Australia is surrounded by the sea and has a pleasant climate. It is a habitat for marine life and one of the largest seafood exporters in the world.
Among these seafood, the most popular is abalone, today, the story of the Australian abalone …
Australia is definitely one of the most exotic lands on earth. It has not only all kinds of strange forms, but also creatures that don't exist on other continents.
What's more, it's... These creatures, no matter what, can break through their own physiological limits and grow to a big size!
For example, lobster is called lobster in other countries, and when it comes to Australia, it becomes lobster.
Australia! Big! Lobste
And another kind of seafood-abalone, naturally in Australia is also the growth of Huan …
Do you see if it's out of sight? Let's swallow a mouth... The top of Australia's top black-edge abalone, but the local people's treasure!
They must know that they have a high demand for their living environment: the sea should be cold, the salt should be high, the water flow should be rapid, the water quality should be clear, and the leeward should be clear, and there will be enough seaweed supply in the reef area of the backflow, so that the abalone can be fat enough and the quality is good enough.
Although Australia's land is big, it's not much for the black-edge abalone to grow. So the natural quantity is scarce, the price is high!
Last month editor's mouth addiction, want to buy a jin of black-edged abalone home to replenish the body, see the price label after giving up this idea … Because the abalone on the market has sold for $63/kg.
In addition to "things are precious", there has been a reason why abalone prices have been high! That is the fishing certificate for abalone, as rare as Australia's top black-edged abalone.
Fishing license? Sounds like a not very high-end card, in fact, the story behind this is deep.
So, there's a port in Victoria called Mallacoota,
Here lives a native Australian village brother, Paul Menke, and Menke has an ordinary skill-diving.
However, reasonable, diving in Australia is not really a great glittering thing, don't say the locals, even us foreign, for hundreds of dollars to enroll a class, the diver license will be.
So what's so special about diver Menke,?
It turned out that he had something that many people now admire in Australia.
That's right. It's a fishing warrant!
In fact, many years ago, this card is not really a rare thing, 2 Australian dollars, sold all over the street …
And Menke's father, spent 2 Australian dollars to buy a fishing certificate, it's okay to go down the river to catch a few sons of a bitch, catch a few baby fish, at least to improve the food …
By chance, Old Menke found that abalone, a mollusk like abalone, could actually be eaten, and it was delicious! So when other people still catch small fish shrimp, he began to secretly open a small cooker, grab abalone to come …
Slowly, Old Menke became one of the best old abalone-fishing drivers in town. The Menke family's ancestral barbecue abalone, probably from the rise of ~
At that time, people in the town did not take it seriously, thinking that since the fishing license was so common, why would it be necessary to buy it or take the exam? ~ when I wanted to eat abalone, I went to Menke's house and got it.
As a result, the entire town of Malakuta, there are only 23 licensed to work in the sea.
But the little bitch of the time, who had neither told nor notified, hid herself and changed quietly. So who thinks, this certificate will one day be
The price has soared 3000000 times!
From A $2 to A $6 million!
(The following sections are selected from the Australia-wide ABC)
Ah, those at the beginning of those two dollars of heartache or lazy did not go to buy a certificate ah, the intestines to let you repentance, the editor for your fire ah! 6 million, that's it, poof, it's gone!
But then again, the fishing industry is so prosperous, thanks to the Asians. Of course, what the Australian media are talking about is mainly the Chinese. Why should this pot let us carry it again?
Since the 1990s, the fact that abalone is delicious has reached the ears of the people of the other side of the ocean. The price of Australian abalone, that is really welcome to the spring ~
However, as prices skyrocketed and led to wild abalone fishing across Australia so rampant that it severely affected the quantity and quality of the local abalone, Australia's goverment began to tighten its grip on diving abalone fishing.
Those with a fishing license can catch 7.5tons of abalone a year, and, unlike contractors, they simply need to schedule their fishing time according to the season, Menke said.
In other words, based on a 7.5-ton-a-year limit, they work 45 to 60 days a year and enjoy family life the rest of the time as a holiday.
And these 7.5tons of abalone can be sold at close to six hundred thousand Australian dollars! Of course and abalone as rare and precious, and once worthless fishing certificate.
The reason for the big increase in fishing permits is that in Australia, fishing permits are hereditary!
Now, old Menke bought a fishing license, like a gold mine permit.
After the death of the couple in 2014, the Paul Menke brothers and sisters jointly inherited their father's fishing license, fishing for abalone, and becoming their family's property.
What a real "second generation"!
Well, after reading the story, while lamenting the luck of the Menke family, we have to admire the terrible purchasing power of the people of their ancestors.
The Chinese people's ability to consume Australian abalone has also driven Australia's local economy, and the Tasmanian Fisheries Association, another producer of Australian abalone, is predicting even more. China's abalone-related industries can bring at least 100 million Australian dollars to the local economic benefits!
Of course, the editor knows everyone is envious after reading, after all, this is the real "sea fishing" ah!
In fact, in Australia, without a fishing license, you can also catch abalone for free! The following is the practical information specially arranged by the editor, everyone can be used as "get the second generation"!
Processing of fishing permit
Unfortunately, like Menke can catch 7. 5 tons of fishing permit, the average person can not do, but we can do a fishing card (Recreational Fishing Licence) ah!
This fishing license is called "all over the street", which is usually sold in Kmart, or you can buy it directly online: http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/fisheries/recreational-fishing/fishing-licence
Price, take Victoria as an example.
3 days ($10)
28 days ($20)
One year ($35)
Three years ($95)
What a white price.
Purchase of fishing equipment
It's really important to buy the right fishing equipment, because abalone fishing in Victoria must be carried out in accordance with the regulations published by the local fisheries authorities.
You need to carry: diving suits, frog shoes, diving glasses, abalone knife, abalone ruler, gloves and so on. If you fail to comply with the rules, you will be severely punished!
Where to catch and how much.
If you have conditions, it's best to go to Tasmania. But most people don't go that far.
Then you can choose the area from Victoria to Melbourne, near Melbourne, Williamstown, blackrock, and Mordialloc.
It's just that there are so many people here that it's not easy to find abalone.
A little further, mornington,port fairy,Port mcdonnell. these places are not just abalone, but lobsters.
As for the quantity of abalone per catch, as mentioned above, abalone is not as many as you want to catch. There are three main types of abalone in Australia. Abalone, 2. Abalone, 3. The above two hybrid varieties.
Limit for every capture in Victoria: five (up to 2 abalone), near the waters of the state, are considered to be among the abalone catches.
The maximum number of carriers each time:10 (up to 4 green-side abalone) means that in any part of the state of Victoria, you carry the shell-born abalone.
You must also buy a ruler!
Abalone below 13cm must not be caught!
There are also some small details, such as
"the apparatus used to pry abalone must be a blunt instrument, not to pry abalone with sharp instruments such as knives, screwdrivers and so on, so as not to cut abalone;
Abalone must be taken home and then peeled, and the state says no abalone should be peeled in the waters.
Only abalone can be caught by day and abalone by night, and abalone can only be caught under 2 meters of water. "
Last! How to catch.
In fact, Australia has so many abalone as long as you find the right place, diving can be very easy to catch.
It's just that the water can only be caught in the water below 2 meters and has a size limit, so the shore can see a lot of small abalone and can't move. Buy a dive tool (usually on the bank), with a blunt instrument, you can get in the water.
Abalone is sucked on the reef, and the camouflage is good. Everyone pay attention not to hurt abalone when prying. In addition, there are small sharks and devils in Australia's offshore waters. They're not that scary, but they're also dangerous. If there's a sign, don't get in the water!
All right, there's so many things about Abalone in Australia. I wish you a good "sea bottom fishing". Remember, don't forget to bring the seasoning.
