Crabs 2008: Big Boats & Lots of Traps

2008 will be remembered as one of the worst Dungeness crab seasons ever. One of the biggest problems was the number of very large boats and way too many crab traps. Once again, the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association - an organization who's members operate small, family-owned fishing vessels - are urging that the California governor and legislature take steps to limit the number of crab traps that can be dropped to protect the famous and beloved crab resource and season. This video documents the problem and calls for a solution.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Dungeness crab
• commercial fishing
• resource management

[florida6894]

the F/V Shellfish is the blue boat from Deadliest Catch



[44bigevil]

wants all countryies to fish our waters

[44bigevil]

fuck obamma he is da fisheries bigest asswipe

[44bigevil]

only way is kill the goverment then tell all fishermen only 30 traps if you got more we sink u bitches

[nauoicelotl]

All inshore fisheries, in every state should have vessel tonnage limits, net size limits, pots per vessel limits etc.

This would keep large corporations from monopolizing the fisheries and destroying the resource.

[nauoicelotl]

Some of those Large boats are also fishing king crab in Alaska.

[strikenetter]

When the boat next to you expands, to match you must expand as well. Plain and simple, especially on a quota fishery, otherwise, you may miss yours! The solution is simple so why doesn't the gov. step up ? A limit on traps would help greatly, thus reducing vessel sizes. Where's a helpful law when fisherman need one. It seems only harmful laws come into effect.

[Hardcorediver44]

American Greed plain and simple,The "I'm gonna get mine" and to hell with everyone else way of thinking. It needs to be regulated. Just wait till there are no more crab,The ocean is getting acidic and most shell fish spawn dissolve in the currents of the ocean due to pollution.Read up on it. The ocean can not sustain what we are doing to it.....

[mandykal]

people should fish where they live.....

How would anyone like it if I come to your home town and take advantage of your resource....

[allen3200]

They are changing how to make a living as commercial fishermen to the point we make changes in what we fish for I know I had to fish new ways like shrimping because of the changes in laws.But we can grow to big for any fisheries we need to try to stay a family business not big corportations