Chapter 71 Black Swan
Far away across the ocean.
On a calm sea.
A scientific research ship was moving slowly.
Several seagulls hovered behind the boat, picking up fish killed by the propeller.
"Oh ho ho..." A young man with curly brown hair stood on the deck and shouted like an ape.
Suddenly he was tapped on the shoulder.
"Mr. Hook, please fasten the safety rope."
The person who spoke was the person who photographed Curly Hook.
Hook shrugged, fastened the buckle of the safety rope on his belt carelessly, and then said with a playful smile: "Ellie, why don't you go have a drink tonight, my parents went to New Zealand for a trip yesterday."
"Do you think you are handsome?" Alila stared at this scumbag colleague with disdain, and then said expressionlessly: "Mr. Hook, please don't talk about things unrelated to work during work, otherwise be careful with me. Sue you for sexual harassment.”
"Hahaha, Hook, your expression is really wonderful. It's as colorful as the flowers in the flower shop next to the institute." Another bearded male colleague joked while turning the rudder.
"Shut up, Antonio, watch your ship!" Curly Hook picked up a detector and threw it into the sea.
And the bearded Antonio is braking the scientific research vessel.
Ellie stooped into the cabin.
An old Mediterranean man with a white beard wearing glasses is looking at his laptop attentively.
"Dr. Andrew, we have arrived at the designated sea area. Hook has just thrown the probe into the sea, and it is now on the sea surface."
Without raising his head, the doctor opened the laptop's software and checked the data just sent back by the detector.
After a while, Dr. Andrew suddenly raised his head: "Ellie, ask Hook to put in another detector."
"Doctor, is there a problem with the data?"
"Yes, the data fed back by the detector just now showed that the sea surface water temperature reached 23 degrees Celsius."
"What?" Ellie was shocked and ran out quickly, shouting to Hook: "Hook, put a new detector in immediately."
Hook casually and skillfully opened the protective Jane and threw a cylinder as thick as an arm into the sea, with the round Jane still connected to the cable.
He looked at the sea and whispered: "Is there anything to test? It's such a boring life. I miss Maria in the bar so much."
However, Ellie had no interest in paying attention to him, and returned to the cabin again.
At this time, Dr. Andrew had received the data fed back from another detector, and his face was very solemn.
Seeing the doctor's face, Ellie knew that the data from the second detector should be the same as the results from the first detector.
"Doctor, is it still 23 degrees Celsius?"
"Yes, it's very bad. It's already May and the sea surface water temperature can still reach 23 degrees Celsius. Then the winter water temperature in June, July and August will definitely not be too low." Dr. Andrew, as a researcher at the Peruvian Institute of Oceanography, Having studied the Peruvian cold current for a long time, he knew something was wrong as soon as he saw this sea surface temperature.
Ellie suggested: "Doctor, why don't you change the position and detect it a few times?"
"Okay, you can arrange it!" Dr. Andrew actually didn't have much hope because he knew the Peruvian cold current too well.
The sea area where the scientific research ship is currently staying is the junction of the maritime exclusive economic zones of Peru and Chile. It is also the central area of the Peruvian Cold Current. The sea surface temperature here has reached 21 to 23 degrees Celsius. In the Peruvian Cold Current, which is closer to the equatorial waters, the water temperature will definitely increase. higher.
As expected.
After they entered Chile's marine exclusive economic zone, they tested five times in a row, and the results were still higher than the annual average.
You must know that the seawater temperature of the Peruvian Cold Current remains at 14 to 16 degrees Celsius all year round, which is 7 to 10 degrees Celsius lower than the surrounding temperature.
This low-temperature ocean current causes the sea surface on the west coast of South America to often be filled with fog, and also causes long-term drought in northern Chile, Peru, and southern Ecuador.
However, this low-temperature ocean current also created the world’s largest fishing ground—the Peruvian fishing ground.
As the saying goes, success is also Xiao He, failure is also Xiao He.
This low-temperature ocean current can create Peruvian fisheries, and naturally it can destroy Peruvian fisheries.
As long as the seawater temperature of the Peruvian cold current exceeds 16 degrees Celsius, the catch of Peruvian fisheries will decrease. If the seawater temperature exceeds 20 degrees Celsius, it is basically inevitable to eliminate large areas of fish. The seawater temperature in May is still so high now, and it will be difficult to drop later.
And just when the scientific research ship was returning to Lima, the capital of Peru.
Hooker was on the deck and shouted: "Oh my God! So many dead fish."
The doctor and Ellie hurried out and saw dead fish floating on the sea.
Hook brought up a net bag.
The doctor squatted down and checked: "They are all sardines. They are finished. The catch of Peruvian fisheries will definitely drop significantly this year."
As the scientific research ship got closer to the port of Lima, more and more dead fish appeared on the sea. Apparently, these dead fish were brought to the shore by the waves.
The scientific research ship docked.
The sailors and bosses of the fishing boats at the fishing port, or the buyers of the fishmeal production company who have been stationed here for a long time, all have sorrow and helplessness on their faces.
"Andrew, how's the situation?" An old acquaintance handed him a bottle of Coke.
Andrew took the Coke: "The sea water temperature is too high, and the sardine catch may be greatly reduced this year."
Poof! Dr. Andrew opened the bottle cap and took a sip.
The man had a headache on his face: "Wasn't there nothing abnormal half a month ago? Why is this happening?"
"Global seawater temperatures have been rising in recent years. You can only ask God this question. My friend, are you playing black futures again?" Andrew stared at the man.
"Okay! I admit, it's over this time. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are going to be eaten, Shet!" The man smashed the bottle on the dock angrily.
Bang!
Right now.
From a building not far away, several people jumped down one after another.
"Oh my god!"
"Someone jumped off the building!"
"Call an ambulance!"
"Probably the unlucky guy who bought black futures."
On the dock, sailors and fishermen were talking a lot.
Andrew patted his old friend on the shoulder: "I am willing to admit defeat. May God bless you, my friend."
"Don't worry! I only lost once, I won't put down all the money."
The large area of dead fish on the Peruvian coast cannot be concealed.
Not only did the local media report it one after another, but the existence of the global Internet allowed this kind of information to appear on news websites around the world almost at the same time.
Across the Pacific Ocean.
Jiang Miao, who was at the Magong Town headquarters, also saw relevant news reports on her mobile phone.
"With this water temperature, Peruvian fisheries are going to see a big reduction in production this year. It rains all night. The fishmeal in Peruvian fisheries accounts for 70% of the world's fishmeal production. It seems that the price of imported fishmeal is about to usher in a new round of skyrocketing. .”
He immediately called and asked the purchasing department.
After a while, Wang Feng, the manager of the purchasing department, called back again and said that several feed factories that had previously ordered fish feed had said they would raise the price of fish feed next month, with the increase being around 10 to 15%.
Jiang Miao knows very well that if a major reduction in Peruvian fishery production is a foregone conclusion, then fish feed will definitely usher in a more violent surge.
This matter has advantages and disadvantages for Hailufeng Company.
The disadvantage is that the cost of eel farming has increased.
On the bright side, the feed factory that is about to be built can take advantage of the surge in fish feed prices and take advantage of the cost-effectiveness to encroach on the market.
Therefore, Jiang Miao quickly made arrangements to speed up the construction of the feed factory and implement the 1,000-acre Egyptian pond lice contract fish pond as soon as possible.
(End of chapter)