A TOWN CALLED PODUNK: Podunk Below the Masthead (Friday, June 4, 2010)
“Given the age of most guys skippering boats today, if they haven’t learned how to run them in 30 years of experience then I don’t think a ticket is going to make a hec of a lot of difference,” said Bob Burkosky, the captain of gillnet boat BC Maid II. Burkosky was speaking of the shine of silver on most of the North Coast commercial fishing fleet, with few deckhands below the age of 40 and even fewer captains. Calli thought some fishermen might risk not getting licensed, but Burkosky didn’t think that number would be huge. In his opinion, the risk for a commercial fisherman attempting to fish during a three-day opening, getting caught by an RCMP officer and pulled off the water is too expensive to take a chance on. Getting out to fishing grounds can be costly enough with crew and fuel expenses high enough that an added cost doesn’t make sense, he added.
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