My Deep-sea Fishery

Xiang Yang sounds a little funny, the more he refuses to accept old people, the more it shows that he is already old.

However, Xiang Yang didn't mean to underestimate Gao Chuang because he was old. What Xiang Yang thought was that someday, when he was old, he would insist that he was not old like Gao Chuang.

After properly disposing of those emperor penguins, Gao Chuang ordered around, "Okay, from now on, let's dig into the ice."

"Yes, Mr. Gao."

A group of people moved immediately, some were carrying shovels and harpoons, some were pouring hot water, and some were simply burning with burners.

With more than a dozen ships, there are more than a dozen different ice-cutting methods. Xiang Yang, who is holding a learning attitude, is stunned. What is the method of digging ice with Gao Chuang's team?

Instead, Gao Chuang looked at Xiang Yang strangely, "Xiang Yang, why are you and your people still not moving? I'm going to dig ice."

Xiang Yang held back for a while, and said, "Mr. Gao, your people really have various ways of digging ice."

Hearing this, Gao Chuang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "What are you thinking? This is just to break through the thick ice layer on the surface. In the end, cutting the ice is a way. These ice blocks that are several meters thick, even the icebreaker You can’t even open it, do you really think you can break it with some hot water, or use a flamethrower?”

Gao Chuang patted Xiang Yang on the shoulder, "Come on, do it well, break the ice with a wave, there are surprises waiting for us underneath."

After Gao Chuang left, Chen Qingsheng looked at Xiang Yang, "Captain, where are we digging ice?"

Xiang Yang looked around, and there seemed to be no rules at all for the ice-cutting locations, but in fact, there was at least a hundred meters between the two ice-cutting locations.

Xiang Yang looked at Chen Qingsheng and said, "Choose a place, it's quick to dig ice, you should be more experienced than me."

Chen Qingsheng shook his head, "I have chiseled ice before, but it was ice fishing on the lake, and it was the first time I chiseled ice at sea. I don't know how to do it."

Xiang Yang became interested, "What's the chisel method on the lake?"

Chen Qingsheng said: "If you are on the lake, you should first look at the color of the ice. The color of the ice surface is dark green or light blue, which means that the water is very deep, or there are aquatic plants under the water. If the ice is a little yellowish, it means that the water is deep. There are many fish at the bottom, and then look at the ice cracks. On the surface of the lake, due to the constant temperature changes, ice cracks will form in all directions on the ice surface. In the ice crevices, the air permeability is good, and it is the fish's favorite place to live. "

"However, looking at the ice color here, there is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, without a single crack." Chen Qingsheng said distressedly.

Xiang Yang thought for a while, "Since there is no way to see it, then just find a random place and dig into the ice directly."

In fact, up to now, Xiang Yang still doesn't know why Gao Chuang has to go to the ice to dig ice.

Is it bad to fish right off the edge of the ice floe?

Thick ice accumulations are not so easy to cut through.

Fortunately, after this trip, the fleet has a special cutting machine.

After spending two days, Xiang Yang finally carved out a square ice cave half a meter long and wide on the ice.

Through the ice cave, Xiang Yang glanced at the water.

krill.

Lots of krill.

It is densely packed, constantly churning under the ice cave, it looks like a huge sandstorm.

"Is this Antarctic krill?"

Xiang Yang asked someone to lower a fishing net, and then asked someone to drag the net up again. In the fishing net, there was a dense net of krill. Afterwards, the crew even struggled to get the net out of the ice cave.

A small amount of krill remains in the net.

Xiang Yang grabbed one of them and took a closer look. He saw that the shrimp was about two centimeters long, and its body was transparent.

What's even more strange is that this krill actually glows.

There are more than 80 kinds of krill in the world, and more than 70 kinds of krill can emit light.

Among them, Antarctic krill, which has the largest number, can also emit light, but it cannot produce light by itself, and needs to absorb light-emitting substances from algae.

Biologists can't give a standard answer as to why krills glow. Now it is generally believed that it is a social activity of krills at this time, but this is obviously not in line with the survival of the fittest in the theory of biological evolution. , by natural selection.

"Have you seen krill?" Gao Chuang strode towards Xiang Yang at this time and asked.

Xiang Yang nodded, "Well, I saw it, and I'm about to fish some up."

Gao Chuang grinned, "Catch more. Even if the shrimp dies, it can be used as feed when pulled back. Don't worry about taking up space on the boat."

Then Gao Chuang took a look into the ice cave that Xiang Yang dug, "Well, yes, there are indeed a lot of krill, hurry up and fish."

Xiang Yang asked strangely: "Mr. Gao, you already knew that there would be krill under this ice cave?"

"Nonsense, otherwise I will waste two days digging ice caves here? Everyone in my thousands eats boats, and I think I have too much money?"

After Gao Chuang's explanation, it turns out that Krill has an unknown secret.

That is, Antarctic krill have a vertical migration route. They will dive to the very deep bottom of the water during the day, and only at night will they rise to the shallow water area close to the water surface.

Under the large ice floes, there are generally a large number of krill living.

Cutting open the ice cubes and then scooping up the krill, this method is highly tried and tested.

Of course, it’s just that there are krills under the ice, not that there are no krills where there is no ice.

Antarctic krill is one of the most numerous biological groups in the world. Within 24 hours a day, whether it is on the water surface or under the water, there will be large or small groups of Antarctic krill hunting or multiplying.

Gao Chuang looked at the krill in Xiang Yang's hand, and said with a smile: "The krills under this ice cave are very fat, almost half of them are two centimeters in size, and such krills are the most valuable. , earn a little more, and if you can’t find a market when you go back, you can sell it to me directly.”

It is not easy for Antarctic krill to grow to a size of two centimeters, and it takes at least two years.

On average, each Antarctic krill lives only about six years.

Xiang Yang nodded, "Don't worry, Mr. Gao, I came here specifically for this Antarctic krill."

As long as it is a fishing boat that comes to Antarctica, it is basically with the idea of ​​Antarctic krill.

Antarctic krill is the most abundant fishery resource in the entire Antarctic. For example, in the Weddell Sea where Xiang Yang is now, the krill under the ice floes is just like the sandstorm in the desert. On average, every cubic meter of water will gather There are more than 10,000 krill, looking through the ice cave to the bottom of the water, the shrimp group that looks like a whirlpool has a radius of several hundred meters, which is very shocking.