1977 ❖ LOW IN THE WATER at STUART ISLAND ❖

Bulging nets and happy fishermen
were rare with days of court actions and
keen competition. This week the nets were full
aboard the seiners off the San Juan Islands, WA.
One fisherman called it the biggest haul
in ten years, as the huge seines caught full loads
of sockeye, chum, and humpback salmon.
Three to four hundred fish a "set" were
not uncommon. This seiner near Stuart Island
quit early to head for a processor.
Photo by Josef Scaylea
from the archives of the
Saltwater People Historial Society.
Dated on this day of 27 August 1977.
Click photo to enlarge.