Raw prawn

[Warm Ballast]

How would you go trying this nowadays?



"Fishery gets first buoyancy test

In 1969, banana prawn catches dropped to half that of the previous year, raising concerns the fishery had grown too fast. A CSIRO project was begun to establish what quantities of prawns could be caught without overfishing, and predict catches by assessing juvenile prawn numbers in nursery areas. Small boats were used to sample estuaries in Western Australia. In the Gulf of Carpentaria, float-planes were used. The planes flew from estuary to estuary, landing on the water and then towing a beam trawl to catch small prawns.
http://www.cmar.csiro.au/news/media/archive/05releases/images/24jun-seaplane.jpg
Collecting prawn samples from a float-plane in a remote gulf river. "

CSIRO

[Barkly1992]

Have to watch out for hungry crocs I imagine.

[tinpis]

Not in them days, they were shot full of holes.
The Pie-Chaser would have been load limited to observer/netter and six prawns

[Dog One]

You could imagine attempting the same thing today, the "Pie Chaser" would be too small to carry all the mandatory OH & S equipment!

[tinpis]

Pie Chaser..... gawd... last used a mates to take myself and 2 big blokes to Garden Point for a fishing weekend about '82 ish
It done the job pretty well ok :ok:

[FRQ Charlie Bravo]

Humbug,

Who needs a float plane, just set her up for slow flight, hold on to the main WHEEL tightly with your legs and try to not get your dangling head to cross to dem jumping crocs.

65 knots too fast for you to be dragging a net through the water? Suck it up and don't be weak.

FRQ CB