Watching a fishing boat

We decided to take our friends to Phi Phi island for the night. On the way we came across a fishing boat pulling in his net.  Rob kept our boat close to him and we watched the whole process which turned out to be more than expected. The fishermen got used to being watched and were smiling and waving at the end. The process was very efficient, with each man having a duty.
Below is the story in photos.

Here you can see the net out in a circle. The white bouys float the one side, the other side (bottom) has been pulled in, to close it into a bag shape. The fish are all trapped in this.

The net is nearly all pulled in, close to the boat.

They now put a smaller net into the big net. It has large holes that the small fish can fall through. What it did catch was about 5 huge pink jelly fish. These are thrown away.

The net is then pulled towards the back of the boat. We could now see the small fish in the net. The chap on the right has a long stick with a net which scoops up some fish. They are thrown into a shallow tray, you can see them stacked on the left. The fish are small, about 6 cm long.

The trays are passed to the other side of the boat where the fish are cooked. This was amazing to see. I expected them to be stored on ice!

The trays are dipped into boiling water for short time then passed left and stored on the roof of the boat under covers.

I have seen little packets of dried fish for sale and assume its these.

It was so interesting watching this process. The sea was very calm...do they still having boiling water in rough seas, or maybe they just dont fish?