Unidentified swimmy critter.

Tim and I have listened to  dozens of fishermen since we've been in these northern waters.  Overwhelmingly nearly all believe that the current fishing practices are not sustainable, same as elsewhere on this planet. We are in Kake, Alaska, a tiny Tlinglit community where nearly all are or were fishermen.  They have fished themselves out of a livelihood and some blame the fish and game folks for not seeing the future outcome, some are just bitter that the past is gone and overfishing can't continue.  That said, traditional practices are long gone, and all use nets with by-catch. It seems to me that we are all culpable; those of us who purchase this unsustained product but especially non local fish such as tuna and sardines, and those who choose to make this industry their livelihood with over harvesting to make a living in six weeks of work.  It's impossible not to have an opinion about it, now seeing first-hand what has occurred here over the last century and that learning from past mistakes in the name of greed is ignored.  

Local fish, shrimp or crab is not available anywhere here in the local markets and some residents now say that they can't even get fish for themselves.  For many of these folks, it is the whales, sea lions, sea otters (they eat crab) and seals who are the enemies, not the fractured human practices of over harvesting herring, salmon, shrimp and crab.  The "abundance of fish",  I am learning, is a myth.  Old timers agree.

I put a line in recently and found only the little weird fellow in the photo above.