Qingdao citizens snapped up seafood on the first day of opening the sea In a few days, the price is expected to be cheaper

Original title: The day to shake off the shoulders and eat seafood is coming

At noon on September 1, with the end of the four-month fishing moratorium, it means that the happiest day for Qingdao people who love seafood has come, and the fat "seafood feast" has returned to the "C position of the table". In the afternoon, as the fishing boats at the major fishing ports in Qingdao returned, the fishermen came ashore with fish, shrimp and crabs. On the first day of the opening of the sea, citizens and tourists rushed to the dock to buy seafood, many fishermen caught crabs have been booked in advance, and small seafood such as shrimp tigers, eight belts and drum eye fish has been snapped up as soon as they landed. According to the law of tides, in recent days, Qingdao's local small fishing boats have gone out to sea to fish in the early morning, and have come ashore in full cabins that afternoon. Yesterday afternoon, Wang Xihe, a fisherman in Shandongtou Village on Tianheng Island, told a morning newspaper reporter about the process of fishing operations at sea.

Shandong Head Wharf

Citizens staged a big battle to grab "fresh"

On the first day of the opening of the sea, the Shandong Tou Wharf of Tianhengdao in Jimo District was crowded, and a variety of seafood that had just landed attracted the public to come to buy, and shrimp tigers, crabs, pomfret, yellow croaker and other seafood were available, a busy scene.

The reporter learned that there were more than a hundred small fishing boats in this dock that went to sea at noon yesterday, and the first batch of small seafood on the first day of opening the sea were caught in a few hours. According to rough statistics, fishermen in Tianheng and Aoshanwei alone caught hundreds of tons of seafood yesterday. The reporter saw at the Shandong Tou Wharf that these seafood were snatched up by fishmongers as soon as they landed, and then they will be transported to the major markets in the city, and the citizens can taste the "first fresh" of the open sea that night. According to reports, Shandong Tou Wharf is the largest fishing port in the eastern waters of Jimo, and there are hundreds of fishing boats docked in normal times. Every day after the opening of the sea, when the tide rises, fishing boats will come from far and near, and after a large number of seafood have landed, the fishermen's aunts wearing red and yellow turbans have begun to get busy, setting up a posture to sell seafood.

Sand Mouth Pier

Fish offshore for sheltered small fishing boats

On the first day of the sea, because of the strong winds at sea the previous day, many fishing boats chose to avoid the wind, and only a small number of small fishing boats fished offshore. From September 2, there will be more small fishing boats going out to sea, and the number of seafood on the market will increase significantly. A fisherman at Shazikou Wharf introduced that after opening the sea, large boats will generally go out to sea a few days later to fish, and small fishing boats will fish nearby. At noon yesterday, the reporter saw at the Shazikou of Laoshan District, the East Wharf of Yangkou Port, and the Tian Hengdao Wharf that only a small number of fishing boats docked, and the seafood caught was not much, and most of the fishing boats were docked on the dock to "rest."

"Because the amount of seafood that comes ashore is too small, the price has risen a lot compared with the same period last year." Yesterday, in the Jimotian Hengdao provincial tourist resort to open a fisherman's banquet Boss said that after opening the sea, he basically has to buy goods on the dock every day, it is estimated that from tomorrow onwards, local seafood will be more, because fresh, so the price is slightly more expensive than before, like shrimp tiger a pound to more than 30 yuan, eight belts per kilogram also more than 30 yuan, I believe there will still be many people to buy and taste.

Lu Boss, who has been doing fresh fish business in Shazikou Fishing Port Wharf for more than 10 years, introduced that after opening the sea every September, it is the time when Qingdao has the most local seafood, and as the temperature drops after autumn, the number of small seafood will decrease, and at this time, the fishing boats of Shidao and Rongcheng Fishing Port Wharf, as well as the seafood caught by ocean-going ships in the south, have entered the Qingdao market, although the price has risen, but Qingdao citizens who like to eat seafood will still "hold the scene".

Gangdong Pier

The first net can earn six or seven hundred yuan

On the day of the opening of the sea, the fishermen of Gangdong Wharf hoisted the national flag and bunting flag on each fishing boat, and then sailed towards the sea with hope, symbolizing that the fishermen can achieve "fish and shrimp full cabins" during this fishing period. Gangdong community staff said that there were hundreds of fishing boats out to sea that day, returning to port at about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the average catch of the boats could reach hundreds of catties, which was more than the same period last year, which can be said to be a "big harvest". Fisherman Master Liu introduced that he has been out to sea for more than 30 years, after the opening of the sea, the first net caught more than 100 pounds of shrimp and crabs, as well as eight belts, shrimp tigers and other small seafood, calculate this trip to the sea can earn six or seven hundred yuan.

Seven Ditch Pier

Seafood is cheaper in a few days

The reporter visited and learned that on the day of the opening of the sea, thousands of local small fishing boats mainly fished in Jiaozhou Bay and in the offshore waters 30 or 40 nautical miles from the shore. In the sea near Dagong Island and Xiaogong Island in the southeast direction of Jiaozhou Bay, the variety of seafood is very rich, and fishermen can catch large individual knife fish, mackerel and so on. In the coastal areas of Jimo Aoshan Bay, Tian Heng Island and Fengcheng, fishermen can catch gobies, eight belts, crabs and so on. There are also fishing ports like Shazikou Fishing Port and Jimiya Fishing Port, some fishing boats generally only catch one kind of seafood, like those who specialize in fishing yellow croakers, and those who specialize in shrimp, crabs and shrimp tigers, who use special detection instruments to quickly find out where there are fish floods, and then see the time to catch fish in the net.

"According to past experience, generally about a week after the opening of the sea, the quantity and type of seafood will increase, and the price will decrease accordingly, but the decline is different every year." The owner of a hotel at The Jimo Qigou Fishing Port Wharf introduced that common seafood such as sea bass, seabream, shrimp, crabs, etc., are expected to decline in price after opening the sea. The reporter learned that in recent days, the weather is good, most of the fishermen will sail out to sea to fish, the number of fish and shrimp in the market will be much more, and the price can be lower than the fishing moratorium. At the same time, the number of fresh seafood sold in the aquatic market after the opening of the sea has increased, and the proportion of frozen seafood will decline.

Character 1 Wang Xihe

Harvest 100 pounds of small seafood on the first day of opening the sea

On the first day of opening the sea, the reporter met Wang Xihe, a 56-year-old fisherman, at the Shandongtou Wharf in Jimo Mountain, and Wang Xihe, who had just returned from the sea, told the whole process of him and his companions fishing at sea.

At 9 a.m., the inspection was completed and the sea was completed

Because it takes more than an hour to sail at sea to reach the fishing area, in order to be fully prepared, Wang Xihe got up at 5 o'clock in the morning. After preparing all kinds of supplies for going to sea, and eating the dumplings wrapped by his wife, Wang Xihe and another fisherman came to the dock together to prepare to go out to sea to catch.

"Last night the wind at sea was still very strong, and there was no wind in the morning. Based on today's wind direction, the fish should be good. Wang Xihe, who has been out to sea for nearly 40 years, told another fisherman. At about 9 a.m., after a final inspection of the equipment on the fishing boat, the two men sailed toward the fishing area. At the same time as them, there were dozens of small fishing boats, most of which belonged to Shandong Tou Wharf, and some of which belonged to Nüdo Wharf.

At 12 noon, the first net was laid

After about an hour and a half at sea, Wang Xihe sailed to a fishing area more than 20 nautical miles away. With experience, just after 12:00 noon, they cooperated tacitly and quickly sent a fishing net hundreds of meters long down the sea current into the sea.

"The next fishing net takes more than half an hour, mainly to look at the current, if the direction is not right, it will be 'bamboo basket to hit the water empty'." Wang Xihe said that because he is a small fishing boat, the fishing nets are generally hundreds of meters long, and each net needs to wait quietly for one to two hours before starting the net. Wang Xihe said that after getting off the net, he is most afraid of the fishing net hitting the reef or hanging on the debris on the seabed, when the net touches the reef, the direction of the buoy will be rapidly shifted, at this time, it is necessary to decisively use a knife to cut the fishing net that touches the reef. Even if the net after hitting the reef is white, it must be re-netted, so each fishing boat will generally prepare two or three sets of net gear.

1 p.m. The catch was just enough for oil

After the first net was dropped at 12 o'clock, more than half an hour had passed, and Wang Xihe judged from experience that there were not too many fish and shrimp in the net, so he decided to wait. Sure enough, as the currents continued to impact the fishing nets, Wang Xihe already felt that there were a lot of "big goods" entering the net.

At 1 p.m., Wang Xihe and his companions began to pull the net. "Hundreds of pounds of net plus seafood in the net, pulling upwards at the bottom of the sea, requires the tacit cooperation of two people." Wang Xihe said. "Good fellow, there are a lot of crabs in this net, and eight belts." Wang Xi and his companions said that the two then poured the harvest of the first net into the cabin. Wang Xihe estimated that shi jiahong had about 10 pounds, eight with 5 pounds, and then a small amount of eels, drum eye fish, etc., to calculate the account, this net can barely earn back the oil money of this trip.

2 p.m. Accidental capture of prawns

The harvest of the first net was not much, and then, the second net entered the water, and Wang Xihe sat on the bow of the boat, eating the bread prepared by his wife while staring at the buoys on the sea. At 2 p.m., Wang Xihe pulled up the second net, and this time the harvest was twice as much as the first net, mainly crabs, etc., and several large shrimp were accidentally caught.

"4 months have not been out of the sea, because the time is short, a total of two nets in a few hours, about 100 pounds of seafood harvested, the accounting can basically keep the cost." Wang Xihe said. At more than 3 p.m., Wang Xihe returned to the port with a boat, and after waiting for his wife on the dock to help carry the seafood to the shore, it was quickly snapped up by the citizens.

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Character 2 Guo Diping

Round-trip 8 hours to "grab" back on the boat with local crabs

At about 11:00 a.m. on September 1, after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sea, "Guo Laosan" led the crew to sail out to sea and went straight to the waters of Chaolian Island, where they wanted to harvest the first boat of local crabs after the opening of the sea this autumn. After 8 hours of round-trip, "Guo Laosan" snatched back more than 2,000 kilograms of local crabs, which had been snapped up by old customers before they landed.

He "snatched" crabs for 32 years

In Qingdao, when it comes to crabs, many people will think of "Guo Laosan", but few people know that the big name of "Guo Laosan" is Guo Diping, a Changyi Man who has been running crab business for 32 years and is respected by his peers as "Qingdao Crab King".

"When I came to Qingdao to work in 1989, I found that Qingdao people especially like to eat crabs, and gradually I was infected by this feeling, and I was also fascinated by the crab business, which was 32 years. Guo Diping believes that the crab complex of Qingdao people is no less than the mackerel complex in the rainy season of the valley every year, "whether it is mackerel or crab, it is actually a cultural carrier, which shows that Qingdao people are serious about love and righteousness, know how to be grateful, and this sincerity is worthy of respect." ”

Although the original tricycle has become a truck, and has become a special refrigerated truck, adding crab collection boats and operating fleets, guo Diping always has to lead the team to go to sea to "grab" the first local crab that opens the sea every year, "one is to understand the market more directly, and the other is to contact the old guys." Guo Diping said.

Divide a basket of crabs in two or three minutes

At 11:50 p.m., Guo Diping led the team out to sea, "Before I went to sea, I had called the boat bosses of more than 10 operating boats and asked them about the sea area where they were fishing operations. ”

Everyone did not care about eating, went straight to the fishing port in the center of Shazikou, boarded a crab collection boat and set off. At 1:37 p.m., the crab collection boat rushed to the waters of Dagong Island, and a Chengyang-flagged operation boat was collecting the net, and from time to time the net came up with crabs, as well as some knifefish and so on. After waiting for an hour, the operation ship had not finished collecting the net, and Guo Diping decided to collect the crabs of another operation ship instead.

At 3:41 p.m., the crab collecting boat rushed to the waters west of Chaolian Island. After the two boats docked, the crew got busy, and the crabs in the basket were divided into three categories: large crabs (more than seven or eight), medium crabs (less than half a kilogram) and skin crabs (thin crabs), and classified and priced. Seeing the crabs on the first boat, Guo Diping was very excited, only to see that he used his hands together, and in two or three minutes he finished dividing a basket of crabs, and the speed stunned the other crew members on the side.

At about 7:50 p.m., Guo Diping's crab collection boat docked, and this trip collected more than 2,000 kilograms of local crabs, all of which were booked by old customers in the city.

Local crabs want to build a chain of stores

Guo Diping said that all the seafood he runs is caught by local fishing boats, and after opening the sea, crabs are pulled from the Shazikou wharf, many of which are directly supplied to restaurants, and the crabs sold are carefully selected, fresh and fat.

Guo Diping introduced that at present, Guo Laosan Aquatic Products Company has built its own base to set up a crab trading center, so that domestic and foreign tourists can enjoy higher quality Qingdao characteristic seafood. The company has set up a fleet of ships in Rizhao, Jiangsu, Dalian and other five places, through a variety of cooperation models, the national fleet of resources allocation, to achieve the right to purchase priority goods. The company also has offices in dozens of terminals such as Zhoushan Wharf, Shipu Wharf, Lvsi Wharf, Shidao Wharf, etc., which can achieve rich product categories. North-south currency, sufficient supply, and truly source supply. "We have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lushang Market to build a number of 'Guo Laosan' brand stores in Qingdao, when the time comes, citizens will be more convenient to eat local crabs, in addition to more sea fishing products will also be listed, the first store will open in Licang District." Guo Diping said.

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[Source: Qingdao Morning Post Editor: Yamai]