I was browsing over at that OTHER board awhile back and one of the guys who frequented the board was trying to stick up for the gillnetters. From what I read he was an attorney, but the real connection wasn't made until recently.

Many of the boats that are gillnetting these days are owned by "investors" that owned them for no other reason than to have a nice tax write-off at the end of the year. If there is a gillnetter out there trying to soley rely on the few days per year that he can fish to support his family for the rest of the year, then he's nucking futs.

And now they are giving away fish. Sounds like more operating losses for the boat owners. Doesn't surprise me in the least, and now they are getting good PR for it by linking their "plight" to that of the poor relocated homeless that have been so heavily publicized recently. Nice way to get on the front page.

Oh, and they are NOT homeless. They are houseless. Big difference here.