My Deep-sea Fishery

"That's right, the amount of Antarctic krill is indeed terrifying," Xiang Yang said.

Xiang Yang has data on Antarctic krill.

Antarctic krill has strong reproductive ability, strong environmental adaptability, and abundant food sources.

Regardless of the small size of a single Antarctic krill, the number of female Antarctic krill can reach more than 6,000 eggs each time, and they can lay eggs multiple times a year.

Juvenile Antarctic krill also grow very fast.

"More than 300 million tons are consumed every year, but the amount has never decreased. What a huge piece of cake this is. my country is also a big fishery country. How could it not come in and get a share of the pie?" Gao Chuang sighed.

When Xiang Yang heard this, his face gradually became more serious.

The food in the world is actually sufficient now, but the distribution is extremely uneven. Even if all the Antarctic krill is caught, some people in the world will still starve to death.

As the most populous country in the world, our country is indisputable for such a large piece of cake, so there is no doubt that the distribution of food is uneven.

For decades, Antarctic krill fishing has gone through three periods.

In the first stage, Soviet Russia and Dongyi were the main fishing countries. Among them, Soviet Russia accounted for 93% of the fishing volume, which was the absolute first. The time period with the highest krill fishing volume was 1983, and the Antarctic waters had more than 500,000 tons Krill caught!

At that time, Soviet Russia had the largest Antarctic krill fishing fleet in the world, occupying the position of krill brother for nearly 20 years!

In the second stage, from the disintegration of the former Soviet Union to the end of the last century, fishing countries began to divide, mainly including Dongyi, Chile, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and other countries, and Dongyi became a rising star among these fishing countries, accounting for 80%. , a proper new sweep of Antarctica.

Since 1993, Dongyi’s Southern Ocean fishing fleet has joined a large number of advanced fishing vessels, and the proportion of Antarctic krill fishing has increased sharply. However, due to the disintegration of the country, Su Hunger has divided and privatized the original state-owned fishing fleet. Shrimp fishing production has also dropped sharply, and it has gradually been dominated by the rising Dongyi!

However, compared with Soviet Russia back then, the krill caught by Dongyi was less than one-fifth of what Soviet hungry people caught back then, about less than 100,000 tons!

The third stage is from the beginning of 2000 to the present.

New fishing countries include South Korea, Norway, the United States and my country.

Among them, Norway is worth mentioning. Since 2006, Dongyi’s ocean-going fishing fleet has aged and its production capacity has declined, while Norway is a rising star. They have invested a lot of money in research and development of krill fishing equipment, which has made a breakthrough in production!

Norway currently holds the top spot in Antarctic krill fishing.

Although Norway's annual production of krill ranges between 100,000 and 200,000 tons, it accounts for 50% of the global krill catch.

my country joined the ranks of Antarctic krill fishing very late.

Until 2014, the Antarctic krill fishing ranking had my country's position.

Although some people in our country officially joined the Antarctic krill fishing army in 2013, and successfully caught a batch of Antarctic krill and returned to China, but the number is too insignificant.

It was in 2014 that my country actually went to Antarctica for commercial fishing for the first time.

Although our country started late, the catch growth is relatively fast.

From 30,000 tons in 2014 to 60,000 tons in 2016, it doubled in two years.

Of course, this is almost only a fraction of Norway, but such a growth rate shows our country's determination to utilize Antarctic resources!

The number of fishing boats capable of fishing for krill in the Southern Ocean increased from one in 2012 to five in 2015. On November 24, 2019, the Deep Blue, which was independently designed and built by my country, joined the Antarctic krill fishing team, making A new addition to the Antarctic krill fishing army!

The total length of the Deep Blue is about 120 meters, the molded width is 21.60 meters, the design draft is 7.3 meters, the design speed is 15 knots, and the load capacity is astonishing 5,000 tons, which can meet the operating requirements of the ice thickness of 0.8 meters and the low temperature environment of minus 25 degrees!

Therefore, although our country will be late for the Antarctic strategic resource competition, it will definitely not be absent.

"I see. I'll go back and let everyone start fishing for Antarctic krill." After Xiang Yang told Gao Chuang, he turned around and was about to leave.

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"Is there anything else?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully.

"Although Antarctic krill is now a seafood that is supported by our local policy in Longcheng. After fishing it back, you can not only sell it for money, but also receive certain subsidies. But if this is the reason, Antarctica is full of krill. Why do I Do you have to get it from the Weddell Sea?" Gao Chuang said.

Without thinking about it, Xiang Yang said, "Of course the Antarctic krill in the Weddell Sea has the largest number, huh? No, is the krill in the Weddell Sea different from the krill in other places?"

"That's right, in the entire Antarctic waters, there are several types of krill that can be called krill, including Antarctic krill, crystal krill, cold krill, and long-fronted krill. The krill we caught before Shrimp are basically Antarctic krill." Gao Chuang said.

Xiang Yang nodded, Antarctic krill Xiang Yang knew about it.

Antarctic krill are mainly concentrated in the Southern Ocean region. When the density is high, there are more than 30,000 krill per cubic meter. They generally live in shallow water within about 200 meters!

The reason why Xiang Yang is reluctant to take too many Antarctic krill back is because Antarctic krill lives in an ultra-low temperature environment, and the enzymes in the body can work efficiently at low temperatures, but at relatively high temperatures it will cause krill tissue to decompose. Dissolves quickly.

The shells of Antarctic krill contain relatively high fluoride, so it is easy to mix into the meat of the shrimp after a long time. Therefore, Antarctic krill is not suitable for direct consumption, and the finished product must be processed directly on the fishing boat. This is a very troublesome step, otherwise, it can only be dragged back as fish feed.

"The reason why I decided to come to the Weddell Sea despite the risk is that the Weddell Sea is rich in long-spotted krill." Gao Chuang said.

"Long-fronted krill?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully, "Is there any difference between this kind of krill and ordinary Antarctic krill?"

"The difference is big. The tissues in the long-fronted krill will not be destroyed by enzymes. Even if this kind of krill is pulled back, it can be eaten directly after shelling." Gao Chuang said.

Xiang Yang's eyes lit up immediately when he heard the words, "What about its price?"

"That's right, the price of long-fronted krill is several times higher than that of ordinary Antarctic krill." Gao Chuang said with a smile.

Xiang Yang was excited at first, but then he became distressed, "But these long-fronted krill are mixed with ordinary Antarctic krill, how can we distinguish them after we catch them?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Chuang laughed and said, "It's not easy. Whoever wants to buy it can let them pick it out by themselves, or just ask someone to pick it up after they go back, isn't that all right?"