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Unwanted Salmon Are Needlessly Killed

August 24, 2013bad practices, dead fish, fisheries, lighthouse, litehouse, nets, salmon, seiners, wasted fishAdult Memories, Anti-Automation, Automation, Environment, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Government, Lighthouses, Recreation, Reprint, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

As a lighthouse keeper I was interested in fishing, and sometimes paused to watch the seine fishermen catch fish. I retired twelve (12) years ago, and even at that time the practices in the following video were allowed by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). Well, maybe not allowed, but never monitored. I […]

Oops! What Happened to the Water?

August 5, 2012fisheries, herring, herring spawn, kelp, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes Island, reporting, roe, spawnAdult Memories, British Columbia, Coast Guard, Communication, Environment, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Lighthouses, On The Job, Radio, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

A few days ago I posted an article on the lightkeepers being the eyes and ears of the BC coast. While writing it an incident was brought to my mind of my early days in 1977 on McInnes Island. We arrived on McInnes in August 1977 so this had to have happened in Spring 1978. Every […]