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  • BrianW
    not your average member
    • Nov 2002
    • 28191

    Cool pictures of a herring set

    Not my pictures, I found them on the 'net. This is from last weeks herring fishery here in Sitka. The seiner is 58ft.



    Last edited by BrianW; 04-04-2008, 06:55 PM. Reason: add in a factoid
    “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”― Mark Twain,

  • timfish
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 104

    #2
    Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

    nice set!are there times when they get too much ?

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    • BrianW
      not your average member
      • Nov 2002
      • 28191

      #3
      Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

      It was record set for the Sitka opener, at 1500tons. The previous record was 500tons. Reports say it took 4 days for the tenders to pump it out. Worth about $840,000. The Japanese like their roe.
      “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”― Mark Twain,

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      • BrianW
        not your average member
        • Nov 2002
        • 28191

        #4
        Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

        timfish,

        Yes, that was one of those times. There were a few more boats with sets nearly as large. The local processors can't handle that much at once. They openers are timed to prevent such things, but this time something went wrong. They didn't exceed the total harvest limit goal, they just caught too many that day. There was a 4 day break until the next opener. They're done now, and the boats are headed west towards more herring openers.
        “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”― Mark Twain,

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        • Woxbox
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2006
          • 9923

          #5
          Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

          The Japanese like their roe
          And the rest becomes what, cat food?
          -Dave

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          • GoldDogs
            http://commondreams.org
            • Feb 2006
            • 250

            #6
            Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

            yep, cat food, fish food, fertilizer, fish oil.

            used to be like that here....used to, past tense. All the herring plants are gone now and the herring have yet to rebound.

            Boats are too big and nets are too big.

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            • TimH
              Be as you wish to seem.
              • Nov 2002
              • 12717

              #7
              Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

              looks like the herring are making a comeback eh?
              "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

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              • boyle
                Paul The Son Of L.Boyle
                • Mar 2008
                • 43

                #8
                Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

                that looks like the fish are fighting lol

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                • brad9798
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2000
                  • 10739

                  #9
                  Re: Cool pictures of a herring set



                  That's a lotta fishies ...
                  Nothing else matters but how I raise my children ... and their opinion of me, as a father.

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                  • Bob Triggs
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2007
                    • 1235

                    #10
                    Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

                    Originally posted by mmd
                    That's a big school of herring...
                    Was a big school of herring...
                    Fly Fishing Washington's Olympic Peninsula
                    http://olympicpeninsulaflyfishing.blogspot.com

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                    • TimH
                      Be as you wish to seem.
                      • Nov 2002
                      • 12717

                      #11
                      Re: Cool pictures of a herring set

                      Actually I dont think thats a full set. Ill re-count, but there appears to be a couple missing :-)
                      "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

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