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Post by scottsgirl on Jul 13, 2014 21:52:45 GMT -5
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Post by nwfan2014 on Jul 13, 2014 22:07:51 GMT -5
thanks for the link, cool site
I have a question though, according to their calendar, Opies in the Bering starts Oct 1st, so why do they wait until Jan. to go for Opies
I mean I know they want to be home with their families during the holidays & I get that..Just seems like it would be safer for them to do it in Oct. that's all
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Post by scottsgirl on Jul 13, 2014 22:14:32 GMT -5
That's a question that I'll have to ask the old pro, my dad. LOL! He's always been able to explain the confusing fishing schedules, and tactics. My mom was born and raised in Alaska, but her family wasn't as big into fishing. My mother didn't know that there were so many types of crab in Alaska.
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Post by nwfan2014 on Jul 13, 2014 23:16:20 GMT -5
LOL gotcha..I'd be interested to hear his answer
here's another question you might could ask him, if you don't mind..there was an episode during either Season 2 or 3 (I think it was 3) The Rollo went into St. Paul Island to offload I think it was like 150,000 lbs & they had more crab in the back tank that they weren't going to offload there, they were going to go back out for another trip & then when they offloaded again they were going to offload in Dutch. This was the episode where they went into the St. Paul offload like way over quota because the guys on deck hadn't been counting properly & were fudging the numbers.
Alaska Fish & Game told Eric that they had to offload everything that was currently on the boat & as a result they got fined.
My question to him is, why was that? I mean I know northern share crab are supposed to be offloaded at one place & southern share crab offloaded elsewhere but I always wondered
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 10:01:11 GMT -5
thanks for the link, cool site I have a question though, according to their calendar, Opies in the Bering starts Oct 1st, so why do they wait until Jan. to go for Opies I mean I know they want to be home with their families during the holidays & I get that..Just seems like it would be safer for them to do it in Oct. that's all There are two reasons for waiting until January. For one,the market is better for them in January.I don't understand the reasons, but it has to do with demand in Japan as well as timing so as not to compete with opilio fisheries in Russia and Canada. The other reason is that in October,the crab are not always done with their annual molt,so often the shells are not filled with meat, It's common to find crab in October with only 30% or 40% of their normal meat. Last year a few of the boats,(Kiska Sea was on of them) went out in December and fished through Christmas They found the crab ok, and the weather decent and were all wrapped up by early March.
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Post by scottsgirl on Jul 17, 2014 16:57:44 GMT -5
King Cove answered the question. Dad also mentioned that the schedule is subject to closures or delays, as in Government shutdowns as we've witnessed. Sometimes fishermen go on strike to try to get better prices.
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