Quotes by Duncan MacLean

“Its not a pretty picture. Our options are either we have no season or we use an emergency rule which means well be able to go below the floor and still have a season.”

“Last years season cut my income by 25 percent, and if you cut it by half again, Im not going to be able to pay my bills.”

“Last season was the most restrictive on record. This year, were hoping we just have some sort of season. But its not going to be easy pulling a rabbit out of that hat.”

“The market softens now because they anticipate those guys going fishing and they anticipate cheaper crabs on the market really soon. It takes about two weeks to mop up the majority of that fishery up there, so hopefully when that starts tapering off we can afford to go fishing again.”

“It puts us in the poor house. Im still optimistic that we can come out with something along the lines of last years situation, but frankly National Marine Fishery Service has really dropped the ball on this.”

“If I dont fish for a season, Im dead. Im history. It scares the heck out of me. Im 56. Ive done this my whole life. I dont know what else I would do.”