National Fisherman June 2017

JUNE 2017

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

Reef runners Maryland’s sail-powered skipjack fleet dredges oysters the old-fashioned way

BOATBUILDING

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• Port profiles • Floating a loan • Around the Yards

CONTENTS

COVER: Aboard the Elsie Peggy Joyce, deckhand Richard LaPerch drops the oyster dredge back into Maryland’s Tangier Sound.

Jay Fleming photo.

NATIONAL FISHERMAN • JUNE 2017 • VOL. 98, NO. 2

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Features/ Boats&Gear

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On Deck 7

Northern Lights

Cover

Sonar imaging data gives Alaska seafood marketers another valuable tool.

Preserving the traditional working oyster boats of Chesapeake Bay.

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Last of the skipjacks

Science on Your Side

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Maine clam harvesters take a closer look at ribbon worms threatening their livelihood.

Boat bucks

Advice for planning and financing a major boatbuilding project.

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Built by Essex

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A brief history of the shipbuilding business in Essex, Mass.

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Serving the sound

How Port Townsend, Wash., became a dynamic maritime hub.

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Around the Yards

Maine yard back into building; New builder for Buffalo Boats; Oil vessels convert for menhaden

2 Editor’s Log 4 Fishing Back When 6 Mail Buoy/Sam Rauch 8 Dock Talk 11 Consequences 12 Around the Coasts 18 Crew Shot of the Month 20 Market Reports

Last Set Fishing flatties in Kodiak p. 56

READER SERVICES Classified Advertiser’s Index

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Product Roundup

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Table of Contents page 22: Jay Fleming photo page 32: Jean Paul Vellotti photo page 36: Debra Elizabeth photo

VHF radio adds AIS option and color display; widescreen plotter allows for splitscreen display

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