We're officially on strike.
I don't know if they're trying to call her bluff, but hopefully everybody can stay
unified and fight back for a better price.
Fishermen. Officers failed to reach an agreement.
Fishery.
The families own boats tied to the dock.
This is really bad timing.
You know, this could have been dealt with a lot sooner, but makes you wonder about the
future and what it holds for the fisheries.
That's the worst news I could possibly get.
I'm worried about Bob.
The longer they sit, hopefully the better price they get.
We fight too long. Pretty soon you're going to lose and you're going to lose big time.
There's no guarantee in fishing.
There never has been.
And so it's the fisherman that pushes through the ups and downs that's going to win
the game at the end.
I guess, going on strike.
So.
Nobody's raised anything then?
No.
They're still set with two and a half dollars.
They're not really budging.
I don't think we're asking for too much.
Just a matching price.
Yeah, it's got to be fair.
I have another meeting tomorrow with everybody.
So we will see.
If it gets too far into it, are we going to be looking at trying to move our bait back
off?
Yeah, we got to bring it back to the cannery and freeze it.
Okay. How's the saying?
Go Smooth seas don't make good sailors.
450 miles southwest on the eastern cod grounds.
Where are we at? We're about two miles from the spot that Jake wanted us to start at.
Okay, let's.
Give it a try.
Well, you got to start somewhere. Good a place as any.
Aboard the Northwestern.
You know, it's all new to us now, but the method is still the same.
You've just got to get the fish in the boat.
Captain Sig readies to launch his first pots on the grey cod grounds, relying on
information from his former protege for a fast start.
We're going to finish with 140 pots and we've just got to get them dialed in.
I'll give him a shout here.
You got me, Jake.
Yeah. Got ya.
So Mandy got us to the.
To the spot here.
Okay, You're on the.
The northern end.
Right. You're running it east to west.
No, I haven't done that.
I mean, I can if that's what you want.
Yeah, that's where it's good.
You're going to want to go on the northern end of my stuff.
And hit those contours to the west.
This out to the west.
That's what you're saying?
Yeah, I think that should.
That should do it.
Okay. How far apart?
Not too tense. You're going to want to try to stretch them out.
Uh, yeah, that's stretching out.
That's like fishing crap.
I know it's going to pay off, though.
All right, I'll.
I'll head that way.
Get one out and see what shakes.
Okay.
All right, cool. I'll be on this one.
I'll keep you posted.
He said he checked the whole area out.
So why go farther?
He's stretching us further and further to the west.
Why don't we just flip it around and go the other way?
Lay them out to the east.
I mean, that's. Yeah.
Might as well stretch a few out that way.
I mean, I'm prospecting, too.
Em when you're ready. Over.
Okay, let's get them off.
Find some fish, and then we'll get into our own game.
I've spent all my time prospecting.
I need to know what's on the northern end of my gear.
East to west.
I already did my part.
I've been on the gib so long.
It's my turn to be on the get.
327 miles away in an undisclosed location.
Get nautical brother.
On the time Bandit.
Ain't easy today.
I forget about all this every time when I come out here.
I forget about all the bad.
I just remember a nice, calm day.
Sunny. Like your hair.
Is always there.
It doesn't matter how much we put away.
We're going to push right through that.
Clock's ticking, man. We got to, you know, pull our pots, rain or shine.
I'm the only boat fishing golden crab in the area.
And how lucky am I?
You got to keep your mouth shut.
It shouldn't even be telling you guys what's going on.
Looking to prove the viability of a potential new fishery.
Captain Jonathan is poised to learn if all his cloak and dagger yields dollars and
cents.
Yesterday was the calm before the storm.
For 30 years I've been wanting to fish here.
We don't need much, you know.
Just a short song. We're just spot checking.
If we see anything, we'll just start dumping back.
Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. We're not life.
We'll dump it back.
The biomass is here.
Really wants the tithes when said.
So does that tied switches?
They'll parachute down so deep.
I'll never see my pots again.
I'll switch. It goes up against this wind, it's going to get real evil.
These things will stack 20ft higher with whitewater breakers on them.
Gotta pay attention.
Gotta find the next one.
It should be like right out one at 11:00, right to that big, big wave up there.
Holy. Big wave, guys.
Big wave. Oh.
How's the big wave?
Ha ha ha ha. Hello, sailor.
That's a big wig. Let's hang on for dear life.
I've seen pretty big waves in my life like this.
Like this is. This weather is very dangerous.
It's a lot more clinical.
It's a lot more pucker factor.
Oh, man. Lot more stress.
I was puckering definitely puckering on that one.
We're getting through this year.
It ain't easy, but we're doing it.