1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 124: Advanced Sashimi: Diamond-fin Squid

If you drive a little further, you will be closer to Guanqi Island.

Not long after the boat stopped, as expected, more figures appeared in the water. Liang Ziqiang looked over the side and saw that the fish were gradually gathering around him.

Before those two shameless guys came up again, Liang Ziqiang didn't wait and started casting nets to catch fish.

This net is not much different from the previous one, and it is estimated to contain about 60 kilograms.

The blue-scaled fish lying on the deck are not very big. Their bodies are nearly rectangular, somewhat flattened on the sides, with slightly raised dorsal edges, short heads, bluish-green dorsal sides, and silvery-white ventral sides.

Green scale fish is also called green skin, willow leaf green, and some people also call it "willow leaf fish".

The capelin is sometimes called "willow leaf fish", but the two are not the same fish at all. Just like people have the same name, fish sometimes have the same name, especially in popular opinion, different fish may have the same name.

The green skin fish is a small warm-water mid-water fish. It is said that this fish has a special feature that can be used to treat sea snake bites in an emergency.

If fishermen are bitten by a sea snake while out at sea, they will mash the fresh meat of the bluefish, apply it to the wound, and then eat it raw with the fresh fish meat soaked in vinegar.

This emergency measure is said to be able to temporarily prevent the spread of snake venom.

Of course, it is unknown whether anyone has actually tried this at sea, and what the actual effect is. After all, Liang Ziqiang has never tried it, and he doesn't want to be forced to try it one day.

The third net was pulled up again, and there was still about 40 to 50 kilograms of fish. This time the net contained not only bluefin bream, but also a lot of bamboo saury.

"Damn, the bamboo sauries have also come to join in the fun!" A lot of bamboo sauries also started to appear on Zhong Kang's side.

When he looked at the water surface again, Liang Ziqiang discovered that more and more bamboo swordfish were gathering together, and they were about to surpass the blue-scaled fish and replace them.

Some of the sauries approached the side of the boat and started jumping again...

Liang Zifeng was really good at seizing the initiative this time. He had already started to move around on the boat, warming up for the Great Shift in advance.

Liang Ziqiang said strangely: "The fish haven't even come on the boat yet, why are you dancing?"

“Prepare for a rainy day, prepare for a rainy day!”

Liang Zifeng chuckled twice.

Facts proved that Liang Zifeng's worries were not groundless. Liang Ziqiang had just cast a net, and the remaining sauries not only did not flee, but instead began to jump towards the lights on the boat.

Liang Zifeng was indeed an old soldier this time, and his movements were even more magical. He dodged so much that not even a bamboo swordfish hit him.

Instead, Liang Ziqiang, who was busy casting a net to catch fish, was hit on the arms and chest by several bamboo swordfish.

But it was not a big problem. After the "tit-for-tat" that happened with the needlefish, he now felt that the bamboo swordfish was just a drizzle. At least it would not cause any actual harm.

In the blink of an eye, two more nets were filled with saury.

After the number of sauries decreased, a wave of fateye herring arrived just in time.

As expected, most fish that are more phototactic also have the characteristics of schooling. They either don't come at all, or if they come, they don't come in groups of two or three, but in groups.

So, in the sea before us, with the ship's lights as the center, the three kinds of fish, fat-eyed herring, bluefin mullet and bamboo saury, were like a revolving lantern.

As soon as one kind is caught, another kind takes the upper hand; after one kind has caught two nets, another kind comes rushing over.

All three fish were trying to get the closest position to the light, making it seem like a tug-of-war for position. "Wait, what are these two? Squids? Cuttlefish?"

With the help of the sidelight, Liang Zifeng suddenly discovered that at the edge of the school of fish, there were two guys waving their tentacles, trying to join the battle and squeeze into the hot zone beside the boat from the periphery.

Liang Ziqiang also looked up and saw it, with a slightly strange expression on his face.

He was not surprised by the appearance of the squid. After all, most squids are typical phototactic animals. Sometimes at night, if you stand on the rocks by the sea and keep shining a flashlight on the sea surface, you will find that small squids will happily jump out of the water following the light.

Later, in the 90s, a special type of net fishing boat was developed. One of the main fishing targets was to catch cuttlefish and squid with the help of squid-luring lights.

The reason why a hint of surprise appeared on his face was that the two squids in front of him that were trying to break out from the school of fish were obviously different from the common squids in terms of size and shape.

Although these two squids are not as huge as the giant squid, they are obviously larger than the common squids.

At the same time, their entire bodies seemed to be reddish-brown. Although the light was not so clear, one could still vaguely see the colored spots on their backs, which were numerous and large.

The most different thing is that its fins appear to be triangular, which makes its entire body look a bit like a larger diamond.

Perhaps because of its large size, the squid's movements are not very agile, even a bit slow. It relies on the fleshy fins on the edge of its body and the membranes on the sides of its arms to gently poke the sea water and swims slowly.

After a while, three or four more squids of the same type came over from a distance.

There were fish blocking the way in front, so it was hard to squeeze in, and there were other squids chasing them from behind. At first, the two squids seemed to be getting impatient, changing their previous mild attitude, suddenly contracting their soft muscles, tilting their funnel-shaped mouthparts, and controlling the direction of the water flow to accelerate their movement.

After adjusting its posture, the slow ox cart magically transformed into a rocket, its speed increased sharply, and it killed its way into the encirclement of the green-scaled fish and approached Liang Ziqiang's boat.

Now, with the help of the sidelight, Liang Ziqiang could clearly see the details of the other person's appearance, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little more excited:
"This is a diamond-fin squid!"

The diamond-fin squid, also known as the diamond-fin squid, has a name that vaguely sways between cuttlefish and squid, but it is actually a type of squid.

Cuttlefish and squids are indeed very closely related, as they both belong to the class Cephalopoda in the phylum Mollusca.

But they are very different when broken down. Cuttlefish belong to the order Sepiformes, while squids belong to the order Lanceriformes and the family Sepia. (Some people like to simply say that squids are a branch of cuttlefish, which makes sense.)
Generally speaking, squid has a long and narrow body like a tube, with a ring-shaped cross-section; cuttlefish, also known as cuttlefish, has a relatively flat and very wide body.

Unlike the octopus, which has eight arms, squid and cuttlefish have ten arms. Squids have cartilage, while cuttlefish have bones.

Although the "diamond-fin squid" in front of us is relatively uncommon, it is undoubtedly not a squid, but a genuine cuttlefish.

This is a squid with a very strong tendency to phototaxis. At night, it will follow the light to the sea surface or mid-water layer to prey on small fish or crustaceans.

The price of ordinary squid is not expensive. In this year, the purchase price of squid weighing more than 200 grams is only 1.8 yuan, and occasionally it can rise to 2 yuan. This price is only slightly higher than that of bamboo saury, but not as high as that of sea bass.

But this price does not include diamond-fin squid.

The diamond-fin squid has a tender texture and is often used as a high-end sashimi ingredient. It can be said to be one of the best squids.

Even in this day and age, the diamond-fin squid is worth much more than ordinary squid.

"Bring the flashlight over here, but don't shine it directly at us. These squids are valuable and big, so we must not let them go!"

Liang Ziqiang instructed Liang Zifeng and began to turn his attention from the fish to the two diamond-fin squids rushing towards him.

This is a great unity!

Not only the two under his nose must be captured, but Liang Ziqiang is also determined to catch the three or four fish that are trying to break into the encirclement of the school of fish at the edge, and he plans to catch them all in one fell swoop!
(End of this chapter)