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Canadian trappers haul with a new hull
CONTENTS
COVER: Deckhand Bobby Spitz tosses a buoy off the lobster boat Macaffery out of Hull, Mass., as the captain’s dog Lulu oversees.
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NATIONAL FISHERMAN • JANUARY 2017 • VOL. 97, NO. 9
WHAT'S ON DECK?
www.nationalfi
Best of the year in Boats & Gear sherman.com
A CHANCE ON FRANCE
Canadian trappers roll with a new hull
Features/ Boats&Gear
On Deck
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Northern Lights
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Looking for fishing stories and wisdom to fill out the Young Fishermen’s Almanac.
Cover
Fishing family
America’s fishing crews strike a pose for our annual collection of at-sea, on-deck and in-port pics.
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The complex task of managing Atlantic cod stocks in a changing environment.
Science on Your Side
A fresh fleet
Canada’s aging crabbers put in a tall order for a new hull design, and they want it fast.
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Latest and greatest
2016’s top-of-the-line products focus on safety, easy communication and trap tracking.
32 Around the Yards
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122-year-old schooner restored; Wash. yard helps the Russians; 70-foot lobster boat takes a team
2 Editor’s Log 4 Fishing Back When 6 Mail Buoy/Eileen Sobeck 9 Consequences 10 Around the Coasts 18 Market Reports
Last Set Continued Crew Shots p. 48
READER SERVICES Classified
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Advertiser’s Index
Product Roundup
The ultimate joystick-thruster combination; sextant makes for a solid navigational backup plan
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Table of Contents page 26: Atlantic Boat Building photo
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