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The Royal Bounty, 1972

Nick Didlick / Vancouver Sun. 1972 The Royal Bounty Herring bounty. The captain of the Royal Bounty instructs crew members as they prepare to pump herring from their net during a herring roe opening in Baynes Sound near Union Bay on Vancouver Island.

 Nick Didlick / Vancouver Sun.

1972

The Royal Bounty

Herring bounty. The captain of the Royal Bounty instructs crew members as they prepare to pump herring from their net during a herring roe opening in Baynes Sound near Union Bay on Vancouver Island. After herring stock rebounded in the early 1970s, fishing for the Japanese market was quite lucrative at $3,500 a tonne.

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