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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

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Editor’s Log

To fishermen who try it, ropeless gear appears hopeless.

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Fishing Back When

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A Letter from NMFS

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Mail Buoy

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Around the Coasts

18

Market Reports

41

Permit News

Around the Yards

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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

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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.