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In this issue
Pirates of the Caribbean
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Cover Story \ Meet our 2020 Highliners
Stretching Thalassa
Bonnie Brady, Jerry Fraser and Frank Patti Sr. sailed very different courses in life toward prominence in the U.S. commercial fishing community.
Plugging just an extra seven feet into a 30-year-old salmon seiner gives a big boost in capacity and productivity.
Features / Boats & Gear
On Deck Dock Talk
02
Editor’s Log
To fishermen who try it, ropeless gear appears hopeless.
04
Fishing Back When
06
A Letter from NMFS
06
Mail Buoy
10
Around the Coasts
18
Market Reports
41
Permit News
Around the Yards
56
Lobstermen who live for racing; rebuilding an oyster buy boat; a salmon-spiny lobster boat.
Last Set / Prince William Sound, AK
Reader Services
Product Roundup
48
Classifieds
55
Advertiser Index
Furuno
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08 Wheelhouse Electronics Radar manufacturers offer both tried and true, and cutting edge.
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DIY man-overboard system; repelling sharks to reduce bycatch; a new idea in oyster tumblers.
Northern Lights Eat Seafood, America! boosts U.S. industry and public health.
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Homer Marine
Longline captain Michael Foy is jailed and his boat seized under murky circumstances in the British Virgin Islands.