Hoonah Seine Boats at the City Dock in Hoonah

It must have been a hard week of fishing as no one can be seen on any of the boats or the fl oats in this image.  If it had been pre-season the scene would have been a hive of activity, as it was an unwritten duty for crewmen to scrape, sand, and paint the boat and to re-hang the seine net.  This meant you were hired.  When in port the fish hold and decks were thoroughly scrubbed and disinfected.  The cooks also took pride in having a clean orderly galley.  The engineers kept the main engine polished, oiled, and shafts greased.  The same held for the skiff man.  Many of the non-Hoonah boats comingled with the local boats and maintained a mutual respect while in port, but out on the fishing grounds, competition was fierce.  In this image no limited entry permit numbers can be seen on any of the seine boats nor the smaller pleasure cruisers and skiffs, which were used for hand trolling for salmon.  Limited entry came about when the Alaska Legislature passed the Limited Entry Act in 1973.  That act forever changed the fortunes of the Huna seine fleet.

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