Jan 31, 2024
Last week, two crew members were medevaced off a cargo ship by the USCG, as it transited the Columbia River. The incident offers a good opportunity to talk about the way crew changes happen on ships, and what happens to a crew member who is left behind in the hospital when his or her ship leaves to head to its next port?
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Jan 31, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Last week, two crew members were medevaced off a cargo ship by the USCG, as it transited the Columbia River. The incident offers a good opportunity to talk about the way crew changes happen on ships, and what happens to a crew member who is left behind in the hospital when his or her ship leaves to head to its next port?
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Jan 30, 2024
As our Dungeness crab fleets up and down the coast head out to sea, our Ilwaco crabbers are especially on our minds. They worked so hard to get to the point where they could make this season opener happen, after a devastating facility fire destroyed equipment last week.
Their reward is more hard work, in the year’s worst weather. Today we’ll take a look at what it could be like out there on the ocean for fishermen this week in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a story of difficult, dirty dangerous conditions, and the opportunity to do it all again between catches.
All the more reason to send a prayer or a good thought to fishermen, the next time you sit down to a seafood dinner.
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Jan 30, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
As our Dungeness crab fleets up and down the coast head out to sea, our Ilwaco crabbers are especially on our minds. They worked so hard to get to the point where they could make this season opener happen, after a devastating facility fire destroyed equipment last week.
Their reward is more hard work, in the year’s worst weather. Today we’ll take a look at what it could be like out there on the ocean for fishermen this week in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a story of difficult, dirty dangerous conditions, and the opportunity to do it all again between catches.
All the more reason to send a prayer or a good thought to fishermen, the next time you sit down to a seafood dinner.
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Jan 29, 2024
Ilwaco, Washington’s Dungeness crab fleet headed out to sea in the wee hours this morning, to start dropping baited crab pots ahead of the Thursday season opener here. Today is “dump day” – the day crabbers can legally start dropping pots, so they can harvest them on Thursday, they hope, full of crab.
The fleet’s comeback was nothing less than astounding, after an incredible fundraising and gear-gathering effort on the part of people and businesses all along the coast.
Neighbors joined forces to step in and save the fleet from the aftermath of a horrific fire last week that destroyed critical gear and a fishing facility on Ilwaco’s waterfront.
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Jan 29, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Ilwaco, Washington’s Dungeness crab fleet headed out to sea in the wee hours this morning, to start dropping baited crab pots ahead of the Thursday season opener here. Today is “dump day” – the day crabbers can legally start dropping pots, so they can harvest them on Thursday, they hope, full of crab.
The fleet’s comeback was nothing less than astounding, after an incredible fundraising and gear-gathering effort on the part of people and businesses all along the coast.
Neighbors joined forces to step in and save the fleet from the aftermath of a horrific fire last week that destroyed critical gear and a fishing facility on Ilwaco’s waterfront.
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Jan 25, 2024
After a stunningly successful week of fundraising and gear-gathering, community efforts to help Ilwaco, Washington’s Dungeness crab fleet regroup, after a devastating fire, seem to be well on their way.
What remains now is to get that gear rigged and baited in time for a Monday “presoak” deadline. That’s the day when the first crab pots can be put in the water, to allow fishermen to pull pots full of crab on Thursday, the official opening day of the season.
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Jan 25, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
After a stunningly successful week of fundraising and gear-gathering, community efforts to help Ilwaco, Washington’s Dungeness crab fleet regroup, after a devastating fire, seem to be well on their way.
What remains now is to get that gear rigged and baited in time for a Monday “presoak” deadline. That’s the day when the first crab pots can be put in the water, to allow fishermen to pull pots full of crab on Thursday, the official opening day of the season.
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On Monday, a devastating fire destroyed a commercial fishing facility in Ilwaco, Washington, along with thousands of Dungeness crabpots belonging to Ilwaco’s fishing fleet. With just a week till the opening of the crabbing season, things looked bleak.
But a far-reaching and effective community response from other PNW fishermen, and the public, to gather gear and raise funds, may allow fishermen and their families to continue their work and retain their livelihoods. A great example this week of neighbors coming together in a crisis.
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Jan 25, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
On Monday, a devastating fire destroyed a commercial fishing facility in Ilwaco, Washington, along with thousands of Dungeness crabpots belonging to Ilwaco’s fishing fleet. With just a week till the opening of the crabbing season, things looked bleak.
But a far-reaching and effective community response from other PNW fishermen, and the public, to gather gear and raise funds, may allow fishermen and their families to continue their work and retain their livelihoods. A great example this week of neighbors coming together in a crisis.
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Jan 24, 2024
On Monday, a devastating fire destroyed the historic Ilwaco Landing Cannery building on the waterfront in the fishing community of Ilwaco, Washington. The building and dock were gutted, and thousands of Dungeness crab pots destroyed.
It was a crushing blow to the local fishing community, slated to open the local crab season on February 1.
Today we’ll talk about some of the details of the fire, and efforts to help families who are reeling in the aftermath of the fire. PNW commercial fishing orgs up and down the coast are gathering gear to help fishermen replace what was lost.
Current fundraisers to help fishing families:
- The Ilwaco Tuna Club: https://gofund.me/be6c5dc7
- The FV Brandy– the Walters family https://gofund.me/e4fb0a2b
- The Chowder Stop in Long Beach Wash.is donating fund from sales: $2 from every cup of clam chowder sold starting Wednesday 1-24-2024 till the end of January will be donated to help with the disastrous fire that devastated our neighboring Ilwaco fishing community.
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Jan 24, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
On Monday, a devastating fire destroyed the historic Ilwaco Landing Cannery building on the waterfront in the fishing community of Ilwaco, Washington. The building and dock were gutted, and thousands of Dungeness crab pots destroyed.
It was a crushing blow to the local fishing community, slated to open the local crab season on February 1.
Today we’ll talk about some of the details of the fire, and efforts to help families who are reeling in the aftermath of the fire. PNW commercial fishing orgs up and down the coast are gathering gear to help fishermen replace what was lost.
Current fundraisers to help fishing families:
- The Ilwaco Tuna Club: https://gofund.me/be6c5dc7
- The FV Brandy– the Walters family https://gofund.me/e4fb0a2b
- The Chowder Stop in Long Beach Wash.is donating fund from sales: $2 from every cup of clam chowder sold starting Wednesday 1-24-2024 till the end of January will be donated to help with the disastrous fire that devastated our neighboring Ilwaco fishing community.
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