Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 329 Dungeness Crab

Hearing Fu Liang's shout, Fu Wan quickly ended her conversation with Ye Zhenxing and walked quickly to the stern of the boat.

Fu Liang had already fished out a crab cage, but just as he was about to pour out the crabs in the cage, he discovered that the crabs in the cage were not ordinary swimming crabs.

"Awan, look, why haven't you seen these crabs before?"

"This looks...oh my god, why does it look like a Dungeness crab?"

There were three large crabs weighing about one kilogram in the crab cage in Fu Liang's hand. The crabs themselves were as big as a palm. Fu Wan recognized the species of crabs at a glance.

You should know that not only fish are divided into different grades, but crabs are the same.

There are five or six varieties of crabs in the coastal area, just in the waters around Fujia Village. There are the inexpensive, less-fleshed Yuanbao crabs, the meaty, more roe-rich blue crabs, and the fresh, delicious swimming crabs...

It can be said that Fu Wan has seen, caught and eaten many crabs in her past and present lives, but this is the first time she has caught a Dungeness crab.

"Dungeon crab, is this true? Didn't they say we don't have Dungeness crab here?"

Fu Liang was a little skeptical. He was also a genuine fisherman, so how could he not know what kind of crabs there were in the sea around him.

Even though he had little education, he had only heard of Dungeness crabs from the elders in the village.

"Awan, are you sure this is a Dungeness crab?"

Seeing that he didn't believe her, Fu Wan simply caught a crab.

The crab was caught in mid-air for no reason, and its two big claws were waving vigorously, looking ferocious.

"Look, the back of the Dungeness crab's shell is light red and brown, and there are many purple spots on the front." Then she revealed the crab's abdomen.

"Look, another notable feature of the Dungeness crab is that its lower abdomen is white and light orange, its claws are white, and its tail has a round outline." Dungeness crab online picture, very expensive and delicious crabs, this one is red and white, which confused Ye Lin who knew nothing about crabs.

"What? These crabs can't be sold? If they can't be sold, then just let them go!"

He is a rough man, he doesn't care about red or purple, he only cares about whether this thing is valuable!

Keep the valuable ones and throw away the worthless ones.

Hearing Ye Lin's words, Fu Liang was afraid that he would let the crab go easily, so he quickly pulled the crab cage with two crabs in it to himself, looking protective.

"Dalinzi, you're kidding me! One Dungeness crab is worth two or three pounds of swimming crab!"

He had heard from the old people in the village before that the reason why Dungeness crab is called treasure is not only because of its extremely high nutritional value, comparable to treasure, but also because of its high price.

Because very few people have ever caught Dungeness crabs, the price of Dungeness crabs is now priceless.

Boss Fu, who had just finished packing up the trawl net, saw them huddled together at the stern, mumbling and not even collecting the crab pots. He was thinking of coming over to see what they were doing, but when he got there, he was surprised by the crabs Fu Liang had caught.

"Oh my god, is this a Dungeness crab?"

Without waiting for Fu Wan and the others to answer, Boss Fu bent down and moved forward to take a look. Seeing the strange look on their faces, Fu Wan was too embarrassed to look at them.

My face is almost touching the deck now, but my waist doesn’t hurt anymore!

"No, no, Dungeness crabs only live in the waters of the United States. How could we possibly encounter them here?"

But judging from the shape, it's clearly a Dungeness crab, and it's even enjoying the whole thing.

As if sensing the confusion on Boss Fu's face, Fu Liang proudly introduced, "This is the innards of the pheasant we caught at noon today. Ming and I brought it here to go crab fishing!"

So that's how it is. Crabs really have no resistance to this kind of fishy smell.

"Dad, do you think that Dungeness crabs appear here because of the migration of species between sea areas?

Fu Wan racked her brains but couldn't come up with a second possibility.

She was even a little dazed. The waters beneath her feet should still be China, right? How come today, not only did she encounter the white humpback whale that was supposed to be found in Australia, but she also discovered Dungeness crabs that were supposed to be from the United States?

Boss Fu thought for a long time. Even though he was knowledgeable and experienced as a ghost in his previous life, he could not give an answer to the origin of the Dungeness crab.

Seeing that these people were still interested in studying the origin of the crab, Ye Lin became anxious again.

"Hey, you guys, don't care where this thing came from. Now that it's in our cage, it's ours!

There are still several crab pots left to be emptied. Don't you want to put them away and take a look?'

These words woke everyone up like a hammer. Yes, no matter where it came from, as long as it is in your cage, it belongs to you!

This crab is not a spiritual whale. If you catch it and get a good price, you can sell it. If not, you can eat it yourself.

In one word, it’s done!

It took only five seconds for everyone to think it through and take action. Then they worked in pairs, with one person pulling the float while the other pulled the rope on the top of the crab pot. Within a few minutes, all eight crab pots were pulled onto the deck.

Fu Wan looked at the harvest in the crab cages. Even though she had seen so many valuable things before, her face was full of smiles.

There wasn't a single empty cage!

“19, 20, 21, 22! A total of 22 Dungeness crabs!”

These Dungeness crabs are generally around half a tael, and there are even more than ten that are twice as big as the others, looking to be around a pound."

There were 22 Dungeness crabs, two of which looked like baby crabs. Fu Wan held them in her hand, which was less than half the width of her palm. "I'd better let these two go for now. I'll come back when they grow up!"

There was also the largest Dungeness crab, which looked to be about three pounds, but when Fu Wan picked it up, she saw that its abdomen was a thick mass, densely packed with crab roe.

Fu Wan's principle was not to catch crabs with eggs. She reluctantly touched the shell of the female crab, checked it again to make sure it was unharmed, and then released it back into the sea.

Such good crabs will naturally breed more in this sea area. In this way, crabs will breed crabs. In the long run, China may not need to import crabs from the United States anymore, and may even be able to export them.

It’s exciting just thinking about it!

After the crab cages were collected, the next step was the ground cages. With the Dungeness crab just now at the forefront, Fu Liang was not so excited about the ground cages.

He and Fu Ming had set up the crab pots and ground traps, but because there was a limited supply of pheasant offal at noon, only eight crab pots contained small portions of chicken offal. As for the ground traps, they followed the rules and placed some small fish and shrimp.

"Oh, there are quite a few gains here!"

Boss Fu untied the top of the trap, then shook it at the empty bucket next to him, and the fish inside fell into the bucket with a crackling sound.

"Sea bass, conger eel, swimming crab, and hey, two sea cucumbers!"

It has been a long time since I last saw a sea cucumber. Fu Wan was about to pick it up, but Boss Fu got there first.

At such a fast speed, it is hard not to think too much.