I bet you people will smash the dislike button on this one without watching the entire video or giving their two cents. Oh well, I tried.

Unfortunately the internet is a very negative place full of negative people. Its the reason i try and stay uninvolved online. Great Video. As always, very well presented and thought out. Keep up the great videos. I always look forward to them!

As a Vancouver Island dive local I have no problem with the sensible harvest of seafood. I really love the fact that you stated you don't do this at local dive sites. Rock on man!

Right on ! Love watching your video's and being introduced to what our local waters have to offer both visually and to harvest. I would rather harvest in the wild then at the grocery store

Thank you for providing a balanced, intelligently delivered and well thought-out point of view. It's humbling to hear you aknowledge multiple points of view without being unkind. I think your approach to sustainable harvesting is admirable, it makes me happy to watch your videos and your continued respect for this planet and your hobby. Peace and love, Samson

I feel you are 100% correct! Thanks for sharing the honest truth!

Don’t worry about what people think. Especially the ones that don’t educate themselves before commenting. You have an awesome channel and I love watching your vids. Thanks and keep it up.

I appreciate and respect you for educating people about the food system, and where these products come from 🙏🏽🔥

Good to hear your opinion on this. it makes total sense. Great to meet you on Family day at the Causeway in Tsawwassen. I saw you with your buddy hopping in the sauna on wheels! cheers

Really informative and incredibly respectful I love this video!! great work

I'm actually planning on giving free diving a go for the first time this coming July, going to try and catch Dungeness crab and octopus for dinner while I'm there. thank you for the informative videos

What it comes down to is that humans for the most part, leave a massive footprint on the earth. What you do is putting in the work to harvest animals in a sustainable manner, and likely limiting your intake as a result, which ultimately is the best thing for the planet. Keep on keeping on friend!

Thank you for this! Keep pumping out that realtalk!

My understanding is that octopus are highly sustainable. Great explanation, I completely agree with you. If only more people could harvest in this sustainable way. Keep rocking it out there and don’t listen to people who have no clue.

Well said, we need more people like you Chris! Ive done work in slaughter houses and it is absolutely disgusting and unsightly. No better way than hand harvesting, period.

Really enjoyed the insights you gave! I dont eat seafood because I lack the oppurtinity (and the skills) to harvest my own. I personally feel that I even if I could, I wouldnt hunt octopus because of their intelligence - but thats my opinion, which is as valuable as everyones else. I totally agree on the sustainability of spearfishing and handharvesting, especially when compared to the whole industry. Really reflected an honest words from your end, definitly going to watch some other videos from you. Greetings from germany!

This video has me up in arms! I'm going back to my den. (Great video Chris... A lot of people still think they live for like 100 years).

Great video chris! Those who truly follow you know you are very very pro ocean Keep doing your thing! Love your videos!

Let em hear it Samson, If more people were willing to harvest/catch their own food or grow it themselves we wouldn't have so many issues. people are far too disconnected from where food comes from or how its even grown.

You do you! There is always a tough guy on the other side of the internet.

I agree with what you do. I am married to a vegetarian. She believes in sustainable fish and crab harvesting. Not mass slaughter. I love what you do. I hope to one day be as blessed to start diving/scuba diving and learning about the ocean.

Thank you bro. Very informative.

I'm moving to gibsons BC in a month and I plan to hand harvest also for my family

Agree 100 percent, and very well said Chris. As always, great video 👊🏼

Great video Chris. Really great, you made every point clear. Like you know, it wont end. I have hunted and fished my entire life. I have had the battle many times. As you said, you do you Bro. But remember, you have a large following that support you too!

As a pretty avid hunter, now also an avid scuba diver, this is an issue I have encountered many times. You make many valid points. I'm all for the sustainable harvest of wild protein, whatever that might be. The lines get crossed up and feathers ruffled when free divers are harvesting at local dive sites, because, while it's certainly a sustainable harvest, when spread out (as you mentioned) it becomes detrimental when that harvest is concentrated on a specific reef or wall and it's repetitive, and in an area where others come to specifically enjoy said wildlife. Hence, why divers tend to get upset when there are free divers harvesting at local sites. If you're willing to hike, or have a boat and have the ability to get away from these popular areas, all the more power to you. Maybe we'll cross paths out there one day! Thanks for the video, Chris!

Wise words..I respect your philosophy and choices.

Well said Chris. Its put it all in perspective with your numbers and references. Just ignore those keyboard bandits. Keep up the great videos and what you believe in.

Commercial fishing bycatch is horrid and something that keyboard warriors don't understand. Not to mention the amount of trash they leave behind, especially in unregulated waters. Even from a self-harvested standpoint, I have known people who have tried to harvest everything they see. You on the other hand, keep in mind when and where. Keep up the good work! Love your sustainability route!

You’re right. Thanks for the dose of truth.

Don’t know how many people came after you about harvesting octopus but it must of been a lot! You’re an internet person, and doing nothing wrong in my book, I wish more people knew exactly what they’re supporting by their food choices. Anyways gross hate that I’m part of this internet wasteland but there is some dope shit on here and your videos are one of them. Props on the nollie bs 5.0 tsawassen hubba

Man, you're an #INSPIRATIONAL #LEGEND #CONSERVATION #OCEANIC #EPIC

Ooo bro, so many people will never get it. Keep up the good work! I fish and hunt, next thing (if and when I live a bit closer to the coast) will be spear fishing gear. Looks like such a great way to put food on the table!

Brilliant educational video, mate 👏

No matter how hard you try , there’s always haters out there . ❤❤❤❤ keep doing what love 💕. Wanting to get fitted out for free diving instead of Rod and Reel in Baja Mexico for Winters. Can’t wait !!! 🐾👣🌮🍺✌️

Splendid!! Your best point was the viles, and the testing on rats and mice. We really need to wake up to what science is doing... Just started working for a oyster company! Looking forward to the clams, oysters and other bivalves

Well said mate... I agree with what you're saying. Spearfishing will always be more sustainable and it's important we keep relaying that message. I have no issues with other spearos taking octopus or other cephalopods. It's a personal thing but I leave them be and just enjoy interacting with them when I do see them, not going to give some else shit for taking them though... How people have the audacity to give you shit over taking a few octopus here and there when the oceans are being horrifically exploited by commercial fishing is baffling.. But hey there will always be people who have nothing good to say about anything. But for every person that has said something negative, there is probably way more that have enjoyed it and have said nothing. Keep doing what you're doing, more people agree with you and enjoy watching your content than you realise!

Well said!

Great video, thank you

I hope people think about all the points you made, Chris. No one seems to understand that food comes from different places other than a grocery store. I think kids should be introduced to fishing and hunting at an early age. Teaching children where there food comes from and the process it goes through before it's wrapped in plastic and displayed in a cooler. I'm talking every place from the bounty of the Oceans we have, the Lakes and Rivers to also where Deer and Moose roam and are harvested, to a ranch to see how cattle are raised and the care taken by MOST farmers for the welfare of their animals. You nailed the issue of too many Activist Keyboard Warriors and their Holier than Thou attitude when in reality they have NO CLUE how those Prawns or Scallops, Trout or Chicken Wings got to the grocer's store to begin with. Generally someone shows their developing brains a disturbing video of how some less regulated country treats their animals and produce and it shocks them, and so it should, that's why Canada has never adopted those practices. Sorry for the rant, I hope you and your Family are well and I look forward to your next video, my friend!! Cheers!!! - Dave (and of course YES to a coffee next time I'm out on the Coast) PS - I'm going to be out again from June 7th to the 9th or 10th to see a band I loved in the 80's and early 90's who are reuniting again, the band is called Images in Vogue and they are beginning their tour at the Rickshaw on the 8th of June, and I have no idea what kinds of devious plans my friends have made for my brief visit, but should we head out to Nanaimo I will let you know!! We all have Friends and Family in Nanaimo, so there is a good chance we may hop on the ferry,...I'll keep you informed!!

Not to sure I can give ya a thumbs up for this one bro Being a farmer/meat worker, the red meat animals do have a good life on an open farm up until the end of their life Almost any pictures can be made to looks worse than it is But I'll keep waiting for your videos they're bloody awesome Shit brother 🤙🤙

I agree with your stats. I do agree that harvesting octopus is not cool. But you’re a smart bloke.

100% agree, very well put video

Can you just imagine if everyone had to hunt their own protein? Imagine what would be back on the conventional menu: snails, squirrels, pigeons, frogs, deer... Maybe that's the future for humanity. When it comes to sustainability we should stretch our minds to consider what's possible.

The same argument is made about hunting. Ethical hunting/harvesting is far superior than shopping in a grocery store. "Sorry folks" but its just reality.

Well said Chris!

well said

Well said , keep doing your thing and thanks for the great content in your videos

Excellent video

Well said buddy.

People also forget that fish have to be harvested to feed salmon on fish farms.

AMEN well said ❤💯

Man I’m so jealous of that one. Taste so good. Love the videos. 😎🇨🇦

Well said Mr. Samson!

Yum

Aman brother ❤

nice job. how do you cook them? I probably cooked them wrong but havnt liked the couple that ive tried.

Technically, one can sustainably harvest and eat humans. It’s not all about sustainability, it’s about respect the rights of others. So yes you do you, imma do me, let the animals do them as well, by letting them live. What trait do animals have, that humans don’t, that makes it okay to kill them for food? And based off the biggest study done on farming, plant based diets are by far the most sustainable for the planet. (Joseph Poore Oxford University study) And it doesn’t violate the rights of other animals Truthfully bro, I respect your video and bringing awareness to this, and you’ve made many great points. I just have a slightly different opinion on that aspect

Someone had to say it!!

I get the same flack from random people, just for harvesting my own seafood. I don't care what others do to fill the belly. we all cant fish or dive. I get great enjoyment in feeding my local community and fellow neighbours with my extra seafood. sure beats salmon farms or mass produced meat.

When the octopus armies climb from the depths and subjugate humanity, they will wish you ate more

This guy gets it Also, avocados are mostly eaten by non-vegans ;)

1. Arguments= 1000% valid 2. Eating Octopus= Yuck🤮 Lol

Wise words..I respect your philosophy and choices.