Chapter 983: Cape Cod

Fishing, of course, does not refer to a certain place name or a certain law enforcement method, it just refers to this kind of outdoor sports.

No one knows exactly how old fishing has been, but it is at least tens of thousands of years ago. At least before the history of human civilization, fishing rods and fishing have already existed.

The most famous one is that in the late Shang Dynasty, there was a man named Lu Wang who fished with a straight hook and only caught princes and generals. Later, this man was given the surname Jiang because of his merit. This is the famous Jiang Ziya. Yes, Jiang Ziya was not originally a fisherman. His surname is Jiang, but his surname is Lu.

Jiang is one of the oldest and noble surnames in ancient China, because the origin of this surname is Shennong, the legendary Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan was born in Jiangshui, so he took the water as his surname and named him Jiang. Of course, This had nothing to do with Jiang Hai, and as far as he knew, it had nothing to do with a certain person who wrote the book. He was just trying to figure out the word count.

In any case, fishing is a skill inherited by ancient humans, and there are many people who have fished now. Basically, taking China as an example, at least one-third of the 1.3 billion people must have fished. Yes, children who were born or grew up in the countryside must have fished. People born in the city must have played in fishing ponds and reservoirs, and almost all have fished.

But there are many people who say they have fished, but not many people who really like this line of work.

There is only one person in China. If there is only one person in a hundred people who likes fishing, that’s about it.

Don't think that this proportion is very small. You must know that there are 1.3 billion people in China. One in 100 people likes fishing, which is 13 million people. The country's base is too large, and no one can do anything about it.

But if one in a hundred people in China likes fishing, then in the United States, maybe... a thousand? Or three thousand? Or five thousand? Well, to be honest, no one in the United States really likes fishing.

As we all know, although the U.S. government has been working hard to change the eating habits of the American people and let them eliminate the overabundance of Asian carp in the river, Americans just don't eat it, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Because first, the United States, like China, polluted large areas of land and water sources for development. Now it has reached a bottleneck and cannot develop rapidly. It has begun to control land pollution, air pollution, and water pollution. However, It has only been 20 or 30 years. Although the results are good now, the current middle-aged people know how serious the pollution was back then. Because they were still young at that time, middle-aged and elderly people will definitely not eat from the river. The fish look polluted in them.

Secondly, Americans don’t like to eat fish with spines. In this case, some people will say that all fish have spines!

But in fact, if you take a closer look at American restaurants, you will understand that fish can also be without bones...

Because when Americans cook fish, they don’t fry it, pan-fry it, stew it, braise it or something like that in China.

When Americans eat fish, they only eat fish steaks and fish balls. In other words, for a fish, cut it once on the left and once on the right. For a good fish, you only eat the two pieces of meat, including the head and tail. Most river fish also have spines, but many sea fish don't have them, such as cod, so they don't eat river fish either.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that Americans do not eat river fish. If someone beats river fish into fish balls or something, they will eat it, but they are also worried that the fish meat is unclean and whether preservatives are added to these fish balls. How long it has been stored and so on... So in order to avoid these troubles, they decided not to eat river fish.

If there is no need, there will be no market, because no one eats river fish at all, so even if someone fishes for river fish, it is just for fun. After catching the fish, they are thrown directly into the garbage dump, but it takes a long time to play. Well, it’s really not interesting. They still have to work, so almost no one goes fishing on the rivers in the United States.

Just like hunting in the United States, fishing also requires a license. Otherwise, if you are caught, you will go to jail.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are very few people fishing in rivers in the United States.

There are many fishermen on the beach, and they eat the fish they catch, but how many people live on the beach?

The most important thing is that Americans have a lot of income, and as you all know, the price of marine fish is not very high in the United States. Under such circumstances, how many people will fish?

There is a saying in the NBA that if someone does not enter the playoffs, or is eliminated from the playoffs, they are said to have gone fishing, because in their eyes, fishing is equivalent to going on vacation. ,A meaning.

There is only one kind of person in the United States who can really work hard at fishing. This kind of person is called an ocean hunter by Edward Anderson.

But in Jiang Hai, they look like fishermen, but this kind of fishermen is different from ordinary fishermen. Ordinary fishermen just buy a boat, near or far, near home or in the ocean, pull the net and run around, and then Come back and sell it, this is the traditional fishermen.

These ocean hunters specialize in fishing, and they are focusing on those precious fish.

For example, they accept the legendary bluefin tuna, of course, yellow fin, masu, big eyes, etc.

Each country has its own opening hours for tuna. For example, in Canada, it is from August to October every year. The United States and Canada always wear the same pants, so the time is about the same. Although there is no clear regulation on fishing in China, During tuna time, there is a sea ban time every year, starting from spring and ending in autumn. This is a time for the fish in the sea to recuperate. Naturally, fishing is not allowed, but for some small countries, this is no longer the case. .

For example, in island countries and some countries in Southeast Asia, you can catch tuna all year round. As long as you find them in the ocean, you can catch them. Mexico, the closest country to the United States, also starts from January to October. You can catch tuna in January, but the only time for them to truly recuperate is in December every year.

Therefore, many ocean hunters wander around during the year. They are in this country for a few months and go to the next country in the next few months. For them, they can only catch tuna. Where can they go? It will be all right.

And their income is much more than that of ordinary fishermen. Think about it, if you get lucky one day and catch a bluefin tuna, it doesn’t have to be too big, more than 200 kilograms. Different parts of the bluefin tuna have different prices. , if we have to talk about an average price, it’s almost US$300 per kilogram. Of course, this refers to the price in the United States. If you go to China and island countries, the price will skyrocket...

A top-grade tuna gill in China, the best meat there, costs 3,800 taels per tael, 20 taels per kilogram, and 76,000 taels per kilogram. In an island country, a tuna sells for millions of taels, or even tens of millions. Possible, provided you are old enough.

But basically, it is no problem to catch a blue fin and sell it for 50,000 to 60,000 US dollars.

In addition to the other tuna caught, the average annual income of these ocean hunters is at least more than 100,000 US dollars just from catching tuna. Plus, they are not just catching tuna? They also catch green spear, blue spear, swordfish and the like.

So basically, the annual income of these ocean hunters is probably more than 150,000 US dollars.

In the United States, 50,000 is the middle class, and 150,000 is enough to attract a large number of people to join this industry.

But there are also some troubles in this industry. First, it all depends on your appearance. You may make 300,000 yuan a year, or you may not make a penny and have to lose air tickets and gas money. In this way, the average of the two of you is 150,000 yuan. .

The second point is that it is not very safe. Let’s not talk about the island country. There is only a little bit of a big place in total. In addition, there are too many people fishing, so no one will go there. They all go to the high seas. Catching fish.

And in other countries, whether it's Southeast Asia or Mexico, you can guarantee that if you take a blue fin gun to sell, it won't be robbed on the way... There are many people who die on it every year, but everyone doesn't. any solution.

People die for money and birds die for food. This is the eternal truth. It is precisely because of this that many ocean hunters focus on some safe places, such as Cape Cod and Cape Cod in North America. George's Shoal...

Speaking of Cape Cod, this is really a place closely related to the United States, because this is the first stop for European immigrants to arrive in the Americas. Without this place, there would be no United States and no Canada. It is not an exaggeration to say that .

Now is not the season for catching tuna, so when Jiang Hai and his ship arrived here, it seemed a little deserted. At the port of Woods Hole, when Jiang Hai's cruise ship came in, many people were taking advantage of the opportunity. The weather was not bad. People who were drying fishing nets on the dock all looked at Jiang Hai and his boat. There were even many boys and girls whose eyes were full of envy and hope.

Cape Cod is located in the middle of Massachusetts and New York. Politically, it belongs to Massachusetts, but precisely because of this, it is really not very wealthy, although it is not like the legendary patchwork. Similar situations occur, but the per capita income here is really not high in Massachusetts. It is said that unruly people come out of poor mountains and harsh waters. Although the people here are not unruly people, people who hope to leave here yearn for the outside world. There are many people.

As Jiang Hai's yacht docked at the shore of the pier, many young men came over to surround it. They were waiting for the mooring rope. This was also their main way of collecting tips. (To be continued.)