He now caught roughly fifty-odd jin of fish every day.
That amount was not even enough to cover a big fish's daily food supply.
As a Dragon, bringing back so little fish each day to trade for food was already quite frugal of him.
Lin Man Zhang thought more deeply. "They won't allow trawl nets anymore. What about other nets? Are there any restrictions?"
"I don't know for now. I'll call and ask tomorrow," Lu Ao said. "Usually, crackdowns don't target small fishermen like us who follow the rules. Don't worry too much."
Lin Man Zhang shook his head. "Fishery resources have recovered pretty well these past few years, and more newcomers have entered the trade. Once there are more people, there are more problems in the industry. I'm afraid the authorities might tighten things up again."
During that major fisherman career-transition campaign more than ten years ago, the country had spent heavily, transferring away basically every fisherman who could be transferred.
At the time, marine environmental protection was in an extremely dire state. There were no fish to catch near shore, and no big fish to be seen out at sea.
Back then, they still relied on fishing moratoriums.
But the moratoriums did little good. During the closed season, the country spent enormous manpower and resources cultivating fry and restoring the seabed ecosystem. Yet as soon as those few months passed, all kinds of boats poured into the sea, sweeping up big and small fish alike in a single net.
Before the fry born during the fishing moratorium could mature, most of them had already died young.
Many rule-breaking fishermen not only caught big fish, but also used Wipeout Net to catch small ones.
Every time they came ashore, the tiny fish on the docks could be piled up