Although king crabs are called crabs, from scientific classification, they actually do not belong to the type of crab, they can only be said to be crustaceans. Real crabs have four pairs of feet and a pair of crab claws. The joints of the feet are bent forward, while king crabs have only three pairs of feet and a pair of crab claws, and their feet are bent backwards.

But in reality, no one cares. Fishermen treat them as crabs. Anyway, they have carapaces, crab claws, arthropods, and their appearance is exactly the same as crabs. Why do they have to classify them extra?

This crustacean tastes beautiful, has a high meat yield, and is very large. It has always been known as the king of crabs and is an important economic seafood product.

Qin Shiou discovered a large number of king crabs: they were everywhere in the deep sea 100 kilometers west of Atu Island, and the number was surprisingly large.

This also surprised Qin Daguanren. The price of king crabs is one of the most expensive crabs, which is even more precious than the treasure crabs he specially bought from the North Pacific. Moreover, this thing is big, and you can get the money by catching a few of them in one net.

Therefore, no matter in Alaska or Greenland, whenever fishermen find their figures, they will kill them. I don’t know why there is so much inventory left here.

In this way, Qin Daguanren's "My thoughts became active, and the king crab was very attractive to all fishermen.

In fact, he also thought about raising king crabs at the beginning, but unfortunately this crab is too fierce and has an amazing breeding speed. Each female crab can produce nearly 10,000 living crabs every year. Once introduced to the Daqin Fishery, it will cause an ecological disaster, such as lobsters, squid crabs, and geoducks. Then wait to make food!

The most obvious example is the Antarctic now.

Decades ago, I don’t know if it was Soviet oceanographers or Norwegian or American oceanographers, they brought a batch of samples of Alaska king crabs to Antarctica. As a result, these crabs escaped from artificial breeding and drilled into the cold sea water of Antarctica.

Then, during the recent inspection in Antarctica, the French scientific research team was shocked to discover a large number of king crabs living under the Antarctic continental shelf. After joint investigations by various countries, they found that there were millions!

If this discovery was in the Alaska waters, American fishermen would be thrilled, and the result was in Antarctica!

This is a tragic situation. Scientific research teams from many countries have predicted that in the next ten to twenty years, the Antarctic waters will encounter an ecological catastrophe.

What's even worse is that the United Nations has regulations that no country is allowed to go to Antarctica to catch fish, so these king crabs do not only have natural enemies in Antarctica, but also have the greatest enemy of humanity.

The scientific name of those king crabs in Antarctica is Alaska King crab, also known as the golden king crab. Their ancestors are from Alaska and Greenland's waters, scientific name of these king crabs in the Red King crab. Both sides are equally precious.

King crabs are ice-water creatures and are one of the rare species that can survive in extreme environments such as the North and South Poles. The catch produced in this environment tastes beautiful, rich in nutrients and pollution-free.

Later, as the consciousness of the sea god progressed around, he gradually understood the reason why there were so many king crabs in this sea area.

It is very interesting. The underwater environment of a large area of ​​sea is very complex. As we all know, king crabs live in deep-sea waters. In the deep-sea waters, there are generally no reefs, so large ships can fish at will.

But this sea area is different. It has a circle of continuous reefs. It is probably this reason that the fishermen in Greenland did not kill all the king crabs here.

With the guidance of the consciousness of the sea god, the Melon Princess can naturally enter and exit the sea area at will.

Qin Shiou went to find the sea monster and Shaq and told them that there were red king crabs in this sea area.

The sea monster and Shaq, who were chatting while drinking hot coffee, were shocked and asked, "Are you sure? Is it the discovery of the Five Elements Dragon Search?"

Qin Shiou patted the chart behind them and said, "No, I found it from this. Look, isn't it marked with bright red? Isn't it just a red king crab?"

Shaq said depressedly: "However, it's not, Boss. Although this sea area is indeed marked with red on the map, we think it means dangerous sea area..."

Qin Shiou laughed and said, "I know, this sea area is considered to have a large number of reefs, right? But you can see the distribution map of Greenland's fishing catches. The chart shows that king crabs have been produced around it, do you understand?"

Shaq and the sea monster certainly understand that the distribution of king crabs is regional. Since the surrounding waters have been abundant in king crabs, they are naturally distributed near the reef. Considering that the sea is full of reefs, there must not be many ships who dare to enter, so there are naturally rich resources of king crabs here.

"Our ship is too big, can it be possible to enter here?" The two hesitated.

Qin Shiou smiled and said, "Don't worry, leave this to me. With a captain like me leading the way, you will definitely not encounter reefs. Now, what you need to consider is not safety, but whether our fishing quota is a bit small."

The fishing of king crabs is the same as fishing for bluefin tuna. It requires money to buy a fishing license. The government will give a fishing quota. Before the Melon Princess set off, all kinds of fishing licenses are equipped. The fishing license for red king crabs is 200 tons.

This is a relatively exaggerated quota. The weight of king crabs produced in Alaska and Greenland waters is about 10,000 tons per year, of which Alaska is the main one, and can produce 8,000 tons, while Greenland waters produce at most two or three thousand tons.

Therefore, Qin Shiou asked Shaq to buy a 200-ton fishing license. He thought it would be great to be able to take away one-tenth of the annual output of Greenland's waters. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Greenland, he encountered a good start and encountered such a large area of ​​king crabs.

Deep-sea fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and catching king crabs is one of the most dangerous jobs in deep-sea fishing. The work-related injury mortality rate of crab fishers in Alaska is 50 times that of ordinary workers. During the crab fishing season, an average of 1 crab fisherman will die every 7 days on the Bering Strait!

The climate in Greenland waters is much milder than Alaska, but fishermen's casualties occur every year.

Under Qin Shiou's guidance, the Melon Princess avoided the reefs with intertwined dogs and teeth, and soon appeared on the head of the king crabs. Qin Shiou called all the fishermen to have a meeting.

This time, along with the four newcomers led by Geng Junjie and the ten fishermen recruited from the town, he brought out a total of twenty-two fishermen, and the team was unprecedentedly large.

Therefore, in Qin Shiou's expectations, this time the harvest was unprecedentedly huge! (To be continued...)

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Chapter completed!