I'm a Pumper Baby...

So you are probably wanting more of a description of what it means to be a Pumper. I would first like to point out that after putting in a few hours here and there in other work areas, Pumping is probably the one and only job in this place that I could handle for such a long period of time. I have a picture below that if you click on will show you a larger view of some of the pictures I have taken.

The first two are taken inside fishing holds. Once the fish level gets down far enough so that we can get in, we will. We take these big plastic shovels with us and shovel fish towards the pump or use the return line (see first pic) to create a circulation of water towards the pump. While the fish level is dropping we don't really do much and in Jose' case will often take naps on the bigger Tender's. The middle picture is Pump 1 and its dock. Boats will pull up right beside it kind of like in the next picture and we'll pump their boats for them. The bottom left picture is that of the view I got to look at this entire summer whenever I was not inside of the fish holds. It was always different, usually with fog in the morning and a pending afternoon.

The last picture there is of one of the sorting tables. Every person on it is pulling something into their own tote which a forklift driver will come by and pick up when its full, He'll weigh it, get a lable put on it and take it off to get it iced. I'm hoping to get trained in driving a forklift next year. It sounds like a good skill to have, and they will of course train you for free.



If you are still a little unsure about what I did these past few months. I have a couple short soundless movie clips taken inside these fish holds. Click below to view them.

Clip One
Clip Two