Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1312 Became a fish farmer?

"What's so strange about this? You know, even if it's not the fishing moratorium, we can catch at least a hundred kilograms of fish every day here, and sometimes we can catch three to five hundred kilograms of fish. Otherwise, where do the fish in our two cages come from?"

"It's the beginning of the fishing moratorium, and there are no boats setting out fishing nets outside."

"All those fish are running towards where we are."

"It's not certain that we can catch 3,000 to 5,000 kilograms of fish, but if we can catch several hundred kilograms or even a thousand kilograms of fish every day, that should still be possible."

Ding Ailian was also very surprised at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt relieved and realized that this was actually very normal.

"Correct!"

"What Ding Ailian said does make sense. Even if it's not the fishing moratorium, you can still catch dozens or hundreds of kilograms of fish in this place. In good times, you can even catch three or four hundred kilograms of fish."

"With the start of the fishing moratorium, there are no more fishing boats, so there are definitely more fish in the sea. The amount of fish caught in our fish farm has doubled or tripled, which is actually very normal."

Ma Baozhu agreed very much with Ding Ailian's statement. In fact, it was true. You know, a lot of fish can be caught in the fish farm usually, but the number of fish is not very large, and it's not like there are three to five hundred kilograms every day. Everyone is used to it and thinks it's nothing special. Now they are very surprised to see it suddenly become several thousand kilograms.

But if you think about it carefully, this is actually very normal.

"All right!"

"What you said is actually not wrong at all. It is really like this. We can usually catch so many fish. Now that the fishing moratorium has begun, there must be more fish in the sea. It is normal for us to be able to catch more fish by placing nets in this place."

Shi Guangming scratched the back of his head.

"laugh!"

"I originally thought that since there is running water here, I could put a net cage here and catch a lot of fish. I could catch a hundred or so kilograms a day, and at most three or four hundred kilograms would be a great thing."

"I didn't expect that now that the fishing moratorium has begun, I can catch at least 1,000 kilograms of fish a day. If I'm lucky, I can even catch 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms or even 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms of fish."

Ding Ailian couldn't help laughing as she spoke. She really didn't expect that such a good thing would happen.

When Zhao Dahai and his cousin Ding Xiaoxiang first entered this fish farm, their only purpose was to feed the fish caught by Zhao Dahai. But now they find that the fish caught in this place can be sold for a lot of money.

"Who could have imagined this? When we found the flowing water here, we knew we could catch a lot of fish. We even thought that the fish we caught with the nets here could pay part of the rent. But now that the fishing moratorium has begun, we find that the fish we caught before are far inferior to those we catch now."

"The fishing moratorium doesn't seem to be that long, but the amount of fish we catch during this period is incredible!"

Zhao Shi looked down as he spoke. In just a short while, there were already nearly 300 kilograms of fish in the net cage. He slapped his forehead hard. This was something he had never encountered in his life. When he thought about how difficult it was when he went out to sea to fish before, even in the wind and sun, he could not catch 100 kilograms of fish in a whole day. Then he looked at this moment, the flowing sea water and the fish constantly rushing into the net cage. He really didn't know what to say.

"If Brother Dahai and my cousin came here, they would probably be shocked as well. They certainly couldn't have imagined that they could catch so many fish in this place, and that they could catch so many fish just by putting out a net cage."

Ding Ailian knew very well that Zhao Dahai and Ma Baozhu had not thought of such a thing when they built the fish farm in this place, but now they found that a lot of fish could be caught here during the fishing moratorium, and the key was that the number of fish caught was really beyond imagination.

"When Zhao Dahai comes back one day, I'll let him see the fish here. He'll be really shocked. But I think this should happen after the fishing moratorium is over!"

Shi Guangming nodded. Ding Ailian was right. No one would have thought that so many fish could be caught here.

Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu worked together to pull up all the fish in the net cage and poured them into the net box next to it. They rearranged them and put them into the sea. In less than a short while, many more fish were seen rushing into the net cage.

"Someone has to guard this place today, otherwise the net cage will be full of fish in a short while. It will be difficult to pull it up if it is really like this!"

Ma Baozhu wiped the sweat from his forehead. Even if he had an iron hoist to pull hundreds of kilograms of fish out of the sea, they still had to be pushed into the net cages nearby. It would take a lot of effort for both him and Ding Ailian.

"Correct!"

"Someone really needs to be guarding this place."

"We have to collect the fish every half an hour or so. Otherwise, there are too many fish. One, they are too heavy to pull up, and the other is that they are squeezed together and will die easily. That would be such a waste!"

Zhao Shi carefully looked at the number of fish that rushed into the net cage and roughly estimated that half an hour was the longest time. If the water flow was faster or there were more fish, it would take about twenty minutes to collect the fish.

"Old man Zhao."

"Have you ever thought of something?"

Shi Guangming was looking at the black sea bream that had just been caught and kept in the fish cages, and suddenly remembered something.

"We caught so many black porgy here during the entire fishing moratorium. If we keep these black porgy or other fish in the cages until the New Year, how big do you think these fish would be?"

The netizen pointed at the black materials that were just put into the net cage and floated on the water surface. They were swimming in groups. Looking at the heads of these black porgy, most of them weighed more than one pound or almost two pounds, but this was only the big head. There were still a few months before the Chinese New Year, and it was unknown how big these black porgy would grow.

"Yo!"

"If that's the case, then I feel like a lot of nets in the fish farm need to be freed up to raise these black bream or some other fish."

Zhao Shi was stunned for a moment.

I was still thinking about selling these fish immediately if there were too many of them. However, Shi Guangming's words clearly meant that these fish did not need to be sold, but should be kept in the cages until the New Year or even longer. In that way, these fish would become very big.

"Zhao Dahai doesn't need to make money by selling these fish now. He can just keep the caught fish in the cages. Our fish farm is very large, with cages, and these cages are relatively deep. Another reason is that Zhao Dahai is preparing for the fishing moratorium, so there are so many fish in the cages at this time. Under normal circumstances, I estimate that most of these cages are empty. In this case, why not use them to raise these fish?"

Shi Guangming knew that Zhao Shi was thinking about selling the fish, but there was no need to do so. If Zhao Dahai was like other fishermen, he would definitely have to sell the fish, but the problem was that Zhao Dahai caught a lot of fish, and he usually caught valuable fish like grouper. The fish caught here were unexpected gains, and although they were not small now, it would be a bit of a loss to sell them now.

"Let's not talk about the other fish. Just these black sea breams should weigh at least three or even four kilograms by the time of the New Year, right?"

Zhao Shi looked at the black sea breams in the cages and thought carefully. If he started raising them now, they would surely grow to three or four kilograms in size by the Chinese New Year.

"What's the problem? It will definitely grow to this size. You know, these black sea breams have enough small fish to eat in the cages!"

Shi Guangming nodded without hesitation, he would definitely be able to grow to this size.

"If we can catch a black sea bream or some other fish weighing 10,000 to 8,000 kilograms during the fishing moratorium."

"Why do I feel like this fish farm is going to be used for fish farming?"

Ding Ailian thought about it and found that this was indeed possible.

Even if there are tens of thousands of kilograms of fish kept here in the fish farm by the end of the year, it would be a huge thing, not to mention that it is a fishing moratorium. If it is really like today, there will not only be tens of thousands of kilograms of fish, but a lot of fish.

What I said about the 8,000 kilograms of fish was really too little!

Maybe we can catch tens of thousands of kilograms of fish. If so, raising them would be a huge feat. What I said about the entire fish farm being turned into a fish farm was not a joke.

"what!"

"Correct!"

"That's really it!"

"Even if it's not the fishing moratorium, you can still catch a lot of fish with the nets even on normal days."

"If we catch a few hundred kilograms of fish every day, that's a lot of fish in a year. We don't sell these fish now, we keep them in the cages. Over time, we've really become fish farmers!"

"Now that the fishing moratorium has begun, we can catch more fish every day. Not to mention 3,000 to 5,000 kilograms or 8,000 to 10,000 kilograms a day, even if we only catch 1,000 kilograms a day, we can easily catch tens of thousands of kilograms of fish in a month."

"These fish will have to be doubled by the time of the Chinese New Year, which means 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms of fish. If they are raised for a longer period of time, their heads will grow even bigger, which will be even more incredible!"

"Why do I feel that Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang don't need to release fish fry on purpose? They can make a lot of money by just raising the fish they catch during normal times and during the fishing off-season?"

Shi Guangming didn't care too much at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that this was really incredible.

"Correct!"

“This is really a big business!”

Zhao Shi nodded.

Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang said early on that these fish should be raised in net cages, but there was no need to buy anything to feed these big fish as they were all raised naturally.

The problem is that the fish caught in the net cage are not just big fish, there are also many small fish, and these small fish will definitely become food for these big fish.

Even if you don't raise them, these fish will grow very big over time. Black sea bream and the like can grow to three or four kilograms or even five or six kilograms. It is not difficult at all. Just imagine how many fish there will be in the fish fillet after a period of time.

Not to mention, it wasn’t just black porgy that was caught, there were a lot of sea bass as well.

As long as these sea bass have enough food, their growth rate will not be slow at all, and may even be much faster than black sea bream.

It may not seem so noticeable at the beginning, as the fish are not too big and there are not too many of them. But if it accumulates over one or two years, it becomes a huge event.

"The annual rent for this fish farm is probably quite high, including the labor costs, but I think it's more than enough to catch these fish in the net cage."

"Even if it's not enough at the beginning, after one or two years, the output or the harvest here will be enough to pay the rent of the fish farm, including the wages of the workers."

Shi Guangming carefully calculated the account and found that it was indeed possible to do it.

"You can catch a lot of big groupers here, and you can also catch big white eels and other fish in the nets placed on the seabed."

"Old man Shi."

"Why do I suddenly feel that this fish farm is too small? We should rent a bigger place!"

Zhao Shi was looking at the whole fish fillet as he spoke. He originally thought that the fish fillet was very big, but now he found that it was a bit small.

"At first, I didn't think that this place could be used to raise fish, but now it seems that if we want to raise fish, although the place we live in is quite large, it is actually a bit small."

Shi Guangming nodded. What Zhao Shi said was right. The fish fillet was really too small.

"Can we talk to the people in the village now to see if we can rent some more space?"

Without thinking, Zhao Shi immediately asked Shi Guangming whether this could be done. If it could be done, it would definitely be better to have a bigger place.

(End of this chapter)