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Jelly- Remarque #2/10
- Story
I've called them jellyfish ever since I was a boy living in Kitkatla, B.C. I learned this year that they are not actually fish. They are plankton, and some are microscopic in size while others range up to several feet long.
As a gillnet fisherman on the coast, I was familiar with jellies. My hands would sting from their tentacles when they came on board in my net.
Plankton are very important to the ocean's food chain; some fish, like sockeye, feed on them. The presence of plankton indicates the health of the ocean.
One powerful memory of gillnet days is lying on the bow of my Dad's boat, the Eliza, watching the prow cut through the phosphorescent sea at night. It was like flying through a sky of stars as they lit up the sea when they were in the bow wave of our boat.
This rendition of Jelly is dedicated to memories of gillnetting on the coast of British Columbia.
Story
I've called them jellyfish ever since I was a boy living in Kitkatla, B.C. I learned this year that they are not actually fish. They are plankton, and some are microscopic in size while others range up to several feet long.
As a gillnet fisherman on the coast, I was familiar with jellies. My hands would sting from their tentacles when they came on board in my net.
Plankton are very important to the ocean's food chain; some fish, like sockeye, feed on them. The presence of plankton indicates the health of the ocean.
One powerful memory of gillnet days is lying on the bow of my Dad's boat, the Eliza, watching the prow cut through the phosphorescent sea at night. It was like flying through a sky of stars as they lit up the sea when they were in the bow wave of our boat.
This rendition of Jelly is dedicated to memories of gillnetting on the coast of British Columbia.