Connections were useful in any corner of the world.
David Mullins put in a good word for Li Du and the others, and the officer left with a warning and did not continue to watch them.
This outcome made Li Du rejoice. Yes, he was rejoicing. Even though they were innocent, and none of them were innocent, the Department of Fishing and Hunting was always unreasonable during the abalone harvesting process.
In addition, this incident taught him a lesson. Li Du dived again later and asked Sophie to take an underwater camera to record them.
Sophie's position could be determined through the underwater camera, and if they were questioned in the future, they could use the video to testify for themselves.
The fishing and hunting officers were very strict. Li Du had just fished out two black gold abalones when another fishing and hunting officer came over and also questioned Sophie's actions in the water.
Li Du invited the officer on board, turned on the onboard computer, and read the information from the camera.
The officer fast-forwarded carefully, and then found that Sophie was indeed a videographer and rescue team member, so he apologized and left.
After two consecutive inspections, Li Du had to admit that Australia was really protective of its resources!
Li Du used the little bug to search for black gold abalones, which he and Hans shared, so that the two of them could harvest more.
At the end of the day, they worked for more than five hours and fished up nearly 40 black gold abalones.
The main reason was that Li Du was more efficient. Hans' ability to hold his breath was too poor, and he had to surface five or six times to dig up a black gold abalone.
Sometimes Li Du was in good shape, and some of the black gold abalones were not firmly attached to the reef, so he could get one black gold abalone in one dive.
They were located on the coast of King Island, not far from the market. Li Du did not participate in selling abalones. Lu Guan, who was clever, arranged for Big Quinn, Stephen, and Lu Guan to sell abalones.
Black gold abalone was definitely in demand. As long as they set a price and the price was reasonable, it would not take long for them to be purchased.
In the evening, as the sea gradually cooled, Li Du and Hans returned to the boat and high-fived. Hans glanced at him and said, "How was it? Tired?"
Li Du smiled and said nothing. Of course he was tired. Not only did he have to dive to harvest black gold abalone, but he also had to constantly release the little bug to find black gold abalone and determine their location.
Hannah had prepared juice for them. This time, Hans did not ask for beer. Diving was too dangerous. The further they went, the worse their physical and mental state would be. At this time, the most important thing was to be calm and sober.
After understanding this, Li Du decided that he would not touch any alcohol on the sea.
The next day, their harvest was even better. In the evening, Li Du roughly marked the surrounding black gold abalone on the boat so that they could go into the water as they pleased.
Hans himself wondered, "Are there so many black gold abalone? Didn't you say that this thing is very rare? "
That day, they caught more than 70 black gold abalones. Li Du stopped work early and lay on the bow deck to recover his energy in the sun.
A kayak rowed over, and Cruz passed by again.
This time, he was the only one on the boat. As the kayak neared the yacht, he raised his head and said, "Hey, Chinese, you guys have a great harvest."
Li Du gestured for him to board and said, "Yes, not bad. Come up and have a chat?"
Cruz did not refuse. He boarded the boat, sat next to Li Du, and asked, "How could you have gotten so much? How did you find the black gold abalone group? "
In the eyes of the outside world, Li Du had found a rare colony of black gold abalone.
Black gold abalone reproduced every year, and over time, it was easy to form a group of black gold abalone.
However, large abalone groups were rare and had been searched. There were many abalone groups left, but there were not many qualified abalones.
Li Du did not have a good feeling about Cruz at first, and the two of them had a little conflict. However, in this case, when Cruz found that he was in danger, he helped him, and it could even be said that he saved his life, so the feeling changed.
Hearing Cruz's question, Li Du did not answer and asked, "When did you start diving? How deep can you dive? "
Cruz said, "I learned to dive at the age of 12 and started freediving at the age of 15. Now, I have no problem diving within 50 meters."
Li Du nodded and said, "Then you shouldn't stay here. A little further south, buddy. There is a continuous trench over there, about 40 to 50 meters deep. You should go see it."
Cruz understood what he meant, tilted his head and asked, "A continuous trench? That's a little too deep. I think I've been there and didn't find much abalone. "
Li Du said, "Your eyes are not sharp enough. You still see too little."
Sophie brought him a glass of ginger cola, which was Li Du's idea. They were in contact with the water all the time, and it was too cold. Ginger cola, a Chinese warm-up drink, could bring them warmth.
Cruz took a sip and frowned. "What is this taste? It tastes worse than seawater. "
Li Du laughed. "Say that after you finish drinking."
Cruz shrugged, continued to frown, and then looked thoughtfully at the southern waters.
Li Du had said all that needed to be said. There were a lot of black gold abalone in that area, but the water was deep and it would be difficult to fish them up. He dared not take the risk.
If Cruz was really good at freediving, as he said, he could get a huge harvest.
As they continued to fish, Li Du and Hans still had a lot of harvest. They became the dark horse of the abalone market on King Island. Many abalone buyers specially arranged by hotels on the island were in contact with them.
With a lot of harvest, Li Du and Hans worked harder.
They gradually became familiar with the sea and began to enjoy diving for black gold abalone.
In early April, Li Du surfaced with a black gold abalone, and a speedboat painted with the Department of Fishing and Hunting logo came toward them.
"Another inspection." Big Quinn shrugged helplessly from the boat.
Li Du called Hans and Sophie up, and the speedboat came over. The officer on board asked, "Who let you catch black gold abalone here? Do you have a harvesting permit? Bring it over and I'll check it. "
"Of course, here it is." Li Du nodded to Brother Wolf, who took the harvesting permit from the safe in the cab and handed it to him.
He put the harvesting permit in the safe, not for safety reasons, but to prevent it from being damaged by seawater and moisture. Harvesting permits were mostly damaged by moisture.
Handing over the harvesting permit, Li Du instinctively felt that something was wrong.
He quickly thought about it and realized that this officer was too unfamiliar to him. His tone was very unfriendly, and he did not even look at Sophie when he saw her emerge from the water with an oxygen tank on!
To be safe, he released the little bug onto the boat to check the situation.
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