As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 287 - Chapter 287 Chapter 242 Non-Commercial Fishing Permit

Chapter 287: Chapter 242 Non-Commercial Fishing Permit Chapter 287: Chapter 242 Non-Commercial Fishing Permit The two arrived at the restaurant, and although they had expected the hotel to provide a Western-style breakfast, it turned out that there was a selection of Chinese breakfast options, including rice noodle rolls.

Jiang Luoluo was somewhat surprised and decided to try some of the Chinese food.

Western food was more of the same, so both were unexpectedly pleased to find Chinese dishes on the menu at an overseas hotel.

Chu Mingcheng was curious about how these Chinese breakfasts would taste and chose a serving of rice noodle rolls, soup dumplings, and so on.

Sitting down at a dining table with their breakfast, they encountered many Asian faces.

It seemed that the Chinese food was specially catered for Huaxia tourists.

This detail significantly raised Chu Mingcheng’s opinion of the hotel.

If it weren’t so remote, he wouldn’t mind staying here for a longer period.

After breakfast, it was already late in the morning. Chu Mingcheng checked out of the hotel and called a taxi to the city center.

With the local buses running every half hour, he preferred to spend a bit more for convenience.

Upon reaching the city center, they chose a hotel by the sea next to a large park.

Though they had only been there for a day, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo had grown fond of the city.

The environment was indeed excellent, with a pleasant temperature. The peak summer temperatures only reached into the thirties Celsius, and due to the diurnal temperature variation, it wasn’t too hot at night.

The only regret was that it was abroad. If there was a similar place in Huaxia, they would definitely buy a house and live there long-term.

Once they checked into the hotel and settled their luggage, they started visiting and checking in at tourist attractions.

They played for several days straight, changing hotels three times.

It wasn’t until they arrived at Mornington Beach that they encountered the popular vacation rentals. Chu Mingcheng checked into a vacation cottage owned by a landlord named Di Mana.

Mornington Beach was only about eleven kilometers from Melbourne City Center, and getting there became very convenient after Chu Mingcheng rented a car.

There were many fun places on the Mornington Peninsula, including the hedge maze and lavender gardens that Jiang Luoluo was eager to visit.

As for Chu Mingcheng, naturally, he was interested in the Mornington Peninsula hot springs and the large number of abalones found along the coast.

Seafood is something men enjoy eating and never tire of!

“Luoluo, it’s already two in the afternoon. How about we go diving for some abalones and have a big abalone feast tonight?”

“Don’t we need a fishing license to catch abalones?”

“Of course, we do, but the recreational fishing licenses are easy to get. Let’s go get them now.”

They left their luggage at the vacation rental without bothering to unpack and drove off again, this time heading to the local fisheries department.

In Australia, the price of the recreational fishing license varies by region. In Melbourne, which is part of Victoria, there are four options for the duration of a fishing license.

Three days, twenty-eight days, one year, and three years.

The longer the duration, the better the value for money. Considering he wouldn’t be staying in Melbourne for more than a month, Chu Mingcheng decided to get two twenty-eight-day licenses.

The price was twenty-one Australian dollars each, amounting to forty-two.

Furthermore, catching abalone required a diving suit that met local specifications.

Neither of them had brought their own diving suits from home; that would have meant an extra suitcase and too much trouble.

Now Chu Mingcheng might not have had much money, but he still had over one million two hundred thousand in savings before coming here.

After exchanging fifty thousand Australian dollars, he had just over one million left on his bank card.

If he couldn’t afford a house in the center of Xia City, surely he could afford two diving suits?

After spending four thousand Australian dollars on two suits, they also needed a ruler to measure the size of the abalones.

There are three types of abalone at Mornington Beach: Green Edged Abalone, Black Edge Abalone, and Tiger Stripe Abalone.

The Green Edged Abalone must be larger than thirteen centimeters, while the remaining two types must be larger than twelve centimeters.

There are patrols along the beach at all times, checking not only fishing licenses but also the size of the caught abalones.

If they don’t meet the standards, you have to pay a fine and release the abalones.

Therefore, they also needed to buy an abalone knife, which is quite blunt and won’t injure the abalone when cutting it.

Sharp instruments like diving knives and screwdrivers are prohibited to avoid harming the abalones, especially those that don’t meet the specifications.

All in all, there are a lot of restrictions if you want to get some seafood here.

Chu Mingcheng thought that if Huaxia’s vast marine areas could be managed as strictly as in Australia, residents of coastal cities wouldn’t often need to buy seafood.

How great it would be if they could enjoy a seafood feast by simply gathering some from the shore during their leisure time.

Unfortunately, that’s not achievable in Huaxia.

After buying everything they needed, the two headed to Mornington Beach.

There, colorful little cabins lined up, and as they carried their diving gear over, they saw several Asian faces taking photos.

Without guessing, one could tell they were internet celebrities from Huaxia.

Over the past few days, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo had encountered plenty of them while checking in at various spots.

Interestingly, these internet celebrities would take a few photos, share them, and upon returning to Huaxia, their prices would “skyrocket”.

The two of them were not surprised and chose a cabin on the edge, opened the door, and went inside.

Inside, they found many beach play props, such as surfboards and swim rings.

These were prepared by the cabin for tourists, who could also change their clothes there.

The two changed into their clothes, placed their fishing licenses into a waterproof bag, and wore it on their bodies.

In Australia, whether you’re fishing or diving for seafood, you must always have your fishing license on you for inspection.

At the seaside, you could see several diving tourists, emerging from the water with a palm-sized abalone in their hands.

There are quite a lot of people diving for abalone in Mornington, but even more so in Melbourne’s own port, to the point where there is hardly any abalone left to dive for.

That’s why Chu Mingcheng didn’t think about this a few days ago when he was in Melbourne.

The two held hands as they entered the water from the beach and then snorkelled on the surface, slowly swimming towards the deeper waters.

To dive for abalone, it must be in waters deeper than two meters, otherwise, you’d be fined. There were two uniformed local government officials patrolling the beach!

When Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo entered the water, those two locals stared at them for quite some time, clearly targeting them.

Fortunately, their documentation was complete, and they abided by the rules, so they weren’t worried about being watched.

He took Jiang Luoluo with him and only stopped when he reached a shallow reef area more than a hundred meters from the shore.

The water here was about six or seven meters deep, with the area nearby being about ten meters deep. The average tourist wouldn’t likely swim here to fish for abalone, so Chu Mingcheng might find some large ones.

“Luoluo, look for some big abalones here, I’m going to look around the bottom to see if there are any lobsters.”

“Alright, then tonight’s seafood feast is all on you!”

“Haha, as long as there’s good stuff here, I guarantee I can get it.”

Since the water was shallow and he had pulled Jiang Luoluo all the way here, he could leave her for a short time with peace of mind.

Jiang Luoluo had already practiced twenty-one times by now, and she had just passed the two-minute mark for dynamic breath-holding. She was even able to dive to a depth of twenty meters.

Finding a few large abalones in such shallow water was a breeze for her.

Chu Mingcheng plunged into the water and began to wander around the bottom.

The seawater along the coast of Australia looked clear and transparent, but once submerged, it wasn’t as clear, with a visibility of only about ten meters.

Upon entering the water, Chu Mingcheng was surprised to find that there were quite a few abalones at the bottom!

Moreover, the seaweed was dense and there were many rocks.

On the sides of these rocks, large abalones were clinging.

However, Chu Mingcheng wasn’t currently targeting these. When diving to fish for abalones, a license allows for the capture of five in one go.

They didn’t need that many for two people to eat at night, and he believed Jiang Luoluo could manage on her own.

However, if you rented a boat to go out to sea for abalone, no matter how many people were on board, you could only catch ten, which is the limitation of a non-commercial fishing license.

With his external resources, Chu Mingcheng could naturally obtain a commercial fishing license, but as previously mentioned, who to sell the catch to once obtained was a concern.

Whether it would sell well, whether he would be tricked, or even attract the hostility of the local fishermen, causing them to bother him.

A foreigner coming to compete for food would certainly not be welcomed by the local fishermen.

Such a situation would already happen within one’s own country, let alone abroad.

That’s why he was waiting for Noah to come over, with a local present, these problems would naturally be solved.

It was just a matter of sharing some of the profits with him, which was only fair.

Successful businessmen know the value of a win-win cooperation, and Chu Mingcheng, no fool, would not act recklessly.

He began to search for Australian lobsters in the crevices of nearby reefs; the lobster fishing season is around the same time as the Emperor Crab’s.

However, you can’t catch female lobsters with eggs, and furthermore, the length of the lobster’s head must be more than eleven centimeters, with females allowed a little less at ten and a half centimeters.

You can only catch lobsters with bare hands, any use of tools is not allowed.

Despite these restrictions, they didn’t affect Chu Mingcheng.

He liked to catch the big seafood and back home would release the smaller ones, so these restrictions were essentially ineffective for him.

Not using tools wasn’t a problem either; others could catch with their bare hands, and with his advantages, it would be even easier.

After a short while, he found a hiding lobster in a rock crevice and directly reached in to grab it, gently pulling it out to avoid injuring it with excessive force.

This lobster wasn’t very large, and Chu Mingcheng considered releasing it right away.

But since he just purchased a measuring gauge and hadn’t used it yet, he decided to do as the Romans do, measuring the lobster’s head with it.

Nine point seven centimeters, just a bit shy of the standard. Chu Mingcheng released his grip and let it go; the Australian lobster flicked its tail and whooshed away.

Then he swam over to check on Jiang Luoluo.

Seeing Chu Mingcheng come over, she happily held up an abalone larger than her palm and said with a smile, “Pretty impressive, huh? This one’s enough for both of us to eat.”

Chu Mingcheng noticed the ring of green on the abalone meat and said, “This is a Green Edged Abalone, isn’t it? I didn’t expect it to grow this big.”

“Right, I’ll go pry off two more of different varieties now. How did you do with the lobsters?”

“Encountered one, but unfortunately, it was a bit small. I’ll keep looking, we have to catch a large one tonight.”

“Hmm, keep it up!”

This time Chu Mingcheng swam even further, finding a group of underwater rocks.

This place was good, not like the area with abalones earlier, where the bottom was all sandy and not conducive to hiding lobsters.

It didn’t take long for him to find an extremely large lobster in this area, weighing around five or six jin.

With such a size, there was no need for a ruler. It was a catch for sure.

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