Chapter 145 Returning from a Voyage (Additional Update)
Valentine's Day.
February 14th, only two days left before New Year’s Eve.
However, Magong Fishing Port has welcomed three large live fish transport ships, each with a displacement of about 5,000 tons.
The aquaculture division of Hailufeng Company dispatched dozens of employees and temporarily sealed off part of the fishing port.
Zhang Xincheng came to receive it in person.
"Mr. Zhang, fortunately, we have completed the task." Lu Deqing, with a smile, is the manager of Qilu Ocean Fishery Company, which contracted this task.
"Thank you for your hard work." Zhang Xincheng took out checks one by one and handed them to Lu Deqing: "This 100,000 yuan is our company's Spring Festival red envelope for your company's seafarers. You can park the ship here and get your tickets home." Our company has already purchased it.”
Lu Deqing was not polite and took the check with quick eyes and hands: "Thank you very much, Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Xincheng smiled and looked at the live fish being unloaded: "No rush, we will unload the fish as soon as possible, and then count the number of live fish, and we will give your company the final payment."
"That's that." Lu Deqing was scared all the way. They carried these live fish all the way back from the northeastern waters of Hokkaido in the North Pacific. They were afraid that if they were not careful, the fish would die on the way, and they would suffer heavy losses. .
Although Hailufeng Company contracted them for three large-scale ocean fishing vessels and three large-scale ocean-going live fish transport vessels, the contracting fee was 18 million yuan for three months.
But there are requirements. The premise is that at least 10,000 fish survive, and then the balance will be paid.
If the number exceeds 10,000, a reward of 200 yuan will be given for the excess amount.
The specially mobilized live fish transport truck quickly took over the live fish unloaded from the boat. Due to confidentiality considerations, it was surrounded by several layers of red and blue tarps, plus a special movable awning. Prevent nearby residents from taking photos.
After the water tank of the transport truck was filled with hundreds of fish, it was quickly transferred to the fish farm on the seaside of Nanhu Village.
Zhang Xincheng accompanied Lu Deqing and others, and together they kissed every live fish that was unloaded.
over the next five or so hours.
Dozens of them, working without touching the ground, unloaded all 17,282 live fish and safely transferred them to the Nanhu Farm and placed them in a professional breeding tank in the indoor farm.
Seeing the last live fish being put into the water tank of the transport truck, Lu Deqing breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh...Mr. Zhang, let's count this down, shall we?"
Zhang Xincheng nodded: "No problem."
The two checked the number of live fish and found that there was no problem, then they began to settle the final payment of the contract and related bonuses.
"Manager Lu, I just asked someone to send the money over. You can call your company and see if you have received it."
"Okay." Lu Deqing couldn't wait. After all, after the payment was settled, they could go back to celebrate the New Year. He picked up the phone and called back to the company.
He chatted for a while and then hung up the phone with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zhang, we have received the payment. Our chairman said that he would like to wish Mr. Jiang a good year on his behalf."
"You also wish Mr. Li a happy birthday on behalf of Mr. Jiang and I." Zhang Xincheng said while handing a bag of white truffles and morels from Hailufeng Company to Lu Deqing: "It's a small thing, don't refuse."< br>
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obey. Thank you for your New Year's gift. I wish your company great prosperity and smooth sailing in the coming year."
"I also wish Manager Lu a harmonious family, good health, and smooth sailing." Zhang Xincheng smiled and patted the other person on the back.
Considering the problem of time, Lu Deqing and others quickly bid him farewell.
After all, they also received the final payment of the contract and a reward of 1.4564 million yuan. Now every crew member is eager to return home. Zhang Xincheng arranged for a minibus to send Lu Deqing and his crew members with the things given to them by Hailufeng Company. Take a minibus to the airport in Echeng to prepare to fly home for the New Year.
other side.
The beach south of Nanhu Village.
There is an indoor breeding farm with an area of 100 acres, located in the windbreak forest on the coast. It was purchased in October last year. After more than four months of transformation, it has been transformed into a high-standard indoor breeding farm. This farm, like the indoor farm at Shiomachi Farm, can control water temperature, salinity, oxygen content, water flow speed, and the proportion of trace elements in the water.
Jiang Miao was also inside the farm at this time.
Live fish arrive in batches.
More than a dozen employees in the farm quickly moved the fish from the water tank in the transport truck to a special breeding pond.
These fish have a bright red surface.
This is the famous Pacific sockeye salmon, also known as sockeye salmon or blueback salmon, and its scientific name is Oncorhynchusnerka. It is a migratory fish in the waters of the North Pacific.
Maybe some people are not familiar with this kind of fish, but if you mention it by another name, maybe many people will understand it.
That's "salmon".
To be precise, salmon refers to a part of salmon.
Sockeye salmon is relatively rare in China. Except for a small number of rivers in the northeast where migratory sockeye salmon can be caught, other places can only eat it in Japan and America.
Domestic salmon is generally Atlantic salmon and king salmon imported from Northern Europe, Chile, and New Zealand. These are farmed salmon.
At present, sockeye salmon has not been artificially propagated and cultured, and it mainly relies on fishing. The largest fishing country is America. The Alaska region of America is the main production area of wild sockeye salmon, accounting for 80% of the global catch. This kind of In addition to being sold in North America, sockeye salmon is mainly sold to Japan.
Jiang Miao checked the status of these sockeye salmon through the identification panel.
Even with high-standard maintenance, these sockeye salmon are generally in poor condition after being transported thousands of kilometers by sea.
In order to keep these sockeye salmon alive, Jiang Miao immediately went to the specially equipped laboratory inside the farm and quickly prepared a lot of medicines and nutrients.
Zhang Xincheng, who sent Lu Deqing and others away, arrived at the breeding farm and saw Jiang Miao busy preparing medicines and nutrients, so he did not come to disturb him.
It was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that Jiang Miao completed the preparation of medicines and nutrients. He stretched and told the farm employees how to feed them.
Seeing that he had finished his work, his brother-in-law came over.
"Amiao, this is the list of species. Take a look." Zhang Xincheng was not idle this afternoon. He led people to count the types of salmon and the quantity of each species.
The list clearly states: 3,257 dog salmon, 2,809 sockeye salmon, 4,585 coho salmon, 3,671 pink salmon, and 2,960 king salmon.
There are 17,282 entries in total.
These salmon are all species native to the North Pacific waters.
The king salmon that are currently commercially farmed were introduced to New Zealand from the North Pacific.
Although Jiang Miao said he wanted to develop the salmon breeding industry, he did not go to foreign countries to buy seedlings with much fanfare.
At present, China has no traditional salmon seeding technology at all. The only salmon seeding technology it has mastered is rainbow trout, which has a mixed reputation.
If you purchase seedlings from salmon farming companies in Norway, Chile, Denmark, New Zealand and other places, they will discover the actions of Hailufeng Company and will either be extorted at a high price or be rejected outright.
That's why Jiang Miao sent people to Qilu Province in November last year to find a cooperation with a fishing company that has specialized fishing boats and live fish transport ships and often fishes in the waters near Hokkaido, so that the other party can fish for various kinds of fish in the North Pacific waters. Salmon.
The reason for offering a high contracting fee of 18 million is mainly because the North Pacific waters in winter are very dangerous. Without a high price, the other party does not want to take risks at all.
Choosing to fish in winter is to avoid the sea water temperature being too high and to use the weather to increase the survival rate of salmon during transportation.
Even with good weather and the round-the-clock care of the crew, more than half of the salmon in this batch still died.
The salmon that died halfway were frozen in the freezer on the transport ship. They have all been unloaded and are about to be distributed to employees as Spring Festival benefits.
Being able to obtain this batch of live salmon and to collect the core species of Pacific salmon is a certain amount of luck for Hailufeng Company.
But now these salmon have arrived at specially prepared farms, and with Jiang Miao as a cheater, the mortality rate will be kept to an extremely low level.
Next, we just need to let them rest and replenish various nutrients. Since the salmon caught this time are all close to sexual maturity, they can spawn one after another this year.
Under normal circumstances, dog salmon will begin to migrate to the rivers where they were born to spawn in late summer and early autumn, that is, between July and October. The main spawning time for sockeye salmon is July-August.
Pink salmon spawn earlier, around June to August.
Coho salmon usually spawn in the fall from October to December.
King salmon spawning time is usually in the fall, around September to November.
Arranged in terms of time, the order of spawning is pink salmon, sockeye salmon, dog salmon, king salmon, and coho salmon.
These varieties of salmon not only have differences in spawning time, but also in the number of eggs they lay. The number of eggs each female salmon lays is generally between 1,000 and 5,000.
Pink salmon lays the smallest number of eggs, between 1,000 and 2,000; dog salmon lays about 2,000 to 3,000 eggs; sockeye salmon lays about 3,500 eggs; coho salmon lays about 4,000 eggs; king salmon lays about 4,000 eggs. The number of eggs laid is relatively large, about 5,000 per tail.
In other words, even if Jiang Miao had a way to increase the hatching success rate of their fish eggs to over 95%, it would take at least two generations of artificial breeding to ensure that there are enough brood fish and to achieve large-scale emergence.
Moreover, the growth cycles of these varieties of salmon are different.
For example, king salmon requires a breeding cycle of 5 to 7 years;
Pink salmon, on the other hand, only needs 2 to 3 years to grow.
Of course, this is the growth cycle in the wild environment. Through artificial intervention and sufficient nutrient supply, the breeding cycle can be greatly shortened.
For example, if New Zealand king salmon is required to be quickly marketed, the breeding cycle can be compressed to about 30 months.
Jiang Miao plans to raise a batch of pink salmon first. After all, their growth cycle is relatively short. With reasonable artificial intervention and sufficient nutrition, the breeding cycle can be compressed to about 8 months before they can start laying eggs.
In the evening, the sun sets.
The sea breeze ruffles the casuarinas in the windbreak.
Not far behind the Nanhu Breeding Farm is the villa of Jiang Miao and others. In the backyard of the villa, several people are having a barbecue.
Since He Youwei and her brother He Dangdao still need to continue to observe, the two siblings did not return to the capital during the Spring Festival. They also came over for barbecue today.
Shuya looked at the fish: "Is this the salmon you spent 20 million to get?"
"Teacher, these salmon cost 20 million?" He Youwei was stunned. After all, even her family background had never seen a few fish worth 20 million. It was indeed beyond her expectation.
Seeing that He Youwei had misunderstood, Shuya smiled and explained: "Youwei, you have misunderstood. You caught a few big boats of fish."
"I see, but it's quite expensive. The salmon on the market now shouldn't be expensive, right?" He Youwei said while applying a layer of barbecue sauce to the grilled chicken wings.
"This is for seedlings." Jiang Miao cut into a piece of thawed sockeye salmon. The fish inside was very red, but he didn't like to eat it raw, so he cut it into two pieces and put them on the baking sheet for frying.
He Youwei suddenly realized when she heard that they were used as seedlings. She knew that Jiang Miao would not spend 20 million to catch a few boats of fish for no reason: "Teacher, didn't I hear that a Norwegian company plans to invest in a salmon breeding base in Shanmei?" ? Are you cooperating with them? ”
Jiang Miao shook his head: "No, that project is most likely PPT. We have been talking about it for several years, but there is no news of it being implemented yet."
"That's it."
"Amiao, is this also a salmon? The color is so light! Isn't the flesh of salmon all orange-red?" Shuya asked, looking at the pink salmon he was cutting.
"This is Pacific pink salmon. As the name suggests, the fish is pink in color. The taste is not as strong and fatty as king salmon and Atlantic salmon. The texture and taste are refreshing."
After a while, my brother-in-law and sister also came over with their families.
Grilled salmon tastes pretty good, especially when eaten hot. The five types of salmon each have their own unique flavors and characteristics.
Watching the family eating.
Jiang Miao was holding soda water and standing in the pavilion with her brother-in-law, looking at the red clouds on the horizon.
The brother-in-law sat on the stone bench in the pavilion and took a sip of hot sugar cane soup: "Amiao, what are your plans for salmon farming?"
"The first batch of salmon to be farmed is pink salmon. In June and July this year, about 3 to 4 million eggs will be laid." Jiang Miao said casually.
Zhang Xincheng had already checked the relevant data. He touched the stingray stubble on his chin: "Salmon in the juvenile stage can be cultured at 100 to 200 per cubic meter of water. After that, the space for movement must be continuously increased. When the adult fish are about to be released, , generally 3 to 5 fish per cubic meter of water. From this point of view, the required farm area is not small. ”
"That's nature."
"Based on the maximum number of 4 million fish, if there are 3 fish per cubic meter, approximately 1.33 million cubic meters of water will be needed." Zhang Xincheng took out the calculator on his mobile phone and calculated: "Assuming the depth of the breeding pond is 10 meters, then 133,000 square meters will be needed meters, about 200 acres of high-standard indoor breeding farms.”
"Brother-in-law, what do you think of Jilong Mountain?"
"What? Jilong Mountain? That mountain to the west of Magong Town?"
"That location is very suitable for establishing a terraced farm. It is close to the sea and an estuary. Both fresh water and seawater are relatively easy to obtain."
"Ladder farm? Are you going to build hydroelectric power again? Will it be too late?" Zhang Xincheng was a little worried. After all, there are only more than four months left before spawning.
Jiang Miao took a sip of soda water and then explained: "My idea is to surround the west side of Jilongshan and the side near Cheung Sha Bay, with a length of about one kilometer, a width of 300 meters, and a height difference of about 100 meters, in a semi-underground structure. , dig 5 meters deep, and build another 7 meters of dam, a total of 10 meters of depth can be used. ”
"The fry need three months of freshwater cultivation in the early stage, and since they are still small, they can be cultured in the freshwater pond of Nanhu Farm, so it will take more than seven months."
Zhang Xincheng estimated the project volume: "If this is the case, then there should be enough time."
Jiang Miao continued: “Considering the need to build a strong dam and ensure safety, a water-proof layer of sufficient thickness must be arranged to prevent water from seeping into the ground and causing landslides. Therefore, this area can accommodate up to 1.6 million cubic meters of water. sea water.”
"Should this project still be handed over to Jianfang Company?"
"Well, let's leave it to them and let them come up with a plan as soon as possible and apply for various procedures at the same time."
Jiang Miao is not worried about funding issues, because starting from this year, Hailufeng will receive about 3.2 to 4 billion in technology licensing fees every year.
The Jilongshan project is much smaller than the Zhuzaishan project and does not require a high dam body. Therefore, the entire project is estimated to only cost about 1 billion yuan in total.
Considering that there will be four types of salmon that need to be mass-produced in the future, the Jilongshan project is still not enough.
"It is also necessary to increase the scale of investment and build a larger-scale terraced breeding farm in the southwest of Zhelang Peninsula near the sea, in the area of Damaoshan and Malingshan, with a total area of 2.5 million square meters and a breeding water body of 2,000 square meters. 10,000 cubic meters, at least 60 million salmon can be cultured at the same time.”
Gulu! Zhang Xincheng swallowed his throat: "Amiao, is this scale too big? With the 6 million cubic meters of breeding water in Zhuzishan, we can raise 80 million salmon."
Jiang Miao shook his head: "It's not big. Norway produces millions of tons of salmon every year. We can't lag behind others. Moreover, the company's money has to be paid even if it is not invested. We might as well invest all the patent licensing fees for this year and next in these two years." projects.”
The wealthy Hailufeng Company gave Jiang Miao the confidence to invest in this way.
The PPT of a Norwegian company saying that it will invest in and build a salmon breeding base in Shanmei City is very promising, but in fact, the project has been in the demonstration stage.
Hailufeng Company, on the other hand, intends to play it real.
It is estimated that after the internal wrangling of the Norwegian salmon farming company is completed, the company's salmon will be on the market.
If all goes well, around the Chinese New Year next year, the first batch of pink salmon will reach a mature state. In addition to leaving some as spawning fish, there will probably be more than two million pink salmon that can be sold on the market.
Pink salmon are the smallest among Pacific salmon, so their average weight can only reach 1.5 kilograms. More than two million fish, which is almost three million kilograms, or more than three thousand tons.
Moreover, these terraced farms can also be used as pumped water storage reservoirs. Whether they are leased to Nanjing Electric Power Co., Ltd. or used by themselves, they are a worthwhile investment.
The two discussed it for a while.
More details were finalized.
After the New Year, these projects will begin to be arranged.
(End of chapter)