This First Person column is the experience of Roger Jenkins, who lives in Storeytown, N.B. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. 

In the summer of 1962, I was allowed to tag along with my father on his job. He had been hired by a local association through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to haul adult salmon whose path had been blocked by a dam on the Saint John River. 

Our task was to scoop the salmon from a cage on the Beechwood Dam using a hand …