Fisherman Catching Tons of Herring in SF Bay

Each winter, the herring come to mate and scatter there eggs which stick to seaweeds, rocks, and other surfaces. The herring are closely followed by hungry birds, sea lions and fisherman. The area in this film was so rich with spawning fish that the fishermen strung 5 sets of gill nets very close to each other. All the nets had abundant catches!

As the fish got caught in the nets, the seagulls, pelicans, and sea lions would steal the fish from the nets. This doesn't seem to bother the fisherman, however, perhaps because the harvest was so plentiful!

Seagulls are very buoyant and can't dive very well like ducks. They only have access to the fish caught at the very top of the Nets. They put on quite a show trying to dive down into the water trying to remove the trapped fish. The pelicans are better equipped. Their long beaks provide much better access to the fish. The sea lions and seals have the best advantage of all. They can dive as deep as they need to for access to this rich source of food.

[erniekoepf]

I have fished in SF Bay for 37 years now, such a sustainable fishery, pleasure to participate. These spawns occur each year from Coyote Point to Pinole Point and all places on between. My best year was 2013-185 tons! I am Ernie Koepf, Ursula B (the little red boat)

[rahmatsyahnusfi]

Terimakasih krn saya mudah belajar membangun industri perikanan yg lebih baik

[carlos]

I really enjoyed your video, thank you very much.

[chersutube]

so happy to live in point richmond. This is just one of a thousand reasons

[duzybiceps]

What is it called a herring extractor?

[perfectshino]

ola buenas  buen el video y que pescado es ??  saludos desde peru

[darthvader]

Has somebody tried to create an enhanced artificial herring structure that protects both the herring fish and the herring eggs so that 99.99&=% of most of them will survive? And has someone suggested to use liquid ozone to treat the water periodically to neutralize any toxins? And has someone suggested to place porous clay pots at the bottom containing a mixture rock dust powders-mixtures and iron oxide dust powders and diatomaceous earth dust powders in equal proportions by volume, and then will slowly dissolve into the water in order to enhance the mineral richness for the phytoplankton needed for the herring fishes to expand their numbers?

[rockstone]

I love herring but it does not seem anyone has any clue on the state of the herring populations as a whole. If the herring population is desimated like cod orange ruffy and others it will affect sealions and a number of birds. I hope aginst human nature the herring stocks are well managed. Right now the stocks have gone down since 2013.