NOVEMBER 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 Highliners Committed to their industry
Robert T. Brown Sr. Avenue, Md.
Ben S. Hartig Hobe Sound, Fla.
Sonny McIntire Ogunquit, Maine
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BLUE NORTH’S
Launch of the future
CONTENTS NATIONAL FISHERMAN • NOVEMBER 2016 • VOL. 97, NO. 7
COVER: Our 2016 Highliner Award winners. From left to right: Robert T. Brown Sr. photo by Larry Chowning, Ben Hartig photo courtesy Ben Hartig, Sonny McIntire photo by Jerry Fraser. Background image by Joey Khyber.
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BLUE NORTH ’S
Launch of the future
Features/ Boats&Gear
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On Deck
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Recipe for disaster
In Search of the Simple Life
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2016 Highliners
Connecting Alaska’s salmon fishermen to protect their most precious resource.
One man’s journey from the crib to the captain’s chair of the longliner Blue North.
Alaska’s pink salmon run fell flat this year, and some fishermen are looking for federal relief.
Northern Lights
Cover
We recognize Robert T. Brown Sr., Ben Hartig and Sonny McIntire as our 2016 Highliners.
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Double duty
The latest boat from Williams Fabrication is ready to haul lobsters and scallops.
2 Editor’s Log 4 Fishing Back When 5 Mail Buoy/Eileen Sobeck 8 Consequences 10 Around the Coasts 18 Market Reports
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AIS essentials
Our guide to AIS history, requirements and top-notch device recommendations.
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Around the Yards
Wood-glass hybrid lobster boat; Two 58-footers in Wash. yard; Celebrating the oyster buy boat
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Product Roundup
New diesel outboard boasts fuel cost reduction; a gearbox that offers power take-off flexibility
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Last Set
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Hooking tuna in Oregon p. 52
READER SERVICES Classified Advertiser’s Index
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Table of Contents page 28: Williams Fabrication photo page 32: U.S. Coast Guard photo
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