Chapter 731 Rather Changeable (1/2)

Chapter 731: Rather Changeable

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Because humans are much larger than vipers, vipers do not consider them prey and aren't inclined to attack.

They moved to a place where they could install a stove and make a fire for cooking. The tiger snake stopped bothering them and hid under a stone.

Ah Meow had been trying to stir the snake up, scratching with his little paws, trying to turn over rocks to fish the tiger snake out and play with it again.

Ah Ow was getting bold, wagging her tail and probing behind Ah Meow.

When Li Du noticed this, he picked up Ah Meow and slapped Ah Ow on her behind. ”What are you doing? You'll die when the snake bites you, you know?”

Ah Ow was somewhat restrained after being beaten, but she was not deterred. The bigger she got, the bolder she became.

Li Du caught her and slapped her twice, and dragged her back by the ears. Finally, she stopped.

After lunch, they moved on, and after they drove south for some time, Melbourne came into view.

The city's first impression on Li Du was that it was green and clean.

Cities in the United States had gardens built between the steel and cement towers, but Melbourne seemed to have made steel and concrete towers in the middle of huge gardens.

”Are we going right now to the beach to harvest abalone?” asked Big Quinn, who had been driving.

Li Du shook his head. ”There's no hurry. Let's explore first and learn how to dive.”

”Why? Why not hire divers to catch abalone?” Big Quinn asked curiously.

This was another strategy adopted by Australia to protect the breeding of black abalone. In fact, the government and the ministry of fisheries actually wanted to ban harvesting permits for black abalone.

However, the permits were legally effective, and the government had no right to ban them.

Because of this, the government had an interesting loophole regarding the permits. Black gold abalone harvesting permits did not have a permit holder's name on them. This meant that whoever had the permit in their possession was considered the permit's owner.

In addition, the ministry of fisheries and the department of marine affairs also issued a regulation that black abalone fishermen must be registered with a permit when catching abalone each year.

In other words, in the black abalone fishing process, it's not legal to dive for abalone and then come up with a permit afterward. The permit had to be certified and registered before any diving could be done.

In this case, it was not appropriate to hire fishermen to use the permit, unless the person hired could be trusted. The person wanting to do the harvesting needed to hold the permit when registering because once a permit was handed over, it would not be clear who the permit belonged to.

In the last decade, there had been multiple cases of permit disputes in the history of Australia's black gold abalone fishing.

The judging standard in the court was, ”the person and the permit is a body,” which meant the permit belonged to the person holding it.

So, the owners of the harvesting permit were very careful in keeping the permit. When they weren't using it, they would keep it in a bank safe deposit box. When they were using it, they would make sure the permit was always with them.

Such was the case with Brooks, who carried his permit with him even when he went home with his wife.

Another point was that each season, only two people were allowed to register for a single permit. The owner of the permit could not replace a permit unless he or she encountered severe conditions such as death or serious injury.

Li Du wanted to go into the sea himself. There were two kinds of black gold abalone harvesting, shallow sea, and deep sea.