About Family Pride
Family Pride is a Seiner. Seiners, with the help of a skiff, encircle salmon with a large net supported by hundreds of floats at the surface.
The huge net is unfurled from the stern and played out in a large circle with the help of the skiff.
When the fish are completely surrounded by the net, it is then drawn together or "pursed" at the bottom, and a power winch on the boat hauls the net in.
The fish remain in the "bag" in the water until they are ready to be brought on board and processed.
Click the skiff below to get a glimpse of a day in the life of a real Alaskan fishing boat at work.
