Carry an aquarium with you

Chapter 186 The First Salvage

Stayed with Li Xinyue at home for a few days, until September 22nd, Qin Feng had to leave, and went to the beautiful country to prepare for crab hunting.

As soon as he arrived in Alaska, he first went to apply for a work visa.

The short-term work visa requires the employer or agency company of the United States who is ready to hire the applicant to submit an application approval document and obtain the approval of the Citizens of the United States and the Immigration Affairs Office.

Qin Feng's employer is Aldrich, he, Sickert and some partners opened a crab fishing company, with the help of him and Sickert, the job application was approved quickly, and then Qin Feng went to the consulate to apply working visa.

The main reason why he wants to apply for this work visa is that the duration of this visa is three years, and when the time is up, he can continue to submit an application for an extension of three years, which is six years.

In this way, there is no need to worry about going back and forth within the time limit, unlike the short time limit of a tourist visa, which has to be reapplied when the time is up.

Lynch's follow-up 500 million has also been transferred to him. After buying the boat and insurance, he only has 10,000+ green notes left, but it is enough to buy supplies, bait and refueling.

In the next few days, he began to rush about the quota.

Originally, with the help of Sigel and Aldrich, he could get a quota of [-] tons of red crabs, [-] tons of blue crabs and [-] tons of pine leaf crabs.

Pine leaf crabs are also called snow crabs, which are divided into red-eyed snow crabs and gray-eyed snow crabs. The quota here refers to red-eyed snow crabs, which are more difficult to catch than king crabs.

Compared with some crabbing captains, the quota of at least [-] tons for one type of crab is indeed much less.

But Qin Feng is a newcomer, who is still a foreigner, and he is lucky to get the quota. There is really no way to care about the small quota.

Fortunately, he can still rent the quota. Although he has to share part of the rent, he still makes money.

As a result, Anna and Qin Lei also came to Alaska. I don't know how she did it, and doubled the quota that Qin Feng was expected to get.

The total quota was only about 1 tons because of the decrease in king crab production in the year before last and last year.But this year is different. The fishery administration has detected that king crabs are flooding again on a large scale, so the total quota has been raised to [-] tons.

Therefore, with the help of Anna's acquaintances, Qin Feng's quota can be increased again.

However, the quotas obtained by other crabbing captains are much higher than in the previous two years, and there are also many people who rent out the quotas.

Because the total quota of Qinfeng King Crab and Songba Crab has reached 50 tons, plus these crabbing companies will ask for 30% of the rent, with a minimum of [-]%.

Judging from the angry expressions of Sigel and Aldridge, these people should be bullying him, a foreigner.

So he temporarily canceled the plan to rent the quota this time, and he decided to catch up the quota he had obtained first.

He is very busy these days. Through the introduction of Sigel and Aldrich, he recruited four crab catchers whose working age has reached ten years. All four of them are veterans.

However, although the two old fried dough sticks introduced by Sigel had rich work experience, they maintained a skeptical attitude towards Qin Feng, the employer, so they were not very active in their work. Obviously, they were not very willing to work on the Oriental Dragon.

After all, the salary of crab catchers is dividends. The more crabs they catch, the more salary they get. No crab catcher likes to work under a novice captain.

Fortunately, the two people introduced by Aldrich had met Qin Feng when they were fishing for golden king crabs, and they had a drink together, so their attitude towards him was much better.

Coupled with the two newcomers Qin Feng recruited who only went to sea once, they completed the preparations before going to sea quite well.

He has nothing to do with these two veterans at present, and he doesn't dare to replace them with new ones.

After all, the job of crabbing is very dangerous. If there are too many newcomers on board, the chance of accidents must be much higher.

After going out to sea to catch a large number of crabs, the two veterans will naturally change their attitudes.

Two hundred crab cages weighing [-] jin were hoisted onto the boat one by one by a crane, and Qin Feng stood beside them and bound them one by one. A box of frozen herring was also carried onto the boat by two new crabbers.

The fuel tank has been filled with fuel, but Qin Feng has bought a lot of fuel barrels, and the staff moved them to the warehouse one by one.

The Oriental Dragon reaches 130 feet, or 43 meters, and is the largest of all crabbing boats.

Fuel consumption is like running water. If you don't prepare enough fuel, you can't go far at sea.

After the preparatory work was almost done, Qin Feng got some information about king crabs from the Fishery Bureau, which contained a distribution map of king crabs and various matters about going to sea.

Qin Feng basically already understands these things, but there is one more thing that needs his attention, that is, only male king crabs with a back shell width of 17.8 cm meet the fishing standards.

He was also afraid that two novices who had only gone to sea once would put king crabs that did not meet the specifications into the storage compartment, so he specially summoned all the crew members and gave them instructions.

He also said that if everyone does a good job, he will give another big red envelope.

Originally, these employees were a little impatient, but after hearing Qin Feng explain what a big red envelope is, they finally became more motivated.

There are many rules for crabbing. If you don’t reach the sea and put the crab pots in advance, you will be fined 20 green notes.

And if it is found that king crabs that do not meet the specifications are caught, they will also be fined 20 green notes, so Qin Feng can't help but be careless.

In Dutch Harbor, Dallas, in October, the night was extraordinarily quiet.

The old and new captains are all gathered here, and everyone looks dignified. Qin Feng is also among them. He has obtained a work visa and a fishing license, and he can legally go out to sea to catch crabs.

The atmosphere is so depressing tonight because three of last year's 500-member crabbing crew lost their lives crabbing in the Bering Sea, and they are now paying their respects to their lost colleagues in their own way.

But life still has to look forward. Early the next morning, everyone began to make final preparations.

At this time, Sickert and Aldrich found Qin Feng and expressed their intention to cooperate in fishing.

Obviously, they are taking care of novices, so that Qin Feng will not return empty-handed this time.

In fact, Qin Feng has already made preparations, he will not return empty-handed, but he naturally understands the kindness of the two big brothers, so he agreed.

The crabbing time may last for two months, but the crabbing boats with good fishing will end the fishing work between two weeks and four weeks.

Their first stop was the southeast waters of Alaska, fishing for red king crab.

Once the quota of red king crabs is full, the crabbing boats head to the Bering Sea to catch blue king crabs and pine leaf crabs.

Although the wind and waves in the southeast of Alaska are not as strong as the Bering Sea, there are often storms in the Arctic Circle at this time, which affects the entire Alaska waters, and Qin Feng cannot be underestimated.

But when he came to Alaska on the first day, he had already prepared in advance.

According to the king crab distribution map given by the fishery administration, he may catch a certain number of king crabs, but the competition will be great.

Don't think that there are only a dozen or so boats in the documentary, but think that every time you go out to sea to catch crabs, there are really only a few boats.

In fact, the number of boats out to sea to catch crabs this time has reached 170, and the competition is very fierce.

If you encounter a very good fishing spot, it is likely that more than a dozen boats will compete for it.

So he let the king squid set off with the crab cage in the aquarium early to find the sea area where a large number of king crabs exist.

The king squid can't speak, and he can't tell Qin Feng how much the king crab is.

But bring the crab cages and put them in a place where there are many king crabs. After the king crabs climb into the crab cages, Qin Feng will naturally see the specific number.

Just yesterday, the king squid finally found a place where there were so many king crabs stacked on top of each other. It grabbed the crab cage and wandered around, allowing Qin Feng to roughly understand the size of the entire crab group.

Then stay in this place, grab a few king crabs from time to time to fill your stomach.

And Qin Feng agreed to cooperate with Sickert and Aldridge, which means that he did not mean to repay their help during this time.

The crab swarm found by King Squid is huge enough for the three of their boats to catch.

But before Sickert and Aldrich left, the captain of the Legend, Anderson, ran over, wanting to find Sickert and Aldridge to cooperate.

But this is not so much cooperation as he wants to share.Anderson didn't have much experience in finding crab groups, so he needed the help of such a big guy.

Anderson is Sickert's traitor, and his true nature was revealed when he caught king crab last time.

So Sickert rejected him without hesitation and drove him away.

Then, Qin Feng discussed the specific cooperation method with the two big brothers.

Each of the three ships is looking for crab swarms, first try to put in crab pots, and whoever gets something will tell the other two the coordinates.

Because they need to enter a public channel when contacting, in order to prevent others from eavesdropping, they decided to report a nine-digit number.

After discussing which digits would be false, the two bosses returned to the ship after deciding.

Watching the two bosses leave, the employees on board began to hold a blessing ceremony before going to sea, and gnawed on herrings.

Paul and Melton are two experienced crabbers introduced by Aldridge. Paul has a more eccentric character, so he will take a herring and pass it to Qin Feng: "Qin, welcome to join the Alaska crabbing circle. As a new captain, Do you want to take the lead in praying for blessings? Let the crab god favor you again."

Qin Feng smiled wryly. Normally, the blessing ceremony is completed by the boatman, and the captain does not participate.

But as a new captain, it was not easy for him to refuse, so he could only take the herring and took a hard bite.

Suddenly, an extremely pungent stench rushed into the tip of the nose.

"Ouch~" Qin Feng just spit out the herring meat, the smell is too sweet.He quickly picked up the water hose to rinse his mouth, but the boatmen beside him laughed.

But when they bit the herring, they couldn't help but vomit, spit out the fish meat and rinsed their mouths with Qin Feng.

In fact, fresh herring is fine, but these herrings used as crab bait are not fresh, and many of them are already smelly, and the smell is unbearable to normal people.

For this crabbing, the Oriental Dragon was also a member of the filming documentary, so at 08:30 in the morning, the dozen or so boats that were filmed together were ready and set off on time at [-]:[-].

The other crabbing boats that were not involved in the filming set off together at nine o'clock.

Qin Feng has a spiritual connection with King Squid, even if they are far away, they can feel each other's approximate location.

So he drove directly to that sea area, because the distance was relatively far, and when the crab pots could be officially released at two o'clock in the afternoon, he still hadn't reached the destination.

The crab swarm does not stay in place. After so many days, the king squid followed the crab swarm for at least 20 nautical miles, so the distance is even further.

Until [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Qin Feng finally arrived at his destination.

At this time, he ordered the king squid to take the crab cage to find the next group of crabs, just in case.

"Qin, do you want to put some crab pots for observation?" Melton asked through the walkie-talkie.

"No need, we'll start putting in the crab pots now." Qin Feng picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered the boatmen to start working, and at the same time he said uneasy, "Everyone pay attention to safety, it's okay to slow down, but you must not get hurt."

With the advancement of science and technology in the past few years, the death rate of crabbers has been decreasing, but the chance of injury is still high. Qin Feng does not want to have an accident when he goes out to sea for the first time.

"Qin, you are such a gentle captain!" Paul said with a grin.

And when the other boatmen heard this, their expressions eased a lot.

The waters inhabited by red king crabs are much shallower than those of golden king crabs.

Qin Feng's sea area is only about 300 meters away, and it will be faster to salvage crab pots by then.

Putting in crab pots is a very long job, and normally it takes eight hours to put in two hundred crab pots.

In addition, the crab pots need to be soaked at the bottom of the crab swarm for at least 24 hours, so that the king crabs have enough time to climb into the crab pots, and there will be a bumper harvest when salvaged.

Unless you encounter a particularly dense group of crabs, you don't need to soak for so long.

And Qin Feng's crab cages are all bound. When two-thirds of the crab cages are put in, the first crab cage is already full of king crabs.

However, a fifth of them were young male and female crabs that did not meet the specifications.

Qin Feng can use the aquarium to throw all these king crabs out.

But he did not do so for the time being, but has been paying attention to the wind and waves at sea and the work of the boatmen.

"There is a big wave coming from the direction of three o'clock, everyone pay attention to safety."

Hearing this, the boatmen working on the deck immediately suspended their work, grabbed the handrails around them to stabilize their bodies, and continued to work after the big wave passed.

With four veterans leading them, the two novices did not panic and cooperated very well.

After all the crab cages were put in, Qin Feng asked all the boatmen to go back to take a bath.

And he himself came to the kitchen to prepare supper for the boatmen.

When the boatmen had supper and went back to rest, Qin Feng went to wash up and returned to his bedroom.

In fact, they can salvage crab pots now, and they will definitely reap a lot.

But he still intends to let the boatmen have enough rest time to ensure that they are in the most energetic state when they work.

Other boats need to keep dropping test cages to see if there are any crabs in the water, so time is very tight.

But he has King Squid to help find the crab group in advance, so he has plenty of time.

Qin Feng, who was lying on the bed, didn't go to sleep immediately, but started from the first crab cage, put some small male crabs into the water tank to raise, and then threw all the female crabs out of the crab cage.

In this way, the space saved will enter a batch of king crabs again, increasing the number of male king crabs that meet the regulations, but there will still be small male and female crabs.

However, Qin Feng also did a screening. He can indeed guarantee that each crab cage contains male king crabs that meet the regulations, but that is too exaggerated, and he is very clear about the reason why it is too much to go too far.

After sifting through all the crab pots, he fell asleep soundly.

When these [-] crab cages are salvaged tomorrow, it is estimated that there will be about [-] male king crabs that meet the specifications, with an average weight of more than ten catties.

One salvage can exceed half of the quota, reaching about [-] tons.

One more time, and he can go straight to the Bering Sea to catch blue king crab and pine leaf crab.

Qin Feng thought about the direction of his next work, and fell asleep without knowing it.

Captain Sigel of the Northwest came to a submarine ridge with a radius of 48 nautical miles this time and put a test cage in search of crabs.

And Captain Aldrich of the White Wind also came to his secret location and dropped the test cage.

This time, in order to bring Qin Feng, they all came to the place where they had gained the most before.

As for the other crabbing boats, they also put crab pots in places where they thought there were crab schools. On the first day, everyone lived in peace, and there was no competition for fishing spots.

At nine o'clock the next day, Qin Feng and the boatmen had breakfast. At his request, when they tried to salvage the first crab cage to observe the situation, a distress message appeared on the radio.

It turned out that the crew of a tireless ship was unfortunately hit by an ice fish and lost consciousness immediately. The captain was asking for help from the Coast Guard.

Qin Feng felt relieved again, and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and told the boatmen to pay attention to safety.

However, the person who was hit by the ice fish was also considered unlucky. The probability of this kind of thing happening is very low, and most crabbers will never encounter it in their lifetime.

Melton has a relatively stable personality and is the leader of the group of boatmen, so he threw out the first anchor hook.

After hooking the last crab pot dropped last night, the gears of the crane turned rapidly.

Qin Feng knew how much harvest there was in the crab cage, but none of them knew.

Therefore, each of them looked dignified, and the two novices clasped their hands together and prayed to the crab god that they would have a good harvest.

When the first crab pot was slowly pulled out of the water, and seeing the king crabs in it, all the boatmen cheered happily.

Paul even shouted: "Qin, you are the man favored by the crab god!"

The two veteran crab catchers who had some opinions on Qin Feng suddenly changed their impression of him.

Qin Feng smiled lightly and picked up the walkie-talkie: "Don't be too happy, this is just the first crab pot. If the following crab pots have gained so much, then it's not too late for you to celebrate."

But Melton shook his head and said, "No, no, Qin, this crab pot has not been soaked for more than twelve hours, but so many king crabs can be caught, which shows that there is an exaggerated density under the water." A group of crabs. Paul is right, you are the man favored by the crab god."

Then, a group of people poured all the king crabs in the crab pots onto the sorting table, and began to sort the king crabs that met the specifications.

In this cage, there are a total of 67 male king crabs that meet the specifications, with an average weight of [-] jin.

When the second crab pot and the third crab pot had so many harvests, all the boatmen’s faces were filled with joyful smiles of the harvest, and their enthusiasm for work was so high.

If the crab pots put in for the second time also had so much harvest, maybe it only takes three days for them to get a salary of more than [-] green notes, can't they be happy!

At this time, Qin Feng also began to contact the Northwest and Baifeng.

"Sigel, Aldrich, how is your harvest over there, do you want to come to my side?"

At this time, Aldrich has salvaged the first test cage, and the harvest is not bad. There are more than 20 king crabs that meet the specifications. The crab pots soaked for a longer time, and there may be more than [-] in one cage. .

The harvest of one salvage can reach more than 20 tons, which is basically the same as the amount he salvaged in the past.

But the Northwest was defeated this time.

(End of this chapter)