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Lines drawn
California’s Dungeness crab fleet feels fleeced by whale settlement
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Sonar stars
In Progress
New models see more with a smaller footprint
Rogue wave recovery turns into sponson job
ON DECK
24 Recovery from a rogue wave The 114-foot Bering Sea trawler Progress lost windows but gained hold space after an extension at Fred Wahl Marine Construction in Oregon.
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Cover Story A California crab shutdown After a lawsuit settlement over whale entanglements, the state’s spring Dungeness crab fishery will be shuttered for the foreseeable future.
Features / Boats & Gear
On Deck
Grundéns
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Around the Yards La. shrimper is delivered 58-footer sponsoned in Ore. 36-foot lobster boat finished Product Roundup Catch sensors loaded with new features; Grundéns expands its popular boot line
Sonar summer Our guide to the industry’s leading innovations in the next generation of sounders, sonars and sensors.
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Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
National Fisherman / July 2019 / Vol. 100, No. 3
Fred Wahl Marine
In this issue
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Washington Outlook Fishery managers should stick to science.
Northern Lights Learning the ins and outs of Alaska’s Haines Packing Co.
Dock Talk Fighting for fishing families, against Pebble.
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Editor’s Log
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Fishing Back When
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Mail Buoy
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A Letter from NMFS
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Consequences
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Around the Coasts
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Market Reports
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Last Set / Boston
Reader Services 41
Classifieds
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Advertiser Index
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