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| Hauling in the nets, notice the fish jumping! |
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| Thousands of sea gulls... |
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| Coming and going... |
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| Notice sea lions in foreground |
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| Sea gulls, sea lions |
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| Adult eagle circling his prey |
Herring fishing season is very short and lucrative. Also re: Roe fishing. Roe herring are fished for their eggs. The harvested roe is considered a delicacy in Japan, which is the main market for this product. One knows that this season is open, due to the sound of the sea lions and sea gulls. Some people say the " stink" is terrible ( probably the snowbirds wintering here on our shores!) We look at it as a wonderful sight. The fishermen look at it as their income for a few days of hard work. Pacific herring are the most abundant fish species in Canada's Pacific coastal waters and are a key component of the marine food web as prey for many other marine species including Chinook salmon, Pacific hake, lingcod, Pacific halibut and harbor seals. Pacific herring aggregate to spawn in protected coastal habitats and estuaries where the eggs provide food for shallow water marine organisms and seabirds.
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