Commercial Catch

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Commercial Catch Gear Types

• 1. Groundfish - Otter Trawl, Longline, Pots,
• Jigging Machines
• 2. Halibut, Blackcod - Longline (Trawl)
• 3. Crab - Pots
• 4. Shrimp - Beam Trawl, Otter Trawl, Pots
• 5. Scallops - Trawled Scallop Dredge
• 6. Salmon - Purse Seine, Gillnet, Troll

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Pots

• 1. Used in Fishing for Groundfish, Crab, Shrimp
• Octopus
• 2. Pot is a Live Trap. Surfaces Sloped to Entry -
  
• Exit Harder to Find.
• 3. Generally a Durable Frame Covered with Mesh
• 4. State Regulation, Mesh must be Biodegradable
• to Prevent Ghost Fishing by Lost Pots
• 5. Generally Baited but Not Always

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Crab Pot Anatomy

• King Tanner 6 x 6 - Most Common Size
• a. About 3 ft deep, Weight about 700 lbs
• b. Door is Bottom of Pot When Stood on End
• c. Door Hinges are Twine
• d. Latches Metal Hooks on Elastic Bands
• e. Frame Welded Rebar
• f. Crab Entrance Rectangular Rebar Suspended
• in Place w/ Twine -Internal to 3x6 Side
  Planes

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Pot Attachments

• 1. On End, Door Down, Bridle Attached to Top
• a. Bridle is Line Buoys Line Tied to It
• b. Cherry Picker Lifts Pot by Bridle
• 2. Mesh Tied Taught - Internal to Rebar Frame
• 3. Bait
• a. Hanging Bait - Cod etc Clipped onto Mesh
• b. Ground Frozen Herring in Perforated
• Plastic Container - Clipped to Mesh

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Crab Pot

• 1. Two Buoys, Bladder Buoy - Visibility
• Hard Plastic Buoy - Sea Lions Pop Bladders
• 2. Floating Line in Units (Shots) - Tied Together
  
• Depending on Depth with Carrick Bend
• 3. Tidal Currents Heavy - Can Pull Buoys Under
• Use Additional Shots of Line
• 4. Pots Vulnerable to Ice - Cuts Line Gear Lost

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Routine for Setting Pots

• 1. Cherry Picker Loads Pot into Launcher
• 2. Open Door Remove Buoys Line
• 3. Snap in Hanging Boxed Bait - Tie on Line
• Additional Shots if Required.
• 4. Close Door - Flip Pot Over with Launcher
• 5. Toss Buoys, Toss Line
• 6. Load Next Pot in Launcher
• 7. Repeat until All Pots Set (gt200)

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Routine for Pulling Pots

• 1. Spot Buoys Throw Hook Over Line
• 2. Pull Line in Lay in Power Block
• Power Block - High Speed Hydraulic Winch
• 3. Line Shoots from Power Block into Coiler
• Before Coiler, Deck Hand Coiled - Slow
• 4. When Bridle in, Hook Up Cherry Picker
• 5. Lift Pot to Launcher, Open Door, Spill
• Crabs onto Sorting Table - Sort Crab
• 6. Rebait Pot - Relaunch

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Crab Fishing

• 1. Crab Sorted Size Sex, Keepers in Live Tank
• 2. Return Good Fishing Pots to Same Area, If Bad
• Fishing, Move Pots to New Location
• 3. Prospecting - Test Fishing Before Season
  Starts
• 4. Team Operations - Boats Working Together
• 5. Pick Pots in Less than 24 hours.
• 6. Fishing Continues Until Live Tank is Full
• 7. Head to Processor to Deliver - Crew Sleeps
• Except for Wheel Watch (Skipper Sleeps)

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6 x 6 Crab Pots
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Crab Boat
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Transporting Pots
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Plugged Pot
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Deck Stack Pots
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Stackable Japanese Dungeness Pots
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Old Style King Crab Pot
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Shrimp Otter Trawl
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Shrimp Pot
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Jigging

• Jigging Rapid Up Down Movement of Bait
• To Attract Target Species.
• Jigging Machine Senses Fish Pull on Bait and
• Reels the Fish In Automatically
• Jigging Machines
• a. Electric (Finfish Squid)
• b. Hydraulic (Finfish)

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Jigging Basics

• 1. Find Fish by Location or Sonar
• 2. Drop Line - Sinker Carries it Down
• 3. Set Jig Action - Jigging Frequency
• 4. Catch 500 - 1,000 lbs per Machine per Day
• 5. May or May Not Have RSW

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Jigging

• 1. Allowed for State Water Cod Before Pot Fishing
• 2. Generally Smaller Boats, Close In Shore
• 3. Labor Intensive, High Fish Quality
• 4. Start - Up Costs Not Heavy
• 5. Bait Usually Artificial - But Live Bait OK
• 6. Line Generally Monofilament
• 7. Bycatch Low Depending on Location

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Squid Jigging

• 1. Sudden Upward Pull to Snag Squid
• 2. If Squid On, Continues to Reel in - Multiple
• Squid Caught on One Line - Multiple Hooks
• 3. Squid Jigging Most Active in Annual
• Spawning Aggregations.

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Cod Jig Machines
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Jig Boat
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Squid Jigging Machine
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Salmon Techniques Gear

• 1. Purse Seine
• 2. Beach Seine
• 3. Drift Gillnet
• 4. Set Gillnet
• 5. Power Troll
• 6. Hand Troll
• 7. Recreational

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Limited Entry Permit

• 1. Required for Commercial Salmon Fishing
• 2. Permits Sold on Open Market
• 3. Permits Restricted by Location Gear Type
• 4. Authority through Statute Limited Entry
• Commission.

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Purse Seine

• 1. Purse Seine Used in Numerous Fisheries
• Tuna, Mullet, Salmon, Herring
• 2. Seine Consists of
• Cork Line with Floats
• Lead Line - Weighted
• Purse Region with Rings
• Purse Line
• Net Mesh

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Setting the Seine

• 1. Seine on Deck, Corks Separate from Leadline
• 2. Seine Skiff Tows Net Outwards from Seiner
• 3. Idea is to Shape Net into a J with the Hook
• Facing the Current - Often End of J near
  Shore
• 4. Seine Skiff Holds Set In J until Set Complete
• 5. Skiff Man may Plunge - Agitate Water Near
• Gap of J to Keep Fish In.
• Gradually Skiff Seiner Move Together

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Retrieving the Seine - Catching Fish

• 1. Skiff Man Passes Seine Line to Seiner Crew
• 2. Seiner Retrieves Seine with Power Block
• Stack Seine on Deck - Corks Leads Separate
• 3. Gradually Purse Line is Pulled Taught - Purse
• Region only Part of Seine
• 4. Seine Hauled in - Fish Concentrated in Purse
• 5. Big Catch - Brail Fish From Seine Smaller
• Catch, Bring Bag on Deck.
• 6. Fish into Hold with RSW

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