Meet our Safety Advisors
Fish Safe’s Safety Advisors are experienced commercial fishermen who have received specialized safety training. They are the heart and soul of the Safest Catch Program. Learn a bit more about each of them here.
Ralph Roberts
F/V Pacific Quest
safety advisor
Started as a Fish Safe Advisor in 2009.
Ralph is a 4th generation fisherman (maybe more). He started going on boats when he was 6 and has been running seine boats since 1980. He has fished salmon, prawn, herring and halibut in BC. Ralph has also fished herring in Alaska, crab in Washington, tuna in Panama, and pilchard in Guatemala.
Harold Wulff
F/V Prime Time III
Safety Advisor
Started as a Fish Safe Advisor in 2011.
Harold is a 3rd generation Norwegian/Scottish fisherman that has been fishing for over 45 years. Harold bought his first gillnetter, Quetzacoatl, at 15 and is still gillnetting on the Prime Time III. Over the years, Harold has seined herring/salmon, long-lined halibut, trawled for shrimp, trap fished prawns, trolled salmon and packed herring.
Paul Bevandick
F/V Western Shore
Safety advisor
Started as a Stability Facilitator and Fish Safe Advisor in 2008.
Paul started gillnetting in 1975 and followed that with trolling and seining on his own boats. He has also been both a deckhand and a skipper in various longline fisheries. Since 1996, Paul has been fishing prawns, and has more recently jumped into the tuna fishery as well.