“We started out in just a dingy and would troll for salmon. As we got better at it, we got a bigger boat, and I really started to enjoy it.” — Capt. Nick Lee
salmon, halibut and black cod as they came off the boats. Lee then went back to fishing with his brother, who now was able to pay him, and earned enough to pay for college tuition. After two years, Lee took a summer job on another boat as a crewman fishing Alaska’s Bristol Bay. That experience solidified his standing in the industry. The captain of that boat was the president and CEO of Bering Select Seafood, a seafood-trading company based in Seattle. “I was their first employee; [it was] my first job after college,” Lee says. “They hired me to buy fish out of Alaska and market it in Asia and Europe.” In 1995, Lee partnered with his brother and together they bought their first fishing boat called the Elusive. They fished
"I fell in love with Moab, ever since my first visit." —Nick Lee
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