The predators are pods of killer whales chasing down the halibut and black cod caught by longline fishermen. Fishermen say the whales are becoming a common sight — and problem — in recent years, as they've gone from an occasional pest to apparently targeting the fishermen's lines.
Fishermen say they can harvest 20,000 to 30,000 pounds of halibut in a single day, only to harvest next to nothing the next when a pod of killer whales recognizes their boat. The hooks will be stripped clean, longtime Bering Sea longliner Jay Hebert said in a phone interview this week.
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5 comments:
Rev Paul,
Interesting, now it's the whale targeting the fisherman's income. Where it used to be the wjale was the target.
Sandy, the killer whale isn't hunted - it's an apex predator. But your point is not without merit: the ocean's fighting back. :)
Everyone (in this case orcas) wants something for nothing. In this case the orcas are the liberals and the fishermen the conservatives.
But when I read the title, I thought you said Orcs, and it was going to be some new computer game...
Hahaha! Now that I'm done laughing at the concept (smiles), that would have been a decidedly different concept. Heh.
Heh. I would have been surprised for sure. ;-)
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