Chapter 71 Black Swan

Chapter 71 Black Swan

Chapter 71 Black Swan

Far away across the ocean.

On a calm sea.

A scientific research vessel was moving slowly.

A few seagulls circled behind the boat, picking up sea fish killed by the propeller.

"Oh ho ho..." A young man with curly brown hair stood on the deck, shouting like a monkey.

Suddenly he was tapped on the shoulder.

"Mr. Hook, please fasten your safety rope."

The person who spoke was the one who took the picture of Curly Hook.

Hook shrugged, nonchalantly fastened the buckle of the safety rope to his belt, and then said with a playful smile: "Ellie, how about going for a drink tonight? My parents went on a trip to New Zealand yesterday."

"Do you think you're handsome?" Ali looked at the scumbag colleague with disdain, and then said expressionlessly: "Mr. Hook, please don't talk about things that are not related to work during work, otherwise I will sue you for sexual harassment."

"Hahaha, Hook, your expression is really wonderful, just like the flowers in the flower shop next to the institute, colorful." Another bearded male colleague joked while steering the boat.

"Shut up, Antonio and watch your boat!" Curly Hook picked up a detector and threw it into the sea.

And the bearded Antonio is braking the research vessel.

Ellie stooped and entered the cabin.

An old Mediterranean man with white beard and glasses is concentrating on looking at a laptop.

"Dr. Andrew, we have arrived at the designated sea area. Hook has just thrown the detector into the sea and it is now on the surface."

Without even raising his head, the doctor opened the software on his laptop and checked the data that the detector had just sent back.

After a while, Dr. Andrew suddenly looked up and said, "Ellie, ask Hook to drop another detector."

"Doctor, is there something wrong with the data?"

"Yes, the data sent back by the detector just now shows that the sea surface temperature has reached 23 degrees Celsius."

"What?" Ellie was shocked and ran out quickly, shouting to Hook: "Hook, drop a new detector immediately."

Hook casually and skillfully opened the protective cage and threw a cylinder as thick as an arm into the sea, with the cable still connected to it.

He looked at the sea and muttered quietly, "What's there to test? It's such a boring day. I miss Maria at the bar."

However, Ellie had no interest in paying attention to him and went back into the cabin again.

At this time, Dr. Andrew had already received data feedback from another detector, and his face was very solemn.

When Ellie saw the doctor's expression, she knew that the data from the second detector should be the same as the results of the first detector.

"Doctor, is it still 23 degrees Celsius?"

"Yes, it's very bad. It's already May and the sea surface temperature can still reach 23 degrees Celsius. The water temperature in winter in June, July and August will definitely not be too low." Dr. Andrew, a researcher at the Peruvian Institute of Oceanography, has long studied the Peruvian cold current. When he saw the sea surface water temperature, he knew that something was wrong.

Ellie suggested: "Doctor, why don't you change the location and detect it a few more times?"

"Okay, you arrange it!" Dr. Andrew actually didn't have much hope because he knew too much about the Peruvian cold current.

The sea area where the research vessel is now staying is the junction of the exclusive economic zones of Peru and Chile, and it is also the central area of ​​the Peruvian cold current. The sea surface temperature here has reached 21 to 23 degrees Celsius. The water temperature of the Peruvian cold current, which is closer to the equatorial waters, will definitely be higher.

As expected.

After entering Chile's exclusive economic zone, they conducted five consecutive tests and the results were still higher than the annual average.

You should know that the sea water temperature of the Peruvian cold current is maintained at 14 to 16 degrees Celsius all year round, which is 7 to 10 degrees Celsius lower than the surrounding temperature.

This low-temperature ocean current causes the sea surface on the west coast of South America to be frequently foggy, and also leads to perennial droughts in northern Chile, Peru, and southern Ecuador.

However, this low-temperature ocean current also created the world's largest fishing ground - the Peruvian fishing ground.

As the saying goes, success and failure are both due to Xiao He.

This low-temperature ocean current can create Peruvian fishing grounds, but it can also destroy Peruvian fishing grounds.

As long as the sea temperature of the Peruvian cold current exceeds 16 degrees Celsius, the catch in Peruvian fishing grounds will decrease. If the sea temperature exceeds 20 degrees Celsius, a large area of ​​fish will be completely wiped out. Now the sea temperature in May is still so high, and it is difficult to drop later.

And just as the research vessel was returning to Lima, the capital of Peru.

Hook was on the deck and shouted, "Oh my God! So many dead fish."

The Doctor and Ellie hurried out and saw the dead fish floating on the sea.

Hook scooped up a net.

The doctor squatted down and checked. "They are all sardines. It's over. The catch in the Peruvian fishery will definitely drop significantly this year."

As the research vessel got closer to the port of Lima, more and more dead fish were found on the sea. It was obvious that these dead fish were brought to the shore by the waves.

As soon as the research vessel docked.

The sailors and bosses of the fishing boats in the fishing port, or the buyers of the fishmeal production companies who are stationed here for a long time, all have sorrow and helplessness on their faces.

"Andrew, how's it going?" An old acquaintance handed him a bottle of Coke.

Andrew took the Coke and said, "The sea water temperature is too high. The sardine catch this year may be greatly reduced."

Puff! Dr. Andrew opened the bottle cap and took a sip.

The man looked like he had a headache: "Wasn't there anything unusual half a month ago? Why is it like this?"

"The global sea temperature has been rising in recent years. You can only ask God about this question. My friend, are you going to play black futures again?" Andrew stared at the man.

"Okay! I admit, I'm done for this time. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are going to be lost, shit!" The man angrily smashed the bottle on the dock.

boom!
Just now.

From a building not far away, several people jumped down one after another.

"My God!"

"Someone jumped off the building!"

"call the ambulance!"

"I guess he's the unlucky guy who bought black futures."

On the dock, sailors and fishermen were talking about it.

Andrew patted his old friend on the shoulder: "I'm willing to admit defeat. May God bless you, my friend."

"Don't worry! I only lost once, I won't bet all my money."

The large-scale death of fish on the coast of Peru could not be concealed.

Not only did local media report on the incident extensively, the existence of the global Internet also allowed this information to appear on news websites around the world almost at the same time.

Across the Pacific Ocean.

Jiang Miao, who was at the Magong Town headquarters, also saw related news reports on his mobile phone.

"With this water temperature, Peruvian fisheries will see a significant reduction in production this year. It really is a double whammy. Peruvian fisheries account for 70% of global fishmeal production. It looks like the price of imported fishmeal is going to see another round of skyrocketing."

He then called the purchasing department to inquire.

After a while, Wang Feng, the purchasing manager, called again and said that several feed factories that had previously ordered fish feed all said that they would increase the price of fish feed next month, with the increase ranging from 10% to 15%.

Jiang Miao knew very well that if a major drop in production in Peruvian fisheries was inevitable, then fish feed would definitely see an even more violent surge in prices.

This matter has both advantages and disadvantages for Hailufeng Company.

The disadvantage is that the cost of eel farming has increased.

The positive side is that the feed mills that are about to be built can take advantage of the skyrocketing prices of fish feed and take advantage of their cost-effectiveness to eat into the market.

Therefore, Jiang Miao quickly made arrangements to speed up the construction of the feed factory and to implement the contract for 1000 acres of Egyptian catfish ponds as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)