Sustainable seafood

Wild, line-caught coho salmon; nothing artificial. These are the kind to choose at your favorite seafood restaurant or supermarket.

I couldn't get the video of the offload to upload, so here is a collection of stills. Good thing we're resting today (don't leave port on Friday). Muscles are a bit sore.

Suiting up:



Shawn faces the drippy ladder with his camera:


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Holding a fish for the camera:





Guiding the bin up so it doesn't bang around.











The fish get sorted in the cold storage plant:




View of the boat from above:


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Back from the far side of the Moon

Fishing east of Dall Island was wonderful. Not very many boats go to that part of Southeast Alaska. Tlevak Narrows can be tricky, but with proper tde consideration, it's very do-able. We had wonderful weather and anchorage at Dunbar Inlet all to ourselves.











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On the grid

The tides in Southeast Alaska vary enough for boats to pull up to what's called a tidal grid. When the tide recedes, work can be done on the underside of a boat, such as bottom paint, replacing zincs, etc. The trick is getting the work done before the tide comes back in!

So today we showed up at 5:00 am to help some friends work on the bottom of their 80 foot wood boat, the Cape Mark. The experience made me grateful for the smallness of our own boat. It can be tricky to work on a grid!





-Cape Mark on the grid, as the tide recedes.






A lot of barnacles had to be scraped off.








Shawn is power-washing the bottom.








Ray Jay is using a blow torch to dry the bottom so it can be painted.







Tonie getting some paint, and almost in over her head.







Painting while trying to keep my balance on the slippery grid was not easy.















I feel so small!


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Location:Craig

Hydaburg

We spent the afternoon in one of my favorite places: Hydaburg. We went to the carving shed and we were lucky to Dave there. They showed us their work. These poles will be raised at the end of this month. I also really like the music they had playing in the background as they were working. We also saw a bear on our way home. What a good day for us!



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King Season closure

The commercial king season closure has been announced for midnight tonight. After this point, we can focus our gear on cohos.
Today was a good day to offload here in Craig.

For rookies, we're happy. Our fuel costs are less than 10% (actually 7%) of our gross.

And we had a good time doing it.

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Offload in Craig

First paychecks for fish:




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July 6 salmon catch

7 silvers; one king. Sea lion issues. It was like a Monterey Bay salmon day. Fun, if not overly profitable!




Bonus halibut dinner!


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