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Strange Tails | The Sea Hag

Here are a few creepy nautical tales to tide you over during this spooky holiday season. The first selection is a real treat from the Sea Hag, herself, Martha Wentworth. If you haven’t heard it, your in for a real Halloween treat. I remember hearing it on vinyl… That’s kinda creepy and cool and the same time. Turn the lights low and the volume up, this one is an audio soundscape of frightening…

Commercial Fishing Video Of The Day | “Whale Safe Crab”

https://vimeo.com/492628392 Via Vimeo: The Dungeness Crab Fisherman of Bodega Bay, CA and Marine Fishery District 10 have an important message for the public. As crabbers, they embrace their role as ocean stewards and advocates for the marine mammals they rarely encounter. This PSA is to inform the public about the unique sustainability of this fishery, the science, and how you can help get…

Commercial Fishing Video Of The Day | 2021 Albacore Tuna Trolling

Another great video from Katrina’s YouTube channel just dropped. In this edit, it’s time for tuna slaying along the West Coast with her Dadon the F/V Two Saints! This awesome family duo makes it look easy in beautiful 4K. For other quality fishing vids, be sure to like and subscribe over on her YouTube channel. Via Youtube: F/V Two Saints based out of Newport, OR Had another great summer on…

PenCraft | Old School Chum Hunter

https://www.deviantart.com/jedivedic/art/Old-School-Chum-Hunter-888627709 The Puget Sound Chum Fishery is in full effect today in Hood Canal. This is a photo from last year’s chumtastic adventure. Sadly, we didn’t catch anything last season. From the early reports today, it sounds like the fishery was still quite slow. I’ve been uploading my iPad doodles and edits to Deviant Art. NFTs? Maybe

Fishtory | The Trident Story

Sadly, a hero of the commercial fishing industry has passed. The scope and scale of this man’s vision has bought us into a modern thriving global fish economy. View this document on Scribd

Soundings | Catching A Deckload Of Dreams

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pLGfjAOZ4Ls6twRIzMD3Y?si=_vuEaeeZRJSec9gXME7PWQ This is an expansive podcast with over 30 short episodes that chronicle the adventures of Chuck Bundrant in the wilds of Alaska. The Cash Buyer episode is hilarious. These guys had wads of cash just tooling around in remote Alaskan villages. Via Spotify: The story of Chuck Bundrant and Trident Seafoods is more…

Commercial Fishing Photo Of The Day | F/V Lovely Joann

Seiners have packed into Hood Canal for the yearly chum fishery. The Lovely Joann is in mid-set, while other boats are drive around on the hunt for the elusive chum salmon.

Commercial Fishing Video OF The Day | GRUNDENS: Way Of Life

Via YouTube: Located on the rugged and beautiful southern Oregon coast, Port Orford Sustainable Sea Food is part of the growing Community Supported Fisheries movement that started in 2007. CSF’s sell fresh, locally caught fish to their community members, promoting a symbiotic relationship between fisherman, consumers and the ocean. CSF’s, part of the community supported agriculture (CSA)…

Come ride along with the Greenhorns on the F/V Chasina during their 2020 Southeast Alaskan salmon hunt. This edit is beautifully crafted and well worth the view. Via YouTube: I spent a summer commercial salmon fishing up in SE Alaska. It was an experience, to say the least.

Commercial Fishing Photo Of The Day | F/V Deco Bay

The Bristol Bay machine is about to go in to full swing. Early openers in the Nush have fishermen buzzing around with anticipation. Alot of the hard work in the bay falls on the tender vessels and their crew, who transfer the fish from the fishermen to the processors. These guys work around the clock to bring salmon across the globe.

Fishtory | The Salmon Saga

Via YotuTube: In this 1978 segment from Alaska Review 21, reporters examine the impact of worldwide demand for salmon. The report covers the rebuilding of Alaska’s salmon stocks, salmon fishing and processing methods, limited entry permits and government regulations, and conflicts within the Alaskan fishing industry. Those interviewed include: Al Adasiak (misspelled in title screen), chairman of…

BoatJams | The Net | Little River Band

https://open.spotify.com/track/0ixztKFCe57I5FwXrUPMYJ?si=e967b42b607e4e0b Pinks are flowin in Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska. None of this would be possible without… The Net. Kinda a weird jam, but its relevant.

Fishtory | The Pink Salmon Story

https://vimeo.com/225609117 Via Vimeo: A historical film from the early 1960s looking at pink salmon – their life history and the fishing industry at that time. Produced by Walter Kirkness, story by Stanley Swanson and Wallace Noerenberg, with camera work by Amos Burg The seine web makes an artistic pattern when strung out from the power-block.

FishDocs | Salmon People Project

Via YouTube: The Children of the Setting Sun Productions (CSSP) is embarking on a journey to tell the story of the ancient bond between the Native people and salmon. Through storytelling, we will speak to the core issues at the heart of salmon decline: a disconnect, and therefore a disrespect for Mother Earth, fellow human beings, and ourselves. We will build awareness of how this disconnect has…

Commercial Fishing Video Of The Day | Main Bay Rodeo 2021

Ah… There is nothing quite like the sweet smell of fuming diesel clouds combined with the shrill sounds of screaming fishermen and scraping Aluminum. That is one hell of a shoot out! Via YouTube: Early morning in Alaska. Prince William Sound. Main Bay. Out fishing the week on the water. 1 video in two parts. This was really something to see. Amazed at how super the video came out as trust it was…

Commercial Fishing Video Of The Day | Steadfast: A Kodiak Seiner

Via YouTube: This is a short story of the daily life of a Kodiak salmon seiner. The times are either tough as hell or they will be the most beautiful of days ever, either way the views are nice. This was the summer of 2020 when the fishing was good, the good times were great, and the days went by

Commercial Fishing Photo Of The Day | Mt. Palvof Sinks

Sounds Like the ole girl has met her end. Details are vague, but the post below states that the vessel went done this morning. The captain and crew were rescued on-site by fellow fishermen and no one was harmed. In the thread, it hints at a possible crewmember falling asleep at the wheel. More details to come… This shot is from Ketchikan in…