National Fisherman April 2017

APRIL 2017

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Cover: William Rodriguez works the stack to drop pots at the start of Alaska’s Bering Sea opilio crab season on the 133-foot Arctic Lady.

Photo by Corey Arnold

NATIONAL FISHERMAN • APRIL 2017 • VOL. 97, NO. 12

APRIL 2017

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On Deck Northern Lights

Maine’s fleet is working to bring federal scallop beds back from the brink and keep them there.

Alaska Sea Grant classes offer a serious education in seafood processing.

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Yearbook 2017

Dock talk

A look back at the year in fishing:

Could Trump put Atlantic and Arctic waters back on the table for oil drilling?

• Gulf red snapper war continues • The Codfather gets caught • Hawaii fleet’s labor issues • A year off for pink salmon • Plus our Timeline, Market Reports and Top Products

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2 Editor’s Log 4 Fishing Back When 5 Mail Buoy/Sam Rauch 7 Washington Lookout 8 Consequences 12 Around the Coasts

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Plans for the Pacific

As the North Pacific fleet looks to modernize, shipyards are racing to bring new designs forward.

Shellfish shuffle

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Small-boat salvage

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Virginia oystermen tussle over rotational territory on increasingly crowded state grounds.

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Last Set Cleaning herring off Point Judith p. 64

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Around the Yards

Hybrid lobster boat out of Maine; Wash. yard selling 58-foot seiner Omega Protein boat born again

READER SERVICES Classified

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Advertiser’s Index

Grundéns hits the deck running with new boot line; smartAIS transponders constantly on watch

Table of Contents page 20: Roman Józefiak photo page 42: Jay Fleming photo

Product Roundup

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