Commercial Prawn Fishing 2002

The boat.

These Shots were taken during the 2002 Prawn season aboard the fishing vessel Pacific Faith.

Captain Ken.

Captain Ken is the owner/operator of the whole operation.

Setting out the traps.

The 300 prawn traps that we are allowed to fish with are set out on six different longline strings. 

50 traps are snapped on to each longline.

Hauling up the gear. 

Ken hauls up the gear with the puller.  The contents of the traps are emptied into a plastic bin then sorted and washed.

Sorting the prawns.

Prawns are sorted into sizes of medium, large, extra large, jumbo and super jumbo.  The product is weighed off into 1 kg  boxes, then each prawn is positioned perfectly in it's box. 

The hatch.

Prawns are frozen on plates in the hold.  The hatch keeps the prawns at a chillin -40C.

The hatch of the "Pacific Faith" will hold 10,000lbs of prawns.  The prawns are taken to shore to be shipped to Japan.  Our product is ready for the supermarket shelves. 

Things we do for fun.

Dungeness Crab.

Sabrina and I had a jigging contest, Sabrina won with a ling cod that was just a touch bigger then mine.

Sometimes we catch octopus in our traps.  

Red Snapper

After a week prawn fishing, hotsprings hit the spot.