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Live video from a fishing boat in New Zealand (betterfish.co)
140 points by snapit 2399 days ago
6 comments
snapit 2399 days ago
Sorry, everyone - Karl is not fishing right now. I'll submit again when we are out on the vessel tomorrow and you can watch him do a haul.
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edm0nd 2398 days ago
What did the fish say when he posted bail?

"I'm off the hook!"

sorry, it's almost 4 am and I had to drop a fish joke in here.

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Aardwolf 2398 days ago
Not much happening, but at least I get to see sun and daylight in late spring live from where I am, where it is dark, night and almost winter :)
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chadcmulligan 2398 days ago
Here you go - a local beach - its always sunny, all..the..time https://www.coastalwatch.com/surf-cams-surf-reports/qld/cool...
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girvo 2398 days ago
Nice choice of beach! I would’ve also accepted Rainbow Bay ;)
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Taniwha 2398 days ago
It's Sunday in NZ - try again tomorrow
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masonic 2398 days ago
The ocean is closed on Sundays?
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snapit 2399 days ago
This link is helpful too. https://amp-tvnz-co-nz.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.tvnz.co.nz...
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dewey 2399 days ago
And here without the whole AMP garbage:

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/hawkes-bay-comme...

Edit: I'm not blaming you, I know how annoying it is to get back to a "regular" URL, especially while being on mobile.

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Waterluvian 2398 days ago
Heh. I was skeptical but yep, loads almost exactly as fast on my phone.
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FussyZeus 2398 days ago
That feeling when the URL is as long as the article
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WilliamEdward 2398 days ago
Why not just use twitch.tv for something like this? I'd be much more likely to watch if i could follow there.
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k_sze 2398 days ago
I’d love the idea of “Twitch goes fishing”, where viewers vote to control the boat (heading, speed, the crane, etc).

“Oh look! There’s a storm coming from the East!”

Captain and seamen onboard panic as they watch the Twitch input stream.

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snapit 2398 days ago
Heading out to fish now...
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ollybee 2399 days ago
This article gives some context https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/ship-of-horror...
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Stratoscope 2399 days ago
That is a tragic story, but it has nothing to do with this submission.
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9nGQluzmnq3M 2398 days ago
The context is that live streaming should prevent abuse of this sort.
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choward 2398 days ago
That isn't context unless this video stream is a direct result of that story.
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9nGQluzmnq3M 2398 days ago
But it is, no? Why livestream a fishing boat if people weren't concerned about working conditions on them?
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jpollock 2398 days ago
Not the work conditions, it's about quota and by-catch management.

The government is rolling out mandatory cameras in areas inhabited by a critically endangered dolphin.

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mkl 2398 days ago
Because it's interesting to watch.
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