Here is a photo of the weir, where this huge shark got tangled a few days after having been set free by the fisherman who owns it. . . .
My littles are playing at low tide on the sand flats . . .
The weir is fished at low tide . . .but here today there are no fish in the weir . . ..it is happening more and more often . . .NO HERRING . . .
HOW a WEIR WORKS:
Schools of fish,usually herring, swim down the coast and into this cove then along the net set in from shore into a round net with only one opening.
Once in the net the fish swim in figure eight , and usually don't find the opening again.
Such is what sadly happened to the shark in the last post until it was shown the way out by the fishermen . . . .only to swim back into the weir 4 days later . . . ..
These weirs are a way of life here for the fishermen . . . .but . . . sadly I fear then end is drawing close. . . as I can hear large trawlers (costing $1,000,00 each) trawling down the coastline, usually around midnight . . . .
They take everything from the ocean into their huge ships leaving nothing for the local fishermen using the weirs for generations . .
The herring are now few and far between . . . .since the spawning grounds are at the head of the Bay of Fundy and the trawlers go there and catch all the herring . . .not much left to swim down the coast and into a little weir here in the cove . . .
a sad result of our Canadian Government not taking care of the little guy . . but letting GREED RULE . . .same old story ..
It used to be just the cod fish -now its ALL fish . . ..
oh,last week they caught a TUNA in the weir . .. . the sale of which could feed lots of people around here all year . . .but . ..
you have to have a licence (costs mega $$)- to catch tuna , so he got put back into the sea . . .I suppose only to be caught by the large trawler in a few days . ..
Well they do catch Squid here by the millions . . .but no one here seems to know how to cook them . . . . so they are put back into the ocean . ..
Having a french mother in law ,I learn't long ago how to cook and serve these petit colamar . . .
so cooking lessons are in session up at the cabin . . .
Perhaps the weir will still be there when I return home next summer?
One can only hope at this point . . . .
My littles are playing at low tide on the sand flats . . .
The weir is fished at low tide . . .but here today there are no fish in the weir . . ..it is happening more and more often . . .NO HERRING . . .
HOW a WEIR WORKS:
Schools of fish,usually herring, swim down the coast and into this cove then along the net set in from shore into a round net with only one opening.
Once in the net the fish swim in figure eight , and usually don't find the opening again.
Such is what sadly happened to the shark in the last post until it was shown the way out by the fishermen . . . .only to swim back into the weir 4 days later . . . ..
These weirs are a way of life here for the fishermen . . . .but . . . sadly I fear then end is drawing close. . . as I can hear large trawlers (costing $1,000,00 each) trawling down the coastline, usually around midnight . . . .
They take everything from the ocean into their huge ships leaving nothing for the local fishermen using the weirs for generations . .
The herring are now few and far between . . . .since the spawning grounds are at the head of the Bay of Fundy and the trawlers go there and catch all the herring . . .not much left to swim down the coast and into a little weir here in the cove . . .
a sad result of our Canadian Government not taking care of the little guy . . but letting GREED RULE . . .same old story ..
It used to be just the cod fish -now its ALL fish . . ..
oh,last week they caught a TUNA in the weir . .. . the sale of which could feed lots of people around here all year . . .but . ..
you have to have a licence (costs mega $$)- to catch tuna , so he got put back into the sea . . .I suppose only to be caught by the large trawler in a few days . ..
Well they do catch Squid here by the millions . . .but no one here seems to know how to cook them . . . . so they are put back into the ocean . ..
Having a french mother in law ,I learn't long ago how to cook and serve these petit colamar . . .
so cooking lessons are in session up at the cabin . . .
Perhaps the weir will still be there when I return home next summer?
One can only hope at this point . . . .
What those trawlers and huge factory ships do is truly a crime. I'm saddened by your story.
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