Lu Ao had no desire to capture these large creatures for anyone, unless it was for conservation purposes.
All cetaceans within China were protected animals. Some were on the brink of extinction, while others had populations that had not yet become rare but were already facing a survival crisis.
As mammals, cetaceans gave birth to only one calf per litter and had relatively long growth periods. Under such circumstances, no matter how many years they were given, they would find it difficult to recover on their own.
They were in urgent need of human intervention.
China's fishery resources had been depleted far too severely over the past few decades, and the relevant ecological balance had suffered enormous damage.
With nature unable to recover by itself, the only option now was human intervention and the active reintroduction of relevant populations.
Their current goal was to rebuild the relevant ecosystems.
Lu Ao had reviewed the materials. All thirty-seven cetacean species that had once inhabited China's waters were on the capture list.
When they went out to sea, what cetaceans they could capture and how many they could capture would all depend on luck.
By the time Lu Ao had finished coordinating with the production crew, it was already December 17. They agreed to officially depart on December 21.
The contract set January 6 as their return date. They would return to New Luzhou before disbanding, making the entire trip seventeen days long—more than half a month.
Of course, they would also gather in New Luzhou before setting off together, flying to N Country, then boarding a research vessel there and heading straight for Antarctica.
"Going for that long?" Song Zhou asked. "No one has any objections?"
"I don't know about the others, but Lin Qiyan doesn't." Lu Ao lounged against the headboard