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The nets themselves are in fact not coloured. The vibrant colours come from so-called “vispluis” (Dutch word). Vispluis, only used in Holland and Belgium, (translation: +/- fishing fluff) is the name used for the orange, green or blue plastic threads that are placed in bunches under bottom fishing nets. The bunches of plastic threads act as a buffer between the bottom and the net, protecting the net from wear.
Photo taken in Ostend, Belgium.
While we were in Maui last month for our son's wedding, all us guys went on a fishing trip, and, though we trolled for big game fish (see 1st comment below), the only fish we caught were when we stopped to bottom fish, and this is the sort of thing we dredged up from the bottom. After we had been under way for awhile, the sea got so rough, it was all we could do to remain standing, but we kept on fishing, in hopes of catching something bigger. My grandson caught one a little bigger, but this was mainly the sort of fish we came up with (I have no idea what it is).
Always looking for a different portrait of the fisherman and his catch this face to face composition is quite funny. I used a SB800 to light the subject(s)
This is one of the few valuable fish we caught during our trip to Costa Rica this spring. Is a beautiful Grouper, and an excellent game fish. I took this photo with the D90 and the Tokina 11-16 f2.8, using an SB800 through a Lumiquest Softbox III as off camera light. Even though the original image has a beautiful blue sky, I prefer the B&W conversion because the animal doesn't have an interesting color at all.
SB800 off camera right through a Lumiquest Softbox III
Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Named after George Washington, the first President of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as a settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889.
Washington is the 18th most extensive and the 13th most populous of the 50 United States. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along the Puget Sound region of the Salish Sea, an inlet of the Pacific consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west, mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast and far southeast, and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. After California, Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States.
Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa and white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state is the biggest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue and the commercial fishing catch of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy.
Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding and other transportation equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has over 1,000 dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage.
Although its official name is "The State of Washington," the state is often referred to as "Washington state" to distinguish it from Washington, D.C. Another nickname is "the Evergreen State." Its largest city is Seattle, situated in the west, followed by Spokane, located in the east, and its capital is Olympia.
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Sampling in winter through the ice provided us with this rare catch.
Nikon D200
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
Set at 12mm
100 ASA
Deep sea fishing aboard a tournament rigged charter boat in Miami, Fl. Experience sea fishing in Miami or off Miami Beach aboard JUMANJI. www.fishjumanji.com
World famous sport fishing and wildlife adventures in British Columbia's remote Haida Gwaii islands.
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Photo courtesy of Langara guide Yos Gladstone.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads)
Family: Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads)
Genus/species: Sebastes maliger
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Generally the first part of the body is orangist and the rear is darker. The Quillback Rockfish is brown, with yellow to orange ventral mottling and often have freckles on their head. The dorsal fin spines have deeply incised membranes and are very long. All fins are dark brown to black except for the first dorsal fin, which has a yellow streak.
Length up to 61 cm (24 in)
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Gulf of Alaska to Anacapa Passage in southern California. Bottom dwellers perching on rocks or hiding in rock crevices in subtidal waters to depths of 274 m (900 ft).
DIET IN THE WILD: Herring, demersal, pelagic crustaceans, crabs, amphipods, euphasiids, and copepods.
REPRODUCTION: Viviparous as in other Sebastes sp.
LONGEVITY: Live to 95 years.
PREDATORS: Larger fish such as sharks.
CONSERVATION: IUCN Not Evaluated
REMARKS: Most are taken by hook and line and are sold at premium prices. Off British Columbia they are kept alive and sent to the Asian markets of Vancouver.
References
Ron’s Wordpress Shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-Eu
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 142-143
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium California Rocky Coast 2017
Probably More Than You Want To Know About The Fishes Of The Pacific Coast, Milton Love 1996 Really Big Press ppg. 170-171
fishbase www.fishbase.org/summary/Sebastes-maliger.html
eol Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/211614/details
Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/bottomfish/identification/rockfish/s_...
Ron’s flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/sets/72157608359804936/...
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World famous sport fishing and wildlife adventures in British Columbia's remote Haida Gwaii ~ Queen Charlotte Islands.
Visit www.langara.com for more information, or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/langarafishing
Photo courtesy of Langara guide Dave Car.
Deep sea fishing aboard a tournament rigged charter boat in Miami, Fl. Experience sea fishing in Miami or off Miami Beach aboard JUMANJI. www.fishjumanji.com
This huge black drum may have been a new Mississippi state record (over 70-pounds), but we opted to release the big fish to fight another day. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first U.S. president, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state, which is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington state to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.
Washington is the 18th largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 km2), and the 13th most populous state, with more than 7.6 million people. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast; and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation, at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S.
Washington is a leading lumber producer; its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. Washington is the nation's largest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue, and the commercial fishing of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy. Washington ranks second only to California in wine production.
Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding, and other transportation equipment, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has more than a thousand dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage.
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Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first U.S. president, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state, which is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington state to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.
Washington is the 18th largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 km2), and the 13th most populous state, with more than 7.6 million people. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west; mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast, and far southeast; and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the state's highest elevation, at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S.
Washington is a leading lumber producer; its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. Washington is the nation's largest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue, and the commercial fishing of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy. Washington ranks second only to California in wine production.
Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding, and other transportation equipment, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has more than a thousand dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage.
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