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

Yellow croaker?

Ye Xiaocui picked up the fish at hand and took a closer look. It was indeed the yellow croaker, which is more precious than the big yellow croaker.

The yellow croaker has an elongated body that is somewhat flattened when viewed from the side, a slightly raised back, a medium-sized head, a pale yellow body, and a silvery-white belly. Because of the yellow color, Ye Xiaocui initially mistook it for a large yellow croaker.

But unlike the big yellow croaker, which can only grow to about 50 centimeters at most, the adult size of the yellow croaker is about one to two meters. The yellow croaker also has a distinctive feature, that is, there is a round black spot under the armpit of its pectoral fin.

The yellow croaker typically lives in waters 50 to 60 meters deep. Its nutritional value is very high, making it a fish unique to China. In the 2005s, the yellow croaker population in China was very large. Because of its high nutritional value, the yellow croaker was designated a Class I protected species in China in . Since then, most of the yellow croaker on the market has been farmed.

The reason why yellow croaker is valuable is that in addition to its delicious meat, its fish bladder, also called fish maw, is even more precious.

The bladder of yellow croaker has very high medicinal value. It can not only nourish the liver and kidneys, but its effect is comparable to ginseng. Especially in the 1980s when medical supplies were scarce, the bladder of yellow croaker was said to have a very great medicinal effect on postpartum hemorrhage in women.

However, it is very troublesome to process and dry the fish bladders. Fu Wan looked at these golden yellow croakers and prepared to take out one and keep the bladder at home just in case.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that there is only one fish. The yellow croaker is much larger than the yellow croaker. Each one is basically about one meter long. There are only two or three yellow croakers in a hand-cast net.

As for those that were less than half a meter long and were obviously juvenile yellow croakers, Fu Wan took them all off the fishing net, checked if they had any injuries, and put them back into the sea.

Only by taking things in moderation can you achieve long-term success.

The two boats had a total of eight hand-cast nets, and in the end, six yellow croakers were caught, each weighing about ten pounds, or less than a hundred pounds.

But this is already a very good result.

Looking at the baskets of yellow croaker, Boss Fu couldn't help but sigh, "The last time I saw yellow croaker was decades ago when I was a boatman at the dock. These yellow croaker are really good. We've made a lot of money this time out to sea."

But he is also a sensible person. You know, the yellow croakers are mostly active at night. He can catch yellow croakers at four or five in the afternoon, thanks to these killer whales. They should have driven these yellow croakers from the bottom of the sea.

"Awan, we were able to catch so many yellow croakers thanks to these killer whales!"

"I feel bad for having to rely on them for so much. Can we give them something?"

Fu Wan was mesmerized by the killer whales chasing and playing on the sea. People say killer whales are the street urchins in the sea, but in her opinion, these guys are much more innocent than humans.

But when she thought about what she could do for these killer whales, she really couldn't think of anything. She might as well get some food for them. They can eat whatever they want in the sea.

If you think about it, the only thing she can do is to ensure that when the killer whale needs her, she will appear without hesitation.

Just as Fu Wan was thinking over and over again, the cries of the killer whales were getting closer and closer. She came to her senses and found that a manta ray visible to the naked eye had floated on the water surface. It looked even bigger than the one she and Fu Ming had fought on the seabed before.