sbdcsierra Chapter 1551 Arrival at the Target Sea Area
Chapter 1551 Arrival at the Target Sea Area
Chapter 1551 Arrival at the Target Sea Area
After breakfast, Ye Yaodong used a telescope to look at the nearby sea for a while. Then he looked at the radar screen and the nautical chart. He thought that there should be no problem following the originally planned route, so he went to bed.
His rest cabin is on the wheelhouse deck, separated from the cockpit by only a soundproof iron door, making it convenient for him to enter and exit at any time.
Before he came on board, this was a place for the two people on duty, including Lao Xiao, to take turns to rest. However, after he came on board to take command and act as captain, they could only go to the workers' rest cabin below.
The workers' rest cabin has an even worse environment, with a large bunk bed that is even more cramped with so many people. But at least this is a new ship, which is definitely better than the old one.
There is also a small chart table in the small space, which is used for temporary route planning at night. There is also a safe underneath for storing ship documents and cash. There is also a medicine box, such as quick-acting heart pills, simple cold medicines and the like.
He put the enamel mug he had used to drink strong tea last night on the table and lay down on the small bed. Although he could still hear the roar of the main engine, the noise would definitely be lower than that in the crew cabin because of several layers of iron plates.
But no matter how low it is, the low-frequency vibration of the host still causes the enamel pot on the table to vibrate slightly.
He was so tired that he closed his eyes. When he heard the enamel pot fall to the ground, he had to get up and pick it up, then put it in the corner.
Now I can sleep peacefully.
He was half asleep and half awake, and his sleep was sporadic and fragmented. When he woke up completely, it was already two or three in the afternoon.
I looked at the time on my watch, and even the last bit of confusion in my mind became clear again.
He opened the door of the rest cabin, and the noise was also transmitted to the man in the cockpit.
"Wake up, Dong Ge."
"Well, did anything happen while I was sleeping, or was there any special situation?"
"No, it's just that we encountered several schools of fish along the way. Everyone was very excited and discussed whether to cast the net. I told you to take a rest. I told you to go directly to the destination without stopping in the middle. Don't worry about the schools of fish to avoid any accidents."
Ye Yaodong nodded. "Yes, there are many dangerous restricted areas on the sea, and there are many schools of fish. If you miss one wave, there will be another. Safety comes first. How long will it take to reach the destination?"
"It may be tomorrow morning. We were fishing during the day yesterday, and moved the goods for seven or eight hours last night, which is equivalent to an extra whole day. Otherwise, our speed is quite fast. If we don't stop along the way, we may be able to get there in two days and two nights."
"That's not bad. I expected it to take three days. If we don't stop in the middle, we can get there in 48 hours."
"Correct."
Ye Yaodong planned to brush his teeth and eat something, but forget about his face. Fresh water resources on the ship were in short supply, so he had to save as much as possible.
During the period when the workers were not working, they basically stayed in the hold to rest, replenish their energy on time, and take turns to inspect and maintain equipment.
There is no fixed time for everyone to eat, and there is food whenever you are hungry.
When he was eating, there was no one else around. He was the only one sitting with his feet up, and the soup spoon in his hand was almost as big as his bowl.
When drinking soup on a boat, you need a big spoon, otherwise the boat will shake and the soup will spill out when it reaches your mouth.
The larger spoon at least has half of it left when it reaches your mouth.
The food on the boat is basically simple steaming, blanching, and fish soup. Meat is also available, but it is more troublesome and will be covered with a layer of oil when it gets cold.
As people have lived by the sea for a long time, their tastes are generally light and they can adapt well to the food. This is basically how people eat on the shore.
Ye Yaodong ate a few bites to fill his stomach. Since he had nothing to do, he took a telescope to continue looking out and used radar to monitor the surrounding waters to ensure safe navigation.
Suddenly, the sea water beside the boat began to boil and a school of silvery fish swept past like a storm. The fish were so dense that they almost blocked the sea water. Under the sunlight, the surrounding sea seemed to be coated with a layer of flowing silver foil.
Chen Shi was also calling him at this time, "Brother Dong, there are fish shoals emerging from the surface..."
Before he could finish his words, the school of fish suddenly dispersed, and several blue-black dorsal fins broke through the water. They were dolphins.
They are like a well-trained army, driving the fish, jumping out of the water from time to time, splashing crystal water.
"I saw."
"We had detected the school of fish a long time ago, but you told us not to pay any attention to it, so we did not. We didn't expect that they would all float up to the surface."
"Well, it should be bluefin bream. They are not valuable. We have to throw them all back after catching them all in one net."
He used a telescope to see a seabird swooping down to hunt, and the fish in its claws was a bluefin bream.
It's true, looking over there, there are patches of glittering silver scales, and there seem to be quite a lot of them. I guess they are the dolphins driving away the schools of fish for prey.
If it were near the coast, you could try towing it back to dry in the sun. It still has some value, and with a little labor cost, you can sell it for money. But forget it here, the cost is not even enough to cover the gas money, and catching it will take up space and waste time.
"Oh, so that's it. That's good... What a pity, such a large school of fish is not worth much..."
Ye Yaodong didn't say anything, and continued to use the telescope to look into the distance, watching dolphins preying on schools of bluefin mullets. There were quite a lot of them.
He thought about it and took out his camera to take a picture.
Chen Shi didn't know whether he wanted to express all the words he hadn't been able to say due to stuttering for the past twenty years, but now he seemed like an extremely chatty person who kept talking to him non-stop.
"We dumped too much into the sea. If it were closer to the shore and we dragged it back to dry, the whole village would have enough to eat for several years..."
"Even if we don't take it to dry, it's free to take it back, and people will definitely fight for it..."
"...Brother Dong, it's a shame to dump those products into the sea. It would be great if they could be shipped back. Do you want to consider setting up a fish sauce factory here?"
He said five or six sentences, and Ye Yaodong might only reply with one sentence.
"It's not necessary. People here don't eat this. Only people in Fujian and Guangdong eat it. It's better to expand the processing plant instead of doing this."
However, Chen Shi did remind him that the distance between DYD's location and Zhou City is not much different from his home, and it may even be closer to his home.
After the thousand-ton fishing ship delivers the goods, it may be possible to arrange with the fresh-collecting ship in batches, with part of the goods shipped back to Zhou City, and the other part of the goods can be transported back to the city near his home along with a batch of miscellaneous fish.
As for the goods, you can give them to Acai to purchase and let him find the sales channel.
When he left the city, he handed over the factory connections he had previously established to Acai, which was equivalent to paving the way for the old man.
Now it's time for this old guy to repay him!
Taking over all his goods would be a win-win situation, and it would also put some pressure on Acai, which could be turned into motivation to expand the scale.
However, his current output is indeed too large. The factory has not yet expanded on a large scale, and production and processing are limited. He has to constantly seek external assistance to handle the goods.
Before this trip, he had tried his best to establish connections and had already arranged for sales staff, but he didn't know whether his father and Chen Baoxing could handle it.
This was also mentioned in the letter to Lin Guangyuan, asking him to ask his leader whether the army could purchase his goods.
If his father can't handle it, the next time a fishing boat comes out and sends a message, he may have to go back himself to deal with it.
It is so troublesome because of the underdeveloped communication system. Otherwise, it would save a lot of trouble if we had mobile phones.
When he returns from this successful sea trip, the pile of things he has to deal with will probably be as high as a mountain.
Not only are we ordering fishing boats, but we are also expanding the processing plant. Before leaving, Manager Qi had already applied to the government for the expansion of the construction site, but I don't know if there will be any result.
Then he also had to deal with the issue of connecting with the army to receive veterans, and he also had to open up the path to Acai.
Each of these is not an easy task, nor can it be resolved all at once; they are all complicated and time-consuming.
As they were talking, there was a low vibration from the bottom of the boat, as if some huge monster was rising from the deep sea.
"Brother Dong! Look to the starboard side!" Chen Shi's voice trembled.
Ye Yaodong turned his head and saw a huge black shadow slowly floating on the surface of the sea. Its black back rose like a hill. Then, two columns of water shot up into the sky, as high as seven or eight meters.
"whale!"
He uttered two words calmly.
Chen Shi exclaimed, "Another big whale."
The two workers on duty on the deck also exclaimed, "Wow!"
Ye Yaodong looked at the two water columns rising into the sky and said, "They are right whales."
The right whale's unique V-shaped blowhole was fully opened, and the mist it expelled formed a mini rainbow in the sunlight. The salty and fishy breath even splashed onto the side of the ship a hundred meters away.
The roar of a whale's breathing is like the exhaust of a steam locomotive, and it can make a person's chest numb even through the steel plate.
"It's really big... such a big black one..."
Chen Shi sighed as he watched, "The sound is so loud, just like a train. This head is no less loud than a boat..."
"Brother Dong, how come you recognize it just by spraying water? It's only half exposed, and it sprays quite high..."
"I only knew it was a whale because it spouted water, but you recognized it at first sight. That's amazing."
Right whales are also whales. Their bodies are like hammers, with a body length of up to 20 meters. At their heaviest, they can weigh nearly tons, and their body color is almost black.
When they are active, they often act alone and swim very slowly. Most of their food is small shrimps and fish, and larger ones can also eat some fish.
They mainly live in the two largest oceans, and can also be seen in my country, mainly in the East China Sea or the South China Sea.
At this time, the right whale was moving slowly on the sea. People on the other boats probably saw it, and more and more people were standing on the deck.
Ye Yaodong replied: "It's easy to identify, because this whale has two spouts. Think about it, how many spouts do the whales you have seen have?"
"One! Don't whales usually have only one hole on their backs to blow water? Why does this have two? If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about it and thought there were two whales blowing water."
"So this is what makes it different from other whales. You can tell what kind of whale it is at a glance. It's easy to identify."
"That's because you are so smart, Brother Dong. We don't know anything, but you know everything."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Otherwise, how can I be the boss?"
The right whale has two blowholes on its head, one on each side of the top of its head.
Therefore, when the right whale floats to the surface to breathe, these two blowholes will spray water at the same time, forming a double water column.
This is its most typical and recognizable feature.
The right whale didn't seem to be afraid of the ship. It swam leisurely near the fleet, occasionally flapping its tail fin and splashing huge waves.
The crew members shouted one after another, and all crowded to the side of the ship, watching this overlord of the deep sea with bated breath.
Although there are many huge creatures like this in the deep sea, they are not seen every day, not to mention that this is only their third day at sea.
After a night's rest and a whole day of leisure, everyone is in good spirits.
Ye Yaodong happened to have his camera hanging around his neck, and while the column of water was still rising into the sky, he quickly pressed the shutter button.
We agreed to take pictures of what we saw and heard, then develop the photos and take them back to tell stories to the old lady.
"Brother Dong, the sonar receiver on the bottom of the ship suddenly emitted a series of strange waveforms..."
Their low-frequency chirping can be heard underwater, an infrasonic conversation that is incapable of human hearing.
"It's okay. It's coming from this whale."
"Like this... look... the tail is sticking out and pointing upwards..."
The whale suddenly arched its body and dived, its tail fin standing upright on the water like a huge black sycamore leaf, with the jagged notches on the edge clearly visible.
Then a slow and graceful tail-swinging motion sets off a circular surge.
Ye Yaodong ordered: "Control the fishing boats to move away from it, pass by the side, and don't get too close."
"Ok."
Just now a group of dolphins drove away a school of fish, and not long after that we encountered a right whale. In addition to the swordfish and killer whale we encountered the day before yesterday, there are really a lot of large fish in this sea.
All we can say is that the living environment is good now, there is no white pollution, there is less industrial pollution, and large-scale fishing has not yet begun in the deep sea.
The favorable living environment allows these big fish to lead an extremely comfortable and leisurely life. They are not afraid of fishing boats and can often appear above water for them to see.
However, if it were in the sea where people live a happy life, it would be a completely different picture.
Not to mention other big fish, even the most docile dolphins will attack the small-time fishing boats. This is hatred ingrained in their bones.
As the fishing boat moved forward, the right whale moved farther and farther away from them until it was out of sight, and everyone returned to the cabin as usual.
The situation was much calmer after that, and nothing happened. At most, we discovered a few more schools of fish, but no large fish of this size appeared again.
Even Chen Shi lamented that there were so many deep-sea fish that he could encounter several waves in a day.
They have also encountered large fish several times, most of which were more than ten meters in size, and they also encountered schools of these large fish hunting on the sea surface.
It was already afternoon when he woke up. Before he could sunbathe for long, the sun began to set and finally went down the mountain.
After dinner, Chen Shi took turns with Lao Xiao.
The night was as dark as ink, and the sea breeze swept across the deck with a salty smell.
The sea water around the fishing boat suddenly lit up strangely.
By now everyone knew that it was the Noctiluca scintillans that caused the glow. At first there were only a few scattered faint blue lights, but as the waves rose and fell, the light grew brighter and brighter.
The longer it is dark, the brighter the Noctiluca will be. It will last all night and disappear at dawn.
Fortunately, no other conditions occurred tonight.
He rested as usual that night. After all, he would reach the target sea area the next morning.
In the early morning, he was still awakened by the sound of knocking on the iron door.
"Dongzi, Dongzi..."
"Huh?" Ye Yaodong sat up in shock, "What happened?"
"It seems we are almost reaching the target sea area."
I thought something had happened and was shocked.
He got up quickly and went out. It was still early in the morning and the sea breeze was a little chilly, giving him goose bumps as he woke up early.
"It's pretty fast. It's almost here."
"Yeah, I thought we could get there in the morning, but we didn't expect to get there early in the morning. I wanted to ask you, can we cast the net now? We are almost at the target sea area, so we should be able to start the operation, right?"
"Let me consider."
叶耀东先看了一下电子海图，DYD经度123°28′E，纬度25°45′N，而他们正处于经度123°30′E，纬度25°50′N。
It is located about 10 nautical miles northeast of DYD and belongs to its surrounding fishery operation area.
As he was checking the sea chart, Lao Xiao added: "I didn't expect that there were other fishing boats besides us. At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the radar detected a large fishing boat nearby, and then at 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock, it was detected again, and just now it was detected again."
Ye Yaodong nodded. "It's normal. It could also be a military patrol. If we detect it, we can just avoid it in advance."
There are no restricted areas set up now, but the sea area is rich in fisheries and has always been a traditional operating area for Chinese fishermen.
Our government will also call on our fishermen to monitor foreign fishing vessels along the maritime border.
"Measure the water temperature first and lower the detector."
"Ok."
Ye Yaodong blew the whistle on the boat, and the whistle sounded briefly, and the workers immediately filed out.
He shouted, "Get ready, the net will be lowered in a moment."
The chief engineer yelled, "Roger that."
Other fishing boats nearby also heard it, and while connecting to the line, they immediately spread out to the surrounding sea areas and started moving.
"Boss, boss, shall we start casting the net?"
"Attention all ships, we are about to reach the target sea area. You can prepare in advance, conduct exploration and prepare for trawling operations."
"Roger that!"
Several ships responded and began to issue various instructions.
Radar scans need to confirm that there are no other fishing boats or obstacles nearby.
Sonar detected dense fish signals in the 50-100 meter water layer, distributed in a belt-like pattern.
Lao Xiao perked up, "There are schools of fish nearby, it looks like they are either mackerel or bonito."
"Ah."
Ye Yaodong also leaned forward and saw it on the display screen, "Follow the school of fish, and wait until the deck is ready."
The instruments were detecting and the workers on the deck were also busy, making preparations.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the boatswain shouted on the deck, "Everything is ready."
Ye Yaodong then officially gave the order, "Get off the net."
The hydraulic winch at the stern slowly released the steel cable and the trawl sank into the sea.
The steel sinkers on both sides of the net mouth, each weighing 15 kg, make the net sink quickly, while the orange float ensures that the net mouth remains open.
Lao Xiao controlled the fishing boat. When the net position meter showed that the trawl net had stabilized in the 60-meter water layer, which was exactly where the fish were, he stared at it without blinking to make sure that the fish could enter the net.
The sonar continues to monitor and the fish signals gradually concentrate inside the net.
The fishing boat still maintained a speed of three knots and moved forward slowly. While moving, the sonar continued to detect nearby schools of fish.
Ye Yaodong stared at him for a while, and felt more at ease when he saw him operating the instrument in an orderly manner.
Having capable people on hand means less worry and he doesn't have to work so hard. He just needs to grasp the general direction.
Lao Xiao also said distractedly: "You just woke up, why don't you go eat first?"
"Yes, no hurry, I'll go and take a look later."
Ye Yaodong picked up the telescope again and observed the surrounding sea. He also checked whether the markings on his ship and several other ships were clear.
They ensure that ship identification is clearly visible and communication equipment is unobstructed and effective so that they can contact relevant departments in a timely manner to obtain help and information.
Fishermen fishing in the surrounding areas are also obliged to help monitor fishing boats that are not from their own country.
To prevent shameless people from intercepting, inspecting or even detaining their fishing boats on the grounds of "over-border fishing", they can seek help in time in case of conflicts, or report any accidents in advance.
Under normal circumstances, it can be detected in advance, but if a fishing boat is operating, you cannot do whatever you want.
However, this is their territorial waters, why should they be afraid?
Ye Yaodong called out to other fishing boats, "All fishing boats, please report the situation."
"Ship No. 2 is being inspected and preparations have been completed."
"Boat No. 3 is moving toward the southeastern direction of the school of fish."
"Ship 4 is moving northeast, sonar is detecting schools of fish."
They haven't cast their nets yet, but are still moving towards the sea area where they are going to operate, detecting schools of fish as they move.
"Operate on your own, pay attention to safety, and survey the seabed before casting the net."
"receive."
Ye Yaodong said to Lao Xiao again: "I'll leave it to you to watch over. I'm going to eat first."
"OK, go ahead."
They have entered a suitable fishing area, and the seabed terrain in this area is not complicated. He relaxed a little and just wanted to fish normally.
When he went downstairs to eat, other workers were also getting their meals. They had just been woken up by the whistle and had immediately gotten up to work without having eaten.
Everyone was talking about the excitement, and as soon as he appeared, someone started asking him questions.
"Adong, the soldiers said that we might encounter some small-time fishing boats here. Is that true?"
"Is it true that there might be a conflict?"
Ye Yaodong agreed, "It is possible."
"Fuck, how many boats does that person have? Big boats or small boats?"
"How would I know? How can I predict the future? Maybe it's a warship? You can ask the soldiers and they may know more."
"None of them have been here, and no one has ever met them."
Ye Yaodong said: "Just catch your fish. Big people will worry about big things. Let's just do our own thing and not cause trouble or be afraid of trouble."
"Hey, isn't this just a matter of talking? What would you do if you really encounter it?"
"What can we do? This is our territory. If they cross the line, just tell them to get out."
"That is required."
"Hey, if we drive them out of our place, can we get it in the newspaper?"
"Hahaha, so you want to be in the newspaper. I was wondering why you kept asking me about this. Do you want to be a hero?"
"definitely."