This week, my dad sent around a couple of links to You Tube videos that featured salmon seining in Southeast Alaska. I enjoyed them so much that I am providing the links so that you can watch them also. Here they are:
F/V Quandary
F/V Pillar Bay
Admittedly, my family and I felt a range of emotions as [...]
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“No doubt about it. Fishing is a hard way to make a buck…Pile on top of that the worry about the health of the industry, the physical wear and tear, and the separation from family and you’ve got a career that is so difficult, most human beings wouldn’t last a minute in it.”
(Letters to Fishing [...]
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One of the things I’ve found most interesting since starting this blog is studying the statistics for Highliners and Homecomings. These statistics include a daily record that tells me how many people have found their way to this blog and what they were looking for when they found it.
When I log on to my “dashboard,” [...]
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Bryan pitches halibut into the brailer. (A brailer is a small sling net that lifts fish off the boat to be sorted and weighed on the dock.)
Bryan helps guide the brailer out of the hatch and off the boat.
A tote of Yelloweye Rockfish.
A tote of Lingcod.
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Our boat, the f/v Vis (rhymes with “fleece” 
coming across the bay as George and the crew arrive home from Alaska.
Kelly, Bryan, and Brett pitch halibut out of the back hatch and into a brailer.
A brailer of halibut is lifted off the boat. It will land on the table on the dock to be sorted [...]
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“Fishing families are known for having strong family ties that help them manage the daily strains of fishing.”
(Fishing Families Project/Oregon State University 1997)
One of those daily strains: Worry.
Now, I seldom worry about George’s safety and well-being when he is at sea. The boat is well-built, seaworthy, and solid. Its engines and equipment are current [...]
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“Fishing families experience many benefits from the lifestyle that commercial fishing brings, but they also experience challenges in adapting to husbands’ trips to and from the sea.”
(The Ebb and Flow of Fishing Family Life—Oregon Sea Grant)
I got a call from George while he was in Seward last week getting ready to deliver his latest load [...]
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/360568_deadlyfishing25.html
I read an extremely interesting AP article tonight on seattlepi.com regarding the latest statistics on the dangers and fatalities of commercial fishing; specifically, commercial fishing on the West Coast (California, Oregon, and Washington) and Alaska. The full article can be accessed by clicking on the above link.
In a nutshell, the new report from the federal government states that West Coast fishing [...]
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A couple of months ago, I glanced at our television and spotted a commercial I knew I would have to write about here at Highliners and Homecomings. I hoped I would see the commercial again, but I have not, so I have to go now from memory.
The commercial was for a somewhat-local casino. It [...]
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Here are some pictures from last year’s Alaska halibut and blackcod longline season on the F/V Vis (courtesy of Brett and Danielle.)
Once again—as was the case during the Dungeness crab season—if it wasn’t for Brett and his readiness with a camera, how would we ever know how much fun they’re always having?
And check [...]
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