I commercial fished for two years on a gill-netter out of chatham. The difference from one boat to the next was pretty incredible. We went out in some pretty nasty weather including 35 knot winds in January one year. I will say that what we went out in was nothing compared to what they do in alaska but with the quota that they have in place, some of the risks that they were taking were stupid. I couldn't believe the one boat when he said he was trying to save money and the hydrolics were going out. The second that thing got to port, I'd walk.
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