my body has no limits

Chapter 143
Qiongyu 1685 is a small and medium-sized fishing boat, and there are [-] people in total, not counting the three of Yang Ding.

Only one of them was the captain, and the others were ordinary sailors.

The captain's name is Zhang Yunchao, and he is an old captain with 20 years of fishing experience.

He went fishing with his uncle when he was 19 years old. At that time, it was a wooden fishing boat that could be operated by four or five people. The risk of going to sea was very high, so he would not go too far every time.

Now that the boat has become larger, the number of fish has decreased, so we can only catch more fish by going to farther places.

So now they almost all get off the net at night and return to the island the next day.

"Captain, are we going to the high seas this time?"

In international law, the high seas refer to the parts of the oceans outside the domestic waters, territorial seas, archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones that are not subject to the sovereignty and domination of any country.

Generally, they are [-] nautical miles away from the territorial sea baseline.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that all countries have the right to be fished by their citizens in the high seas, and that countries should abide by their obligations in terms of fish species, quantity, method and area in accordance with relevant treaties and agreements during fishing.

However, although many things are clearly written in black and white, there are various problems in the actual practice.

The high seas have never been a peaceful place.

It is still a bit dangerous for a small fishing boat with only fourteen people and no defensive weapons to go fishing on the high seas.

"No, we are too far away from the open sea, this ship can't go that far."

Zhang Yunchao is very familiar with his fishing boat and the surrounding sea area. He knows where he should go to get more fish.

He will lead his crew to approach the Paracel Islands, and then cast nets around the islands for fishing.

Three hours later, Zhang Yunchao came to this familiar sea area.

"We now have two options, one is to drop the net around here, and the other is to continue to the west for a certain distance and then release the net again."

Shaobing heard the captain say that there are two choices, and was a little curious: "Is there any difference between these two places?"

Zhang Yunchao hesitated: "This..."

Yang Ding saw that the captain seemed inconvenient to explain, so he went on to say: "We are fine, Captain, where do you usually go to get off the net, this time you can go there again, we only came with hands and eyes, no any other request."

Seeing that Xiaozhuang and Shaobing had no objections after Yang Ding finished speaking, Zhang Yunchao felt much less uneasy.

Xisha is rich in fishery resources. It is the main tropical fish farm in China. It has more than 400 species of coral reef fish and oceanic fish. It is an important fishing for tuna, mackerel, red fish, skipjack, flying fish, shark and grouper. fishing ground.

Moreover, there are many kinds of rare or important marine life here, including Chinese white dolphins, true dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, blue whales, fin whales, mink whales, humpback whales, killer whales, false killer whales, green sea turtles, hawksbill whales, etc. , Pacific ridley turtle, red coral, baby tabby, crested snail, giant pearl oyster, giant clam and nautilus, etc.

Among them, tortoise shell and giant clam are both materials that can be used as precious jewelry.

Tridacna is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, which has been of high value since ancient times.

Moreover, Xisha also has a lot of sea cucumber aquatic products, there are eleven kinds.

Among them, plum-flowered ginseng, giant plum-flowered ginseng and sea cucumber have the highest value.

But with so many years of fishing and the gradual destruction of the environment, the fishery production of Xisha has been seriously damaged.

In particular, the large-scale outbreak of the long-thorn starfish has caused serious threats to the coral reef ecosystem and marine biodiversity.

Coral reef ecosystems are the basis for fish survival, and coral reefs will be greatly reduced, and fishery production will also decline further.

Therefore, fishermen and fishery companies began to consciously protect the fishery resources of Xisha.

In addition to paying more attention to protecting the environment, fishermen began to expand their fishing range westward and reduce their catch in Xisha.

The three of Yang Ding are not idiots who don't care about the facts, and Yang Ding's geography is not bad, of course he knows what Zhang Yunchao may encounter if he keeps sailing westward to get off the net.

"Captain, do we come here every time to get off the net?"

Seeing that several guys on the boat had started to skillfully operate the machine to release the net, and other people were assisting, Yang Ding walked to Zhang Yunchao's side.

Zhang Yunchao looked very calm, casting a net for fishing was too common for him.

Although the position was a bit tense, he was used to working in this atmosphere.

"Well, since the fish catch in Xisha has decreased, we have come here. In fact, there are signs of overfishing here. There is no way, we have to live."

This sea area belongs to the junction of Huaguo and Annan, and fishing boats from the two countries can often be seen here, as well as coast guard ships from the two countries.

Ten years ago, Huaguo didn't pay enough attention to the sea area. In most cases, it relied on the navy to patrol, emphasizing the concept of sea area.

Every inch of land must be contested, every inch of sea must be contested.

However, warships have many tasks, and it is difficult to take care of all the situations here.

For example, fishing, Annan fishermen come to this sea to fish from time to time.

All the Chinese navy can do is to expel these fishing boats, and rarely take other measures.

In recent years, Huaguo has paid more and more attention to its own rights and interests, and has also begun to strengthen the protection of maritime rights and interests.

Not only has the navy strengthened its patrols of the sea, but it has also strengthened the construction of the coast guard team and arranged for many fishery administration ships.

However, the Annan fishing boat still came to this sea area to fish, but it changed from being upright before to being covert and sneaky now.

The Annan fishing boat has always refused to admit that this sea area belongs to the country of Hua, so they can come here to fish.

But once they saw Huaguo's fishery administration, coast guard and other ships, they ran faster than they said.

The opposite of the Annan fishing boat is the Annan water police boat. They will patrol the sea fish in their own country, and then secretly come to this sea area.

They probably have such a mentality that drives them to make such a cross-border behavior: I don’t bother to fight you head-on (I can’t fight), but I enter this sea area (sneakly) at any time, so I have an advantage here.

"Captain, are we going to catch up?"

The fishing boat finally found a school of fish through sonar. If it catches up with it, the fishing boat will have a good harvest this time.

Yang Ding, Xiaozhuang, and Shaobing all joined the work on the fishing boat, helping everyone cast nets together.

Unknowingly, the fishing boat had penetrated deep into the sea and continued to sail west.

"Should we continue to chase? The current position is very close to the Annan Sea, and I am afraid that there will be another dispute after sailing."

"Continue, we will surround the fish school soon, we can't catch anything if we go back now, hurry up, we will return immediately after we lift the net."

Zhang Yunchao decided to take a risk, this is not the first time he has done so, this time he still will not retreat.

(End of this chapter)