Straining Water
And Zamboni worries that ever-tightening restrictions on domestic fishermen will increase demand for fish from foreign markets, where fish are being harvested less sustainably and often from more polluted waters, he argues.
In the distance Logan and Zamboni notice two trucks turn off their lights. That could mean they’ve spotted fish. We pile into the trucks and drive up to check on the situation, but the fish seem to be spread out tonight. The fishermen are just “straining water,” Logan says. It’s not worth his while to catch 100 pounds of smelt because it’ll cost him more to haul them to Eureka in fuel than they’re worth.
Logan and Zamboni decide to call it a night. “We were supposed to fill a truck [with smelt] for you to take a picture of,” Zamboni laments as we drive up the beach back to the gate. “Now everyone is going to think they’re extinct.”
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