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CONTENTS NATIONAL FISHERMAN • JANUARY 2016 • VOL. 96, NO. 9
COVER: The crew of the pollock boat Columbia at the Trident dock in Akutan Harbor: Andrew Gandara, Lonnie Smith, Gaspar Rehrig, Captain Rick Clark and Dave Malsch Photo by Corey Arnold.
Features/ Boats&Gear
On Deck
22
In Search of the Simple Life
7
Cover
Staying on the dock with a little help from my friends (and the doctor).
What’s the catch? America’s fishing crews smile for the camera in our annual photographic salute.
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Northern Lights
28
Breaking down the changing times at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
Weathered wood
Virginia boatbuilders work to find new life in older traditional Chesapeake Bay buy boats.
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34 Top notch
Products and ideas introduced in 2015 aim to save lives, log trips and combine boat materials.
38 Around the Yards
8
61-year-old boat gets a tune-up; max power added to 32-footer; Maine shop turns out tuna boats
2 Editor’s Log 4 Fishing Back When 6 Mail Buoy/Eileen Sobeck 9 Cultivating Community 10 Dock Talk 10 Consequences 12 Around the Coasts 20 Market Reports
Last Set The return of red salmon in Bristol Bay p. 56
READER SERVICES Classified
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Advertiser’s Index
Product Roundup
Trapmaster counts pots, traps, crab and lobster; a fishing vest you can wear all day long
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Table of Contents page 28: Larry Chowning photo page 34: NIOSH photo
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