holy cow! what a superb vessel that equipped all the facility in addition got a copter and skiff. there's a lot of difference in terms of fishings way with countrys of South East Asia whom carry out adventure in the ocean for tuna hunting. thanks for your guiding the ship
A very good tour of a large fishing factory. Thank you. During the 1970s off the Australian coast at a place called Lakes entrance in Victoria I went out to sea during my teenage years as a deckhand on a per-seiner , tuna or net fishing vessel. The Daggerad , The Massbanker. The Capt Harry Michelson. The length was 100 feet. The capacity in the fish hold was approximately 100 tons. The size of the engine in the engine room was about the same size as that of a Leyland mini car. The Australia tuna fishing industry at that time was also starting to suffer reduced catches due to not enough fish left to be caught in the Australian waters out to about the 200 nautical miles from the coast. The generation previously had told me that it was due to the large factory fishing ships that were working the worlds oceans before the fish even got a chance to swim around the globe to the Australian coastline. These large fish factory ships cost millions to produce and they very easily catch hundreds of thousands of tons of fish every year. Just as importantly it is also good to consider the sailing fishing industry when fisherman went to see in wooden built ships. The grand banks schooners come to mind...
Really nice boat! Probably standard with these boats, but the helideck on top of the wheelhouse has several advantages. Frees up space on deck, gets the bird higher above the salt, and gives a big wheelhouse and wide wings for all the electronics and spotters. Would make a nice yacht conversion.
I live in Panama. Pacific side near the canal. We have a tuna fleet here. Always a few boats around. We're a long way from Japan but I see Japanese boats from time to time. Good luck and good fishing.
I went on board one of the first two boats of that sort for two trips when they started building them, I think around 2008. I was still with the PNG's NFA Fisheries Observer Programme. Really nice PS vessels and they're well taken care of.
i was captivated...what an adventure...looks like really hard work and very complicated equipment...makes you wonder what computer they used to build the titanic...
Awesome look into a world we never think about. A bit of a kindred spirit though, as an American who flies around the world for an Asian airline, I can relate to a lot of what your world is like, the expat pilot working within another culture
If only I was younger I'd love to work on a boat like that. Where were you while recording your video? How far can the ship range? And how are the fish off loaded?
My mouth fell open while you were in the engine room. It's huge! And so clean!!! Just curious, what does a company pay for a ship like this? I'm in the wrong business. I need to go to sea. Where do I sign? :) I'm a car and truck mechanic by trade but I can learn! lol
Ok so I didn't watch all 30 minutes...but only cuz I couldn't without losing my shit! Your living conditions and just boat in general are WAYYYY nicer than anything going on with these Taiwanese or Korean ships. Sure, we fly more, but hell, I could live on that boat full time. Do you even have cockroaches or bed bugs? Was this a separate job you applied for? Like was there an option somewhere in the hiring process that said "would you like a Japanese boat?" cuz I definitely missed that! Are we even working for the same company right now?!
Thanks! I wish I had a better mic when I recorded the studio but it got the job done. We usually stay out 4-6 weeks at a time before we head back to Japan to offload the fish
So we actually do all our navigation with GPS out here. There's a beacon on the ship that provides my GPS unit with a updated location of where it is. If that fails, we also carry our own gps beacon on the heli so that the ship can track us and they can also see us on radar while we fly. So if we need to, they can guide us back to the boat. We also generally don't go very far from the boat, usually about 30-35 miles is the max I'll go because the ship would take 2+ hours to get to us if we found fish. Also on a good day, I've been able to see my boat from 27 miles out, so it's fairly easy to keep an eye on where the boat is if the lighting and weather cooperates. But other times I won't see the boat until I'm closer to 5-10 miles from it.
@The Wandering Pilot for your job on the boat I have a couple questions. How often do they ask you to fly...daily, weekly? Also do you have a job when you're not flying or are you basically on standby when not flying?
I'm pretty sure those radial things are refrigirant compressors. The 3 'blocks' at the lower level are the main engines (2 small ones are generators and the big one is main propulsion). The green barrels which he says the crew said were compressors are actually condensors for the refrigirant. Must be a mixup because of the language barrier I think.
that moment when you realise a commercial fishing boat is somewhat of an impromptu ASW ship. Main ship provides distance & bearing to general location of target (in normal cases, schools of fish, in wartime, submarines), and the skiff provides depth level and more accurate speed & bearing.
I'm honestly not too sure, sounds like you know a lot more about this stuff than me already 😂 if I had to guess, a lot of them could be for the refrigeration and freezers. But that's kinda a stab in the dark.
I'm about to start studying marinetime/Sailor deckman and im also going to takeJapanese lessons in the school (mandatory). Getting a good. Is it worth to try to go there for a year or more after i'm done?
@@sinfulldoubt holy cow would have loved that! I'm switching to fixed wing (for family) but definitely want to do that eventually even if it is for only a year. Do you have a website or company recommendation?
My cousin is on a boat I don’t think I can say what 1. But as he says. It’s my engine room. STAY OUT. I would eat off the floor. It’s amazing how clean it is. Every 3 months he does what he calls a clean down. I’d bet he’s better then White House cleaning staff
@@timothywestman283 yes they did at the time. I think they're moving all operations to the Philippines right now though. I'm not too sure though, got a lot of things changing these last few weeks
Interesting look at the industry. I watched your helo videos too. Questions: 1) What species (looks like Yellowfin?) 2) No processing on the vessel? Just flash frozen and then processed back at port? 3) I'm guessing a vessel of this size does 15 to 20 knots so if you run 30 miles to a school you spotted what is the likelihood they are still there when the boat arrives? 4) Are there a limited number of vessels that can pursue this fishery? Are there seasonal limits or is this year round? Thanks!
1. Yes mainly yellowing and skipjack tuna 2. No processing as far as I'm aware. 3. We typically do 13-16 knots. So yeah if we're 40 miles from the ship, it's kinda pointless. But usually the fish won't be too far from where we found them at least. But they do tend to just disappear which sucks after sailing 4 hours for that big school we just found. 4. It is year round but they do have seasons where we can't set the net on rafts as a way to let the population regenerate. I'm sure there's gotta be limits on the ships but I don't know them. I do know that we have to pay daily and get permits every place we fish. So certain waters have different rules
@@sinfulldoubt Thanks for getting back. That's the first tuna boat I've seen that I would be willing to serve on. Looks well built and well maintained. One last question, do they fish after dark at all or just daylight hours?
