National Fisherman November 2016

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.

NOVEMBER

2016

Incorporating

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2016 Highliners

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Robert T. Brown

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Hobe Sound,

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Sonny McIntire Ogunquit,

Maine

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BLUE NORTH ’S

Launch of the future

Features/ Boats&Gear

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On Deck

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20

Recipe for disaster

In Search of the Simple Life

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7

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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6

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.

34

Around the Yards

Wood-glass hybrid lobster boat; Two 58-footers in Wash. yard; Celebrating the oyster buy boat

38

Product Roundup

New diesel outboard boasts fuel cost reduction; a gearbox that offers power take-off flexibility

28

Last Set

7 32

Hooking tuna in Oregon p. 52

READER SERVICES Classified Advertiser’s Index

42 47

Table of Contents page 28: Williams Fabrication photo page 32: U.S. Coast Guard photo

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