Chapter 229

227. Let's go to the sea of stars!

George shoal can be said to be the high sea. When the tide ebbs in winter, you can see patches of sandy islands on the sea surface. The sea water in this place is very shallow. The water depth in many waters is less than 10 meters. Ships have to be very careful in this place.

This sea area is located at a node at the intersection of the Atlantic cold current and the Gulf of Mexico warm current. In addition, the water is shallow and the sun can shine on the bottom. Therefore, it is particularly rich in fish bait, numerous plankton and lush algae growth, attracting a large number of marine fish to prey here.

Before 1990, the little George shoal could catch 420000 tons of fish every year under normal circumstances. However, in the recent 20 years, ocean fishing vessels from the United States and Canada have indiscriminately caught fish in this area, and the fishery resources have been seriously damaged.

In order to protect the George shoal, Canada and the United States signed protection regulations, stipulating that trawlers are not allowed to enter the sea area. If you want to fish here, you can't use trawls and purse seine nets, but only fishing rods.

This gives traditional fishermen in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, Canada a chance to survive. They are good at fishing tuna, bluemarlin and swordfish with fishing rods.

Now the fish market is relatively good, and the supply of precious tuna is in short supply. Although the fishing and hunting period is only three months, if the harvest is good, there is no problem for fishermen to earn a year's living expenses.

Qin Shiou sat on the deck chair and browsed the knowledge introduction about George shoal and tuna. The bear war lay trembling at his feet, looked around from time to time, and then quickly lowered his head.

Big white is much more diverse than the bear. It is smart and flexible. It occasionally runs to the railing.

At this time, the bear will roar with his head. It is estimated that he is afraid that Dabai will fall and call him back. Dabai is very obedient. As soon as the bear roars, he will run back. After a while, he will jump on the railing again, and bear will continue to roar. This cycle.

In the sky, Nimitz, the big warship, finally had the opportunity to show his ability, stretch his wings, fight against the sky, and firmly follow the ship.

Qin Shiou couldn't help laughing every time he looked up and saw Nimitz flying over the ship. This guy is a bit like a kite.

Nelson set sail. The seagull pulled the snowball all the way in the ocean. The speed was as high as 32 knots, which was close to the limit of the seagull.

No way, we have to drive quickly, because the farewell island is a little far from George shoal, 1500 kilometers. At the speed of the seagull, it takes 30 hours to get there.

Shack brought ice wine to Qin Shiou and reported the weather in recent days: "according to the radio notice, the North Atlantic has been calm in recent weeks. We are lucky."

The sea monster who picked up the fishing line and hook nodded and said, "it should be. August and September are the most mild tempered seasons in the North Atlantic every year. In October, the sea breeze blows."

Unable to carry trawls into George shoal, the nets on the seagull were unloaded, leaving a large space. Many sundries were put there, including barrels of purified water and rolls of fishing line. The sea monster was sorting out the sundries.

Generally speaking, it takes a short time to sail at sea. It looks very emotional with sea breeze, waves and seabirds. But it's boring after a long time. The sea breeze blows around. It seems that the sea is still the sea. With entering the deep sea, seabirds will disappear.

Qin Shiou doesn't have such a feeling. He may be influenced by the heart of the sea god. He has a different feeling for the ocean. As long as he sees the vast sea, he feels inexplicably happy, as if he has nothing to worry about.

In other words, he has nothing to worry about now.

The yacht was on the sea for a day. At noon, Qin Shiou fried a curry cabbage with spicy cabbage and sausage prepared in advance. The party ate a mouthful of oil.

Maritime navigation is boring, which inevitably affects the mood, so the prepared meals are mainly spicy and easy to appetizer.

Qin Shiou asked the group how they felt. As long as Iverson had something to eat, there was no problem. Nelson listened to the music all the way. PI, Shaq and the sea monster laughed: "it's a little fun, boss. We both worked as ocean sailors and spent the longest time at sea for eight months!"

Compared with the hard ocean fishing, taking the seagull is a comfortable vacation. There is a living room in the cabin with a 62 inch giant LCD TV. There is a satellite receiver on the top of the yacht, which can be received by adult TV stations. If you have nothing to do, you can watch TV.

In the evening, the circle of fishing rods hung by the sea monster on the snowball fishing boat had achieved results. He caught four squids and two guys like sea snakes, American eels.

The two American eels are big and small. The big one is two and a half meters long and the sea bowl is thick and thin. It is estimated that it must be fifteen or six kilograms. The small one is about one and a half meters, and it has to be up and down ten kilograms.

The sea monster touched the belly of the American eel, carefully picked the struggling American eel from the hook and said to Qin Shiou, "boss, this female hasn't laid eggs yet. Let it go?"

Qin Shiou nodded and caught mackerel and COD in the afternoon, which was enough to eat.

The sea monster put the remaining American eels and squid on the yacht and sighed, "American eels have become less and less. Now they can only meet them in the deep sea. On the contrary, they used to live in the shallow sea."

Like its close relatives, American eel is a species that grows in the river. They will migrate to the river in spring to lay eggs, hatch offspring, and then live in the sea.

However, this kind of fish has a wonderful taste, which has triggered the indiscriminate fishing of humans. Layers of checkpoints are designed in the river where they migrate to catch them. Later, although the government began to protect it, the migration path of many American eels was cut off because of the construction of water conservancy projects.

No way, American eels can only choose to adapt to nature. They lay their eggs in the deep sea to avoid predators. However, the habit of tens of thousands of years is not so easy to change. Many small eels hatched in the sea will die naturally if they can't adapt to salinity.

After Qin Shiou understood this, he threw the male American eel back into the sea and said, "we have enough food, so there is no need to deprive this endangered species of its right to exist."

Shack and the sea monster bent slightly to Qin Shiou, which was the respect of the fishermen.

You know, the meat of the American eel is delicious, and the fish seed is even better. Qin Shiou just came to the meeting, and shack caught the little American eel with a bamboo tube for him to eat. Fish seeds are wrapped in eggs and fried. It's almost delicious.

At that time, Qin Shiou didn't know the living condition of this creature, otherwise he wouldn't eat all the fish.

Qin Shiou can resist the temptation of delicious food and release the two American eels one after another, which is enough to make the two old fishermen feel respected.

After dinner, Shaq treated some big squid and made Teppanyaki. It is also a different kind of enjoyment to smear the squid with sauce, sprinkle sesame salt, and then match it with iced beer to watch the beautiful scenery of the ocean sunset.

One night, at 4:30 a.m., the sunrise just appeared in the East. The radio station of seagull sounded a query: "trawl yacht azw-1188, trawl yacht azw-1188, this is Halifax coast patrol helicopter No. 12. Please answer when you hear it, please answer when you hear it."