Lifting of the Kelong net

Originally we were told that the main kelong net would only be raised around 1am which was kind of late for the kids.

However, it transpired that the fishermen decided to raise the net at around 11:30pm which was great as it offered us all a chance to observe the catch.

The catch was a bit disappointing as it only consisted of lots of small to medium fish, squid, an octopus ( which slid back into the sea) and lots of puffer fish (which the fishermen left on the side to perish rather than throw them back into the sea as they considered them to be a nuisance).

It merely amounted to about 1 and half pails. This catch by itself was not of commercial value and is ground up and used by the fishermen as fish food for the much larger fish that they were rearing in nets under the kelong.