However, this thing is much more flexible in the sea, and it is also much scarier, so when it met the seal, Han Peacock was shocked, but he got better after that.
In the following time, Han Peacock saw more fur seals in this sea area, and these trenches had the same purpose as Han Peacock, they were all looking for abalone.
After observing the fur seals for a while, Han Peacock discovered that fur seals actually eat abalone.
This time seems to be the time for fur seals to eat, so the Korean peacocks will find a fur seal within a short time. After seeing too many fur seals, the Korean peacocks will no longer pay attention to them.
Many times, Korean peacocks and fur seals will encounter each other suddenly, because they are also predators of abalone. However, at this time, they keep their eyes on each other and give up. Even if they see Korean peacocks collecting abalone, they will not
Will come and rob you.
Seeing swarms of abalone appearing on this seabed, the Korean peacock no longer wanted to continue fishing for abalone.
By this time, Han Peacock already knew why there were not too many abalones here. There were so many fur seals hunting abalones here. It was a blessing from God that there were so many big abalones left here.
No longer looking for abalones, Han Peacock had other thoughts. When he went to sea, Han Peacock said he wanted to treat guests, so he couldn't just bring back some abalones, but also got some other things.
Of course, what Han Peacock is most familiar with is grouper. There are quite a few groupers here, and they are very stupid.
The fun thing is that if you encounter a grouper, you can even touch it with your hands, and the grouper will awkwardly avoid it.
When encountering such a grouper, Korean Peacock will not let it go as long as it is the right size.
The meat of grouper is delicious, not inferior to abalone, but it cannot be sold at the same price as abalone. Therefore, Han Peacock has no intention of catching a large number of them at this time. He only catches a few slightly larger ones and brings them back to Lao Wu.
They eat.
So after collecting a lot of abalone, Han Peacock caught a few groupers and thought about taking them back for dinner.
At this time, Han Peacock thought of Lao Wang and Li Fang again. Since he had caught them, he would catch a few more. Anyway, his boat was divided into four water tanks.
Abalone can occupy one, and grouper can also occupy one. This leaves two water tanks empty, and it seems that we need to catch some seafood.
Peacock Han thought about the two tanks, one for lobsters and the other for crabs. He no longer felt any urgency, and Peacock Han no longer looked specifically for abalones.
At this time, Han Peacock had already begun to plan to catch some crabs and lobsters to take back to eat.
Sea crabs are relatively easy to find at the bottom of the sea, and Korean peacocks specialize in catching large sea crabs. Only such crabs will be enjoyable to eat. Korean peacocks have always advocated eating meat in big mouths and drinking in big bowls.
After catching two crabs, Han Peacock saw another furry thing, and it was also glowing.
He often saw this thing when he was looking for abalone, but because it was obviously not an abalone and looked very unpleasant, Han Peacock ignored it.
Now that he was no longer busy looking for abalone, Han Peacock became curious when he discovered one of these things again.
"What on earth is this?" After picking up a piece of seabed reef, Han Peacock touched this furry thing. It looked like a thorny ball. It was alive when it moved. It must be an animal. This made Han Peacock even more excited.
Curious.
"Is this a sea urchin?" Han Peacock didn't go to the beach often, so although he knew a lot of sea creatures, he had not seen many of them with his own eyes. However, the sea urchin looked very special, so after a little thought, Han Peacock recognized what it was.
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Sea urchins compete with abalone for territory. Although this kind of thing doesn't look easy to mess with, if you encounter it, you must not miss it, because if the sea urchin is cooked, it tastes very delicious.
Although Han Kongque cannot be said to be a foodie, he is very interested in delicious food. Now that he found out it was sea urchin, he naturally wanted to get some to eat.
But if you want to eat sea urchins, you have to be careful, because the spines of sea urchins are very troublesome and can easily hook the net cord of the net bag, so when the weather is calm, you must first fix it before putting it in your pocket.
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Sea urchins are easier to dig out. Now that abalone is no longer being hunted, Korean peacocks also have time to catch some sea urchins. There are still a lot of sea urchins on the bottom of the sea. Sometimes Korean peacocks can catch two to three in one go.
At the most, Han Peacock caught four in one go, but it took more time to put them in the net bag.
Sea urchins are covered in thorns, but just be careful and it will be much better if you wear gloves.
The thorns of sea urchins are slightly poisonous, and you can just pull them out after being stung. The meat of sea urchins is edible, but the edible parts are very small. There are only 5 pieces of meat in one sea urchin, so it is very expensive.
In the past, sea urchins exported to Japan from California, USA, could be sold for 60 US dollars per pound, and a pound was less than a catty, which was more than 9 taels.
But now the commercial fishing boats for fishing for sea urchins have disappeared, so the export of sea urchins has suddenly disappeared because the Japanese no longer want it. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!