1184. Wild fisherman activities
The sea god consciousness explored around, and the four consciousnesses attacked in all directions. Qin Shiou was shocked to see hundreds of blue marlins swimming quickly nearby.
These fish live in waters of forty or fifty meters deep, with strong tails swinging, like sharp arrows in the water, and very fast.
I don’t know when it started, so many Atlantic blue marlins appeared in the fishing ground. Qin Shiou controlled the consciousness of the sea god to explore quickly and found that there were hundreds of big fishes over two meters alone, and there were smaller fish, so the number was even greater!
This surprised Qin Shiou because he did not migrate to the fishing grounds, but he brought a big fish from George's shoal two years ago. These fish did not seem to be attracted by the big blue marlin. Because both sides ignored each other, the big blue marlin was moving in the deep sea more than 800 meters.
Although the blue marlins are not big, they are extremely fierce predators in the ocean. Small ones can prey on fish, shrimps and crabs, and they can even eat smaller turtles!
In addition, because blue marls swim very quickly and like to circulate around, they consume energy very quickly and constantly need to prey to replenish energy.
After these blue marlins arrived at the fishing ground, they hunted the remaining capelin and large amounts of herring mackerel. Even cods that were not big enough could not escape their hands. If they were accidentally targeted, they would be preyed.
Blue marlin is one of the least popular fish in private fishery. They are of average meat and can be used as edible fish, but they are very ordinary edible fish. The value lies more in size. As swimming fishing, catching blue marlin can give people a sense of glory.
In the world famous book "The Old Man and the Sea", the super big fish caught by the old man was an Atlantic blue marlin. This guy can grow up to six or seven meters long. In 2013, a British angler named Kevin Gardner caught a giant blue marlin that was 6 and a half meters long in the Atlantic Ocean, weighing about 600 kilograms!
There was not that big one coming to the Daqin Fishery. Qin Shiou searched and saw two big fish that were five meters long. This was also very impressive. Most sharks could not grow so big.
Hamandan is a fishing expert. After the blue marl was hooked, he began to fight a protracted battle with it patiently. He bit his lower lip with his teeth, constantly gathering the fishing line and releasing the fishing line, consuming the fish's strength.
Qin Shiou went over to help, and catching this fish, like bluefin tuna, requires a harpoon. When the fish is pulled out of the water and reaches the vicinity of the fishing boat, it must be given a fork, otherwise at the last moment, it may burst out with powerful forces after being frightened and broke the fishing line and escape.
It took a full half hour before the little prince pulled the big fish near the yacht.
When the fish showed its cylindrical body, Hamandan judged its identity and said in disappointment: "It's not a bluefin tuna, it's an Atlantic blue marlin!"
Blue marlins are certainly not as valuable as bluefin tuna.
Qin Shiou comforted him and said, "Wow. This fish is big enough, it's a big fish!"
For anglers, being able to catch Atlantic blue marlin is also a kind of honor. So I was excited and gritted my teeth and dragged the fish onto the boat, muttering: "Okay, it's good to catch this guy! This is a good sign. If you get another blue fin later, everything will be perfect!"
The blue marl is about six or seven meters away from the fishing boat. This is not a suitable distance to throw harpoons, it is a bit remote.
But Qin Shiou didn't say anything. His eyes were staring at the big fish dragged up, and his arm muscles suddenly bulged. His body stretched like a full moon, and he threw the harpoon out!
"Swish", with a crisp sound, the harpoon shot through the air and inserted it accurately on the back of the big fish.
The blue marl struggled, and Hamandan let go of the wheel seat, let it pull the fishing line to return to the light, and then looked at Qin Shiou with appreciation and praised: "Cool, brother Qin Shiou, a very accurate projection, you knocked it down!"
He knew that the fish could not escape. As long as it was shot by a harpoon, even the shark would be in danger, let alone the blue marl.
Blue marlin is the most unwilling fish in the water to be injured. They need to swim at high speed, so they must ensure that the smooth-looking fish skin is not damaged. Once injured, they cannot swim quickly, so that it will be difficult for them to obtain food and continue to survive.
Qin Shiou smiled and said, "For fishermen, this is the most basic."
The smoke gun who was walking with the boat smiled and said, "In fact, there are few fishermen who can reach the level of dart shooting like Boss. If there is still a match for dart shooting blue marl, then I bet that Boss you can win the championship."
Qin Shiou asked with interest: "What's the matter with the game of shooting blue marlin?"
Without the explanation of the smoke gun, Hamandan, who was busy dragging blue marlin onto the boat, had already turned around and said, "Don't you know these traditional Atlantic activities? As far as I know, your treasure island fishermen also like to do this, which was the way fishermen used to fight bravely."
Qin Shiou really didn't know that he was not as rich and leisure as the little prince who could travel across the world.
Smoke Gun further explained to him that the dart shooting blue marl activity, as the name suggests, is to use fish dart shooting blue marl, which is an activity derived from the dart shooting sailfish activity.
Hamandan’s statement is not entirely correct. The reason why fishermen wanted to dart blue marlin in the early years was not only that this method could test a man’s true courage and ability, but also because the blood of the sailfish caught with darts will not condense into the body without fishy smell, which will further show the deliciousness and value of the fish.
Blue marl has not been included in Canada's restricted fishing list. Because it is large and has rapid activity, it is difficult to catch large-scale concentratedly, and it does not cause fatal damage to its resources, so there is naturally no need for manual protection.
Since the global statistics of fishery harvests began in the mid-1960s, the annual output of blue marlin has always stabilized at around 13 to 15,000 tons. So far, only two years have reached more than 20,000 tons in 1970 and 1973, which shows that their racial resources are fine.
After learning about this sport, Qin Shiou had a plan in mind. There were also many big blue marlins in the fishing ground. He found hundreds of them in this sea area alone. He could also hold an event in the fishing ground to hunt blue marlins.
After returning to the shore, he gathered the fishermen and said that according to his use of family secret techniques to observe and fish explorer inspection, there were a lot of blue marlins in the fishing ground, so whether to do a dart to shoot blue marlins.
The fishermen naturally responded, claiming to be descendants of Viking pirates, they naturally wanted to prove that they had the courage and toughness of their ancestors.
Darting and shooting blue marls is the most visible activity. Think about it, men are riding in fishing boats, holding up heavy long marls with their shirtless hands, and then the blue marls will jump out of the water. When the shot is shot, they will harvest a big three or four-meter-long fish. Is there anything that makes men's blood boil more than this? (To be continued)
Chapter completed!