Tuesday 2 October 2012

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

thousands upon thousands of college-age kids migrated to Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet in the late spring, pitched tents in parking lots, and beat the docks until they secured a site on a drift boat or seiner. In those days the salmon runs were incredibly strong, the ex-vessel price was over $3.00/lb., and work abounded. Photo by pinprick. If you couldn’t find a site, then the tender vessel or the cannery certainly had a position for you – a less lucrative one to be sure, but good work nonetheless. Crab fishing in the wintertime offered similar opportunity. A young man could get on a plane in Anchorage and have a job before he landed in Dutch Harbor. Boats made so much money they could hire an extra guy on a half-share basis just to make life a little easier for everyone. It was relatively easy for an able-bodied guy to get a site, even if he didn’t have any fishing experience.

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs

Alaskan Fishing Boat Jobs


1 comment:

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