National Fisherman January 2016

JANUARY 2016

Incorporating

I N F O R M E D F I S H E R M E N • P R O F I TA B L E F I S H E R I E S • S U S TA I N A B L E F I S H

2016

CREW SHOTS

FINEST FINDS

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BAYMEN’S BAZAAR

Maryland watermen show their strength

CONTENTS NATIONAL FISHERMAN • JANUARY 2016 • VOL. 96, NO. 9

COVER: The crew of the pollock boat Columbia at the Trident dock in Akutan Harbor: Andrew Gandara, Lonnie Smith, Gaspar Rehrig, Captain Rick Clark and Dave Malsch Photo by Corey Arnold.

Features/ Boats&Gear

On Deck

22

In Search of the Simple Life

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Cover

Staying on the dock with a little help from my friends (and the doctor).

What’s the catch?

America’s fishing crews smile for the camera in our annual photographic salute.

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Northern Lights

28

Breaking down the changing times at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Weathered wood

Virginia boatbuilders work to find new life in older traditional Chesapeake Bay buy boats.

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34 Top notch

Products and ideas introduced in 2015 aim to save lives, log trips and combine boat materials.

38 Around the Yards

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61-year-old boat gets a tune-up; max power added to 32-footer; Maine shop turns out tuna boats

2 Editor’s Log 4 Fishing Back When 6 Mail Buoy/Eileen Sobeck 9 Cultivating Community 10 Dock Talk 10 Consequences 12 Around the Coasts 20 Market Reports

Last Set The return of red salmon in Bristol Bay p. 56

READER SERVICES Classified

44

Advertiser’s Index

Product Roundup

Trapmaster counts pots, traps, crab and lobster; a fishing vest you can wear all day long

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Table of Contents page 28: Larry Chowning photo page 34: NIOSH photo

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