The Fisher Queen by Sylvia Taylor

Author:Sylvia Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
ISBN: 978-1-927051-54-2
Publisher: Heritage House
Published: 2012-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

The Quick Turnaround

When it comes to split-second timing and perfect choreography, Swan Lake has nothing on The Quick Turnaround. Heaven to some, hell to others, it is the surrealistic state in which an entire fishboat is dumped, cleaned and reloaded in one day—sometimes a few hours. A precision Swiss cuckoo clock at warp speed. It is the state that fishermen dream and pray about because it is usually only necessary when the fish are running hard and your hold is full.

So much about this business is timing. Along with the vagaries of weather, tides and government interventions, there’s the endless search for fish and the worry over having enough ice and supplies that you can afford and that will last as long as you need them to. It’s not like you can zip over to the corner store if you forget or run out of something, and the results of not having enough can be disastrous. Your boat may run on oil and diesel, but you run on coffee and cigarettes: the fisherfolk’s rocket fuel.

The second that crushed ice hits your hold, the 10-day clock starts ticking—that’s how much time you have before it melts or your fish flatten or go mushy. Watery ice? Less time. Forgot to put on ice blankets? Less time. Anchored up in a hot, sheltered bay to wait out the storm? Less time. The longer you stay out, the more layers of fish you lose.

Then there’s the running around like a lunatic from one area to another, frantically trying to find fish. The minute you hear of a good score somewhere, it’s too late. By the time you get there, closer boats have fished it out or the fish have moved on elsewhere. So you burn up time and fuel and your health for nothing and you limp back to the camp after 10 days to dump your slush and the few rats awash in it. But when all the stars align and all the plates spin on all the sticks just right, you fly into the Quick Turnaround.

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