tubber
Well-Known Member
In the light of the growing frustration people on here are feeling with allocations and opportunities for various users of the resource, I thought it would be interesting to see which members have spent time on commercial boats.
I'll go first:
salmon seineboat deckhand 1980-85,88,93,94
roe herring deckhand 1985
halibut longline greenhorn 1994
The boats I worked on were independently owned. All this was before onboard video or recovery tanks which I don't know much about.
Biggest regrets: 1)one day in Rennell Sound searching for rumoured Fraser sockeyes, we caught about 300 big springs.
2)the boat caught and I ate some of about 10 wild steelhead over those 8 salmon seasons.
Honestly, the rest of the seine bycatch was surprisingly minimal with targeted sockeyes, humpies and dogs making up the vast majority of the catch.
I'll go first:
salmon seineboat deckhand 1980-85,88,93,94
roe herring deckhand 1985
halibut longline greenhorn 1994
The boats I worked on were independently owned. All this was before onboard video or recovery tanks which I don't know much about.
Biggest regrets: 1)one day in Rennell Sound searching for rumoured Fraser sockeyes, we caught about 300 big springs.
2)the boat caught and I ate some of about 10 wild steelhead over those 8 salmon seasons.
Honestly, the rest of the seine bycatch was surprisingly minimal with targeted sockeyes, humpies and dogs making up the vast majority of the catch.