Found Over 250 Illegal Crab Traps! (Vancouver, BC)
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- Found Over 250 Illegal Crab Traps! (Vancouver, BC)
While exploring the coastline off a local Vancouver beach, I stumbled upon a submerged crab trap that was connected to multiple others. after hearing about the poaching operations in Boundary Bay, British Columbia I immediately knew what I was looking at. I contacted the DFO and this is what they discovered...
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Love the sustainable fishing
Agreed. Nothing beats holding your breath and picking what you want to bring home. Cheers!
Thank you so much. You truly are a hero. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks buddy. Honestly, the least I can do. Happy we were able to raise some awareness!
Saw this on CBC Chris. Good work brother. Also, I got my t's in the mail a day or two ago. Already getting some positive interest in Vic and Port Renfrew. Also, getting a boat soon, so when you get out my way,we should for sure meet up and we can cruise, snorkel, or hunt. If nothing else, hanging out at the RFCA behind my pad is a good time.
Take care brother, and again, great work on the traps.
Sounds amazing man and count me in. Thanks for the support! I'll be living in Nanaimo by the end of July and plan to make many trips that way. Let's keep in touch!
I happened to be listening to a BC radio station last week down here in the San Juan Islands and heard your news story. So cool, nice work!
Oh crazy! I often listen to a few stations out of Washington haha. That's cool that you guys heard that. It's great that it got so much attention and spread some awareness. I'm sure the same problem is on your side on the boarder too. 😟
Good on you for doing this. Great job! I remember seeing this in the news and didn't know it was you and your friends.
Haha thanks man! Happy we could bring some awareness to the issue. Pretty annoying to say the least!
I never realized this was you. You really go beyond what you preach and actually make an impact. Massive respect.
Cheers! Happy I could help bring some awareness. Thanks!
Awesome work! A retired BC search and rescue guy saw my dive buddy and I heading into the ocean and started chatting with us, he mentioned seeing this story on CBC and was super stoked about it. He estimates there are over 10,000 illegal traps in Boundary Bay alone. It's very sad.
Glad I know what to look for now and how to report it! Thanks for making your videos fun and educational.
Thanks man. That's sickening. 250 is a very small drop in the bucket. At least we can all collectively keep an eye out and be a little more vigilant. Whether it's one trap or 1000 it all makes a difference! Cheers.
250 traps so glad your watching ! BIGUP YOURSELF 🎉
Cheers! I'm just happy I could bring some awareness to the problem. Poachers are the scum of the earth.
First time watching your video! Great job my friend keep up the good work! I live in Florida same thing happens here allso! One person at a time we can hopefully one day put a stop on illegal potching😁 take care my friend!
Thanks man! Yeah, it's pretty sickening. This stuff has to stop. Cheers!
Congrats Chris, saw the CBC article, Proud to know a few people like you! Unfortunately poachers & poaching is rampant out here, it's disgusting how many really. I stand with you on this! Ooh Rah. Make sure you pass this along to your friends as well, you and them all deserve our thanks. Mike
Cheers man. It's the least we can do. I'm happy it got some media attention to get the word out. It happens 24/7. Our oceans have enough problems already, we don't need people bending/breaking the rules. Our future ability to harvest depends on it. Thanks man!
Excellent work Chris! Like I said before, DFO should be employing you as an environmental protection officer...your first hand accounts of whats actually going on in coastal water is so valuable!
Thanks man. I'm happy to be doing what I am. I always wanted to be a marine biologist but never had the academics. Spreading some awareness is good enough for me. Thanks again! 👍
Glad there are people like you out there. Keep up the great work 👍
Cheers man!
Thanx for this 🙂
Cheers!
You are a goddamn hero sir! Great work!
Thanks Blake! Sorry, missed this comment...
Keep up the good work! Thanks
Thanks bro!
nice work!
Proud to know there are people some honest people out there just doing good because that's what they believe in. I recently stumbled upon your channel doing some research into the sport. My girlfriend used to live in Burnaby (when we were doing long-distance) and I fell in love with the area when I first came to visit her. Would like to move out there someday soon and get into the sport. Cheers from Michigan and I hope you start seeing those big legal crabs more often.
Haha me too man. Exploring the water while holding your breath is an amazing experience. I'm sure diving some old shipwrecks in the great lakes would be unreal. Thanks for the comment man!
Awareness is definitely the key. Just last year I was out at Tsawwassen fishing for flounder when I snagged a blue rope under the water. I tried pulling the rest of it up by hand but it was much too heavy. There were no floats in sight and I had just assumed it was someone's lost anchor, but now after watching this video I would have definitely marked the location to report it. Good work out there! I hope if we report enough of these guys they'll be discouraged from setting the traps in the first place
For sure man. And yeah, I'd bet that was to an illegal trap. Happy to pass the information along and get the word out. Cheers man!
Good for u man!
Cheers!
Another great video Chris. I didnt see the cbc coverage so thanks for sharing. Congrats you did the right thing man, its a renewable resource with lots for everyone, if...everyone plays by the proper rules. I hope they get caught and fined, its the same as stealing, what aholes...
Yeah man agreed. Fined and jailed with all their equipment/boats seized. People like that need to be made example of. Thanks man, happy we could do some good
Awesome work protecting the species and legal harvesters.
Thanks! It's a slap in the face to the ones that play by the rules and to our ecosystems.
Great work Chris! Mass harvesting on that scale is so short-sighted and just depletes the ocean.
It's brutal man. Sickening
I saw this on CBC yesterday morning, then saw your video posted - this is really important to stop, it affects us all. If we're all fair and approach fishing in the same way, we can keep doing it. If not, well...
Yeah man, it's pretty infuriating. People just don't get it.
Oh my! & Thank you
No problem!
It so frustating know the bad guys are still out there , we had issues out in Sechelt when the spot prawns were starting this year , but ya unmarked boats are hard to catch
They are. Especially when they go out and night and turn their lots off. Sucks, but at least those ones are out.
“ All that is required for evil to be triumph, is for a goodmen to do nothing” - EB
Very true!
Are you sure you are allowed to harvest crab in 28-8? I have always considered it off limits as it's a permanent closure:
28-8,28-10 Reminder Closed to harvesting of all crab species per navigational closures in sub-areas 28-8 (False Creek) and 28-10 (Burrard Inlet, partial)
Does hand picking some how get around the closure because it doesn't effect navigation?
Yeah, good question. Burrard inlet is a partial closure, 28-10. I dove around Stanly park once and had to inform the Canadian Coast Guard before and Port authority before hand. The issue is that people leave lines and buoys in shipping lanes which causes navigation hazards. Some areas don't even permit kayaking or paddleboarding. This beach is a pretty popular swimming spot and well away from shipping lanes plus we were hand harvesting. I guess a little bit of a grey area... The DFO knows where I was and didn't say anything so 🤔. Thanks for bringing that up though!
Do u see spiny dogfish inshore when your diving around this time of year?
Man, you'd think so... I used to catch them all the time on a hook and line. I've yet to see one while diving!
They need to do a sting operation and wait for them coming to collect the traps at night.
I agree man. These people need to be brought to justice.
That was a disaster! I caught no males at all a few weeks ago!
Yeah, that's seems to be the growing trend. All undersized or female. Some places are just completely crabless. Greedy humans.
I guess I know why some places are selling them for so cheap.. $12 a crab cooked.,
For sure. Plus they make there way into grocery stores and overseas. It's organized crime groups that are involved.
Amazing stuff man, I used to live a 5 minute walk from here. Crazy to think this kinda stuff was going on so close. Also really cool to see the underwater perspective of this spot!
Thanks man! Stoked to bring some awareness. Yeah it's pretty nice there. More rocks and boulders than we were expecting!
20$ says they were Asian every time you see this shit it’s an Asian 🤷🏻
Not always. The most notorious poacher from Canada is a white male. I've stopped diving with some people who can't follow the regs and they were white. Some of the most environmentally conscious people I dive with are of Asian descent. With that said, the illegal crabs often get shipped overseas to Asia and I do agree that many break the rules and claim "we couldn't read the regs" as an excuse. I don't like to point fingers and one specific race or culture though it's a humankind issue not a race issue. www.google.ca/amp/s/www.macleans.ca/longforms/the-hunt-for-b-c-s-most-notorious-fisherman/amp/